Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-12
Maine Gossip
A Happy Citizen.

A Happy Citizen.
1 happy in de springtirne wen de days is
| En- de birds is in de blossoms, des a.
sEakin 'en wild song:
Wen de larks is lookin' lively, kaze dey
knows de fros' is done,
| En- de crows de blacklist shadder 'twiXt
de green worP en- de sun.
Happy on de way
SinSin' all de day:
| de rain'N make de roses, en- de grass il
come ter hay"
1 happy in de summer-des ez happy eZ
kin be,
Wen de cotton's ies a-snowin', en- de
curn's eZ tall eZ me.
Rustlin' er his green blades whar de ives
win run race,
| En- Shakin' ell his silky, shiny tasSelS in
my face.
Ieah me what 7 say?
| happy on dc way.
Fer sunny road is leadin' ter de happy
harves' day.
[ happy in de fall-time, Wen de leaves is
En- De hick'ry-nrts is fallin' Ell de apples
dent de groun;
Wen you heah de hounds a-bayin. Ell
de horns begin ter blow.
En- de- foN is hun,in' Kivel, en- dc rabbit
layin' low.
Happy on de way
OATS de word YOU heah me say :.
Re trOS nt/ Sn1cet de nalkpS tL II
wrinkles ter de day.
En- winter got his hlessin's, en- he mighty
-nriShtN sweet;
Cabin flo a-creakiE' ter de dancin' er yo'
En- I come ter de conclusion, wen l
heah de Chris'muS chime.
De VOL SO full CT sunshine dat | happy
all de iimo'
Happy on dc way
Winter-time en- May:
MI de worf is singin wen de heart make
FRANK 7. STANTON.
The experts predict good flow of
sap this spring.
The Portland papers count that day
lost when they do not select a new site
for the City Hail.
That reward of So offered by the
Maine Sportsmen's Fish and Game As
socation, for wolf killed in Maine
remains unclaimed
Our Maine murder trials frequently
cost good lot of money, but think OF
the 100000 which it cost to convict those
Boston Cinnamon Of murder.
Oakland is building hopes on the
erection there this year of Il fine pas
senger station by the Maine Central.
Rev. Smith Baker, d. D., a former
pastor of Williston church, Portland,
and Who during the last few months
has been supplying the Central Con-
sresational church in Atlanta. Ga, was
presented q fine gold mounted cane
from Friends IN Dixie" at tn" conclu-
sion of his supply there.
After looking over the Democratic
vote in the various wards of the city
the Eiddeford JCurnal is reminded Of
hired man, VIII, on being told to tind
out hoW the sap buckets Were filling,
submitted the following report: Some
is full, S,lne half fun and some run
nirs over; average about full.
Fer some time there has been a feel
ing among 4 number Of BOWdOnham
people that the town ought To have Il
free library, not a big affair but one
suited 10 the needs of the people, and
everyone who has been abpruched
agrees that Il good library would be ii
bis help to the town. Once or twice
in past Years library talk has come up
but it has always been taken out in
conversation and may be now but it is
understood that several people who
learn if Andrew Carnegie would give
Il fund providing the town would vote
enough to run the institution.
The Boston papers are having much
to say about the breeze which Rev
Ernest w. Hunt Of the Wollaston,
Mass. Unitarian church has stirred up
in his parish by his independent views.
Mr.. Hunt is = former Bangor boy and
is Il graduate of BoWdOin college
Portland Press: Sixteen of the Maine
cities have now held their March cleo
tons. Nine Of them, namely, Auburn.
Bangor, Brewer, PASSPORT, Ellsworth,
Gardiner, Hallowell, South Portland
and Nater.ille, are Republican. AMI
seven, viz, Augusta, Bath, Belfast, Bid
deford, Lewiston, Rockland and Saco,
are Democratic. TO these are to be
added, on the Republican side. Port
land, which went Republican in De-
cember, and Westbrook, which went
Democratic Every one of these cities
except Gardiner and HalloWeIl, Went
Democratic in the last State election.
several of Them by heavy ma jorlti.s.
The Democratic tidal wave Of 1905 is
evidently receding.
Architects plans for the Kew home
of l<ora Teuplc Mystic Shrine, are be
ing drawn by Coombs & Gibbs of Lew
iston. Work on the new building will
begin this spring and be pushed to
completion this year. For some time
the building committee has been con-
SidCring The drawings submitted and
the architect was not selected until Il
few days ago. The structure will cost
| around 100000. 1t will be of brick with
terra Gotta trimmings. and three Sto-
RES high. beside the basement The
antc-rOomS. banquet han and serving
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