Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-24
Maine GOssalp.
A Rustic Calendar.

There is blowing. sowing. in the morning.
Singing at the long brown furrowing:
Flowers rise, like maids, to their adorn-
ing
At the call and coming of the spring,
Then sing to my beloved greeting,
Love is what the first shy snow drops
bring
What the counting birds are aye repeat
ing,
Love is all the promise of the spring!
There is piping. lifting. in the meadow.
Ripening grain with scarlet poppies gay,
Toll in sunshine, swcethearting in shad-
Ow,
And the moonlight scything of the hay.
Then sing | to my beloved greeting,
Love outlives the passing of the May:
Summers heart sets heart of Love a
beating,
At the turn and cooking of the hay.
There is ruddy fruitagc to be carted
To its garner, now the star-nights
come; mi
Tawny sheaves, and cleaners thankful
hearted, rs
Merrily we bring the last load home,
Then sing / to my beloved greeting,
Love is bud of spring and summers
bloom
In the fullness of the vintage meeting;
Love is giving thanks and harvest
home!
There is Telling in the white woods drift
Song and laughter round the yule-log's
glow; .t
Nowel-praising to the heavens lifting
Where the Christ-star beams above the
snow.
Then sing l to my beloved greeting
Love outlasts the seasons come and go
Love shall rise beyond this life's complet-
ing
Till it shine, star above the snow.
Marguerite Merington in Scribners.
1t is said the old-fashoned rag car
pet is again coming into favor. A
South Waldoboro woman has had to
put in new fly shuttle loom to supply
the increase in orders.
The other day, writes the Cardville
correspondent of an exchange, "Vinal
Ashe was in the woods and he heard a
noise that sounded like the roaring Of
mad bull. He stood still, and soon he
heard the brush cracking and large
bull moose came out of the brush and
stood within ten feet Of Vinal before he
stopped. He looked at Vinal and Vinal
looked at him: then he started off into
the woods" Unless Vinal has more
nerve than the average newspaper man
his face probably wore an Ashen hue.
A little girl attended church in West
brook on recent Sunday. When the
organ stopped and the minister arose
for the benediction a little voice piped
up, Mamma. that was the organ now
where's the monkey"
Any knave with glib tongue is one
to watch, but when to his other per-
suasive powers is added that of hyp-
notism. unusual care should be exer-
cised. There appears to be at least one
such individual in the State. A Thorn
aston man writes to the Courier Ga
zette concerning him. According to
this authority, who ought to be a good
one as he was a victim, the doctor will
! call at your residence and introduce
himself as a famous doctor from New
| York, ask you a few questions, tell you
how you feel. and what your disease is
| and offer to cure you for a certain sum-
generally seven dollars. If you. com
| sent, he will take out a handful of
coarsely ground roots and herbs, tell
you to steep them well and add a pint
of gin or whiskey. You pay seven dollars
1 for herbs that you can buy elsewhere
for Is cents. 1t may seem strange that
any considerable number of people
would deal with a stranger in this
manner. But this is no ordinary swindler
he is a man who possesses wonderful
| magnetic power-call it hypnotism,
mesmerism, magnetism, or what you
will. He has a wonderful power to
persuade people against their own
judgment. His latest exploit
was in the town of Warren, a few DAYS
ago. 1 have an aunt there who lives
alone on farm. She is a lady who has
strong mind of her own and usually
is not easily influenced. This man
went there, took all the money she had
about six dollars: then he followed
her about the house and seeing a val
liable set of old china for which she
had been offered large sum, he want
ed her to throw the china in She
told him that the pieces were given to
her by her mother, and she would mart
with them for no money. He thereup-
! on packed up the dishes and made off