Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-16
Maine in Cos sip
The Carpenter.

me SdTpehte''
When Jesus paused amid His work. an'
| leaning
Upon His plane to take moment
breath,
Did lie. ike me. thus ponder o',r th'
OF birth. and life. and death?
| Or. when His work was deue and ia Tn
| SloaminG
| wonder if. like mine, when lie wa
homng
| Deep sadness iill,d His breast?
If in the red defeat Of day rctreatiMg,
| He saw symbol ot His calvary
| OF II. like me- He saw how life was fleet,
And wept tina, it must be?
If when he laid his body. limp and aen
ing
With duteous toll, upon Ills humble bed
He closed His eyes. nor thought upon th'
waking.
And lost, like ne. His dread?
London CArenl IL.
Fireworks in the Biddeford govern.
nent Feeling between Mayer Mar
ellie and Alderman Lausicr broke il
a warm clash at the monthly meeting
licenses were the rocks which wrecked
the municipal ship Of peace. Tin
mayor jumped upon the petition u
the third applicant and the fight wa
on with gloves lacking. Nix de-
clared Mr.. Mareille, and. "fessir.'
grewied the equally determined Mr.
Lausier. who followed UP with i
choice assortment Of allegations OF
discrimination and g neral unfair
ness. limiting that tie mayor was try
ing to keep the moving picture Show
business under one man. Also Il.
threatened 10 let disastrous daylight
into tie opera house contract. The
controversy resulted i'll vote to re.
consider the granting Of licenses t,
tho opera house and National hal
and to have second inspection OF
thoea tTo places, as we'll as the new
building new in the process Of con.
StructiDn.
Under the auspices Of the College
OF Agriculture Of the University o
Maine the fifth annual Farmers
Week will be held at Orono. March
To ~, inclusive. With new features
greatly increasing the value of til,
course. a program of much intereS
and worth has been prepared. Thes(
additions include Il series of lecture.
in Farm Management, Potato Dis
eases. Insect Pests and Sheep Hus
bandry. also a demonstration in tn,
grazing. handling and packing %
eggs. In accordance with the custom
Of tine past years there will be ar
exhibition of electrical appliances ana
food. Special interest will be attached
to the corn exhibit. in view Of the dis
tinctinn which has come to the STAT
through the National Corn Exposition
AT Columbus. Ohio, and it is ex.
pcctcd that this feature will be larger
than ever before. The lectures and
demonstrations will be free to the
public and all interested ones are in
Flted to attend, Most of the railroads
or the State arc Offering special rates
Money. money eN cryWhere and no
cent to spend is the latest wal
frem the Biddetord board of education
anu fne member ii.Se horrible night
mares OF relentless creditors. 3ppro
Rrldtlons are Reported hopelessly over.
draTn-and all this with nearly s3O. ON
10 their credit. This contradictor,
condition is dre to two causes; first
the board has expended for repairs ant
supplies more money than il allowed
Tor these purposes; second, while tAt
state through its mill tax returns Il
the school department of each tow
and city various sums in proportion to
the number Of children of schoo, age
yet this cash can be used only fol
specific aims. principally for teachers
salaries. while repairs and suadries
must be paid for fy the city proper.
In the cas" of Biddeford which has a
large number of school children the
school fund received from the State
amounts TO a large Suin-oyer 800 g0t
annually as many of these chill
ircn are educated ly parochial schools
the city is thus relieved Of the bur-
den. These schools being sectarian dc
not participate in the State fund and
OF necessity large balance is left I,
the public schools. These however,
owing TO the law under which tbs
money < received cannot be used for
paying the outstanding bills of the
board.
Names great toothpick industry is
threatened. Phillips reports that the
bottom has dropped out of the mark ct
anu that manufacturing in the new
concrete mill of the Internat;ona
Manufacturing Co. will be curtalled
Within a few weeks the little moutl
crowbars have been worth S3S per cas-,
at who'll sale and today they are quot
ed at IS. which is less than the cost I,
manufacture. Tho poplar stock nov
on hand will be made into matches.
To sum up there IS evidently a glut ir
the markets. bur nobody seems tt
know how it occurred. With one mil
at Strong and two at Dixfeld. III
within radius of 80 miles, three.
fourtlS Of the wooden toothpick indus
try of the world Is represented.
The regard Of Rockport pupils 10
the janitor OF thu school building
Charles L. Cain on his birthday. Feb
3. was shown in a shower of rs pos