Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-23

NC hiS Union wlo-lLH from aIl Gardiner.
and because nf thar fat.. thyE. tonight.
are rejoicing III thc.F hearts ana singing
Praise Gnd From ..Nhom All Blessings
There are some people wha do net aea
amy sense .n these th'usf. They Ike y
STICK by una things tEGt wefe, bu, are MP
more. They 10. nos open their eyes TO
progress Their arguments remind mo ns
hv fellow who delivered a lecture 'upon
The SNAKES oI Iceland. when Iceland
has nn snakes. one gf those prohibition
t-l.aw%s vas bitten by 4 FaGiesnake he
pcHnd? lie died. aud 50. win we as a
ritE uic, ID sc DO not take ADVANTAGE oi
nc prescriptions II hlSflnS, bus%Eng an
.t'u-rxlNc municipalities 2t
Men - born. they pass q few years ~
his e:Ath, they die and nothing remains
hu, lnS,nemory. NOT 80 WITH clues. From
4 my habitadon III The forest spring
uln are enterpriSinS, il lives on, ami IN.
uu on. forever. ANA fore yer. and forever,
a monument to its builders and sourc,
. rt,Hride TO Id, residents.
I TNS is my home hy adoption What
ever success ! may attain fill this life.
AS Mr. attain here. ! love inc pla"e.
sc its hills, its streams ana its people.
! admire it's beauty ami its illustrious
past. There IS an Uid saying, thar az S1c-
New York, 50 goes tiie Union, ana nope
before ! die 70 have il known, tina; A.
goes Gardiner, sp goes Maine.
This CITY owes much to the Board ..t
Trade. All honor tD President McCdus-
| land aud his associates. This urPaniZa-
ZION has done much FOR US IN the past ami
it VIII surely mid as in the future VITA
IN" assistance OF The citizens it VIII make
this city what ii should be. the railroad
ana Industrial center of Maine.
There Is an ancient inscription which
reads. as ! remember it:
The grace Of God and a good wife.
4 competent estate ana a quiet life.
! TrustN servant and Il friend in store.
God grant me these ana I'll ask no more.
4 noble sentiment. YOU say. but withal.
a very selfish one. No thought or wish
is expressed for his fellow-men. He
thinks only of himself. That is the mis-
take we are all prone to make. we should
consider the welfare OF the community.
We should work together for the common
GOOD our idea should not be to elevate
ourselves ut the expense of others, but to
bring prosperity to all.
We have many petty icalOuSies. We
have many petty differences ana disa gree
ments in our municipal affairs. We al
ways believe that we are right and the
other fellow is all wrong. He thinks the
same. These occurrences remind me %
he story Of the Protestant fellow who
married The Catholic girl. One of his
friends asked him a short time aftrrwar,i
how he got along with the "heretic.' He
replied: Il haven't found out Yet which
the hereto" And that is the way with
matters not religious. Instead Of the
other fellow being the hereto it may h"
ourselves. Then away with petty feelings
ana ll-adVised arguments ana let us see
+ the next 80 years will not bring to Car
diner prosperitN ana achievement. far
SurpaSSirS that of our frs half century.
Some men have gdS, some have bra IS
md some have hackers. ana with gas.
ana brass ana hackers too, 4 smart man
ought % wiggle through. II we take thai
20 ourselves as city we shall wigg3c
tDrplIyl a ulIl : " r,s