Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-22

NduSc III Is IOllS itftl L dIi tlSill
The shades are down. the house is quiet.
And Docs come in a hack;
I'm upstairs OH a water diet.
Jest cause an eve turned black,
I'll get a ickin', l cak'late.
Cause Pa is forty and am eight
Denver Republican.
j. w. OXton, who has resigned as
postmaster Of Rockport, has filled that
Office for the past % years.
Between the Episcopalians, the Ply
thlans, the Eastern Star and the De-
gree of Honor, Portland is getting its
share of State gatherings this week
Bath brcathes a big sigh Of relief to
learn that the Boston steamers will not
give up the plan of making that city
the distributing point for passengers
and freight for Boothbay and the
islands
We all agree with the Brighton
News when it says: Between three
and four hundred dead and many hun
dreds of others injured in three South
ern states by tornadoes, not to men
ton the amount of property destroyed,
is story which reminds us that there
are after all some bad features that
our Maine climate doesn't have. There
are, even, many people who like our
Maine winters; and our Maine sum-
mcrs, as everybody knows, are the
best of anything on earth"
Wednesday, June 10th, will be gala
day for the members of the Lewiston
Lodge Of Elks. 1t will be the 18th an
niversary of the lodge and on that day
the new home on the corner of Middle
and Ash streets will be formally open
ed and the dedcatory exercises held.
1t is expected that the day will be a
notable one in the history of the Elks
of Maine and 1000 members of the or
der are expected to be present from
all over Maine and New England.
A new industry, which may employ
nearly 800 people, is soon to be started
in Lewiston as the result of the sale of
the property Of the Builders Supply
Company at II Middle street. 1t is
likely to mean much to LewiSton's
business interests. The purchaser OF
the property is Harry j. Parker of
Lowell. Mass, who. it is understood,
will manufacture bobbins. Mr.. Parker
has had much experience in this line
and is considered one of the sOundeSt
business men of New England.
E. J. Kennedy and Andrew Shaugh-
messy two Bath boys are engaged up
On the work of the Isthmian canal.
The former is a wrecking engineer at
Ancon, and the latter is foreman of
the machine shop at Empire. In a let
ter received recently from Mr. Shaugh-
messy he states that the work is prog
crossing favurably and the govern
ment is using every effort to give the
men every comfort possible for the la
bOrerS.
No place outside of Brunswick will
feel the death of Prof Lee more keen
ly than Bangor. For many years he
had delivered courses of lectures at
the Bangor Theological seminary on
biology, geology and cvolut on. In
speaking of his death Pres. Beach of
the seminary said to a Commercial re-
porter: when he last met the class
he expressed his faith in the progress
of the world and in human betterment
very much as a prophet might have
done. Those present were deeply
moved as was Prof. Lee himself. AS
we look back now his words seem to
have been prophetic. Prof. Lee was
man extraordinarily well equipped in
the natural sciences. born enthusiast.
an inspiring teacher and one of the
most delightful and helpful men in his
personality that one meets in a life
time. BowdOin college, this seminary.
this State, the country and the world
have suffered a great loss in his de-
parture. His family and nearest
friends have the deep sympathy of ALL"
Judge Enoch Knight for a long time
presiding judge of the municipal court
of the city of Portland died at his
home in Los Angeles, Cal, last week
after an operation for appendicitis.
Judge Knight was born in the town
of Sweden in 1886. He was educated
at Fryeburg academy and when a
young man went to Bridgton to study
law and also to edit the Bridgton Re
porter When the Civil war came he
enlisted for the service, raising a COM
pary of men in his immediate vicinity
which became Co E. of the 18th Maine
Infantry, Col. George T. Shepley. This
regiment did great service in Louisi-
ana and Capt. Knight was one of the
best officers. He became incapacitated