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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27
If You Would Be a Farmer.


Anxious Inquirer writes from
Washington to know. if he really ought
TO give up an $500 government posi-
ton and come down to Maine to
Incidentally he mentions that he has
$500 to invest in the business, is run
down in health and would like a
chance to work for himself. go easy.
and rest up little" He asks if
there are not many farms in Maine
that could be bought for a song
apiece. and built up 10 sell again at a
good profit. deu>'
To the last question of our Wash
ington correspondent we would reply
that there are many farm opportuni-
ties in Maine. but they are not as a
rule. just exactly adapted to resting
up if the roster wishes to live mean
while. The following from Golfers
answers so completely our cor
respondents questions and some 9th
ers that we offer it for the good it
may do 10 those who might have
dreamed and are in danger Of a rude
awakening
Making living on farm does not
consist solely in sucking in ozone,
rolling In blossoming clover, and
picking pears. There IL crop of
blisters, backaches. muddy boots.
washouts. bugs, and droughts. one
never makes change in life without
giving up some things he likes and
taking some he does not like. He
mAst strike a balance. go where he
finds the greater good, and bear with
grit and patience the unpleasant part
The city man who has not pluel
should stay in the shop or at his desk
for on the farm he viii find life-siz,
enyironment that will hit him Will
appalling regularity on every sof
spot he owns. He win miss the stree
cars, electric lights. vaudeville. PEG.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27
ECONOMY" Like Their Promises.

Two wears more of Fernald finance anu
The State would have been IN the haiiea >
OF a receiver, with the reeve pu1i ~ a
as to how 10 carry on lhe basii'o9S7.- y "
teryille Sentinel.
False, Worse than false, fatuoas
and idiotic. The State during Cover
nor Fernald's two years was called on
10 snena over a million dollars in ex-
fraordinary and unusual construction,
much Of ii entailed by previous iesls-
lation. Gov. Fernald was deprived by
the referendum of all the advantage III
1909 accruing from new tax measures.
In 80. as our contemporary viii see
hv the second Biennial Report oil
Auditor Hatch the State gained per-
eeptibly in the squaring of accounts
in snite of the construction of the new
state Capitol and when Gov. fernaid
left IL, under the new tax laws, the
state was in perfect trim TO go on
paving that deficit and creating
balance at the other side. The Wa
terville Sentinel and Mr.. Pattansali
fooled a good many people two years
ago about the Royal Parsonage who
we notice is to be placed hencefortn
under a costly velvet canopy but 1t
can never fool EN- again either into
believing that he is an eminent finan-
eier or that he viii keep his many
promises to enforce our laws. No
man in Maine who knows anything of
business is so foolish as not to know
that the condition of Maine, Jan LIST,
1911, was prosperous and that the in
come assured was in excess of all re-
quirements, in view of the work so
economically done by Coy. Fernald.-
Lewiston Journal
And it wasn't necessary to hold up
the end-of- the year bills until the last
of January in order to mike a good
Jan. LIST showing. either. On Jan. %.
1912. the guardian of State pensioner
told the Kennebec Journal that his
check had always been received on the
last day of the quarter until the
present administrations delay. For
the last 1911 quarter he had not yet
received the check Very prompt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

begonia may be prepagated from
young shoots which have developed
enough so that when these Xeung
stems are. bent at right angles az
more, they viii snap and make almost
as clean a break as If cut with Il
knife
After removal from the parent plant,
tie cuttings should be trimmed to
lengths of two To four or five inches
and the lower leaves should all ne re-
moved close To the stem and the larg-
er upper ones reduced to about half
their area. This prevents undue tran
spiratiou Of water and faVors tha pro-
duction OF roots
Among the plants whose seeds
should he sown during January for
spring and summer blooming are the
following: snapdraEon. pansN. petu-
MIA, saliva, torenia, loGelia and cen
taurea. If hollyhoek seed is sown IN
early january and the plants are not
checked in development. flowers may
be expected the first season. If sa@n
later they probably viii not bloom
until the second year.
For indoor blooming next winter
plants of the following species should
be started from seed during january
or early February: Grevillea robustat
Ahyssinian banana. Ar8ifa siebotdh.
Gamma. smilax, dracena indiVisa. tn
beraas begonia. Begonia vernon and
the two species of asparagus. namely
sprengerii and plumosus.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27
BELGRADE.

The Belgrade High school viii give
an entertainment and dance at IN
grange hall Friday. Feb 9. \ drama,
lei N ParIe Francois or Tho Ma
ior,s Mistake. viii he presented by the
stueents. There viii alsa be speaking.
Singing and tableauX. IN oysier stew
vii lie served II intermissinn, eiaesi
music VIII be furnished.
Miss Elsie Lyford Of Sehee a poPa=
lar teacher ia eur schools who gave
up her work on aecouId q poor health.
is improving.
H. Fl. Adams who has recently
bought lumber lot in Readtieid Is
there ri work Oh the same.
Eert Bunker. life long resident q
this town died At his home here IAN.
u Of complication q diseases. =
widow and che daughter survive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27
Editorial Comment
he Butter Boycott.

tNeW York tlohe.1
Every movement indicating that the
consumer is making a direct and per
sonal fight against high prices should
be boosted in all possible WAYS. 1t
is f3r too much the fashion nowadays
10 run To the government for help in
every emergency, small as we'll as
great. The butter boycott engineered
by the Housewives League is Just the
right sort of medicine for UNJUST
prices. and il is being prescribed by
Just the right set Of doctors If il
could he widely applied there should
be TO question regarding its efficacy.
II is perhaps worth nothing. how
ever, in this particular ease that there
is more than the usual excuse for high
prices Last summers drought was
very hard on the dairy herds, and the
butter output was seriously eurtailed.
However. this excuse has probably
been oYerworked by the butter max
crs and retailers. In which case the
boycott, if sufficiently Widespread, will
certainly prove 10 be wholesome re
IIICGr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

Pile. He may resent slowness, physi-
cal tiredness, Inconvenience, stiffness.
Getting back To the land is profitable
peeuniarily and spiritually only 10
those who care more for independence
than for steam heat and grantoid
walks, or think more of health than
of musical comedy; or would rather
accumulate a competence for their old
age than have the privilege Of street
cars and jostle. The successful farmer
must he willing to work until his
muscles get sore. and then work until
they get strong: 10 learn of simple
folk. and be neiehberly with people
who have lived in different way; to
wait for seedtime and harvest. Also
he must he able Ia forget the amuse-
ments he mas left behind and the an
noyanees he has found, until the slow
current of country life gets hold Of
him. and the sweet spirit of the open
places enyelops him. Then viii he
have found Il home, and the land will
have found one more man to feed the
nations
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

Mrs a r. Tabor. OF Crider Mo. had
been troubled with sick headache Tor
about FIVE years when she began taking
ChanberFain's Tablets. she has taken
two bottles of them and they have cured
her. sick headache is caused BY a dis
ordered stomach for which these tablets
are especially intended Try them. get
we'll and stay we'll sold hy all dealers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

Seems as if they may be getting a
lectle more Strengthening into the
cold than they arc getting lengthening
into the days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

Many ills come from impure blood
Can't have pure blood with faulty djges-
ton, l1ZY liver and sluEEish bowels
BurdociS Blood Biuers STRENGTHENS stom-
arh, bowels and liver. and pufifies the
blood.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

CAPITAL GRANGE, MO. o4s. p. OF
Fl. Meetings I'd and Attn Saturday evsu-
lngs OF each month az G.. a. r. Hall.
WALLACE ID. SLIP. W. n
ADA 3. YEATON. Sss.
aussr tn tn saffyy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

Old Boreas can't help sniekering as
ne blows 10 below zero temperatures
into the region where Lewiston's mu-
nieipal ice plant is located.
Lewiston adds one more hold-up To
its record under the covered bridge
plan And Bath complains that its
streets are infested by "infantile street
walkers When sneerers at law are
in high places the morals Of the un-
lettered Wane.
Bar Harbor reports a measley win
ter. with several cases in one school.
Bangors new high school building IS
to be a sumner. Built of grey brick
with granite trimmings the plans call
for lS5 feet frontage and Il depth of
III feet: while the frontage of the IL
brary building is to be 1875 feet with
1l2 feet depth The school building
will be three stories and basement.
An Augusta wife, at > \. NJ, FRI
dav. cried; whats that" "Thermo-
meter busted" growled her spouse,
cnddling his nose into the blankets
And now. the proposed recall Of
GARDENERS aldermen is protested and
petitions are finding signers aplenty.
They put senator obadi' ON the
Committee on Public Health But
Obadi' isn't there for his health.
Those North Waterford crows were
hunting for South Waterford and
something warmer than 40 degrees be-
low zero.
The Industrial School fer Girls at
Hallowell is filled to its capacity.
The principal, Miss Gertrude Melon
aid, asks magistrates to confer with
her regarding commitments until fur
ther notice
Bath has an S7-year old millIman,
who served his customers on his
birthday, Monday Jan. -.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Greed OBJ
served the Goth anniversary of their
wedding at their home in Bath
Thursday
The engineers under the direction of
John z. Jones who are making the
survey for the proposed electric line
from Shawmut to Skowhegan. have
completed the survey to the edge OF
Skov hogan village. a new plan oil
having an electric car line come TO
Skowhegan has been suggested which
though it has not materializcd may
prove feasible The plan is to make
arrangements with the Maine Central
Co. to string n trolley wire over the
company's tracks and run the electric
cars over this line. This would ELM
mate all steam trains from Skowhcgan
excepting freight cars. This plan mas
been tried in Connecticut and worked
With great satisfaction. 1t has been
suggested that the matter be brought
before the Skowheean board of trade
to sec what arrangements can be
made
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

After 4 heavy neal. take 9 couple Of
H6aH.s Hegalets. and give your stomach,
iteGuleES bring easy. regular uasSi ges ~
the bowels
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27
Sample of Liquor interests Methods


Sample of Liquor interests Methods.
The quoted paragraph below was
perhaps not intended to mislead it's
readers but it does 50, either careless
ly or in a crafty manner unworthy of
a real newspaperman. 1t opens by
giving a true statement from the
Kennebec journal and following it SO
closely with some Of its own sophis
tries as to lead the reader to infer
that all Of it was said by the Kenne-
bee Journal. The clipping is from
the Waterville Sentinel and the first.
sentence is true: the others are not
"Our down river contemporary says
that while prohibition has not stopped
the sale of liquor it has kept the SELL
er from hanging out sign and put
ting bottles in the window. And it
has also. in the cities of Maine, fos-
tered dives and kitchen bars, it has
tended to increase rather than de-
crease the worst forms of drunken
ness, it has fathered hypocrisy and
corruption. We pay a pretty stiff
price to keep that sign off the build
ing and the comfortable club rooms
with doors open to young men In
every city Of the State do not need
signs, anyway"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

efybody's frfend-pr Thomas Ec-
lectic OH. Cures toothache earache,
sore throat Heals cuts, bruises, sealds.
stops any pain
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

Itching. torturing skin eruptioas dis
figure, annoy, drive one wild Boau s
Ointment brings quick relief and lasting
cures. FIFTY cents At any drug store.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27
Saturday, January 81. 1912.

lie who will not answer TO tie
rudder, must answer to the rocks.
-Herve.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

Why burn 800 old square pianos at
the National Piano Dealers Associa-
tlon convention in Atlantic City? The
amount spent in bringing them to-
gether and piling them up for bon
hfe ought TO be enough TO distribute
theth among poor people who would
appreciate them.-Boston Record.
But the piano trust knows that moor
people won't buy new pianos when
there are old ones in the houses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

What's in a name? Rumford bas-
ketball team defeated both Lewiston
High and Edward Little High of Au-
burn. q,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

Perhaps Mrs. j. Pierpont Morgan.
VINO can't understand why men re-
man IN the newspaper profession. !"
ana VINO thinks they should get into
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

THE REGULAR MEETING OF SETH
Williams Relief Corps. No e6, second ana
fourth Friday evenings at $50 at G. A r.
nall.
ANNIE l.. FLETCHER, President.
ADA +. PURINTON, Corps Secretary
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

In straw vote for President at
aie air Taft was elected over GOV
woodrow Wilson by vote of 40 to
III Probably the result would he re-
Yersed at Princeton-Boston Globe.
Why don't you try it?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

When bobcats enter Maine villages
and raid hen coops it is pretty good
sign that it is a hard old winter for
our wild neighbors of fur and feath-
ers. The Phillips correspondent of
the Pennington Chronicle writes:
George l.. Dennison of this village
recently shot IA wildcat of the usual
bobtail variety in his len yard in
this village. The cat had killed three
of his hens the day before and he
laid for the intruder early in the
morning and got him. This is the
first time one of these ferocious ami
mails has been known to venture into
the village. which is taken to indi-
cate a condition of extreme hunger
ON the part of the cat"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

The loggers are handicapped by TIN
deep SHOWS in northern Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

The ladies of Phillips have formed
a club called the Christmas Present
club, each member of which is to
make Christmas gift each month or
forfeit half a dollar to the club. The
gifts are to be distributed at the
usual time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

decent business, would recommend
the business of financing illegal COM
binations of trade, stealing works of
, art, and gouging the puliic generally.
Bangor News.
quietly on the benefactions of her gen.
ial and generous Pierp.
According TO the Boston Advertiser,
certified milk sells in that city any
where from Il To "A cents quart, and
some dealers in modified milk get
- cents. Nor is the sale OF this high
priced fluid confined to the We'll To do
but many families resort to other econ
onies in order to get milk which they
are sure is pure. Certainly at that
price milk is nearly if not quite as
high as beer, which in many Boston
precincts is one of the necesSaries OF
life Dairying of the highest and most
approved type would seem about as
profitable as brewing in Massachu
setts-Portland Press,
But isn't il tough that while one has
10 go after the beer, tho milk is
brought around?
The I.orimer investigation, has thus
far cost the government $4,000 and
The Senator about 100000 Includ-
ING the original 100000 "slush fund"
the total expense Of getting Lorimer
into the Senate and out again is near
" a quarter of a million dollars-and
Lorimer isn't out yet.-Portland
Argus.
But think of the millions of dollars
in satisfaction you have had in talk
ing about it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY
cusHNoc cHAPTER. 3. A. M..

CHAPTER, r. a. M,
No. =. stated convocation at Masonic
Temple Thursday evening. Feb. /. All
sotnuruinS companions are cordially H.
Yited TO attend
WINFBEp n. JACK SON H. +
THOS. II. BODICE Sec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

Skiing and snowshoeng parties are
now quite the thing in various sec
tons OF Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

No notice whatever will be taken o.
unsigned communications.
The journal cannot be held response
bic for the preservation or return Of
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
to BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publish
ers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

PLACES?
OF course the selling of booze with
out a license in license territory re-
quires no hypocrisy because the
general public doesn't care where the
stuff comes from, and most of the
bootleggers. dives and hell holes are
doing a commission business for the
license places. anyway And of
course there is no corruption in a Ii
cense city where the Saloons own
such a large percentage of the voters,
soul and body; where the police and
county officials are selected by the
sellers OF booze. and where the
politicians turn with their funds to
gain political control in collaboration
with the tools of the rum trust. Oh
no indeed! There would be no Cor
ruption" in that
But when the Waterville Sentinel
says: We pay pretty stiff price to
keep that sign off the building" etc,
it is an unconsciously frank admis-
sion. From its position and the SER
vice of its editor we have no doubt
that WE means the liquor interests,
which makes the assertion true. The
liquor interests ARE paying "a stiff
price in the loss of revenue because
they cannot advertise their devlish
traffic in Maine And they are paw
ing another stiff price" to a few
shameless politicians to put up that
sign IN all the cities of Maine.
AS far as the Comfortable club
rooms with doors open to young men
in every city," are concerned, if the
boozeries Of the EIks, Owls, and like
booze clubs" are not wiped out of ex-
istence in Maine within the next two
years, we have mistaken the temper
of the people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

Out-of-
town
Readers


Must send % cents for. post
age additional to amount
specified in Coupons.
Hundreds are being mailed
daily.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

If prohibition has "fostered" dives
and kitchen bars, how does it hap
pen that in license territory are found
twice as many dives and kitchen bars
and hootleggers and other places do
ing business in violation of law as
there are in prohibition territory?
And how does il happen. if no more
rum is sold, that all these places sub
sist and sell purer liquors" IN AD-
DlTloN TO ALL THE LICENSED
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

no fought, two years, FOR swill '''ei -
' tr 'oarted booze and thugs and dives;
i9 i Rum Trust orders flD
I'M I'll tne folks swore on their lives
iWas the last Rumoeratic niil
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27
We Can't Help Saying 1t.
Names Age of Wonders

Ih m. was once a wise old figgerer.
=, w no sat on State House hill;
tie made right useful numerals atov,
tBy exercise of will -"
ohtll they turned the inward flow
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

Bath has an S7-year- cid milkman,
who served his customers on his
birthday, Monday, Jan. -.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

Two wears more of Fernald finance ana ma
the State would have been in the hah isls
rs to how 10 carry on the business.-N a.
faryilIe Sentinel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

Mr. and Mrs Alexander Greed OBJ
served the Goth anniversary of their
at their home in Bath
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27
Maine Gossip

Old Boreas can't help sniekering as
ne blows 45 below zero temperatures
into the region where Lewiston's mu-
nieipal ice plant is located.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

The Industrial School for Girls at
Hallowel is filled to its capacity.
The principal. Miss Gertrude McDon-
aid. asks magistrates to confer with
her regarding commitments until fur
ther notice
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-17
WHAT NEXT?

London, Oct. 17.-Reported
that Mr.. and Mrs. Pethick-Law-
renee, who resigned from suffra-
gette's union, did so because of
plans for use of extreme violence
made by Mrs. Emmeline Pank-
hurst.
Scotland Yard much disturbed
by report. Sufragettes already
have tried arson and murder. If
they are planning anything more
violent it may be the blowing up
of the houses of parliament or a
personal attack on the royal fam
lily,
Christabel Pankhurst still in
exile in Paris, but in constant
communication with friends.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-17
Just One Last Word-The
kind of physical culture is not so
important as it is that you prac-
tice SOME kind.

COHSluGI inc VIC SllIdIlOl1 was a
stormy one today.
Aid. Donahue, of the 35th ward,
wanted the whole committee dis
banded, and the idea of investi-
eating vice conditions given up.
Said it wasn't a job for. the alder
men anyhow:
Aid. ST Mayer, of the Fourth
ward, wanted all the visitors, re-
formers, clergymen and news
paper men, excluded.
Mayer said that all reformers
were insincere, and that the
churchmen took nothing but
hearsay evidence and therefore
iidn't know what they were talk
ing about,
Mayer did not say why he
wanted the newspaper men kept
tut of the meeting.
Aid. Donahue got sore when
the other aldermen refused to dis
,and the committee and left the
Meeting.
SOCIALISTS INDICTED
Portland, Ore, Oct. 17.-Eight
Socialists indicted by grand jury
today for issuing circular attack
ing Col. Roosevelt and Congress
man Nicholas Longworth.
The circular in question was is
sued during the Colonies recent
visit to Portland. 1t called Roose-
a would-be murderer and accus-
ed Longworth of owning proper
ty used Tor. immoral purposes.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-17
IAIL DAY Is "a HOURS

JAIL Ia = ID n 44O OINS
Hot Springs, Ark Oct. H.
Jury which tried D. J. Foley,
charged with receiving stolen
goods, entirely made up of union
men.
Found Foley guilty and SEN
fenced him to one day in jail, but
explained to court that their idea
of one day was eight hours.
Judge, jury, sheriff and pris-
oner all joined in argument of
this question. Court finally ruled
that law intended one day in jail
to mean "a hours.