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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16
Then and Now.

1t is amusing to listen to Demo-
cratic criticism of the 1910 tax
rate of five mills Ohree mills OF
which is for the common schools
and impossible to be used for any
other purpose) when the last Demo-
cratic administration in 1882 had a
tax rate of " mills with nothing
back to the good roads, charities hos
pitfalls, towns and for schools, as COM
pared with what the Fernald admin
istration gives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16
Where. Oh, Where?
philadelphia Inquirer. }

With pain we note this paragraph in
the Charleston News and Courier:
1.-THE main difference between a
Charleston girl and Boston girl is
that the latter never has chance to
get married. 1t is noted likewise that
Boston men are extremely intelligent
Old Horace was right. The times
change and with them the customs.
Where, now, is the vaunted chivalry of
the Southland?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

Senator Rristow's reply. like Demo
cratic arguments" in Maine. was on
anything but the topic. He made libel
Gus charges and when they were re-
futed, lodged. He should either back
down like man and say that he
blowed a blast about something OF
which he had no knowledge. or that
he lied, or prove the charges he made
1t is safe to predict that he cannot dc
the latter and has not manhood enough
to do either Of the others.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

Uncle Sans wallet is now fattening
about half million dollars a week
We suppose some of our Democratic
contemporaries will claim that it all
comes out Of the Maine farmers for
whom they are suddenly 80 solicitous.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16
Maine Gossip
The winos Of lcarus.

He flew too near the sun. and evermore
His futile wings in mockery we name
A type of fallen vanity became
The torn and scattered pinions that he
wore.
All. it is wiser all the dull earth Ger
To crawl. injured by heights of love or
fame?
Nay. though our souls be wax unto the
flame
OF Destiny, he that hath wings, must
SOar
Like Icarus, l deemed my plnionS strong
To bear me to the heaven of my desire;
Like him, from skies too glowing, l am
hurled.
Now, for a day, those broken plumeS OF
song,
Faded and scorched by loves diVlnes'
fire,
The winds of Fate shall blow about the
world.
Susan MARI Spaulding.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

themselves by voting against their par.
ty."
THE citizens of Bath realize that
the success of the Democratic party
means free ships and no work in Bath
yards or at the Iron Works and Bath
people are not such blamed fools as to
vote against their bread and butter"
THE TRAMP.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

Next the Democrats will be bowling
because the Capitol Commission has
DESTROYED some of those wild lands in
front of Names Capitol!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

At Richmond campground Metho-
dists like the pioneers are worshiping
with greater zeal because closer to Ma
lures Heart.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

1t must be gratifying to the Astors
ing when John ID. was fined only IS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

Editor Dingley has recovered suf-
ficiently to go from Squirrel Island
to his horne. Congratula tiOnsi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

The Colonel accepts for the twOth
time! But the voters of Maine Will
not accept Democracy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

All along Names sea coast it is
living pictures of pretty girls and
merry boys.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

1t now seems likely that the Demo-
cratic war cry Will be license, be-
fore the end of the campaign.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

Names raspberry crop was partlai
failure owing 70 the raspberry beetle
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

Richmond will go Republican. Don't
believe Democratic canards. Noble
Maxwell is on deck there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

The world is SO full of sad
ness that more and more
make it a point to avoid all
sadness that does not come
within the sphere Of my duty.
hang prisms in my windows to
fiji the room with rainbows;
cultivate the gayest flowers; I
seek cheerfulness in every pos
sibIe way.-Lydia Maria Child.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

Two weeks now of warm waves
means millions more of tourists dol
lars for Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

Atlanta's Penitentiary Warden re-
ports Chas. w. Morse's health as good.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

A little Jersey justice will intensity
GallagherS regrets
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

Instead of internal machines aero
planes are actually uplifting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

Baltimore has been having trouble
in getting enough Maine ice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

Arostook's potato crop of 1909 has
now been cleaned up, so far as ship
n.ents are concerned, S,14 bushels nay
ing gone forward in July over the b. q.
A. This makes a total shipment OF
8, 362, S42 bushels over the 3. & A. from
Aug. q, 1909 to July is, 1910.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16
the current worm continues to de
vastate Names currant bushes.

vastate Names currant bushes.
one section, 5h miles in ALL of the
through Maine, is being built between
Rockland to Rockport this summer
Another section of 5000 feet long in
South Portland near Cash's Corner is
being rebuilt. A section one mile long
has recently been completed in the
town of Poland, while q mile section is
under contract and practically complet-
ed IN the town of Casco. Bids for two
miles OF work in Kennebunk were re-
Jected because they were too high and
blds on 5000 feet of trunk line in Kit
terT are now under consideration. The
proposed trunk lines will pass through
all of the cities of the State and through
l2o towns, end resorts. The main line
includes Biddcford, Saco. Portland 4
Lewiston. Auburn. Augusta. Waterville
and Bangor, distance of 100 miles. 1t
VIII provide for roads conveniently
leading from the trunk line to the
Rangeley lake region, the Penobscot
valley and other sections of the State
The total amount of state road provid-
ed TOR in the plans as now formulated
by Commissioner Sargent is 1900 miles
The female Raff1es Of Portland, who
is not to be prosecuted because of her
family. is receiving a mercy which Is
illegal. Does the fact that one is of a
prominent family make one less thief
or less deserving of punishment? 1t
would seem rather the more reason for
severity than for leniency. She stole
$1,000 worth of jewels and gees free; a
poor tramp half starving steals food
ana is given the penalty of the law Is
that justice? asks the Gardiner Re-
porter-Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

Names Fair season now begins.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

Gardiner hears that the contract TO
its new depot is soon to- be let out ant
that The structure will be handsome
one located just north of the presen
station.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16
ODD FELLOWS HALL.

ASYLUM LODGE NO. 70, REGULAR
meeting Friday evening at 49,
e. r. WESTON. N n
z. II. BROWN e. y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

JEPHTHA ENcAMPMENT, NO. !
Meetings at o'clock every second -
fourth Tuesday.
q. w. MERRILL. Gcrfka
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

The Tramp met Wilbur c. oliver
Sunday night. Mr.. Oliver is chairman
of the Republican city committee. He
informed the Tramp that the talk of
the Democrats carrying Bath this COM
ing election was all bluff. The Re-
publican party was stronger in the city
and county of Sagadahoc' than it had
been for years. The Democrats had
made a great mistake in kicking out
of it's camp, Boss Kelley, for years it's
chief worker Bath Democrats have a
divided camp. He, Mr.. Oliver, expect
ed the success of the entire county
ticket and was sure that both Repub-
lican representatives from Bath would
be elected. THE talk you may hear"
continued Mr.. oliver, "of Bath Repub-
licans voting the Democratic ticket for
the first time on investigation SINNERS
down to the fact that some Democrat
who has been voting with the Republi-
cans says he Is going to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket, or that one or two sore
heads of the Republican party who
have been disappointed in obtaining
sought-for jobs are going to crafty
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY

TRINITY coMMANDERy, NO. 4 n
r. Stated concluye at Masonic Temr,.
Friday, Aug. 10, at 40 P. NJ. All y.
journfng fraters are cordially invited =
POWER $. MOONEY. f. q
II IS. IL HOD IL Rennras.a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

The steam lighter Leviathan arrived
in Bath last week and Friday com
nienced work of raising the 20O-ton
lighter Acushnet owned by Morse
Brothers, which has been under water
at the North End for the past year
The lighter will probably be repaired
for lumber carrying on the Kennabeo
River. The Laviathan will aftervvard
load d consignment of machinery at
the Bath Iron Works Tor BostOn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

Names centenarians continue to in
crease. Mrs. Eliza Wentworth Merrill
of Gray will, if she lives, celebrate her
Tooth birthday. Dec. 81, 1910. She also
remembers Gen. Peleg 'WadsWorth
who served in Washington's army,
calling to see her father. She remem-
'bers. too, that the year of 1910 was
called the year without a summer,
by reason of it's being so cold that the
crops could not mature. which made a
great scarcity of food.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

Edward B. Mclean, owner of the
Washington Post has a flock of Ne
vaaa sheep on his Bar Harbor estate
which We're brought across the CONT
nent in a box car attached to a passen-
ger express to crafty his Wifes mo-
Their Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh widow of
the late Nevada multimillionaire, who
i'll. thought she would get well if she
could get out to Nevada and watch the
sheep out there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

1t is costing the Shipping CITY some
$1,000 to dig out the stone foundations
of the piers of the old Bull Rock bridge
at New Meadows. The work had 10
he done owing to an order from WASH
ington. Two lighters are engaged
getting out these stone piers and rem
der the entire river from navigation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

In trolley car Sunday night the
smoking compartment was occupied
by five kids, the oldest not being owe"
a dozen years. They We're singing
Justify a long repertoire of Salvation
Army songs. They were merry ard
mischievous kids, good examples of
the roguish Maine boys. Each kid had
his face ornamented with freckles ami
smiles and their singing and good ma
ture was contagious in spite of their
noise. The passengers broadly grin
ned at the antics of the boys. AS the
car went rumblng into Bath one If
the lads took off his hat and went
from passenger to passenger and took
up a collection for the concert they
had given. He obtained exactly one
cent
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16

On account of an accident to the ma
chinery in the pulp rlill at Chisholm,
last week, one OF the paper machines in
the mill of the International Paper
Company was shut down. The belt
Slipped from the governor and the gen.
orator ran furiously, smashing a por-
ton of the cement floor and throw ing
one piece of machinery through the
roof. No one was hurt in the accident.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-29

one of which brought out some re-
marks about industrial conditions
here so years ago.
No. 19-To the President of the
Day, Erastus Fairbanks and his two
Brothers; men who have carefully
weighed the perils of enterprise;
have balanced the probabilities of
success; have held the scales of JUS
tice even to their neighbors; and have
furnished by their long continued
prosperity a new confirmation of that
Scripture which affims that . a
just weight and balance are the
Lords.
In his reply the president said that
their success in manufacturing good
scales was very largely due to the
fidelity of the workmen. The firm
had endeavored to draw around
themselves men with whom they could
| associate; not simply competent me-
chanics, but men of moral worth who
respected themselves and who won
respect. Such men could be relied
| upon. In the manufacture of scales
| they had a characterize sustain, the
| interest and the reputation of the
manufacturers were their own. There
was mutual confidence. mutual es-
| TEEN, an honest desire and effort be-
| tween the employers and their work.
| men to consult each others welfare
and to promote the best interests of
| the community in which they shared
| a common part.
This compliment to the men was
| as true as it was felicitous. To this
| day ST. Johnsbury owes no small
part of it's rank and prosperity as a
| manufacturing town to the pleasant
relations between capital and labor
| in it's various industries.
| Notwithstanding poStponement be-
cause of the weather. the fireworks
| due on that memorable Fourth blazed
out on the evening of the 18th in the
| presence of 5000 people. More full
particulars of the occasion may be
| found in the Caledonian of July IL,
| 1851, at the Athena cum.
E. T. F.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-29
The State Convention.

1t is too late to estimate the vote
of the state republican convention.
The vote will be counted tomorrow
and the governorsnip practically de-
cided But here l. hoping that the
republicans of Vermont who will I'M
doubtedly declare for the full pub
licity of campaign expenses, will not
endorse a man WIN has refused every
request to make his campaign eX-
penses public. We also hope that
the test will prove that unpledged
delegates are unpurchasable dele
gates. If these hopes ara realized it
will be the greatest victory that has
ever been made for the advocates OF
pure politics in Vermont. The re-
publicans have all opportunity to
adopt a platform ard select a candi-
date that will place it in the strongest
position it has held for years. We
still hope they will do it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-29
The Training of Farmers.

Hon. Theodore N. Vail of Lyndon,
a name we'll known in the world of
telephone engineering, is reported to
be establishing a training school for
farmers at Lyndon institute. Mr..
Vail is a man who knows how to do
things and is on the right track to do
something for others. In fact, he real
ICES that there is a chance to improve
the agricultural possessions of the
state.
1t is inferred that Mr.. Vail believes
that the present agricultural colleges
of the New England states are not de-
signed to prepare men for practical
farming, but for expert research, and
realizing that Vermont needed a
school where a young man could go
and receive a training that would fit
and aid him in practical agriculture,
he has inaugurated the idea of estab-
fishing such a school at Lyndon.
The classes will begin next Septem-
Der.
Until recently training for farm pur-
suits had been left to the farm itself
but the time has come when the
school may help in educating boys for
success IN ayr couture.
The total expense for tuition, board
and books for one school year is $162.
I Windsor Journal
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-29
VERMONT.
(By Wendell Phillips Stafford.)

(By Wendell Phillips Stafford.)
Delivered by the author at the
commencement dinner, Middlebury
college, Wednesday, June %.
Dear little state among the dark
green hills,
Who for thy never-changing bounds
didSt take
The long, bright river and the azure
lake,
And whose deep lap he short liV ed
With sudden sweetness till it's wealth
o'erSpillS,
How shall we sing thee for thy
beautys sake,
Or praise thee in voice that snail
not break
For pathos of the theme wherewith it
thrills?
Even the longest of long summer
Were all too prief, and this viii! soon
be done.
We should have risen with the rising
sun
And led him up the mountain with
our lays;
And, keeping step beside him all his
ways,
We should have asked him, when his
course was run,
If any fairer land his foot falls on
Where, high or low, the gold-bright
sandal StrayS.
What if on flying feet thy summers
And the strict gods Of beauty and of
power
Poured in a casket small thy peer
less dover?
Who would not rather feel loves
fiercest throe
Than count the vacant years the love-
less know
Reign with the rose her one imperial
hour
Than live the summer-long a meaner
flower?
Be glad thy crown is greener for the
snow.
Thou sit'st with loins upgirt, like
those that wait,
Not those that slumber; and around
thy knees
True sons of thine, scorners of fear
and ease.
For thou art fifty compassed in thy
state
BY fields of clover, reddening 10 the
breeze,
Hummed over by the blithe and lab
And guarded by the mountains calm
and great.
Swarm after swarm thy children have
gone forth
| But still the old hive keeps its golden
store,
| Filled by the same bright service as
before
] With frugal bounty and unwasted
worth;
And still they fly. far west and south
| and north;
| Their murmur fills the land from
| shore to shore;
| And if but few return, what myriads
| more
Dream of thy face and bless thee for
| their birth!
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-29
A COMMUNICATION.
The Fire Department Once More.

The Fire Department Once More.
Editor Caledonian:-
In some of the recent editions of
the Caledonian have appeared arti-
cles concerning the st. Johnsbury
fire department. Some of the ideas
or personal opinions presented seem
to be somewhat exaggerated or at
lease viewed from a different posi-
ton from which some of US set it.
AS fireman / would like to say
the sidewalk on the west side of Sum
get water on the recent fire, which
destroyed the Stanley opera house.
l arrived at the corner of Church
and Summer streets Just as the alarm
finished ringing No. 81 for the last
time; before the calls by companies
had begun to ring. On going down
the sidewalk on the west isde of Sum-
mer street it was already so hot it
was necessary to cover ones face
in passing the building. Then there
were two people in the burning build
ing, boy and a woman, who occu-
pied tenement there. Two of their
neighbors were just coming with
ladder, which with the help of fire
man was at once raised to the south
side of the building and had to be
raised the second time, as it was out
side of the wires (the insulated
shears not having arrived at that
time). The boy was removed from
the burning building by a member
of the police department and the wo-
man by one of the iremen.
l had intended to note the exact
time required to get water on the
fire, having taken the time when
the alarm first rang, but while the
tenants were being taken from the
building neglected to do so, mean
while No. 4 and one other company
had arrived When I looked at my
watch just ten minutes had passed
since the ringing of the alarm and
there were already four streams of
water on the fire notwithstanding
the fact that it was "said and
vouched for by many different people
that it was fully 20 minutes after
the alarm was given before stream
of water was playing" Perhaps
those many different people took
the time, but the writer of the arti-
Gle in question did not say that they
did. More likely they were sleeping
soundly in their downy beds or
standing at a safe distance from the
fire with their hands in their pockets
smoking a cigar and simply told US
that some other man said SO.
In regard to the Griswold-Mac-
kinnon fire, | am informed that
member of the firm who was present
at the time, thinks that the only way
their fire could have been stopped
with chemicals would be by putting
in enough to drown it, which would
probably require the full capacity of
one 5O-gallon water fire wagon chem
ical tank to say the least.
The majority of the natives of st.
Johnsbury said in a very emphatic
manner that they did not want a paid
department. The constant unfair
criticism of the present fire depart
ment and the MEASUREMENTS of facts
is detrimental to the best work of any
department.
C. w. CARPENTER.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-29
A PRACTICAL Benefactor.

Through the generosity of Theo-
dore N. Vail of Lyndon, arrange
mants have been made TO establish
an agricultural and Industrial school
in connection with the Lyndon insti-
tute in that town. We take pleasure
in publishing the prospectus in this
issue.
This practical benefaction must
prove of very great value to the
young men OF Vermont. particularly
10 those who are DESTROYS of prop
erly educating themselves for the
great business of farming by the lat
est methods, for farming is not only
a business but it is rapidly becom-
ing a science. More and more men
are being attracted to the soil and
as the years go by, the more does
Vermont feel the need of men prop
erly trained to develop its great agri-
cultural resources
This latest philanthropy of Mr.. Vail
Vail is wisely directed and is but
another evidence of his knowledge of
the possibilities that lie in our hills
and valleys and of his great interest
in the development of them and in
the young men of Vermont as WE'LL
ESpringfiel Rep Orter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-29
LOWER WATERFORD.

Miss Eva Metcalf of Piermont is the
guest of Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Heath.
Miss Katharine Morrison is spending
two weeks at St. Johnsburv. the guest
Of her sons, H. B. and S. ]. Morrison.
Mrs Wheeler is visiting her daughter,
Mrs Bradley, at Danville, this week.
Mrs. George Stoddard was called to
Kinnear's Mills. P. Q, Friday, by the
death of her brothers wife, Mrs. Ina
Morrison.
Mrs. S. w. Bonnette and Miss Mary
Hale visited friends at Dalton, Thurs
day.
I Miss Carrie Smith of Littleton is the
guest of Mrs. Floyd Blodgett.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Ballou spent Sun
day at St. Johnsbury.
Mr.. and Mrs E. M. Powers attended
Mr.. Stanton's funeral at North Danville,
Saturday.
Mrs. Mabel Spencer and daughter
Dorothy, of ST. Johns bury and Mrs
George Copp of East St. Johnsbury Wis
tied friends in town rece ntly.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Goss and family
visited his sister, Mrs. M. B. Carpenter.
at Concord, Sunday.
Floyd and George Blodgett went to
kinnear's Mills. P. O., Saturday, to at
tend the funeral of their cousin, Mrs. w.
| H. Morrison.
Mr.. and Mrs E. N. Brown spent Sat-
urdav with relatives in Barnet
Mrs. Henry Dawson is quite i'll. DR..
Page of Littleton is attending her.
Rev. ]. E. Heath has purchased Ford
automobile.
There was a good attendance at the
graduating exercises at the church Fri
day.
Howard Morrison of Littleton was in
town Friday.
Mrs. E. w. Brown and son, Dwight.
/ and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bullock attended
the graduating exercises at Littleton,
| Thursday evening.