Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-04

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A Disappointing Success.
He longed to he q Millionaire.
And have q private car;
| TO dine with choicest bills of fare,
| And smoke 2 big cigar.
| To hear the people gayly shout
With smiles so free and fair:
| Just clear the route and all turn out;
Here comes the billiOnairen"
He gained the wealth. But men, alas!
Ne'er followed out his plan;
They whispered predatory Glass;
| or. "swollen fortune clan"
The only time The, they ceased to frown'
! Was when he took his check book down
''> Washington Star.
There is lot Of music in the jingle
of the sleigh bells.
There will be less dust blowing for
| time in the Maine city streets.
| Why will deaf mutes persist in walk
ing on the railroad tracks? There is
! always one result.
The idea OF Il State Board of Edu-
cation does not seem to be favorably
received by Maine educators.
The former residents of Winthrop,
nov living IN Portland, to the number
of "a. net in annual reunion last week.
The PenobScot grand jury, which gets
evidence in over 100 cases from muir
der to petty larceny.
Judge Louis G. Stearns of Bangor,
long recognized as one OF Names most
eloquent orators, has added materially
| to his reputation as a. jury lawyer by
| his appearance in kennebec county
| last week.
The bad fires in Biddeford and Sam
ford, following those in Portland. make
| it appear that conflagrations are cpl
deuic in southwestern Maine.
The municipal officers of our Maine
cities are doing a lot of investigating
these days in the matter OF insurance
on the city property.
Kate Douglass Wiggin, the gifted
| daughter of Maine figured very grac-
iously in the visit of Geraldine Farrar.
| the grand opera. singer to her old home
| in Melrose, Mass, this week. The III
| cident occurred at the school house
| where Miss Farrar was student not
so long ago. The Maine author made
a happy address and then presented to
| the school, IA copies of her books in
| honor of Miss Farrar.
| The town of Unity seems to take the
palm among small towns in the matter
! of tramps. No fewer than is have been
sent to Waldo county jail from Unity
in the past year, that being half the
number committed from the whole
county.
The Greenwood correspondent Of the
| oxford County Advertfses vouches for
| this: Ross Coburn. while crossing the
field Of the Foster place about sunset,
| one day last week, saw large wolf
at pretty close range. There seems to
be no doubt as to the identity OF the
| animal. the distance precluding the
% fct1 10
| was SO near that Mr.. Coburn said he
| never felt quite 50 much, like running
in his life as he did about that time.
| It is said that these animals and Wild
cats are getting to be quite plenty in
| many sections Of the State.
A suit of more than usual interest
to Aroostook people has recently been
| brought against 4 corporation dealing
in fertilizers and potatoes. with agents
in various parts of the country. The
| normal plaintiff is Guy Hammond OF
Easton, formerly of Houlton, but it is
| stated on good authority that many
| farmers living in different towns have
combined to bring suit against the
company to recover damages for
| breach of contract of sale. 1t is claim
| cd by the farmers that the company
sold them fertilizer warranting it to
| be high grade and first class: that it
was, in fact. inferior in quality, de-
| ficient in plant foods, and that as Il
| result they got no crop and lost the
use OF the land, labor and seed. Hon.
| r. w. Shaw, attorney for the farmers.
| when seen about it admitted that such
| a suit had been brought and that other
| suits were to be brought, but declined
| to discuss the matter.
The Kennebec county ice fishermen
| are regretting that it has been thought
necessary to close three more ponds in
| this vicinity. The last legislature
| closed China lake, taking it out OF the
| jurisdiction of the fish and game COM
missioners The commissioners nave
recently closed Lake Annabessacook III
Winthrop and Monmouth, and Crotched
pond otherwise called Echo lake IN
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