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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24
Bath Was Literally Dry.

Bath experienced, one day last week,
one of the dryest times in it's history,
and was for awhile without a drop of
water, so far as the pipe system was
concerned, to drink, or for other pur-
poses. The trouble was due TO a
break i'm the two water mains that
cross the kennebec and New Meadows
rivers, which put the service complete
ly out Of commission. The standppe
was drained in fosur hours, and Tor the
remainder Of the day water carts dld
land Office business in supplying the
people with the needful. The steam
fire engines were placed in readiness
for an emergency and firemen station
ed so that they would be ready at a
moments notice, but happily their
services W ere not needed. Temporary
repairs were made and late In the az
ternoon the water was turned on.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24
Drunkards and Marriage.

The following editorial from the
Pittsburg Dispatch strikes us as going
hardly far enough. We believe the
idiotie female who marries to ere
form" drunkard. or to share her life
with an habitual drlnker should be an
especial object of study by alienists
and law makers. Here is the Dis
patch's view OF it:
Two views of the responsibility for
the marriage where the husband uses
liquor TO excess are presented by two
decisions in different States. In Ken
lucky when wife sued for divorce
and alimony on the ground that the
husband was slave to liquor the de-
cision reads: when the plaintiff
married him she knew his faults"
But in Kentucky there is a reputed
disposition to look with Ieniency on
the Bacchie worship; and we can
hardly avoid the thought that this
Judge shared that sentiment since, for
the reason stated; he ignored the Ken.
lucky law making habitual Drunken
ness ground for divorce.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24
Stevens Magic.
cortland Press.)


I'm 1911" says our Wateryille con-
temporary the Plaisted administration
meaning Lamont A.. Stevens of Wells
raised and paid to charitable in
stitutions much larger sum than
. was raised and paid to them by the
Fernald administration in 1870" S7l,-
coo as it claims. Maybe the Plaisted ad-
ministration did this. 1t raised pile
of money in 1911 with its six mill tax
the amount was S2.712,0o0 on the di-
rect tax alone-and it had to do some-
thing with the money The full figures
to date are not at hand, but here is a
list of ten charitable institutions, the
total appropriations for which were
$685. $50 in 1910 and s23,s00 in 1911
nearly $4,000 less under Plaisted. And
here is list of 10 semi charitable in
situations. which give free benefits
when the beneficaries are unable to
pay The total appropriations for these
were $111,T00 in 1910 and $S1.2o0 in
1911, being s30,500 less under Plaisted.
II the Plaisted administration raised
and paid ST. 900 more. it appropriated
$4,000 less at the same time. In 9TH
er words, it robbed Peter to pay Paul.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24
Maine Gossip
The Common Lot.

Why talk about the hard things
That press around your way?
Why mention to another
That 1t seems gloomy day?
TheyVe troubles of their own, perhaps,
They've troubles of their own.
The setbacks and the sorrows
Are not for you alone.
Why hint about the worries
Lying heavy on your soul,
Expecting every stranger
To comfort and console?
They've troubles of their own, perhaps
They've troubles of their own,
The setbaeks and the sorrows
Are not for you alone!
Why tell of that which happened
Many, many years ago,
Voicing all the horrid details
In the saddest way you know.
we've troubles of our own, perhaps,
We've troubles of our own,
The setbacks and the sorrows
Are not for you alone!
Why seek to make your neighbors
Carry half your load of care,
Forgetting they are human
And may also have their share?
They've troubles of their own, perhaps
They've troubles of their own,
The Setbacks and the sorrows
Are not for you alonei
Kathleen r. Wheeler
Navan, Ont.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24
Optimism and Pessimisn,.

The Bath Times publishes the fol-
lowing, which suggests that the last
quoted clerical's reply indicates a pes
simistic conviction founded on per
sonal liberty" When man or govern
ment becomes convinced that private
and public happiness depends on in
diligence of appetites and passions. he
or it is ripe for Plaistedism and an
everlasting smash"
prominent Maine statesman, a
gentleman who occupied prominent
official position in the last legislature,
not long ago while discussing condi-
.tions of discomfort and unrest of the
American people, remarked that for
almost generation the American
man had as a rule been apathetic with
regard to the acquisition of wealth
and the pursuit OF personal pleasure.
Il do not mean to say that Americans
are Atheists or infidels as rule" he
said, but they, wish to have their chill
dren and women attend service,
though they have largely discontinued
their attendance. You may have OBJ
served that religious person is al
ways contented and happy, while the
irreligious are disconnected, and un-
happy. Here, TO my mind. is the basic
cause of the unrest of the present gen.
Grafton of the American people. | look
for revival of interest in religion and
old fashioned morality and that wave
will be the next to sweep over this
nation-and that soon"
In referring this optimistic gentle
mans views to a prominent priest in
the Catholic church. this reply was
received, with an indescribable twinkle
of the clerical gentleman's eye,-"I de-
voutly trust the gentleman is correct
in his prophecy but to me at the pres
ent time it looks as though we were
all bound to an everlasting smash.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24
They're After Him.
cortland Press. }


They're after him-Dan, Charley.
Obadiah and Sam are-and the him
they are after is Woodrow Wilson.
They want him to come to Maine and
take the stump, and they want him
badly. Some of the Democratic cam
didate's close advisers, II is reported,
do not think it wise for him to take
the stump at ALL but not SO the Demo-
cratic Senators and Representatives
from this state. They profess conf
dence of carrying the State anyway.
but to clinch it they think Governor
Wilson should take part in the State
campaign. There is no doubt but
that a sweeping Wilson victory in
Maine would have great moral effect
on the rest of the country" Represen-
tative McGillicuddy is reported as
saying: Il think Governor Wilson
should visit the State and speak in u
few of the principal cities. The Maine
Democrats are simply wild over him.
He win undoubtedly carry Maine, but
lif he appeared before the voters in
person and gave them a chance to see
and hear him, he would insure him
self a sweeping victory"
Possibly. as Dan Mac says, the
Maine Democrats are simply Wild
over Wilson, but there is no evidence
that the Maine Republicans are They
might go out of curiosity to see and
hear him if he should come, but they
are not in love with his platform
They are not hankering for free trade
not yet. The only way which a
sweeping Wilson victory" could be
obtained in the State would, be by aid
of Republican votes. And when Dan
Mac so lightly assumes such victory,
he does not seem to realize the size of
the contract he is undertaking. In the
past 81 years the State has gone anti
Republican but twice at the September
election, namely, in 1880 and 1910; and
at the November election in years of
the Presidential election it has never
failed to go Republican. Even in $780,
when the Greenback craze swept over
the State with the result of electing
the father of the present governor by
a fusion of the Greenbaek and Demo-
cratic parties, the State went Republic
can in November. though by the small
est plurality in history-less than 81
900 Even in 1892, when the revolt
against mckinley prices took place
and the situation was much like the
present one, the November Republican
plurality was nearly $4,000, and gener-
Tally it has ranged from 10000 to 10000
SO when Mr.. McGillicuddy talks about
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24
Editorial Comment
The Maine Washburns.
(Boston Herald.)

No other New England farmhouse
Fever sent out such group of brothers
to the service of the nation as went
forth before the middle of the nine
teenth century from the old Washburn
homestead in Liyermore. Me-, on the
banks of the Androseoggin. The dis
patches say that the last of them,
William Drew Washburn. is dying at
his home in Minneapolis, where he has
been rated as the first citizen for close
to half century.
What a galaxy of greatness was
rocked by Mother Washburn in that
little cradle which is still a cherished
treasure at THE Norlands." as the old
homestead is called by the later gem
erations of Washburns. who have
made it one of the most famous and
beautiful summer places in Maine.
Here is the roll: Israel member of
Congress from Maine for decade and
war Governor of the state; Elihu b..
the greatest of them ALL long in Con-
gress from Illinois. secretary of state
under Grant. minister to France dur
ing the Franco Prussian war, historic
an: Cadwailader, member of Congress
from Wisconsin. Governor of the state.
lionaire .philanthropist,t Charles A..
brilliant editor in California, minister
10 Paraguay. author: William Drew
member of both branches of Congress
from Minnesota, pioneer flour manu-
facturer. builder of railroads. multi
millionaire.
1t is a family record that cannot be
matched-four brothers in Congress
from four different states, three there
at the same time. with all their other
high honors and marked successes.
There are two other brothers. excep-.
tionally successful men, but by some
inadvertence they missed being Gov
ernors or congressman or foreign min
listers. The Washburn records speaks
e1oquently of the great debt of the
West to the little country towns of
New England. Has there been such a
change in our national life that New
England farmhouses no longer send
forth such wonderful groups?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24

Commenting editorially in the recent
cooperative movement which has re-
suited in the formation of a dozen or
more exchanges and a central body to
be known as the Farmers Union of
Maine. the Boston Advertiser says:
"A curious feature of rural business
in Maine is TO be seen in the little To-
cal organizations of farmers, in differ
ent sections of that State. These new
companies are, starting in, very prac-
tically, in d small way, the amount of
capital stock usually ranging from
$4,000 to $4,000 apiece. They have
been organized to control the trade in
farm products in the sections affected,
and to provide some methods for re-
fusing to deal with middlemen. and
yet finding market in any of the
large cities of New England. Posi-
bly, a score Of such associations will
result from the present movement.
"a news despatch from Augusta, for
example, says that the prominent ap-
pie and potato growers of Appleton
and Union has organized the North
Knox Potato and Apple Growers as
sociatioi of Maine and it was voted to
affiliate with the Farmers Union of
Maine, whose headquarters are at Ban
gor Another despatch says that the
certificate Of Incorporation has been
filed for the Central Maine Farmers
exchange. of Waterville. with capital
Of $4,000. Various announcements of
the same kind are appearing from time
to time, ineonspicuously in the Maine
newspapers, all telling of the estab
,;<t,, Of q which
have been organized for the general
benefit of the farmers of the various
sections covered by the associations
"As yet, the one main purpose in
sight is to secure the adoption of such
modern metheos as will improve the
output of the farms, the orchards, the
fields of the members of these assoc
Citations. by combining in some CO.
operative fashion, the farmers hope to
secure better grades of produce, better
prices for the improved product
"But it is an open secret that many
of the members of these new organiza-
tions hope that some day they viii be
able TO go further When the Maine
| farmers have been able to produce
farm or orchard or dairy products that
will rank with the best any city mar
ket can offer. there may be held Tor
further enterprise. The large cities OF
the east are already striving, or at
least are discussing the chances, FOR
some method by which consumers may
be able to deal almost directly with
the producers. The scheme of public
markets has been discussed. Women's
clubs are looking into the problem,
and associations are being projected,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24
For County Treasurer.
BERT p. STUART. Belgrade.

For Representatives to Legislature.
BYRON BOYD, Augusta.
WILLIS e. SWIFT, Augusta.
GoRHAM C. CARR, waterviIle.
FRED CYR, Waterville.
CHESTER II. BEANIE, Gardiner.
JOHN NJ. EASTMAN, Benton.
tClinton. Albion, Benton, Unity Pl.
ClaSs)s p
EDWARD Fl. COOK, vassalboro.
80 8Winslov, Vassalboro Glass;
j TEN b. THOMPSON, Farrningdals.
fy91 tehelsea, Farmingdale Glass;
q CHARLES w. JONES. China.
Windsor, Rafdoiph; Pittston, China
DANA G.. SKILLIN. Hallowell.
tHallowell. w. Gardiner, Manchester
Glass; -
ARTHUR ]. CHICK, Monmouth.
monmouth. Litchfield, Winthrop
ae Glass;
ELLSWORTH E. PEACOCK, Read
field
(Wayne. Readfield, Mt Vernon, Fay
cite, Vienna, Rome Glass;
FRED A. SCRIBNER, Belgrade.
belgrade. Sidney Glass;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24
Shiloh Yacht Returns.

The steam yacht Barracuda of the
Holy Ghost and Us Navy, is again at
Portland, on her way to Freeport. af-
ter trip to Barbados, ON which she
had been absent for about three
months. She arrived in Portland har-
Dor. Friday forenoon. where she was
disinfeeted by the United States au-
thorities, and it is expected that she
will shortly so to Freeport to join the
Sanford schooner Coronet and to be in
touch with the people on the Hill Top.
There are. 10 people on the Barracou-
ta-ten men and three women, and
while they were not very communica-
tive, but it was learned that conditions
aboard the yacht were far better than
were those on the Corenet, on her re-
turn from her memorable voyage. The
Barracuda was found to be clean
with plenty of the very best of pro-
visions on board, while her people are
healthy and almost fat. Not one Oh
the party was sick on the yachts ar
rival, nor had they been during the
trip. 55-s.s "a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24

Judge Atkins In telling how the Re-
publican party left him." excuses it
this way. u believe that Governor
Plaisted has proven himself to be one
of the very best public administrators
we lave ever had. He has shown that
he is a constructive statesman along
broad lines His good roads movement
alone should insure his reelection.
That proposition means more to the
good people Of Maine this day than
any other so far mentioned"
Wonder If Judge Atkins knows how
his exeeIleney was whipped into com
ing out for the Nelson good roads
plan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24

IN New York. before Justice Gray,
the same plea evoked a directly oppo-
site ruling. The wife in this case
sought an increase of alimony i'm a
suit for separation. The plaintiffs
knowledge OF her husbands faiiings
and the fact that she married him to
reform him were established in evil
dence. But the court held that this
does not prejudice her suit His rea-
soning was summed up in the follow
ing two sentences:
ut was legal marriage and the hus-
band assumed certain well-denned obli-
cations when he entered into the mar
rage What his habits or manner of life
were before do not make any difference.
This reasoning appears to us to go
deeper than the Kentucky judges. But
the question with the two courts on
opposite circles Will raise a deeper
question still 1t is pretty well estab-
lished that the abnormal appetite for
liquor is exceedingly likely to be trans
mitted from ancestors to descendants
In view of the fatuous marriages to
reform drunkards should not society,
for the protection of future genera
tions. have something to say on the
marriage of men who have developed
alcoholism VIII not one of the first
measures under an intelligent system
of eugencies be the establishment by
law of the principle that habitual
drunkards must not marry?"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24
pittsfield,s Water suppIv.

A matter in which Pittsfield citizens
are now interested is the question of
securing a new water supply for the
town from Starbird pond, near Hart
land village, by continuing a pipe line
from the Hartland town line to point
near the PittsAeld standpipe. The
town of Hartland has recently entered
into a contract with the Hartiand Wa
ter Co. to furnish the town with wa
ter. and the company has crew of
men and teams at work laying a To-
inch iron main from Hartland village
to the pond. a distance of six miles.
Starbird pond is 1ss feet above Hart
land village, which gives about so
pounds pressure to the square inch at
the MIGRANTS in the village. Were the
pipe line continued to the Pittsfield
standpipe, a distance of about six
miles, the latter town would be sup
piled with water by gravity and the
standpipe would always be kept full,
and ready Cor a fire at any time. The
Water company offers to furnish to
the town of Pittsfield, water for all
purposes, including fire protection and
domestic use, at the Hartland line for
$1,000 per year. The cost of laying an
eight-inch iron water main, to connect
the Pittsfeld system with the Hart
land system. would be approximately,
$4,000 The interest on this expendi-
ture would be $1,000 per year. Adding
this to the $1,000 water rental would
make an annual expense to Pittsheld
of $4,000 a year. 1t is expected that
Starhird pond water will be in Hart
land village sometime in August.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24
Squirrel Islands Water Supply Limitec

Now that all of the. cottages at
Squirrel island are open for the sea-
son. il is found difficult to secure all
the water that is needed, from the pipe
system on the island and the cottagers
have been requested not to waste any.
and to use only the necessary amount.
The water is brought to the island
from Boothbay Harhor by small pipe
and it can be readily seen that during
the height of the season on the island
the strain must be considerable. The
same is true of Capitol Island, which
also draws its water supply for house
hold purposes from the same source.
The main line is a two-ineh pipe, and
some difficulty is experienced in get
ting water enough at times during the
season. particularly on Monday morn
ings. The Capitol Island Association
has under consideration, however. the
building of a standpipe on the island,
which is expected to offset all ineon-
veniences regarding a. water shortage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24

Democratic papers are chortling
with glee over an interview with Col
onel Burrill Of Hancock county, in
Which that gentleman tells why he
changed from the Republican to the
Denaocratie party-as though it were
Of recent occurrence. We are Informed
that Col. Burriil has not voted the Re.
publican ticket for several years. Az
long as our contemporaries are going
into ancient history, it seems to us II
would be a perfectly splendid idea t.
Interview another erstwhile eastern
Maine pollticianrrone William r. Pat
tsalsail-on why he sought refuge ii
Democratic ranks
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24

sweeping it for the Democrats next
time. he talks the Improbable.
Hemmed in as they are by British
territory on two sides. we do not be-
lieve the majority of the people of
Maine want free trade. They fear the
competition of cheaper foreign labor.
Thy fear the competition of Canadian
products. Therefore it is unlikely that
they will vote for these things and
against their interests by voting for
Wilson, free trade candidate on 4
free trade platform.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24
Governor Wilson = Free Trader.

Does Candidate Wilson. standing on
a tariff -forsrevenue- only platform. in
tend to come out honestly and tell the
people of this country that it is the
Democratic plan to put American
wage earners on the level of the half
paid, half-clothed, half-fed foreign
workers?
Do Democratic leaders believe that
Americans are ready to adopt the
standard of living among wage earn
ers in the old countries? Can these
leaders pretend that their radical
scheme of attacking the countrys
business and industry would mean
anything else?
Mr. Wilson seems to swallow with
out protest, the platform adopted by
WORKOUT, wrangle-sick men in don't
care-a-darn mood after a week of
pickering and fighting over candi-
date. Does the radical, hastily Matched
product of the Baltimore convention
suit Mr.. Wilson? If So he is the de-
ternined opponent of organized labor
and the enemy of protection for la
boris returns? If the Democratic plat
form correctly represents his views. he
would wipe out the tariff above reve-
nue. which gives the American market
to Americans, and which makes Am
erican homes better than foreign
homes.
Tariff or-revenue-only" is nothing
but free trade with the thus pauper-
lied wage earners of America paying
the cost of running the government
out of what they eat and wear.
Protection is the Chinese Wall''
about which free traders rant, which
prevents American workingmen from
competing with the now idle millions
of grounddown foreigners of free
trade countries.
Candidate Wilson. standing on the
Democratic platform, advocates the
first of these. Do you agree with him?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24
The Demand for Bibles.

The Bible continues to break all
records for translation into alien
tongues. Another language has just
been added to the long list by the COM
pletion of the Ibanag New Testament
in the Philippines The Old Testament
is being brought out in the Panayan
dialect, and the Pantateuch in Pam
pangan and Cebuan is ready for the
printer. The Kurdish New Testament
is we'll under way. and reyisions are
the Wenli and Mandarin in China, ST.
amese, and Zulu. The total issues for
1911, the ninty-sixth year of the exis-
tence of the American Bible Society,
amounted to nearly 100000 volumes.
most of these being portions and not
entire Bibles. OF the latter. however,
there were more than 100000. The
total issues of the society during its
ninety-six years reach the gigantic
figure of ninety-four million volumes.
The Kennebec Journal has recently
put out more than 600 Bibles and the
demand is steady. If the worlds peo-
pie are not seeking light, they are GER
tainly wearing out lot of good books
for the fun of fooling others.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-24
johnson Farm Centennial at Industry

The town of Industry was the scene
OF a jolly occasion, Monday and Tues
day. when members of the Johnson
family celebrated the Tooth anniversa-
ry of the settlement of the Johnson
farm by Henry Johnson and his bride.
Catherine Sullivan, and many mem
bers' and relatives of the family were
present. The farm is now known as
the George w. Johnson farm and Is
one of tie best in that section OF
Maine. Its present occupants are Miss
Clara Johnson and her mother, daugh-
ter and widow OF George w. Johnson,
who died several years ago.
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Editor S Letter Box

The publication of a letter In this
department is not to be taken as an
endorsement of its views by the
Kennebec Journal This column Is
maintained for the discussion of
matters of general public interest
when kept within bounds of reason
and not of libeious or abusive
nature.