Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

Maine Gossip
The Stay at Home.

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The Stay at Home.
lie wouldn't look well in a novel:
lie wouldn't he praised in play:
His homes neither palace nor novel,
He's only man of today.
He couldn't do much with sabre,
If carnage and riot were rife,
lie merely can suffer and labor
A hero of everyday life.
He isn't delightfully."- daring;
He isn't a maiden's ideal;
His love and devotion declaring
A hero of ballads and steel.
IIcs merely a man who Is lighting
The battle of civilized times,
A ballad that's whitening. blightlng.
unsung in the troubadours rhymes.
His smile is a ruse to keep hidden
From those to his heart ever dear
The phantoms that greet him unbidden.
The future he's tempted to fear;
His life is 81 constant endclVor
TO keep their eyes turned To the light,
To seem to be happy whatever
The prospect Of darkening night.
Hes really but one of the many.
Determined and patient ana bold,
Whose struggles as noble as any
by poet or novelist told
And later, when Time writes the story
W
A page Will he due to the glory
OF heroes of everyday life.
Chicago Post
Now for a settled spell' Of lovely
June weather.
How eagerly all read the letters from
Camp Thomas.
The signal corps will win its share of
honor for Maine.
Post Powers is without troops for
the first time since May 3
The notorious Carson gang has
reached the climax of its difficulties.
What ails Augusta? 1t had nearly
100 more deaths than births, last year.
Three weeks ago the 1st Maine left
US. and not. yet q single break in its
ranks.
y wild man in peaceful, happy Gin
ton? Perhaps it is q romance to at
tract summer boarders
The champion ColDys recognizes that
their batting won the pennant, ana
have elected their heaviest hitter. Put
nam. captain for next year Four
nome runs per game is his average
1t is stated that the expense thus far
incurred in the military operations OF
the state Incident t. The war amounts
to some 10000. a large part of this
Will soon he returned to the state by
the national government What is not
so paid back viii be checrfuly taken
care OF by the next LEGISLATURE
Gen. Richards, Wednesday. received
his first letter from Col, Kendall since
that officer went to thc front with his
regiment. The colonel speaks in the
highest terms of the regiment and its
efficiency and makes special mention
Of its equipment. The regiment il the
banner one of the camp, creating wide
spread motto" there When on dress
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and it receives general admiration
Col. Kendall says his band is the best
one in that vicinity.
our boys ara living among thu bones
of the past at Chicklmauga. \ Rock
land boy writes home that while som"
Of the men in Co \. We're digging q
trench in the camp a skeleton was
dug up With a bayuucl through il.
Business opened with a hoom al the
Portland recruiting oflico. Lieut. Caap-
lin had zoo applications the first fore
noon. before he was really ready to d.
business.
The question Of building some kind
Of a memorial to the soldiers from
Winthrop who persisted in the Civil
War is being revived. Pretty patriotic
Winthrop ought not be 50 far behind
the times.
\ queer complication is alleged to-
have developed in The First Main"
Regiment AS the story goes. q laII
from the northern part Of the state
came to Augusta for enlistment hut
was thrown out on account of false
teeth. Very much depressed, he re-
mainci in camp for day or two, hop
ing to get in by some means. The OPP
portUni,y presented itself when a sol
dier in Co - wished T. Withdraw be
fore being mustered into the United
states service. The Lad from the north
prevailed upon the Co. y man to allow
him to use his name and certificates.
The exchange was made, and the boy
under an assumed name was mustered
into Uncle Sans service. Now the lad
of the North wishes to use his own
name and his parents doubly request
that, but he cannot do so. as any in
formation OF request sent to Washing-
ton would lead to an dishonorable dis
charge for fraudulent enlistment The
poor fellow must win all his military
glory under another name, and draw
a pension also for another person,
should he be entitled to one later.
Lewiston Journal: HalloWell, which
loads ca many kinds. of ,,,,pi.ir,I