Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22

Maine Gossip
Month of May.
oh. the beauty of each day
Blossom laden month of May.
Tender grass and tiny leaf
Fragile flower with life as brief.
Happy birds whose JOYOUS notes
Pour from lovc-eXpanded threats.
Golden morn or evening glow
Gentle rain on all below.
Singing brooks 50 bright and clear
Country strolls for lovers dear
Everything awake5 in praise
TO the giver of such days.
And / would my heart might say
How it loves thee, month OF May.
Indianapolis News.
Success to winthrop i'll its movement
for a soldiers monument.
The strawberry festival season is on,
but the berries are not like those the
Maine fields will yield a little later.
Waterville is wondering how it is
that the number of polls in the city
fell from 1853 to 29O6 between April l,
1905, and April 1. 1906.
The thunder shower season starts in
with a fatality down in Bucksport and
nervous people will be more nervous
than ever when the black clouds roll
up in the west
The opinion of Jerry Hayes on the
"entorprisc" of one kind of journalism
would make very interesting reading.
The country roads are pretty well
dried off, but there arc numerous rough
places which make high speed in
chug-car somewhat exciting.
new feature of the Memorial day
procession in Rockland this year will
be the participation of the grandsons
of veterans.
w. S. Libbcy of Lewiston has made
an unique proposition to the city.
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works commission. He proposed to
present to the city the immense stone
crushcr used during the construction
of the Deer Rips dam. and in addition
the power to operate the same, if the
city will agree to make one mile of
macadamized road each year in re-
turn. This would be an indirect meth
Cd of obtaining roads which are badly
needed in Lewiston and perhaps just
the impetus necessary to further the
work 1t is expected the city may
agree to the proposition, and autoists
and tcamsters are already anticipating
the benefits which might accrue from
this deal.
Harry r. Burleigh of Houlton has
purchased the Aroostook Pioneer block
also the Pioneer plant and good will
of the paper and has secured the SER
vices of A. w. Hall, formerly Of the
Caribou Republican. as editor, and
Charles w. Lyons of HOuton, AS as
sociate editor In about week the
first issue of the paper under the now
ma nagcment will be presented to the
public. The price paid for the block
and plant was $4,000. The Pioneer
was the first paper established in
Aroostook county. having been started
at Pressure Isl" in 1857 and conducted
there for several years before being
moved to til" county scat. 1t was own
cd and edited for many years by tn"
late George II. Gilman and since his
death has been in the market. The
new owner is prominent young bust
ness man of Houlton and member of
the board of Selectmen. The Maine
newspaper world wishes tn" Pioneer
all success under its now management.
Miss Ella A. Barton, teacher Of sew
ing in the public schools Of Augusta
has changed the program somewhat
this year. Less time is devoted to en-
broidery and laCcmakinG and more
hours are spent in making garments.
The advanced classes are fortunate in
having a room set apart from the rfGu-
lar classroom in which are placed tables
suited to their needs. Here they are
taught by accurate measurements and
the aid of patterns to cut andbaStc sim
pie dresses and receive instructions in
fitting and alterations. Girls of the SeV-
enth and eight grades are now making
kimonos, shirt waists. skirts and light
summer dresses At the closing excr-
ciscS next month each class will fur
nish specimens of work which will be
carefully inspected. Considerable Of
the products of the children has been
given to benevolent institutions
Kittcry is impatient at the delay in
removing the remains Of the ledge
blown up at HendersOn's point, says
a Kittcry correspondent: 1T is about
time for somebody to get impatient at
the delay. No battleship will be sent
here on account of the ledge. No bat
tlcship could be locked in the new
dock for lack Of docking keel blocks
if she should come here. The money
to put the keel blocks in has been avail
able since last JULY The old floating