Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-25
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Because There was No Room.

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The blasts Of w;nter ar" ti"rcc ana c"id'
Tire snow Hes d.e,. over NIL anu M',.
/, BIT a star shines bflSha '"'""e' ~"
cun,o for The christ child room
Where mans distrust ANA His S'''' 'o'
siin , ,,
Have frozen the iloo,s 9. t'n"tr ram,
I'm never 4 flower Of h"p, can pI"'"'
Room for the Christ-Chlid, room.
In homes that deepest sricts have boine'
Atiu silent terms of those that n'ou.n'
In the shadows that gather arou'i" '"'
Room for tnc C,rlst-Child. room.
Where nations are warning. NE Inr ntr;;
And cry rings out from the' ie"''"'
S;rt.
As . living r.opl, sinks 10 It's DOOR
Ero,o for the Christ Child. room.
Room foi tn" shepherds "f Bethich' IN.
Eoout Tor the angels VINO sang to thenl.
H0om for the Light. in the wintry
Room, for the Chri>t-Child. room:
Willis Boyd AI,n. N Harper Masa-
zine.
A Merry Christmas To all
Don, YOU envy the child's faith IN
Sa nta Claus?
This is the winters day Of old home
reunions.
OF all crops. that Earncrcd from the
Christmas :rec gives the most cheer.
IL YOU watch closely. tomorrow. You
will observe that III" day is one min
ute longer than this.
Portland looks over toward h"th ana
ventures the remark that its harbpr -
never closed Ivy an ice jam.
Maine probably boasts very rev
heavier men than WAS Rev. Hiram +.
Day. who died at Wesley on W"dn"s-
,,ay. Mr.. Day weighed - pounds.
Thr Piscatauuis Observer learns OF 4
Dover resident who ie strongly i'm
pressed with the heating power &c "i"c-
t,icity Ir put an electric lamp IN his
he'd to tax" tn" chill M and forgot II
and the bed caught lii" AMI had 10 u"
but out Of doors bodily Thc Dover
man got in quit" Il glow in the c'urs'.
Of his pedestrian act with tn" bed.
il will b. 4 day of rest indeed f"r
,n,. nusy clerks. ana well they have
earned =.
The regent storm served {" drive IN"
smelts shor-tard in great numbers
ana the catch of tn, fishers is multi
plying in "A truly Biblical way.
Among our Maine exchanges not
few. have celebrated the holiday seas IN
with special Christmas issues. some If
them ,iahora,,ly illustrated With
pretty covers in colnrs. and all Of
them showing enterprise and rejecting
both their own prosperity and that of
their communities. The list includes
the Portland sunday Times. Ellsworth
Enterprise. Richmond Bee. Gardiner
lnd,I.nd.ni. Watervill". Scntin.l
Westhruok chronicle. Watvrviil" Mail.
twtekl,p. Bridgton News. Sanford
Tribune. Rumford Falls Times. Rock
land Courier-Gazctte. Thomaston
Herald Pittsfield Advertiser ard
Camden Herald.
Residents II Charlotte are looking
hopefully forward To the spring of
1902. when. unless something out ri
the ordinary happens. an industry en-
pioying upwards of 100 hands viii b"
established: and instead of being truly
rural the town will take on an imp"r-
tant air suit ed to the change from pas
toral to manufacturing pursuits. The
time is being awaited, when. instead
of being a flag station. Charlotte will
h, counted one of the most important
on the line Of the Washington County
Railroad. and the date is not far dis
tdnt when it will b" counted as such.
The ray Of promise is in tn" operating
Of the granite quarries by a syndicate
OF New York and Calais capitalists. 1t
is an assured thing. The uuarries
cover an area Of 4no acres. near tn"
railroad. There are five colors of
stone obtainable in almost unlimited
Guantities-gray. dark red, light red.
pink and black of excellent
quality and capable Of attaining "a very
high polish. The pink and black are
very handsome and are said to be very
fine by those qualified to judge.
There is an unlimited supply Of each
and columns Of any dimensions can
BE- procured. and the quarries will un
prove among the. greatest in
a State already famed for its various
kinds Of granite. -
I:umford Falls businessA' men sare
saying that they need regularly or
gnniZel police force in the village,
with headquarters established and con-
aected by, teiephone.yso an officer may
be called to any part Of the village
day or night Events would seem to
indicate that city government is not
far away for the metropolis of the
oxford wilderness. ..
Some Jonesboro people had a mar
low escape a few days ago. Fred
Notion. deciding that he would put
away his gun. proceeded 10 draw the
cartridge and clean the gun. II
seems the weapon was rusty and re-
tanned a shell which did not appear in
the usual way. when by a sudden jerk
the shell exploded: five persons We're in