Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-03

again.
All, we need no Maypole dancing, nor the
CHANGING maids enhancing
To make festive such a gentle time as
this,
For it's fine to watch the cleaning Of the
world with sunlight teemine
Ard existence is a sweet and priceless
bliss;
There is drOWsy satisfaction IN thlS per-
While around you nature tolls with
might aud main:
There is JOY enough IN knowing mat ~
grass ard trees are GROWING,
And the lazy time is with us once AGAIN.
Washington star.
The dealers in straw hats have still
good supply on hand.
Portland's gain of IS children over
last year, rs shown by the school CEN
sus. does not indicate great strides for
ward in population.
Saco'S soldiers monument was dedl-
Gated on Memorial Day, but the mys-
terry of its unknown donor was not
solved.
The old Erick factory. so-called, at
North Monmouth is to be changed
over into a mill for the manufacture
of blankets. Judging by the weather
| this season, the promoters of this en-
terprise cannot get the output Of their
new mill on the market moment
| too soon.
The Scotch residents Of Sabattus of
whom there are many will hold pic
mic on the shores Of the pond June $,
in celebration Of the June Common
Riding" an annual event which is
celebrated in HarWick. Scotland. Many
Of the Scotch residents came from this
section of Scotland and make it
point to observe the old festival each
year.
Miss Marie Bourgeois of Westbi 0ok,
whose arm was crushed and burned in
a laundry three months ago, is out
again after a remarkable experience.
over 500 pieces of flesh and skin Eaye
been grated into her arm within the
last two weeks. From 80 to so small
pieces a day have been used, her
mother and brothers gladly consenting
to have the skin taken from their own
bodies. 1t is a remarkable recovery.
A remarkable circumstance hap
pened in connection with the laying out
Of the now trotting park in Hnulton.
When Houlton's first park was laid
out the lines ana grades We're run by
Parker p. Burleieh of LinneuS. When
its successor, the Putnam park, was
laid out the surveyor was his son, AL
bert A. Burleigh, and a the present
time Everett E. Burleigh is running
lines for Houltons third park. all the
surveying having been done by three
generations of the same family
A peculiar combination of mishapS
occurred one day recently on the
Highlands in Houlton A little girl was
taking care Of her baby brother and
while carrying him let him fall which
stunned him. The little girl rushed
to a neighboring house for her moth
or and in the excitement tainted away.
DIR. Mann was hastily summoned and
he went to the house with his team.
While he was in the house the horse
i.
The horse coming madly into the barn
frightened an old gentleman who was
there and he jumped down a scuttle
hole and received injuries.
1t is announced that the Society of
Sons Of the American Revolution have
not vet found a suitable boulder for
the Valley Forge memorial. The last
Legislature appropriated the sum of
$500 for memorial at Valley Forge,
Penn, in memory of the soldiers from
| what is now the State of Maine who
served in the Massachusetts regiments
| in the Continental army under Wash
| ingtun, in the winter Of HTS, and
shared in the terrible sufferings there
endured. Some time ago this and
other Maine newspapers published an
article from Rev. Henry s. Burragc
y. d., Togus, Me, stating that a gran
| lite boulder nine or ten feet in BREADTH
seven or eight feet in height -four or
| five feet above the ground when in
place. and five or six feet in depth and
a cut of the Weymouth monument at
Thomaston was given as an illustra-
ton Of the boulder wanted. There are
| whole Of the encampment at Vail Ay
| Forge, but where is there one as de-
scribed, near railroad. that could be
loaded On car for shipment? Does
| anyone know of one that he or she
| thinks would be n good stone for this
purpose? If so. send word to DIR. Bur-
| rage. The patriotic sons and daugn-
tiers Of Maine should be interested in
this worthy monument and send word
if they know of 2 stone thought to b.,
suitable and accessible.
| The great host Of friends and adj
mirers Of President Hyde in Maine
and throughout the whole country
are extremely sorry to learn of his
| i'll health, caused by overwork At
the present time he is suffering from
nervous prostration, and, although
everything possible is being done to
make him as comfortable as possible.
his recovery will be very slow. While
addressing a gathering in New York