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

To break the endless strain =,
If life were always merry
Our souls would seek relief
And rest from weary laughter
In the quiet arms of grief
Henry van Dyke.
! Seldom has there been as few elab-
crate displays of fireworks in the Ken
nebee cities as on July 4th of this
year. OF course few were to be
seen, but they were not to be com
pared with those of some previous
years.
Frederick Oliver. proprietor of no
tel in oklahoma city. after an absence
of II years from Eastern Maine, is
visiting friends in Bangor. Mr. oliver.
who is a native of Orono. some 80
years ago was employed as a ferry
man between Old Town and Indian
island. 1t was his grandfather who
bought the island of the indians ygr
40 bushels of wheat, the property
subsequently passing into the hands
of the governments
Lubec celebrated in grand style.
July 4th and the towns centennia@
were full of fun and glory. Augusta
contributed Judge Benedict f. Maher
as the orator of the occasion.
Bueksport Seminary is happy now.
Bishop Hamilton closed his brilliant
Campaign for funds Sunday night by
securing $3.50 in Houlton and Caribou.
These sums complete, with the margin
over the $4,000 needed To secure the
provisional $4,000 appropriated by the
Legislature. the time for the seenTing
of which expired Sunday night at
midnight.
Torpedo boat destroyerseand their
crews assisted in the 4th Of July cele-
brations at Castine and Belfast
The work of installing the 25Ghorse
power engine at the Forest avenue
pewerhouse OF the Portland Railroad
Co. is progressing finely and when the
work is completed the company will
have sufficient power to operate their
system from this one powerhousex.i il
it is desired to do so.
A gust of wind during the shower
of Tuesday at Portland blew down
tree between Bedford street and Deer
ing avenue on the Deering estat. The
tree was IS inches in diameter and
broke off about IL feet from the
ground
The lid went down with a bang in
Portland on July 4th. The question
now is, how long win it reYn down?
The Highland Scotch costume may
not be the best for Montreal winters
but it looked good this week to the
residents of Lewiston and Portland.
many of whom wished that they We're
dressed like the visitors. Il
The entire family of Amiz Sanborn
of Sabattus have been suffering from,
ptomaine poison caused by eating
poor meat. At latest reports the mem
bers of the family who had eaten the
meat were recovering.
One of the smartest old men of
GodtO 10 ~ us INlltSt wiz IGiCbt diSd
his 92d birthday Saturday He is a
well-known figure in Saco, where he
has lived the greater part of his life.
and is daily seen on the streets taA
ing long walks to all parts of the city.
Mr. King is member of one of the
oldest and most distinguished fami-
lies of Maine, a family. which fur
nished Maine with it's first Governor
and also contributed other members
who became distinguished in National
and State political life.
1t has been decided to establish
Catholic summer school at Old Or
chard this summer under the aus
pices of the Catholic Summer School
of America, which meets at Pittsburg,
N. Y. The lecture courses and social
life will be almost identical to that
at Pattsburg, with one or two exCep-
tons where the convenience of the
lecturers had to be consulted and
dates changed. Morning and evening
lectures will be given by the leading
writer's and thinkers of the day dur
ing the season and on Sunday emf
nent preaehers will deliver the ser
mons az st. Margaret's church on the
grounds
Mrs. Clara Burnham, the we'll
known novelist. has arrived from Chi
cago and has opened her summer
home at Bailey island, Casco bay.
A South Brooks man relates thrill
ling story of being treed' by a bull
moose recently and kept prisoner
over night. He started across lots
for home, after having broken his
motor cycle wheel according to the
Waldo County Herald. He met mon
ster moose in passing through the
woods and the animal claimed the
right of eminent domain and started
with a snort for the South Brooks
man, who took to a tree and climed
as best he could up into the tailest.
limbs The moose failed to shake
him from his perch but snorted and
tore around him, keeping him until