Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-21
maine Gossip
The Busy World.

The Busy World.
1t is q very busy world wherein We
moTtals meet;
There are so many weary hands, SO ilahs
tired feet; tn, .o,,
| So many. many tasks are porn With eNciS
mornings sun, ,,,
| And though We labor with Will the "ofh
seems never done 49,,
And yet for every moments TASK tieie
| comes a moments time; =
/ The burden and the strength to bear are
like a perfect rhine;
The heart makes strong the honest handi
| the will seeks out the way;
Nor must do tomorrow'S work nor
yesterdays today
We scale the mountains rugged side not
at single leap,
But step by step and breath by breath we
| climb the lofty steep.
Each simple duty comes alone our willing
| strength to try
| One little moment at time and so the
| days go by.
| With hands to do and hearts to dare We
we strive from sun to sun.
| A little here. little there. and all our
| tasks are done.
| There's time TO toll and time to sing and
| time enough to play.
| Nor must we do tomOrrowS work nor
| Nixon Waterman.
| Summer takes it's official departure
today.
| After the fairs are over there will be
an abundance of fair weather.
| The Maine corn factories are closing
| an unusually successful season.
| Perhaps those southern governors
will like Maine so well that they will
settle here and grow up with the coun-
TRY.
| There ar" now - deputy enforce
ment commissioners very unlucky
number tor the lumscllers.
| After several unsuccessful attempts
to Introduce it, singing is taught III TIL.
South Portland schools this year, for
the first time.
Three murder cases, one manslauSh-
ter case and two cases of assault with
intent TO kill are being tried at the
| September terms of court in various
| Maine counties.
| An Indication of the growth and
prosperity of Wilton is found in the
announcement that it will become a
third class postoffice in October.
| Gardner Reporter-Journal: If you
Have not had a vacation this summer
why not take one now? This is the
best time of year for rusticating be-
cause you can rest assured that the
l farmer with whom you are staying will
mot try to ring you in as haymaker
Deer shooting in the Maine woods
does hot commence until October, but
for those who go into them for their
beauty, this month is the proper time:
the trees arc in thciI autumn tintS. AM
the days are warm and fine, while the
Ievenings are cool enough to make the
fire comfortable The last half Of Sep
TENDER is the pretticSt time of the year
for camping out.
One of LcWiston'S leading business
men-onc who always has something
good and hopeful to tell-tells the
Lewiston Sun that in the 80 years he
lfas lived in Lewiston Il vacant rent
was never 80 hard to find as today.
This is one of the SureSt proofs of
prosperity.
| The Argus says that the railroad
L
ton an undergrade crossing at the
| fatal Hall crossing at the Maine Cen
trail in West Falmouth. During the
past summer there have been numcr-
Gus narrow escapes at that place. but
| fortunately there have been no fatali-
ties.
Says the Portsmouth Chronicle:
Peace conference fiction may be ex-
| magazines" And to this the Biddc
| ford Journal aptly retorts: The
greatest peace conference fiction of al.
the story that the conference WAS held
at Portsmouth, is now appearing as a
serial.
| ItaNIS pullcu over -JU mics II d
14-fOot skiff in which he ate. slept and
lived Just as if in his own cosy home.
n. j. Mathes has just returned to
Portland from a trip to Boston which
took him from July 20 until the pres
cnI time during which he stopped az
almost every seaport ,and watering
place between Portland and the Hub.
weathering several storms which would
have put many q larger craft into port
Mr.. Mathes. WHO is So, stood the
voyage remarkably well. and enjoyed
the trip immensely. Early in the sum
mer he built the 14-foot boat from his
own designs and did all the work with |
his own hands. over the top he put an
awning which protected him from tGr
hot sun. He carried an oil stove and |
cooked all his own meals. many of !
which were supplied by the fish and |
Holsters he captured. His longest days |