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Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Supt. F. A. Lawton of the Phillips
q Rangeley Road. who has been at
ms home in this city for some time on
account of illness, returned yesterday
to Phillips
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

The young ladies of the Congrega-
uohai church arc making plans for Il
Chatting Dish supper to be given next
Tuesday evening at the parish rooms.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Mrs. Arthur Randall and little
daughter Of Waterville are the guests
of Mrs. Randalls mother. Mrs. Web
Der. Plaisted street.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Mrs j. w. Cross, who makes her
nome with her daughter Mrs. l.. H.
Clarke is passing some weeks with
Fer sister Mrs. f. A. Perry at Allston.
Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

The launch Lucy, owned by the
Fltcher brothers. was shipped yester-
cay to Lewiston ana will be used next
summer on Lake Auburn.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Mr.. and Mrs. d. f. Shirley, who for
some time have been the guests or
friends in this city. left yesterday for
their homa in New York.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Miss Jennie Hobbs returned to Ban
gor yesterday after passing Il few days
in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Mrs. c. A. Eldridge and daughter
left yesterday for a visit of week in
Lewiston.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Misses Harriet and Martha Stilkes
arrived from Bath last evening and
will pass a week in Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Jesse Ditson. who has been visiting
relatives in West Gardiner, left yes
terday for his home in Salem, Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Mrs. Charles H. Wight is confined
to her bed by a very serious illness.
and is being cared for by her sister.
Mrs. W. i. Nelson. Of Richmond.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Freeman Carter, who has been in
Gardiner for several days on business.
returned yesterday to Rockland.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15
MAINE PENSIONS.

Washington. March 14-The follow
Ing Maine pensions have been granted: !:
George F. Brickett, IS: James Dono-
hue. $12.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Edgar Morton, who has been visiting
relatives in Gardiner, returned yester-
day to Calais.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Mrs. James Ellison. who has been
visiting Randolph friends. returned
Yesterday 10 her home in Gorham. n.
H.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

70 CURE A COLD IN ONE oAy
'n lave LAXATIVE BROMO ouinire Tan
sets. Druggists refund money IL it fail.
oc ~ .usS s.cS =. ". GROVES. signature is
"A- Oc' tu, 10
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Mrs. James Huntington of Litchfield
was the guest of her sister, Mrs. G.
II. Wight yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

T. A. Jewett has accepted a position
as a travelling salesman for a firm
that deals in paints and oils.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Ben B. Clay Of Boston and c. j.
Ruggles of Gardner Mass, have been
in Gardiner this week.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15
GARDINER.
JsurnaPs Telephone Call, a1.a

A. "A. Brann returned yesterday
from a visit in Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Miss Annie Lawrence Of South Car
diner left yesterday for visit in
Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Herbert Cobb left yesterday for a
business trip to Kcnt's Hill and other
places.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

| Mrs. II. II. Eldrige and daughter
| left yesterday for a visit in Boston
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

The Uniform Rank, x. of F.. will in
stall officers this evening.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

Prof. w. L. Powers left yesterday
for a few days visit in Lewiston.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15

The President Wednesday sent to the
Senate the nomination of Lieut.. Col.
Charles +. Powell to be brigadier gen
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-03-31
IT SUITS HIM.

ct see," said the Long Island farm
er, who shared a seat with a man
who was reading a newspaper, "that
the legislature has passed resolution
to investigate the banks in this
state?"
eyes, 1 see," replied the other.
"Have you any objection p
"Not one, sir. On the contrary,
it suits me to a dol" I"
"You think they need investiga-
ting, do you 7"
eyes sir. Four weeks ago l was
up in Brooklyn and met man who
wanted to start for Chicago at once.
He lacked SIS of his fare, he give me
check for $40 on the bank to advance
him the money. When ! took the
check to the bank the feller behind
the winder handed it back with grin
and said
"John Smith don't bank here"
"But there's his name" says /.
"But he has no money here" say:
he.
"But where's my ten3" says I.
"In the soup" says he, and when
I began to talk loud and demand my
rights they had a policeman put me
out doors. Yes, sir, 1 want to see
the banks investigated. want te
know if it's lawful for them to grir
at a man and throw check back al
him and then throw him out door:
Just because he has aided poor fel
Ter who wanted to get to Chicago in a
hurry to hear the last dying words
of his dear old mother. ."-/oe Ke'r.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-03-31
SAMUEL JOHNSON And WOMEN.

OF marriage in the abstract Johnson
highly approved. Every man." he
said, ''is worse man in proportion
as he is unfit for the married state"
He approved of man contracting a
second marriage and considered it as
a compliment to the first wife. He
acknowledged, however, that he had
once been on the point of asking Mrs.
Johnson not to marry again. She
might we'll have granted his request
without any fear of being unwilling
to marry pretty woman lest he should
have cause for jealousy. mo, sir,
he said. II would prefer pretty wo-
man unless there are objections to
her. A pretty woman, if she has a
mind to be wicked, can find a reader
way than another, and that is all. /"
He had, in fact, made profound
study of women from every point of
view. And yet Johnson never took
women quite seriously and would not
hear of their assuming an equality
with men, either in mental or bodily
pursuits.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-03-31
BITS OF ADVICE.
BY GRACE c. Bosrw1cK.

You can't tell the size of mans
heart from his waist band.
The dog that makes the most noise
doesn't always get the biggest bones.
Some mems brains are like their
boots, too small at pinch.
The quiet fisherman gets the big
gest catch.
You can't always judge a mans
bank account by the hat he wears.
No man can judge a woman's
temper by the way she deos her
hair.
The fancy pocket book sometimes
holds nothing but one-cent stamp.
There are times when money doesn't
talk; when a man tells his wife that
he has lost his substance i'll a poker
game, she makes a fair substitute.
There is nothing SO disillusioning
to the newly-wed as to see their fami-
ly wash on the line.
Talk is cheap but silence foots the
bills.
Don't "take off, people unless you
are sure the temperature will justify
it.
When you are gazing from thir-
teenth story window, do not fall out
with your companion remember that
thirteen is an unlucky number.
Never speak ill of your fellow man
unless your are positive you can whip
him.
Forge ahead with will, but don't
forge awill.
If you hitch your wagon to star,
don't be surprised to find that your
steed balks.
If you want too throw glasses don't
live in stone house.
Don't be to much bent on pleas
ure or you may break yourself.
Don't laugh at the wearer of a
threadbare coat ; he may be an &C.
centric millionaire or an honest poor
man. .-Br0adway Magazine.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-03-31

ed poems sitting at the edge of The
forest near the limpid fountains where
the fairies have the habit of dancing
of an evening in the light OF the
stars.
Nv.
Now as he sat once musiug under
the boughs of a tree, the wicked,
thieving fairy saw him and loved him.
One is not fairy for nothing, and a
fairy does not stand on ceremony.
Swifter than butterfly kisses rose
she put her lips upon his lips, and the
poet, greatly occupied though he was
with his ode, could not help but feel
the heavenliness of her career. Blue
and rose diamond grottoes opened up
in the depths of the earth, gardens
of lilies spread out there, luminous
as the stars thither the poet and the
fairy were drawn in chariot of gold
in their flight; and for a very long
time they loved each other, forgetful
Of all but their kisses and smiles.
UuUmeS uTcSScu N vI01Ce carfrsy--~ y--~av~~-
attired in misty haze, performed
dances before them that fell in rhythm
with the music of unseen orches-
tras, while fitting hands that had no
arms brought them ruby baskets of
snow white fruit, perfumed like a
white rose and like a virgin bosom.
Or, to please the fairy more, the poet
recited, while the cords OF theorbo,
the most beautiful verses his fancy
could conceive.
Fairy that she was, she had never
known Joy comparable to this of be-
ing sung to by beautiful young man
who invented new songs every day,
and when he grew silent and she felt
the breath of his mouth very near
her passing through her hair she melt
ed away with tenderness.
Their happiness seemed to be with
out end. Days passed by, many,
many, days, but nothing occurred to
disturb their Joy. Nevertheless, she
had moments of gloom, when she
would sit musing, with her check on
her hand and her hair falling down in
streams to her lips.
20 queen p he cried, "what more
can you desire, seeing that we are so
happy in the midst of all ours pleas
ures, you who are all powerful, you
who are so beautiful 7" She did not
answer at first, but when he insisted
she shighed and said /: "Alas lone al
ways ends by suffering the evil that
one has inflicted on others. Alas ] ]
am sad because you have never told
me I love you 7 ="
He did not pronounce the words
but he uttered a cry Of joy at having
found again the end of his poem. In
vain the fairy attempted to retain him
in the blue and rose-diamond grot'
toes, in thr gardens of lilies that were
as luminous as the stars. He return
ed to earth, completed, wrote and
published his ode, in which the men
and women of the afflicted country
found again the divine words that
they had lost.
Now there were rendezvouses again
in the lanes, and warm, loving con-
versations at the conjugal windows.
It is because of poetry that the
kisses are sweet, and lovers say moth
ing that the poels have not sung.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-03-31
THE RArrRoADER,s PRAYER.

o, Lord, now that have tagged
through, lift me from the road oflife
and place me safely on the train OF
salvation.
Let me use the safety lamp known
as Prudence for my headlight make
all couplings in the train with the
strong link of Thy Love; and let my
running orders be the Bible and,
Heavenly Father, keep all main line
switches closed that lead away from
Thy grace.
o, Lord, if it be Thy pleasure,
have every semaphore along the line
show the white light of Hope, that
l may make the run of life without
stopping and, Lord, give US the ten
commandments for a schedule, and
when have finished the run, and
have pulled into the great station OF
Death on time, may Thou, the Sup
erintendent of the Universe, say, with
a smile: "Well done, thou good and
faithful servant, come and sign the
paw roll, and receive your check tor
enternal happines. ."-PsfO1maf0,t
Outlook.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-03-31
VOCABULARY UP TO DATE.

Atoms-The place to which vic
Tins of an explosion are blown.
Banquet Table-Sometimes that
groans under wealth of delicious
viands, and from which seasonable
-delicacies are served.
Bride-An accomplished young
woman who enters on the arm of her
father, is vision of loveliness, and
receives many costly and useful pres.
ents.
Bridegroom-An unimportant per-
son of the male persuasion.
Carnival-A celebration closing in
blaze of glory.
Cold Notwithstanding in which
murder is committed.
Fire-A process which causes
buildings to go up in smoke or to be
reduced to ashes, leaving only smould-
ering ruins.
Fugitive-A person who makes
RoRN Hefo4Hs R}s 9AGapsfi pWsfio rescues browning
person just as he is sinking for the
third time.
Lie-That which is nailed.
Life-Something that is snuffed
out.
Murder-A crime committed in cold
blood dastardly deed.
Muderer-A human monster;
iend in humnn shape fend incar-
nate.
Only Ornament-The gift of the
bridegroom.
Plot-A scheme which is nippedin
the bud.
Political Meeting (our side's)-A
gathering which packs the hall from
pit to dome, an outpouring of the rep
resentative citizenship of the commu
nifty.
Political Meeting (the other fellows)
"A gathering composed Of only
twenty four persons by actual count,
fully one-half of whom attended
merely out OF curiosity.
Pool of Blood That in which
murdered person is found lying.
Prisoner-A person taken into GUS
tody and lodged in Jail.
Society-A portion of the commit
nifty which frequently is all agog and
often in hutter of excitement.
Street Car-An instrument of tor
ture in which human beings are pack
ed like sardines in box.
Toastmaster-A man who makes
few we'll chosen remarks, which often
are appropriate to the occasion.
Victims (of fatal accident)-Per-
sons who are plunged, dashed or
hurled into eternity.
Wreck-Catastrophe in which cars
are reduced to junk, smashed into
kindling wood, or crushed like egg
shells.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-03-31
CAN'T BEAT THE LAWYERS.

A wealthy peasant who felt that
his hours were numbered called his
sons to his bedside and said
"James, I am going on that long
journey from whence no one returns
and bequeath you my blessing"
The second son came forward with
bowed head and the father said
"John Henry you have been good
boy and leave you my good name"
The third son showed up with tears
in his eyes, and the old man took
him by the hand and observed:
"Andrew Jackson, you are the
yougest, and l bequeath you my
grave. See that it is kept green.
Farewell, my dear sons. Each of
you press my hand for the last time
and then go back to your work in the
corn6eld."
"But, dad, you are worth many
thousand dollars" }" they protested in
chorus.
"That is true, my sons, but have
tried to make an equal division. l
have bequeathed all the honors to
you and all the money to the law
yers. They would have got it any
how, even if they had to prove
that your mother was fool and your
father lunatic, and they would have
made you enemies where you can
now always be brothers and friends. "
| MORAL.
But the lawyers were not satisfied
with the division, and having con-
vinced the court that the old peasant
once fell off a haystack and landed on
his ear they were allowed to take
everything else besides and put up a
tombstone on the instalment plan.
TWILL admit, said the merchant,
who had advertised FOR an assistant
"that your experience in business
might make yon valuable man
But the salary you ask is a good deal
of money just for your experience. =
"Welp' replied the man who had
seen better days, IT assure you Tn
Offering my experience to you fol
much less than it cost me-"
st HAVE called" began Mr.. Ner'
vey Poorman, Ito speak to you about
your daughter. Of course, you must
have noticed that there is something
between us" ''No," interrupted
Mr.. Roxley, "but I'm sure there vii
be pretty soon." "Ah p "Yes, the
Atlantic Ocean. I'm going to send hel
abroad until she learns little com
mon sense"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-03-31

THE JuDGE-But if you footed
your horn, how is it that the plaintiff
did not hear you in time to get out of
the way?
The Defendant am convinced,
YOUR honor, that the accident was due
entirely to the inferior velocity of
sound.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-03-31

"What will be your chiefaim, now
that you are in Congress9" asked the
interviewer. ITO stay there" an
swered the laconic young statesman.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-03-31

To KNOW how to grow old is the
masterwork of wisdow and one of the
most difficult chapters in the great
art of living.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-03-31

WHEN a bachelor meets the right
girl he is apt to find that he's the
wrong man.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-03-31

A LAZY man is as useless as a dead
man and takes up more room.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-03-31
THEY woUION'T HEAR him.


Angie invited her young man to
supper. Everything was passing off
tremendously until the seven year
old brother broke the blissful silence
by saying:
"Oh, ma, yer oughter seen Mr.
the other night when he called to
take Angie to the drill. He looked
so nice, sittin' alongside of her with
his arm"
Erred |" screamed the maiden,
quickly placing her hand over the
boys mouth.
eyer oughter seen him" contin-
ued the persistant informant, after
gaining his breath. "He had his
arm"
"Freddie !" shouted the mother,
as in her frantic attempt to reach the
boys auricular appendage, she upset
the teapot.
IT was only going to say" the
half-frightened boy pleaded, between
a cry and an injured whine, "he had
his ARM
Frederick" thundered the father,
''leave the table p
And the boy did so, exclaiming as
he went, 81 was only goin' to say
Mr.--had his army clothes on, and
/ leave it to him if he didn't
THE FOLLOWING conversation re-
Gently took place Physician with
his ear to the patients breast)-
"There is a curious swelling over the
region of your heart, sir, which must
be reduced at once"
Patient (anxiously)-" swell
ing is my pocket. book, doctor. Please
don't reduce it too much"
"WAS SHE trained nurse?" "She
must have been. She hadn't been in
the hospital week before she was en-
gagged to the richest patient there.
To AVERT sDeeze press the upper
lip against the teeth with the forehn-
ger.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-03-31

ed poems sitting at the edge of The
forest near the limpid fountains where
the fairies have the habit of dancing
of an evening in the light of the
stars.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-03-31

"WAs SHE trained nurse?" "She
must have been. She hadn't been in
the hospital week before she was en-
gagged to the richest patient there"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-23
A Long Ride.

The autmobile party, consisting OF DR..
F. y. Sawyer and Hon. Forrest Good
win with their families, successfully
concluded their weeks tour through the
Province of Quebec and the states of
Vernon, New Hampshire and Maine,
arriving home Saturday evening
The route was travelled very much ac-
cording to the schedule outlined in a
previous issue, the first night being
passed at Jackman and the run from
that point to Quebec being made on the
day following, distance of lis miles
On the forenoon of this day they met
the Beauceville p Q baseball team on
its way to st George and the autoists
and players succeeded in exchange g
courtesies although neither party was
conversant with the language of the other
AS the automobile moved away Mr..
Good win called for three cheers for the
Beauceville team aud everybody, includ-
ing quite proportion of the inhabitants
of Beauceville, who we're following
their nine, Joined in the shout with
great goodwill. In the afternoon of the
same day, just after passing st Mary's
about 25 miles from Quebec, they met in
narrow, fenced road a drove of $50
Canadian cattle and had to work their
way carefully through the m, the road
being frequently blocked.
Two days were passed in and about
the city of Q lebec and the trip made to
Montreal by steamer The journey
from Montreal to Burlington, Vt. was
made in one day, 10 miles, and on the
following day, Friday, the party reached
Bethlehem, n. q. Ia this town they
had occasion to step into store and
were quite gratfied. to find lying upon
the counter copy of the last issue of
the REPORTER They had been moving
so rapidly from place TO place that no
mail had reached them from home and
the latest copy of the local paper was
very much appreciated.
The last days run from Bethlehem,
n H to Skowhegan was Isl miles, the
longest of the tour, portion of it being
over a spur of Mount Washington by
the famous Cherry Mountain road, and
the hour of arrival here was not far from
eight O'clock p. m.
There we're some thrilling experiences
and many novel adventures but the en-.
tire journey was made without mishap
or accident to the car or its occupa ants.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-23
TOWN and VICINITY

The Maine Valve Company have some
bargains in secondhand bicycles.
John S. Kidder, who has been making
b home in Scion for some months past
wi Chas. French and family, is pass
ing the present week in town.
Miss Annie Jewett of Boston, arrived
here Saturday evening for visit with
her cousin, Fl. T. Jewett. She is accom-
p tnied by her niece, Miss Lucille Mer-
rltt.
Mrs. f. w. Marston of oakland, Cal.
was among the arrivals on Saturday
evenings train. She is the guest OF Mrs.
5 arab 5. Marstou at her home on Main
street.
Mrs. C. h. Playse left here yesterday
for Portland. Mr.. Playse was to meet
her in that city and they are to go TO
some resort on the Maine coast for sew
eral weeks rest.
Mrs. F. H. Carpenter, and her mother,
Mrs. A. d. Brooks, who have been the
guests of Skowhegan friends for several
weeks, left here Saturday morilg to re-
turn to their home In Providence, r. /.
Mrs. +. w. Bucknam and her son,
Avian, left here yesterday morning to
pass the next ten days at the home Of
Mr.. Bucknam's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William K. Bucknam, In Yarmouth, Me.
Miss G ace Emery, who has been
making her home in Eastport, Maine,
with Or. w. F. Cleveland and family,
has been in town since Monday as the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Mary Emery.
Miss Emery is to return to E4stport to-
u )rrow.
DON'T fail to hear Mrs. Paacek, dra-
matte soprano, at the farewell concert
Of Herwegh Won Ende and his pupils at
the Bethany Baptist Church next Tues
day evening, August 28 b. Have your
seats reserved at once at G. r. Fogg's
drug store.
The high court of the Independent
o der of Foresters is in session at Ban
gor this week. L. L. Walton, Esq,
q 'orney for this body, and Messrs. Chas.
Bu'nor, c. p. Adams, C. n. Bragg, and
Thos Butler, delegates from the Show
h gan Court, are in attendance.
Rv. Abraham H. Wyman of No. Eas-
ton, Mass, has been in town this week
o. brief visit to his uncle, D.. W. F.
Blunt, Mr.. Wyman was for many years
located at Topeka, Kansas, and only
within the past year has accepted the
pastorate which he now has in Mass.
achusetts.
Miss Alice NJ. Delano left here Tues
dar, to return to her home in Rockland,
M 'ss. She had been the guest of her
I Gle, f. X. Dclano since early in July.
S6owhegan people will remember with
pleasure her singing at the Kotler con-
cert and the few other opportunities
when they bad the opportunity to hear
her
Midshipmau Coburn S. Marston, of
Tue Dattlesnlp l)Ws is III town, having
{ his vessel at Portland on a ten days
furlough. Mr.. Marston has been with
the I1wa since February, 1905 and this
l. his third visit home This vessel Is to
remain near the coast of Maine for a
time and Mr.. Marston will rej).n her at
Portland or Rockland at the end of his
furlough.
Walter Hight, Mr.. and Mrs Philo
Steward and Miss Florence Wyman
have been on an outing at Pleasant pond
since Friday OF last week. They were
conveyed thither by Mr.. lights part
Ier Chss. r. Ward, In his Rambler
Touring car. Mr.. Ward returned here
Friday evening having made the round
trip Of eighty-four miles In about eight
hours.
80 - -S-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-23

Circumstances existed on the day Of
my auction, last Saturday, that were
beyond my control, as Ill health pre-
vented my being present. Ga that ac-
count did not sell all of my carriages
and harnesses, but as can have the
stable for thirty days longer l will sell
anything in the line of carriages, hsr-
nesses, poles, robes, etc., at less than
COST Call and see me for | want to
sell. L. W. CHASE