Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-13

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When Things Go Wrong.
When things go right it isn't hard
To keep a pleasant, cheerful lace,
For other folks to have regard
And grant requests with smiling grace.
sometimes fate knocks Il man around
And ScOurgeS him with double thong
It's not so easy. [ have found,
When things go wrong.
When things go right we can agree
With any one on anything.
There's good in all that we can see
And joyous are the songs we sing,
But leaden grow the dancing feet,
We have to sing another song
And trouble S0urS cur little sweet
When things go wrong.
When things go right we can be good
And all the Christian virtues show
Do unto others as We would
Be done bN-SeedS of Kindness SOW.
still all my praise ! will reserve
For him Who battered hard and long,
Still keeps his temper and his nerve
Chicago News,
IL 10 liz oItIIiiIiNl soIo'tb WIN i'A
picnics and reunions and celebrations.
Island Park surrendcrs uncondi-
tionally, today, to the Kennebec
Changers.
Cobbosscecontee's launch parade, to-
day, and the annual sailing regatta,
Saturday.
This is the day of the summer for
the loyal alumni of Litchticld Acad-
envy.
The corn is taking courage little,
but it will take more than courage to
give Il good crop. a
The announcements of the opening of
the theatres make it seem rather fall
sl
Those Watcrville-Fa irfcld-Oalland
ball games certainly take first prize Tor
tiresome kicks and Wrangles.
One of Gorham's smartcst men is
Ezra Richardson. lie is 50 years of
age and has done all the hand moving
and had loaded and pitched off % tons
of hay this season.
South Port!and'S school board has
distinguished itself by cutting down
the salaries of the teachers and ut the
same time making the school year two
weeks longer.
This week a Bath shipbuildcr was
handed u letter from u real estate
merchant outside the state which had
been sent to the postmaster with the
request that it be handed over to Il re-
liable shipbuilder, as the writer in
tended building Il schooner. The let
ter recalled to the builder one that WAS
received several years ago under SINH
lar conditions. Correspondence was
started and the schooner was con-
tractcd for and the shipbuilder made
quite a lot on the job. He is now hop
ing history will repeat itself.
Portland expects to witness a parade
of the regulars before they return to
their proper stations at the end of the
war game. 1t is understood that the
men have been cautioned to have a
suit of undress> uniform kept as clean
as possible so that they can offer
good street appearance Sept. D.
The first town meeting of the new
Squirrel Island Village corporation
v hich occurred, Saturday evening, pre-
scented the novel phenomena of women
exercising the right of suffrage and OF
citizens of other states voting in and
being elected to office by q Maine viii
lage meeting. In fact, there is nothing
to prevent Il subject of England or
Russia, provided he owns Il cottage on
the island, from exercising there the
of a born citizen of Maine
so far as local matters are concerned.
The island, indeed, bears to the State
of Maine Il relation not unlike that
borne by Porto Rico to the United
States, except that in so far as purely
local matters are concerned, SQUIRREL
is more independent. The arrange
ment promises to be extremely satis-
ia ctory to all parties, and it is probable
that Squirrel will not long be the only
village of this type in the United
States.
1t is a good year for chokecherries.
and the naturalist of the Bangor News
tells us all about their habits and their |
After explaining how the
thrives when most fruits
and berries fail, he says: Though