The Republican journal., 1906-11-29

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steamer. He was in the act of striking
a match to light, as he thought, the gas
in his stateroom, when a darkey sa-
loon boy seeing him stepped into the
room. reached over his shoulder and
turned on the electric light, slapped
him on the back and said, "Boss, you re
more'n twenty years behind de time, ~
and was lost among the passengers be-
fore the man realized that tallow can
dies had not been listed on the exchange
for a good many years. What we need
most is a marked down sale of about
half of our laws, and. then put a rev
up to date ones on the books; and one
of the first, in my opinion, should be
law to prevent ROSTERS from Growing
between the hours of sunset and sun:
rise. It is not on my own account that
l advocate such law, but 1t Is IN the
interest OF the American hen.
plead the cause of the emblem OF
Thanksgiving and the breakfast ONE
let. The hen and egg industry is one
of the largest in the country. The hen
has to supply the eggs,-we couldn't dc
it even were we so inclined. After a
strenuous days work the hen retlres
to bed to rest and recuperate her vast
ed energies. About the time she is
doing off and dreaming OF 40 cent eggs,
a great lazy Plymouth Rock rooster, oc-
cupying the middle of the roost, who
never earned honest dollar in his life,
possessing one of those long distance
voices, starts up and crows twice
minute till morning, and there Is no
more sleep in that barn for hen, COW,
or any living thing. Just imagine
what would have happened II Brigham
Young in the good old days of Mormon,
ism had sat up in bed and croWed all
night, while his forty wives were try
ing to catch a few Winks OF sleep be-
tween crows. If he had attempted such
a performance it would have ended pc
lygamy more effectually than all that
legislation has accomplished since.
And is the growing entirely confined
to the feathered tribe? Don't good
many of us "old ROSTERS crow too
much, while the other sex is doing the
work? | have often thought of it, but
do not remember of ever calling my
wife's attention to the fact; perhaps l
forgot to.
When Maine people get together,
they like to talk about the old State as
much as a young man does about his
best girl, and there is much we can say
about her,-I mean the State,-if she is
sweet and lovable,-I mean the girl
now,-but we all agree that Maine has
the coolest and clearest ice, the hand
soonest women, the best granite, the
loveliest scenery, the finest apples and
potatoes; and her devices for eyading
the liquor laws challenge the admira-
ton of the world. And her corporation
laws are only equalled by those of New
Jersey. Why, with paid in capital of
ten dollars, you can organize COM
pany with million capital stock, and
90 into another State and unload it on
the unsuspecting, and make clear
profit of the whole million, less the ten
dollars paid in, and still there ale peo-
pie who say you cannot make money in
Maine.
A man who had left the State for his
own, or the States good, he didn't tell
me which, said there were two classes
in Maine; one, "the smart and the
other 1.-The not smart" The smart, he
said, could get living in the State, but
the not smart were obliged to go else
where l turned this statement over
in my mind, and wondered what would
have happened to the rest Of us if such
men as John Peirce, Charles w. Morse,
and some others had remained at home.
Look at any of The big buildings in our
large cities and you will see the initials
%. p, contractor cut in the corner
stone. Stand on the shore anywhere
between Savannah and st. John and
every steamship and steamboat that
goes by will have the name "ChaS. w.
Morse, owner" on the stern. lie, how
ever, commenced to "cut ice before he
left the State, and Notwithstanding he
was in the business for many years |
never heard him accused of having
"cold feet" Ex-Governor Black and
Rev. Lyman Abbott, two former Maine
men, are so we'll known that when
either of them registers at hotel, the
clerk always gives him room with a
window in it, two clean towels, and
cake of ivory soap, without his even
asking for them.
Names industries are constantly de-
veloping. New railroads are being
built, and the latest, the new branch of
the Aroostook railroad with its outlet
at Cape Jellisou, is bringing the pro-
ducts of ArooStook county to the sea,
where they can be shipped by steamer.
Over 17,O0O,O 900 bushels of potatoes is
the estimated crop for this year, from
this one county. One potato house now
being built at Cape Jellison is 1,500 feet
quarter of mile,-125
feet wide, and will hold over 100000
barrels of potatoes! l could tell you
how far these potatoes would reach it
laid end to end, and how long it would
take a small boy to pick them up when
there was a circus in town; but l will
not bother you with statistics. Maine
has lots of things to her credit, but of
course there are some dark spots on
her.-so there are on the sun,-but l
think that am stating the truth when
say that up to the present time there
has not been a picture of Maine girl
on the sporting page of Sunday paper,
standing on the fiat of her left foot, in
a shoe with no heel, her right foot three
quarters around behind her, resting
on the toe, her body twisted around
like a corkscrew, and panied ex-
preston on her face, as though she
had just been disinherited, her hands
grasping the handle of top maui,
presumably in the act of knocking
golf ball four miles and half into
the next county. No, thank God, Maine
has escaped this affection thus far. And
today, what State has a more widely
known delegation in Congress than
ours? Frye, Hale, Burleigh, Littlefield
and Powers are names OEe sees in all
the papers. With due respect to the
great State of New York, probably
hardly q person present knows the