The Republican journal., 1918-06-20
Letter From Augusta.
(Corresnondence of The JournaD

Correspondence OF The Journal
AUGUSTA, Me-, June II, 1913.
The State of Maine owns field some
70 acres in extent between the otate
House and the river. This year about
half this field is being used for earoehlhe'
III. n,o+s are well cared for and in late
afternoon and early evening one may Sec
the work going on. Land has been Sc.
cured in several other parts OF tne Guy
for+be same purpose. 1t is safe to say
that never before have so many gardens
been nlanted here as this year. There Is
M doubt that daylight saving is gooo
thing for city gardeners who are surviving
to do their bit for supplying the holie
tables A good area of field crops nave
heen nut into planting and sowing by tne
farmers of Kennebec county, especlaiy
in the best agricultural sections ne
scarcity If labor has been andlcap ou'
tho weather has been exceptionally favor
able. There has been little loss u .,,'e
caused nv rainy days and wet SOILS Inc
-ecent rains while not copious have peeii
finely and have done much good. II 'he
favorable spring is followed by suin'N.'
eors,lv 50. there will be good crops III
Maine When Sheriff White of Penop-
scot county was summoned to appear ne
fore the Governor and Council, the whoie
State ANTICIPATED a sensation. The near
inc was staged in Representatives HAM,
and did not call together large crowd.
The business was conducted IN very
ORDERLY manner without any display Oh
6erv eloouence, and the hearing lasted
less than two days. The testimony pre-
scented showed that during the past Will
ter 424. 119 pounds of ardent splflts were
received in Bangor in 146 days. lhls
would furnish to every taxpayer Vi 'h"'
citv about half a pint day ana leave
756 half pints for visitors. Inc "li'ei
| has had so little bibulous experience thal
he will not assume to say that THIS "ouio
make Bangor actually "wet," but 1t can
not he claimed that the people there nave
suffered from an entire lack OF moisture
If is rumored that there were her I'LL
mort atoms for sstrictly medicinal pur-
noses, but there was no evidence TO SUI
stantiate that rumor. There are peopie
who can be successfully treated for GER
tain forms of meancholia only by WIS
kew. and there may be some of these IN
Ranpor. In the days Of our grandIatheis'
DIN or rum mixed with molasses was a
SOVEREIGN remedy for colds and IN some
localities such a mixture is SO regardeu
now. 1t may be surmlsed that the st.
veritv of the past winter may have SO
much increased depression and influenza
that considerable quantity of alcoholc
medicines were secured in legal " way
These of course were not included in the
total of ordinary booze evidenced by the
testimony.
When we consider the serious side OF
this case it presents itself thus: ABOUT
one thousand people were present when
Governor Milliken, with right hand up
raised. solemnly made oath that ne would
sunport the Constitution and Laws OF the
State of Maine. If he had good reason
for believing that the law was being null
lifted in Penobscot county or elsewhere
his path of duty led to an investleation'
We think all fair minded citizens Will
agree on this point. The ability ano
standing of the men composing the coun'
Gil are such that the verdict will be re-
garded as just one.