Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-16

tewnsmen of Strong will purchase the
water system owned and operated by
the Strong Water Co \ committee
has been elected and authorized to en-
ploy counsel and make other necessary
arrangements, Bet We know how
these men voted. Sept. H.
The Bangor Commercial reporto-
rial staff ought to he informed
that a heifer isn't he mere
" because she begins that way.
Just the same, though the writ
er gloriously intermineles former.
placid. kindly-eyed heifer' with he's
and hizZes, the stery Of orrington' $
rambunctious beef erfttcr is u good
one-or was until she stuck her tail UP
iii the air, stiffened her neck, and, bel
lowing. rushed down upon an en-
eroaehing locomotive. rs the Com
mereiaI earnestly aNo#s. Fer once
the heifer had misealeHlHted the mettle
Of his adversary Tie impact threw
the heifer To the ground and. before he
could regain his feet, Fred BoNde
had captured him. The animafs in
juries would have prevented him from
having been very active for some time
To come even if he wasn't now secure
Is tied in Mr.. Eeather's barn But to
begin where the beginnings good, Let
tho Bangor Richard Harding Davis
tell 1t: Up to last fall the heifer had
led u perfectly conventional life for
three years, ever since his birth. one
day he suddenly went lad. leaped over
II. l,..e et,,f
an outlaw, Guiding all efforts at cap
ture. Mr.. feathers has theory that
something must have snapped in his
brain and claims the theory is we'll
sustained by what has happened since.
Poor manD At first the escape of the
animal WAS not regarded as being OF
great Importance. 1t was thought that
he could easily be rctaken. But t..
Mr. Leathers' amaZement, the former
placid. kindly-eyed heifer suddenly de-
veloped ferocity of mein and a cum
ming in GLIDING capture which was
amazing. He was hunted through
pastures and wood lots. over hills and
through valleys. but without success.
This reporter goes on in the same
thrilling style, of men chased to the
safety of trees and Woodpiles by this
him" heifer, and concludes With the
story of the animafs being captured
beside the track with hind legs passed
between her horns and tied with the
tail in a double bow knot.
Much commentator of I<ent's Hill
Seminarys young but thriving farm
department is being heard in Maine
agricultural organizations.
y Lewiston boy, Edmund Marsden
Hartley. son OF small store keeper
on Lincoln street of that city, has
grappled and overcome ban and dis
trust eireumseribng the exclusive
group leading the way in American
art. In the Art Calendar of the New
York Evening Post of Feb. 10 was in
cluded a notice: Exhibition at No
POI Fifth Avenue of Paintings, Pastels
and Drawings by Marsden Hartley"
One of New York's well-knowu critics
has the following to say of this exhi-
bit: "The young man in question re-
ceiyed some art instruction in New
York. but is otherwise self taught, and
while he has never been abroad. has
been drawn inStinctiVely to problems
Of eelor and composition. such as are
exercising the most modern spirit in
Europe. His ideas seem to have come
To him entirely from within. and have
been nourished i'll solitary study of
the large aspects of nature to be found
in the mountains of Maine. In such
isolation from the clatter of studio
jargon his ideas have deepened into
convictions, and unremitting expert
ments have begun to give him techni-
cal assurance. But it is particularly
Of the expressional quality of his work
that | would speak. The abstract ap-
peal to the sensations of sight and
touch. which is so distinctively the aim
of the modern artist, reaches, 1t seems
to me, in these paintings and pastels
of still-life degree of robustness and
poignancv none too common in Amer
lean painting. Nor is the appeal pure
ly sensuous for one in conscious that
Mr.. Hartley has ntellectualized his
own sensations, and, moreover, has
succeeded in transmitting the inteliec-
tualized sensation to his canvas and
paper. In our community the way of
the young artist, if he be stanch to his
own faith. is apt to be harder than
that of the transgressor. But II 1
mistake not. many of your readers,
who are in the habit of forming their
own judgments Independently OF rou-
tine taste, will be glad to have their
attention drawn to the merit and still
greater promise of Marsden Hartley
exhibition. "A few years ago Mr.. Hart
ley established a studio for the winter
in Lewiston. Most of his Maine scenes
are gathered from about Lewiston ana
Auburn. and Lowell where ne has
passed his summers for several years.
The Boston Journal wishes US 10
cheer up, stating that ice, next sum
mer, ought to be the. cheapest ana
cieanest on record But with no APP
parent attempt to take advantage OF
the magnificent crop along the Ken
nebee our skeptieism is hard to make
sit up and mind.
The Kidneys and tho Skin.
In the spring, the kidneys have
much to do. If they are weak or tor