Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-27

II you have an unkind Thought,
Think before you speak 1t:
Friendship is fragile thing,
A single word may break 1t.
Kindly words can neer do harm.
They only draw us closer;
He who speaks the word that hurts
Himself shall be the loser.
Flora l.. Bishop.
winthrop, Me.
A recent school-house bazaar in
Thomasten Melted $1,000 for the high
school fund.
Albert w. Jeffrey Of Beachwood
owns 1910 car yet running in per
feet condition, upholstering and all.
Bus to Wiscasset and tOcean
Point and way stations. Right this
| way please"
Rockland daylight savings ad-
vocates will go no further than to
get such store keepers as favor 1t
together to discuss an early hour for
closing.
Vinalhaven is interested in re-
pairs and Improvements in the plant
| of The Libby Burchell Fisheries CO.
| Modern machinery is being installed
and more employees are soon to be
given employment.
Governor Brewster is to have the
"grill' room of one of the Portland
hotels during the days of the Re
| publican convention. Is there any
! Significance in that fact?-Asks the
Lincoln County News.
Though March is generally credit
ed with being a windy, blustery
| month, there has been hardly wind
enough thus far this month to dis
turb the plumage of an early spring
! robin, remarks the Biddeford journal
and all the town meetings there
abouts.
Constant reports show that con-
siderable progress has been made in
linking Maine with Florida with the
slogan in Florida in Winter, Maine in
Summer. The late visit of our tour
! lists is to be returned next summer
by the Florida folks and unless all
! find Maine entertaining by far the
largest army of tourists that it has
ever known. And the visitors will
| find Maine prices moderate and its
| attractions far beyond their expecta-
tions.-Bangor Commercial
! Among the other distinctions Hon.
Elisha Parkhurst is entitled to, in
our town and county is that he had
an uncle who was the provocative
cause of the famous "Aroostook
War" comments the Pressure Isle
r-Herald. This was his Uncle
John, who, being of an adventurous
makeup migrated from his home up
into the wilds of Northern Maine, at
the time Maine and New Brunswick
| were squabbling over the North
eastern Boundary question. Crews
of Maine lumbermen were invading
the territory claimed by New Bruins
wick for the purpose Of cutting the
splendid pine timber, which in those
/ early days formed quite percentage
of the forest growth. Uncle John
was among them and in one of the
raids made by the New Brunswick
! officials, he was captured, carried off
| down to Fredericton and put in Jail
| Other Yankees suffered the same
treatment, but Mr.. Parkhurst S
Uncle John" was so vociferous in
! his protests that he made Maine
/ people hubble and boil over with re-
sentiment. The demand was made
I that Uncle John" be released forth
with, and as there was delay in
compliance, really serious steps be
| gan to be taken, the Maine militia
was put on war footing. the mill
| tary road was put through, and the
! preliminary steps of building forts
/ at Fort Fairfield. Fort Kent and
Houlton were taken. All this made
the controversy so acute that it be-
| came an international bone of con-
| tention and was finally settled by
| Daniel Webster and Lord Ashburton,
| by the formulation and ratification
! of the so-called "Ashburton Treaty"
Uncle John in the mean time got out
| of Fredericton Jail. and modestly
withdrew from the limelight.