Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-06

natural resources to attract attention
to particular features which offer
advantages to strangerS-on the whole,
it is to be regarded as the best time
to SOW the seeds which will harvest
crop of progress.
Matters seem to be most propitfOus
at present for Maine and the other
states of New England. We are told
in the daily newspapers that general
recognition is being accorded the OPP
portunities of our section; that men
and women want to get back to the
farms; that there is craving for life
in the open and the cheerful and
heaithful conditions of living which
are offered on our agricultural areas
under proper auspices. 1 think that
is so. l believe that the epoch of in
nocuous somnolence. which apparent
" has prevailed in the northeastern
part of the United States since the
end of the Civil war. has about ended
and that a cycle of contagious activi-
ty is to take its place. This is par
ticularly cause for congratulation.
III view of the fact that to many per-
sons it has seemed that certain por-
tons of this section offered as good
opportunities for investigating the raw
ages of the hookworm as does much of
the South.
We are justified in taking a roSeate
view Of New Englands future; we are
warranted in feeling that this portion
of Uncle Sans dominions is again
coming into its own; that it will take
it's proper place as one of the most
ar,l icr,t mr. -
sive communities in all the land, and
that it will continue for many years
to raise the type of man that has had
so large a part in making this nation
great. There is in it's soil and climate
and surroundings an essence which,
properly applied, gives to it's sons and
daughters a vgor of body and
strength of character uneXcelled and
rarely equalled in the whole wide
world.
We of New England know this to be
so and we should be glad that the
rest of the world is finding it out. 1t
is our duty to continue to spread the
news north, east, south and west and
then prove the truth of the situation
by our work and it's results. / expect
general assent to that proposition, but
it must not be forgotten that to carry
it on to it's logical conclusion We can.
not shirk the responsibilities which the
work of development imposes. We
must all understand that to each is
given a part to perform and that good
work is as necessary from the num-
blest as we'll as the greatest.
One particular feature in that en-
deavor is to develop in your own lives
spirit of enthusiastic optimism re-
garding yourself, your city, your state
and your nation. l would paraphrase
the famous expression of son of
Erin, BE aisy; and, if you can't be
aisy, be aisy as you can" to Don't
| worry; but, if you must worry, worry
as little as you can. and don't let any
one know you worry Keep q stiff
upper lip and wag cheerful tongue.
Don't feel that the country is on the
verge of ruin because the politicians
are having a few set-tos in WASH
ington; do not worry that there will
not he hash enough because beef IS
high and potatoes are low; don't argue
| that because you have not secured
what you want vet, you never VIII.
Just keep on hustling and nature is
bound to take the right course.
Cultivate your mind as you would
your garden plot or corn field. Plow
over it first and get it in receptive
mood; then fertilize it with uplifting
and courageous thoughts sow the
seeds of information: hoe it with con-
slant reminders and good advice; keep
out the weeds of dissatisfaction ana
avarce, and you will find that you
will harvest a magnificent crop of
optimistic happiness.
| Just about the time that the roots
are taking firm hold get busy about
the State of Maine and its attractions.
Let people see that you are happy and
contented and that your prospects Tor
success in life are eminently satisfac-
| tory. When people see a contented
man they reckon he must live in a
prosperous community. If they sec
one who is constantly bemoaning his
fate it is attributed largely to the
| region in which lie dwells. Give the
state a good name by your demeanoI
first and then go ahead and talk. The
glamour which surrounds the vest Is
due nina-tenths to the optimism of its
residents Men out there have Their
troubles Just as we have ours. buI
thew do not tell about them constant
". They keep a bright. as well as the
right side IN oil the time and the
consequence is that u good many of US
believe there is nothing but bright
side there, although others know thai
there are as many white slabs telling
the story of encouragement in the
western cities Of the dead as ever
found place in New England's areas
Of sorrow, those hallowed spots where
wounded hearts find solace in previous
memories.
We all know that we cannot follow
our course in life without some downs
with the ups. Happiness is principally
a matter Of comparison: we never
would recognize joy unless sorro"
came along to identify 1t. This rule
applies to the community. as well as
to the individual. AS we must have
both the good and the bad, let us de-
termine to make the best of the stu
alton Every one knows that clouds
occasionally obscure the sun. so wha'
Is the use of talking about darkenec
days. Let US think only and Speal
only of the sunshine, knowing that
! moi how