Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-04

to reach Froissy from St Just or 81
Just from Froissy. 96u n1ust accom-
moderate yourself 70 the e%igeneies OF
freight traffic over the single track
line for the line was builf and is con
rolled hy the merchants, small bank
ers and ae4lcuiSurists OF the. region. al!
OF whom hlge thrifty eye to tha
main chance"
Froissy being the terminus of this
locally operated line. that little town
has large voice in IFS ma nagement.
and the women having placed hem
selves in all the municipal jobs it wa
only natural that their sex should b
given the preference in railway posi-
lions. Thus Mother" Lafarga tends
the gate at the main street railwaz
crossing.
AS yet the locomotive eneineers ana
firemen are men, but aboard the. dailg
passenger train which makes cqnnec-
tons at st. Just for Paris the con
ductor, who is custodian 6f the run
ming schedule and gives the engineer
his orders and who alsa takes up the
tickets Is a uffragette-mature bu6
acre able spinster, Mile Durac. 81
BIZ way of proof that the French
government has kindlV view Of wo-
mar $ suffrage in Eroissaastbspe IS the
female letter carrier. Mme aauhoi4i
who covers her route by the clock, rain
or shine, to the entire satisfaction o
the citizens s.vs~sstfa
Agriculture and fruitrgrowing. and
the business of handling all their
produce, keeps the male population
busy the year round. 1t was better.
to
municiple offices to the spinsters and
wives and old women than to press
them into service for more laborious
duties.
BESIDES, Froissy pays little attention
to What goes on elsewhere in the
world; it lives for itself, considering
! only its own comfort. Thus the town
! is oldfashioned in many respects.
F., For instance, the position of town erier
has never been abolished-and that is
where the women of Froissy win again
for the present town crier-who an
nounces her approach with a spirited
rattat- tat-on a drum-is a weather
beaten but well preserved old lad
named Nine. Druhon.
In Froissy the woman chief of police
| has a sinecure, for the whole region
whereabouts is populated by Industrious
tpeople. naturally orderly, whose labor
and legitimate business are profitable
enough TO leave no excuse for criminal
| operations; besides, the town offers no
attractions to the criminally- minded
of neighboring cities.
Nevertheless, it is worth while to
watC h the Froissy example; there are
plenty of towns in this country where
the women undoubtedly could, IL they
set about it energetically. possess
themselves of every municipal job in
sght-and how long would it be before
they extended their triumph to the
political control of the larger cities?
Memorial services for James l.. Rand.
New England correspondent of The As
sociated Press, who died, two weeks ago.
We're, held. sunday night, at the South
Baptist church, South Boston, where
for many years he filled the position of
leader and teacher of the Rand Bible
class for men, The speakers were men
who had been slosely associated With
Mr.. Rand either in church or Sunday
school work or in his daily life. A va
cant chair draped In mourning occupied
place on the platform during the SER
vices, and at the close large framed
portrait of Mr.. Rand, which is to be
hung in the church. was shown 1891