Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-02
Maine Gossip
A New Year Reyerie.

A New Year Revere.
The same leaf that turned last year
vii. hav. to do,
To say the truth. | cannot spare
AS much as two
In spite of all the changing years
The worlds the same,
It's light. its laughter and It's tears
The same old game!
The songs we sing, the prayers We pray,
Tn" dark the light,
Take the same Stagc-''piay out tn-
play"
And h"n-Goodnight
Frank l.. Stanton.
The gavel falls this morning.
Did you write it 1907 the first time
you tried?
The New Year came along with
sort of dog days air.
The good die young, and this is es-
The enforcement deputies go back to
private life and the sheriffs have the
whole field.
Portland has said No twice to
South Portland, but it spoke very
family both times.
The Lewiston fair management be-
gins 1907 in promising fashion by pay
ing $225O on the old debt.
During 1906 Maine shipped 1892 cat
tie and 10, 800 sheep to the Waterfowl
and Brighton markets. In 1905 it sent
1882 cattle and 1850 sheep, in 1904.
$3.50 cattle and 1886 sheep. in 1903.
5.517 cattle and 1881 sheep; in 1902,
S,9i2 cattle and 15,465 sheep.
Everybody is glad to know that our
Maine steam railroads increased their
earnings to the tune of $1,437, $50 IN
1906. They have given the public good
service at reasonable rates and are
fairly entitled to a generous share of
the country's prosperity.
IllotH VI w NUN i~''t
Thursday fourteen young foxes that lie
dug from their holes last summer.
They were full grown when he killed
them and their fur was in excellent
condition. Mr.. Bridges also has III"
skins Of tWenty-four foxes that he has
trapped during the fall and winter.
This gives him at this time thirty-eiGht
FL Oh nd ha hl mink
ana one coon skin.
The recent shipment of live stock by
the Pennington Live Stock 90. seven
carloads in all, brought $40. 100 in the
Brighton market. The lot included 10
oxen. 125 calves. 80 hogs and several
cows. That was precious load 81
live stock and was the cream of any
stuff which went into Brighton this
year.
A Maine exchange says: THE ar
rest of a Parkman young woman on
the charge of infanticide increases the
murder cases in Maine for 1906 to
three" This is jumping at conclu-
SionS with a vengeance. An arrest fer
murder by no means proves that the
person arrested is guilty. In justice
to the young woman she should be.
and must be. supposed innocent until
proven otherwise.-Biddefor Journal.
Moreover. the young woman is held
for manslaughter and not for murder.
From the deep forest comes the IN
formation that chopping will cease in
a greater portion of the lumber camps
Of the Kennebec river system about
the tenth of January. The fall season
was the very best for the lumber oper-
ators doing business on the high lands
but rather tough on the operators hav-
ing low lands to deal with. Frost
came late and the frequent rains of the
late fall kept the thick timber country
almost impregnable as far as teams
we're concerned. The cut on the sys-
TEN will not fall much short of that
q year ago. The streams closed well
filled with water. rather more 50 than
for many years and the frequent SHOWS
which have come with what may rea-
sonably be expected from now on until
sprins. give promise of profitable log
driving when the season opens.