Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-09
Too Bad We Have to Do It.

| 90 DAD we TlaNC " ~ IT,
| Six ex-governors on our lists
| Records without daub-
| Chamberlain, sConnur and Burleigh;
| Cleaves and Fernald and Cobb
| Names to start the heart beats;
Lives ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| Won't it seem strange, at TINS year END,
| To add the name of Plalsted?
| -kennebec journal.
The death of Governor ROBBIE makes
a break in the circle of eX-governors,
| but it is still of notable dimensions
| The survivors with the date of first
| election are: Chamberlain, 1866; Con-
| nor. 1876: Burleigl, 1888; Cleaves, 1892;
| Copb 1904; Fernald, 190S.-Portland
| Press
| Did not "Hilr' rhyme with the 9TH
ers or did our former governor lose his
title upon becoming national chair
| man?
| Fratcrnally yours,
| W. p JEFFEHDS.
Portland, Feb {. W..
The only appropriate comment
| seems to be ''Ouch!" The Press dis
| crepancy is easily supplied-Eiill. 1900;
| but our own disgrace can be excused
only by a rush of work. In cases of
| this kind we have to depend upon
friends like Mr. Jefferds to set us
right. Our sincere apologies to every
| body affected.
And If it's ever called for
We want to say We Will
Shout hosts of nice things We've on tap
To boost our John +. Hill!
DR.. Allen Hoben professor of sciolo-
CIV in the University of Chicago, clas-
sites lies as follows: The falry-tale lie,
the vainglorious or boasting lie, the
defensive lie, the heroic lie, the white
or permissible lie the society lie, the
business lie, the professional lie, the
art lie. and the authoritative lie. We
would respectfully submit that persons
who speak or write disparaginSly of
New Hampshire are guilty of all but
two (heroic and permissible) of these.
In fact we would include heroic lies
for such persons do lie on an heroic
scale.-Manchester Union.
That respectful submission" just
saves your face. Get after 'em, Col
onel! You have our sympathy
Italy has barred newspaper writer's
from the front in Tripoli. Italy, it APP
pears. is afraid of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ter Union.
Hey, fellers, Pipe the Holmes
| arisen in journalism. Wormwood,
who'll make a good Doc. Watson for
| t?-Kennebec Journal.
If he wasn't so busy along other
lines of activity. we'd suggest the
editor of the Lewiston Sun for this po
on
subject of the tariff proves that he has
lust that mental quality that would
make him a success in the role of
Watson's understudy. And with halt
| a chance to get the experience he'd
soon make the Doc. look like an 1mita-
tion.-Biddeford Journal.
We can't stand for full-bearded
Watson supporting the dignified mien
of our Lewiston friend And picture
him taking an appreciative "Marve-
lous!' upon the product of another
mans brain
We seem to recall years when there
was a tolerable supply of peaches af-
ter all the peaches had been killed in
the newspapers more than once
Hartford Times.
Strange some of these newspaper
men are SO agitated over the diminish
ing peach supply.
If YOU want to make your boarding
mistress happy. pass up the butter.
now.--Boston Globe.
Just try it once, and watch the slice
wen hack off! Our landlady doesn't
give US a chance.
The Portland Argus calls George
Fred Williams ''the lightning Hopper.
Our esteemed Portland contemporary
can thus refer to the Pride of Dedham
all the more consistently because the
Argus, whatever else it does, never
fops.-Biddeford Journal
Certainly not, Just flaps and crows
at long, very long, intervals.
IT is claimed that the average life of
a one dollar bill is only about Ia
months Bills of this denomination are
certainly the fast-steppers of our cur
rency system They have to go the
pace that kils.-Express & Advertiser.
Say, there's something wrong here
somewhere. We couldn't make one OF
the blooming things last anywhere
near that long. H
Marse Henry is in a sad predica-
Iment-that OF a perfectly good Ken
lucky colonel without candidate fly
ling from the asthead-Minneapoli
Journal.
Yes, but Marse Henry has some
consolation. The Star-eyed Goddess
of Reform at least remains true to
Ihim.--Eastern Argus.
And after viewing the most promis-
ling of the Democratic possibilities we
don't blame Henry for yielding to
despair.
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