Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-02

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The shades of night were falling fast
AS down a side street hurried past.
A kid. whose arms We're fun enough
OF This internal kind of stuff:
taSt-irUn cannon,
F'irccrackerS,
GunpOWder,
TOrpedueS,
10y pistol
Dynamite.
His brow was happy rs lie bore
From ont the deadly fireworks store
A grand assortment of the dope
That fills the doctor full of hope,
Roman Candies,
SkyrocketS,
Cartridges,
Paper caps,
linWheels
Bombs.
And in the twilight cold and gray.
Of that eVentful July day,
His mother from the drugstore VIII
RUSH home with these things, and the
Witch hazel
Pain killer.
Banda9eS
Ointment,
Imminent,
t'rutcheS,
Lotions,
SplintS,
Cotton,
GatlZe
s5alVe,
Lint
Los Angeles Express,
The tide Of summer travel is rising
every day.
The Bath girls are looking forward
to the visit of the naval cadets in
August.
The towns which are planning fol
the Fourth expect that long delayed
rainstcrm to get here Saturday.
The Brighton Academy centennial
was saddcned by the death of Alphonse
Mou!ton for many years one OF the
trustees.
There will be another state conven-
ton at Bangor n little later, but the
gathering will be mournful and
meaningless.
The electric cars are now running
from Winslow to East Vassalboro, and
work is being pushed on the whole
line.
A familiar figure among the dele
gates; at the Bangor convention Tues
day was Charles Blance of Prospect
Harbor who enjoyed the distinction of
attending as a delegate his 50th Re-
publican convention, county, district
and State.
Here is the latest story sent out by
that Parkhurst correspondent: can
old hen with a large family of small
chickens was recently given an empty
barrel turned down on its side for 4
coop on the writer's premises. one
day recently the hen gave the signal
of distress used by all good grangers
and the barrel was quickly surround
ed by the fighting members of the
household. A large snake was found
in the barrel and quickly lynched.
Several lunches We're noticed on the
reptiles body and he was ripped up
The back with a pair of shears and
sever chickens were found gasping for
breath. They are all alive yet"
Bath independent: The government
is going to build some more torpedo
beat dcstroyers, bids for which will be
opened in the late summer or early
fall. AS not more than three can be
built by one firm and there are to be
ten built the chances look good for our
Bath plant to get some of them. This
would be cheering indeed for with the
ships already contracted for this would
give the plant plenty of work through
the winter and spring. The reputa-
tion of the Bath Iron Works for
building government craft is such that
it is safe to assert that everything else
being equal the contracts for some OF
this next lot of boats will come here.
of the recent meeting of the Maine IIp-
worth League convention in Gardiner
we left out part of the resolutions
which We're adopted. c. Leopold Win
chester Of Bangor, president of the
State league. reminds us of the omis
sion and we are very glad to publish
the missing section which reads as fol-
lows: I'VE also wish to express our
thanks to the kennebec Journal and to
the other newspapers who So splendid
ly and correctly reported this conven-
ton in their columns"
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
A Tree as Summer Resort.
Lewiston SUM-