Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-30

All OF IneSc Things
Lie hidden from thy sight,
And only God
Can judge life's actions right.
If thou the whole
/, OF human life couldst read
Thy Sympathy
Would reach mems deepest need.
Compiled with all the 54-hour law
requirements?
Hobgobblins all ready for tomorrow
night?
Apropos of the visit to Augusta of
that charming group of Midgets that
has been exhibiting at the Opera House
during the past week, Journal friend
calls our attention to a clipping from
the Kennebec Journal of Sept. Z, 1860.
which contains an advertisement Of
the appearance on Sept. 6 and Of the
year CT General Tom Thumb, the small
est man alive, at Meonian hall, giving
two performances each day. The Gen.,
eral had been at Waterville on Sept, 5
and was to appear on Sept. in Hal
lowell. His company included "Signor
Olivira, the great violinist; Mr.. w.
Tomlin, baritone from the Nobilities
Concert, London; Mr.. DeNeve, the
pleasing terror; and Mr. Titcomb, plan
ist." Note the prices of admission: Day
entertainment. 25 cents, children under
ten, 10 cents; evening Is cents, children
under ten, 10 cents; reserved seats, rs
cents
Charles Wilson made trip to Boston
last week. He says that while he was
there he was in grocery store and q
woman came in and among other articles,
bought five potatoes, probably paying for
them about what we pay for Oregon ap-
pies. This gives us line on how the
fellow at the consumer end of the pota-
toe game feels about 81 potatoes.-Presque
Isle Star-Herald.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ryle who are
occupying the Roberts cottage on Mt.
Desert street, Bar Harbor, started with
his tutor recently to climb Newport
mountain. In some way they strayed
from the path and when darkness over
| took them, were on one of the high cliffs
with which this mountain abounds and
were unable to go up or down. Chief of
Police Gerry was notified when they did
not return and he Immediately got a
party and went in search of them. 1t was
nearly morning when the searching
party found them in their precarious
location, and it was past O'Clock before
they finally got back to town after a
most unusual and exciting night
Featured by the presence of William
H. Paine of Falmouth, the 7-foot, 25U-
pound deputy sheriff appointed Thursday
by Sheriff elect King S. Graham, the
members of the Ward Six Republican
Club Of Portland held a largely attended
and unusually interesting meeting
! Wednesday night. Deputy Sheriff Paine
had the principal address of the evening
and he chose as his subject, why I am
a Republican, laboring mans address
to laboring men. II would not have ac-
cepted the position of the deputy sherin
under Sheriff Graham unless I was con-
fident that the law is to be enforced to
the utmost" said Mr. Paine. Il believe
in the enforcement of every law on the
statute book. If you don't like the laws
repeal them. 1 intend to treat every man
as a man and believe that is what
Sheriff Graham will do also"
This Is the period for vaccination among
the members of the United States Coast
Guard, formerly known as the life
savers. and all who have not recently
been through that operation are now en-
joying it. This years performance in
cludes vaccination for both typhoid and
smallpox.
Quite a sizeable tomato plant has
grown out Of one of the logs just above
the rivers surface on the M. C. r. r.
near the Towboat Co.'s bungalow and
is still thriving and green, records the
Bath Times, which then gravely re-
marks: BY Christmas tomatoes will be
picked therefrom if this weather holds.
How the discovery of an old map
among old documents in Paris was
the means of bringing to an end the
long-standing dispute over the bound
airy between the Dominion Of Canada
and the State Of Maine was interest
ingly related at the regular meeting
Of the Maine Historical Society
Thursday afternoon. This information
was contained in an address by DR..
Henry 8. Burrage on Mr.. Webster and
the Ashburton Treaty" The map in
question was the so-called Sparks map.
Mr.. Sparks. afterwards president of
Harvard. was making some historical
researches in Paris. He found letter
written by Benjamin Franklin in which
was enclosed originally a map upon
which Franklin by request had marked
the boundary agreed upon in the treaty
Of peace between the United States and
Great Britain. The map was found
by Mr.. Sparks in 1912. At the time.
the Maine Legislature was not in
clined to agree in advance to any terms
of settlement that disinterested ne
gotiators might reach. This map was
brought to Maine and there. by the
mark made by Franklin, 1t was shown
that Maine would lose unless the Leg
islature did agree to place the matter
in the hands Of the negotiators. The