Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-24
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Thanksgiving for Gods boundless blue
Above us bloOding; for the hue
And pcrfumed pageant of the year;
For waters singing Lyric clear.
And birds in choral rctinue.
For I'll the varied life we view
About US bourgeoning: for the clue
THANKSGIVING.
For chance the kindly deed TO do
While dawn and dusk their paths pursue;
For hope and its attendant cheer:
For all that's noble and sincere:
For friends-but chiefly love. for you
Thanksgiving.
Clinton Scollard.
This is another day we celebrate.
Maine has very much to be thankful
for. this year.
A good day for each Of us to have a
little heart to heart talk with him.
self.
games of the season will be played, to-
day.
The present term of court in Kenne-
bee county is productive of lot of big
verdicts for damages.
Only a month to Christmas, and the
wise shopper has already begun her
campaign.
When it comes to an enumeration of
things to be thankful for. don't leave
out some of the things we have not
got and some of the things that have
not happened to us.
DR.. Robt. j. Wiley Of Bethel who
died. this week. at the age of 81. prac-
ticed medicine 81 years without days
vacation.
No doubt. a great many families will
feast upon the traditional turkey. to-
day. regardless Of the cost. but great
many more will dine upon chicken.
and not a small proportion will cult
vate the thankful feeling without the
aid Of poultry.
The recent visit Of General Grant
has filled Portland with all sorts of
rumors as to its growing Importance
as military post, and it is not at all
unlikely that the city will petition the
Legislature to have it's name changed
from the Forest city to the Gibral-
tar of the East"
Why not a cruiser named for Bath
The Bath Independent asks the ques-
ton. and is right in asserting that no
city in the country has a better right
to be SO hcnored. Has not Bath for
more than a century been turning out
the finest ships of peace as we'll as war
that have gone forth from any port
in the world and is she not continuing
on this same line? It seems as il
there was good reason why one of the
new ships should bear the name of
Bath and the Independent suggests
that our Congressman use their infiu-
ence to obtain this honor. OF course
Bath cannot expect to have battle
ship named for it. those are named for
the states of the Union. but when it
comes to the cruisers then there's an
opportunity and we hope that before
many months we shall have one vessel
in our navy bearing the honored name
of Bath and what would be more
proper than that she should be con-
structed in the city whose name she
might bear?
There was no end Of excitement at a
Rebekah scciable in Westbrook, the
other night when it was discovered
that two or three hungry boys had
made raid on the room where the re-
freshments We're stored and had eaten
eight pies. half a dozen cakes three
quarts of milk and about a gallon of
ice cream. The good sisters would
have forgiven all this. although it put
their guests on half rations. but when
it was found that one of the youngsters
had shown his fondness for his kind
by carrying off bank in the shape of
a small pig. the police We're notified.