Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-07

JoYtully the crickets groom
Under shady oak at noon
Beetle. on his mission bent.
Tarries in that cooling tent
Let me. also, cheer spot
Hidden field or garden grot-
Place where passing souls can rest
on the way and be their best.
Edwin Markham.
The ride of Miss Agnes Fuller into
the town of oxford on horseback sun
day saved that town from destruction
by fire. The days ard deeds of hero
ism have by no means all PASSED away.
Paul Revere could have done no better,
Penobscot rive, salmon are now very
plentiful. The United States govern
meHt authorities are now securing
many of them alive for the hatchery
at Craig Brook station, East Oriand.
Rev. j. Is. Wilson. d. D, pastor of
the Saco Baptist church. and editor of
the lions Advocate has the honor Of
having been selected to give the ar
nual address before the alumni society
of Grocer Theological Seminary in
Pennsylvania this week This is the
second time since graduating in 1a76
that he has been selected for this pur-
pose.
The high wall of the Storms building
on Exchange street. Bangor. which
was left standing after the fire OF
April 80. was dynamited early Monday
morning. Three charges we're used be-
'foIe the seven stories Of brick and iron
finally fell.
Tile Baptist church of Hollis is 10
benefit by the will of Mrs Eliza A.
Clark, wno died last Friday. Mrs.
Clark was wealthy woman and al
ways actively engaged in the welfare
of the church She has left her home
in Hollis as a parsonage for the Bap-
list church of that town and the sum
of $1,000, the income from which is to
he used for the care of thu parsonage
Her husband. the late Aaron Clark
was Il prominent Temperance worker
in his day.
The recent death OF DIR. J. L. Fortier
of Waterviile removes from the scenes
of active life man long prominent ia
the State and in the interests of
Franco Americans. He made many
friends from all sections of the State
during his term of membership in the
74th Legislature.
The Lewiston. Gray e Portland cleo
trio road is to hitch up with the Port
land Railroad at Morrils Corner and
workmen were engaged Sunday in lay
Jig new car track that is to con-
meet the two roads The cars of the
new road will enter the city over
Stevens avenue. All of the bridges
for it have been completed and they
are nice locking concrete structures.
As an outcome of the lawlessness in
Portland caused by the opening of the
saloons numerous cases of burglary
and petty thieving are reported. \ trio
of little fellows ranging in ages from
10 to IA were arrested a, few DAYS ago
Cor ticking money in small sums from
the office of a Commercial street junk
dealer
Within few weeks 5000. 900 lobster
fry will be planted at various points
among the S65 islands of Casco bay.
The work Of planting will take several
weeks. notwithstanding the large
amount of seed Holsters to be collected
snc planted this season the price of the
1--we article of regulation size is not
likely to be within the reach of ordi-
nary mortals except for a month or
two i'll the summe..
The South Portland city committee
in the interests of the movement for
the retention of the prohibitory law i'm
the State constitution has elected the
following officers: Chairman, Mavor
John A. S. Dyer; secretary, City Clerk
Fied Is. Hamlin; treasurer, City Treas
ufer Joseph S. Chaplin. These officers
with Z. A. Tflton constitute the cxecu-
tive committee and Elk Mayor George
H. Weeks is also a member of the CITY
committee. Mayor Dyer and several
members of this committee are Demo-
Gratis.
Bangor Democrats are disgrtmtled
over the appointment of Governor
Plaisted's brother as recorder of the
municipal court of that city. They do
not object so much to the appointment
OF the Governors brother. it is said.
as the manner in which it was done. in
the face of endorsement from leading
Democrats and members of the Demo-
cratic city committee for another can
didate.
Phillips Is to have its first 4tn of
july celebration for dozen years. 1t
VIII probably be the only celebration
III FRANKLIN county and will include a
parade. horse race. athletic sports and
BAL game. with fireworks in the even
ing
Inc engines and cars on the Wash
lngton County Railway are being re-
mum Dered and renamed Maine cen