Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-09-28

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a little short-lived mmcr's morn.
Whcn joy seems alb newly born.
| When one days sky blue above,
| When one bird singsand that Is love
| A little Sickcning OH" years,
| TIE tribute Of Il fevn"t tears:
| Two folded hands. L failing breath,
And peace ut laSt-al that is death.
lust dreaming. lovinedying so.
The actors in the drna go
/ \ fitting picture on wall.
| Love. Death the thers but is hat all?
-PauLItwrcncc Dunbar.
| The dTouth was cacked, but by no
means broken.
The hunters are wcrlauling their
kits and counting t2 days.
| Brunswick is fcc5g very proud of
| its newly macadami5h Maine street.
| No theatrical seas for long time
has opened more prusingly than the
present one.
Tho Guilfor1 Citizl has been alb
! Sorb"d by the Guilf~l Recorder. and
G. n. Eanl. for Il ysrs its editor, re-
tires from the field
| a i.ildcfnrd Gunncr.nt into trouble
this week by sh"otinra pet coon cat
| which ii" thought wasa choice bit of
| game which his dog Ia started up.
| Active steps will Aon bc taken
toward furthcring the a"vcmcnt innu-
Guratcd some months ago to erect Il
Reed memorial StatW in honor of
Thomas Erackctt Reed Inc famous son
Of Portland. The committee that has
had tho matter in charss has done good
| work and Of the $50. 900 Iequired for the
purchase of a suitable iration and the
expense of the statue, aoout $50. 600 has
| been secured. When me subscription
lists were opened conributionS came
in fast and it was the work of Il very
| short time to raise half the necessary
amount. Since that tine the amounts
| received, while they haze been large,
| have not been numerous and the com
mitt"c will now begin acamraiGn that
will bring in the sum that is lacking.
There was an affecting meeting at the
Commentary of the Military Order of
the Loyal Legion at Togus on the even
ing OF Sept. IL of two Oh salts of tho
navy, who met for the first time in f.
years, Captain Thomas ]. Woodward
Of New Orleans. La, ana Captain j. O.
Johnson of Liberty, Me, met for the
first time since the war They served
in the same fleet in the sounds of Nortf
Carolina. Captain WoodTard is a ma
tive VI Edgocomb in this State and a
member Of the Maine Commandcry OF
the Loyal Legion. At the close of the
war he went south and for many years
was one Of the leading business mel
in the city of New Orleans He wa.
recently appointed by President Roose.
welt postmaster Of that city.
A cat that ate cucumbcrs anc
squashes has just been dispatched il
the town Of Wells and so far as knowI
there is not another one like it in Yorl
| county. The animal has been living ol
Elm farm. which is owned by Mrs
: Ncsta f.. Hammond, and for some tim
; the people living on the place hav
been troubled by some animal eatin,
INTO the cucumbcrs and s1la ashes an,
running a great many of them. Onl
the very outside Of many cucumber
were left and the squashes were farm
about as badly. 1t was a long time he
fore it was discovered what was doin
1 |
We're harvested and it was though. tina
| they would be all right in the bar.
One day Charles Graves the hired MAJ
went into the barn rather quickly an
lherc found the cat eating away on
: ripc cucumber and had ALREADY nut on
!, cf the squashes out of business so ia
, as its ever being made into pies wa
concerned. Further operations aIon
this line were then prevented by tt
disposition of the cat that preferre
| cucumbcrS without any vinegar. ga
and pepper to pure country milk will
out any water in it. The cat is no
\ in his last resting place as a rcwal
Y Tor being a faithful mouse catcher.
There is 4 civil war in Harpswt
, town. and all over the fact that at
, recent meeting the town refused
accept road which had been net
toned for by IA wcll-known citizcns
Great Island, and which had he,
t measured and assessed by the muric
|, pal officers per the requirements of II
law. Now the petitioners have a
pcaled to the county commissioners f
: the road. On March last. a bake,
S dozen of landholdcrs on Great Isla,
y p"tifioned the municipal officers to I;
out road from the town landing to
house of Harriet Gray; this was large
!. asked for because the rural deIive
= mail carriers are not allowed to deliy
o mail on private ways where there a
any bars or gate, and since there is
regular highway past the residences
these citizens, the carriers were oblie
: to leave the mail elsewhere The m
l nicipal officers considered the petiti
h favorabiy, measured the road. fixed
1 boundaries and assessed the dan,,ro