Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-30

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But YOU catch yourself a-listenin' for q
| Inockin'bird to sing.
| And you fancy that Loves sweetheart
| sees the violets Of spring!
| Sunny days in winter: So bright the
So summer-stin the valley. and the rip
| pie of the stream.
| That life in all the sunlight, Is a dream
Frank l.. Stanton.
| Maine Methodism will miss Rev
Israel Luce Of Old Orchard.
There have been 10 suicides in
Maine in 1908. only 20 Of them being
| women.
The sleighing is getting worn pretty
| thin in the southern part of the State.
At least one death in a Maine lum-
Der camp was due to too much of a
Christmas celebration"
| The Belfast clergyman who per-
| formed three marriages on Christmas
| day did his share toward spreading
happiness Oh lfldt udy-
Probably the most rugged deputy
sheriff in Maine is j. w. Haskell of
| Lincoln who has just been appointed
| by Sheriff White. He is feet 4
! inches tall and weighs 220 pounds
Mr.. Haskell is a native Of Monmouth
| Yes, times have changed on Monhe-
gan Here is the island correspondent
of the Boothbay Register telling OF
children home from school and college
for the holidays. splendid new cottages
being built, daily shipments Of deer
sea fish to New York, extensive dis
| play Of holiday goods in the Monhegan
stores, etc. etc. 1t is great pity
but the old Monhegan is gone forever
| The Boston Globe has a column
write up of the extensive collection ni
! coins, stamps and curios owned b5
Frank H. Whitney, for 20 years 9
member of the Lowell, Mass, police
force Mr. Whitney was formerly
employed in the office of the Kennebel
| Journal. He learned the trade OF .
printer in Phillips and later worked IL
Pennington and Richmond, as we'll "a
in Augusta.
| Maine has had nine murders. COM
mitted or discovered, in 1908. There
| have been about $50 fatal accidents, OF
which 115 were from drowning. There
have been 20 persons killed on steam
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| from runaways and four from auto.
mobiles. Thirty have died from
burns. % by being crushed by trees
derricks, cave-in, etc. IS by accidents
| in mills and factories, eight from
lightning, 13 from gunshot wounds
| six from explosions.
Among the many prominent Maine
men who have died in 1908 may bt
mentioned these: George +. Evans
president and general manager o.
the Maine Central r. r.; DR.. Thoma:
| Fillebrown, a native of Winthrop. onf
of the most famous dentists in Bos-
ton; Daniel c. Heath, head of the
publishing firm of D. G. Heath & CO
| of Boston and one of the most loya
sons of Maine; Crosby S. Noyes
editor of the Washington Star and
native of Maine; Hermann Kotzsch
mar of Portland, Names grand Ole
man of music; Lendall Titcomb, eX-
mayor of August: Prof. Leslie A Lee
| of Bowdon college; DR.. John c. Irist
| of Lowell, Mass. a noted surgeon ant
a native of Buckfield; DIR. Charlie!
| Edward Swan of Calais, Names old.
est practising physician: Congressman
| Llewellyn Powers of the Fourth Main.
| district; Orville D. Baker Of Augusta
| the eminent lawyer. Charles "
| Pickard, for 40 years business man
ager OF the Portland Transcript
| Hon. Edward r. Page Of Skowhegan
| bank president and State Senator.
Col. Lucas II. Kendall of Biddeford
| Almon II. Fogg, HOultons oldest busi'
ness man; Principal w. ]. Corthell o
Gorham Normal school; Rev lrsac
Luce of Old Orchard; Edward J..
O'Brien. Thomaston; Judge Gordon NJ
! Hicks of Rockland; Col. n. $. Purln'
ton Of Bowdoin; Hon. S. S. Brown O.
Waterville; Judge Q. d. Castner o.
| Waldoboro: ex-Mayor Mckuslck o
Calais; Geo. f. Talbot and William n
Anderson of Portland.
| L. p. Bartlett. Jr., Of Boston. wh'
comes to Norway every other week OF
business. tells the Norway ADVERTISE
about seeing an aged horse. man ant
| dog at Mechanic Falls depot the othel
day. He spoke to the gentleman, az
he sized him up to be jolly sort OF !
man who would take no offence an'
said your horse has seen young
days" Yes" was the reply. and s'
with his master The horse is -
years old and I'm 7S and the dog II
| there is a. Pretty old crowd I'm go
ing with but they have been faithful
and I hate to put 'em away Ht
gazed at the horse and dog an instant
both showed evidence of good keep
ing and special care. and addet
sorrowfully: I've made up my mln'
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