Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-11
(2I0lQ0yB GjQ)@8l|g)
The Modern Christians PRAYER.


I'll sit at ease and humbly bow my head.
I've labored III Thy vineyard Thou dost
I've sold ten tickets to the minstrel show;
I've called on fifteen strangers i'll our
down;
I've baked pot of beans for Wednesday
spree
An old time supper its going to be.
I've dressed three dolls for our annual
And made cake which we rattle there.
Now with Thy boundlcss wisdom SO sub
lime
Thou knowost that these duties all take
have no right to fight my spirits foes,
L nave no time to mend my husbands
My children roam the streets from morn
till night
have no time to teach them to do right,
Hut Thou, o Lord, considering my cares.
VIII count them righteousness and heed
my prayers,
Bless the bean supper and minstrel show
And put it in the hearts of all to go.
Induce all visitors to patrOniZe
The men who in our programs advertise
Because I've chased those merchants till
they hid
Whenc'er they saw me coming. Yes, they
did.
Increase the contributions to our fair
And bless the people who assemble there.
Bless Thou the grab bag and the gypsy
tent,
The flower table and the cake that's sent.
May cur whist club be to Thy service
blest
The dancing party gaycr than the rest.
And when Thou hast bestowed these bless
lngS, then
We pay that Thou wilt bless our souls.
Amen.
Exchange
Well, there is Il little circus coming
anyway, even though the big show does
slight us, and that is very much better
than none at ALL
Still the cry is for rain. What has
fallen has done d vast amount of good
but there is need of much more.
Old Town has at last chosen site
for it's Carnegie library. 1t was the
biggest task in connection with secur-
ing and building the structure.
Hartlands plans for the fourth are
maturing, and $500 in purses and prizes
will be offered.
and Passport boasts of him. He is not
a pleasant individual to meet on the
highway at night, but he is to be pre-
ferred to some of his relatives, such as
Jack the hugger, Jack the slugger, and
Jack the choker.
A Massachusetts expert is prospect
nd Crannfoll
mine which tradition has long located
in that region.
Portland complains of a lack of
flags, or at least of neglect to dis
play them on such occasions as Me
mortal day. Flag day is almost here
and also the Glorious Fourth and it is
up to patriotic Poitlanders to see that
there is no ground for such complaint
in the future.
The plans of North Augusta Grange
to celebrate the Fourth are the only
preparations of the kind we have heard
of in this section. 1t is evident that
the eagle will not scream very vocifer-
OuSly, inns year, III I\tIlHcJtC County.
The death of Jerre Fl. Libby at Fort
Fairfield, last Monday, removes one of
Names most promising young men.
He was Il young lawyer of much abil-
ity and possessed rare personal quail
ties which had won him a host of
friends all over the State. He was
well known in Augusta where he was
in the office of the Secretary of State,
several winters. Mr.. Libby graduated
from Bowdoin in '96 and his death is
the first break in a class which gradu-
ated 46 young men. He was promi-
nent in college athletics, rowing on his
class crew and playing at end on the
varsity eleven, and was about the last
man one would have picked out to die
of consumption within a few years.
He went to California, last fall,
and made a brave fight, but it was a
hopeless one and he returned to his
home a few weeks ago.
One of the principal exercises at
Gardiner on the occasion of the Gem
tennial celebration, will be the form
ing Ol lI' lldS ny tit Stllool tiili'lItil.
1t will be composed of thirteen
lines of children, each line being
from one school under the direction of
it's respective teacher, there being ten
Gardiner schools, two from Randolph
and one from FarminEdalc. with about
sixty in each line. The scholars will
be provided with red, white or blue
caps and canes to furnish the cOlOrs.
The ground will be Staked and roped
off to furnish the guides for the lines,
and each stripe numbered. When the
formation is to be made each division
will march to it's designated place, the
alternate lines marching in from the
opposite sides, and when it is COM
pete there will be a flag forty by a
hundred feet upon the side of the HILL
in full view of the people upon the
ample grounds of the estate. The flag
will have the blue field with forty
five white stars, and thirteen stripes
of alternate red and white. After it
is formed the children will sing sew
eral songs 1t will be something never
before attempted here and is said by
those who have seen something similar
in other cities to be grand sight.