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

The curse Of the envious in his ears.
But who goes his way with his head held
high
For he is the man who wins.
baltimore News.
Considerable less cheer for the
Democrats in this springs city cleo
tons than in those OF a year ago.
Just a year since the beginning of
the Cooper trial around which the
whni- world revolved for six weeks.
Of the forty-nine deaths reported
in the town of Bridgton last year
twenty-four were of persons who We're
seventy years old or over. Verify. the
young may die and the old must.
At Colts Island, Washington's birth
day was celebrated by about 20 men
and boys, who landed about six cords
of wood at Frank Babbidge's door. Mr..
Babbidge has been unable to do any
hard work for the last Is months.
Seniors Of six Maine High schools
have already decided to substitute the
usual graduation for a trip to Wash
ington, d. c. This list includes Lisbon
Falls, Topsham, Brunswick, ROckport,
South Paris and Skowhegan. In each
instance several townspeople will ac-
company the students
Daniel Briggs of Mechanic Falls,
aged SO. has kept a diary for 20 con-
secutive years and has figured it out
that from May 1, 1886, to May 1. 1906,
there were 5S73 rainy days and 1851
days on which it showed.
On and after March Is, the Maine
Central railroad will adopt the use of
fuzee signals on all it's lines to pre-
vent accidents. These will be used
where a train is running behind time
or running on another trains sched-
ule to prevent other trains from cOllid-
ing with it in the rear. These fuZee
signals are manufactured in different
sizes so that they will burn n certain
number of minutes and at the end Of
that time a train which has been
stopped by one of them can proceed
with safety
The game started off with a rush
and for several minutes side and back
combs filled the air and were picked
off the battle-ground by the busy
referee and umpire. The girls looked
like Indians with their hair streaming
but they did not seem to notice it.
= 8 p" Miss Robinson was injured
and fell on the floor in a faint.
This gentle reader. is from an ac-
count of basketball game as played
by the young ladies of the Portland
and Bath High schools.
portrait of Hon. John Fairfield
will be added to the collection of the
portraits of the ex-governors of Maine
at the State House His daughter,
Miss Martha Fairfield, Of Saco will be
the donor, and it was painted by ] B.
kahill of Portland under her direction
and is pronounced a striking likeness
OF the noted statesman. 1t is now on
exhibition at the rooms of a. NJ. Lang
corner Spring and Park streets.
Governor Fairfield was early brought
into prominence and to the end of his
life was one Of the leading men of this
state. He served in Congress from 1894
until 1887, and i'm 1898 was elected
Governor. defeating Hon. Edward
Kent. the Wing candidate, and was re-
elected in 1889.
The fire which did about $4,000 worth
OF damage in the south end of old
Maine hall at bowdoin college last
saturday is by no means the first
which that historic structure has suf-
fered since it was erected in 1908.
Just % years ago. Mar. 4, 1922, the
Whole interior Of this dormitory was
destroyed by a fire which started ii,
the attic. The walls were uninjured.
ho"ever-and the damage was repaired