Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-22
Maine Gossip
A Sonq.

A Song.
] shall not pass this way again.
But far beyond earth's Where and When
May | look back along 4 road
Where on both sides good seed l Sowed.
l shall not pass this way again,
May Wisdom guide my tongue and pen,
And Love be mine that so | may
Plant roses all along the way.
l shall not pass this way again.
May | be- courteous to men,
Faithful to Friends, true. to my God
A fragrance on the path | trod
Clarence trmy, in tiarpcfs RaZar.
Very thin on some of the country
roads.
The coming caucuses are favOrite
topic of conversation in most of the
cities.
The school children and the bank
clerks feel especially grateful to the
Father of His Country.
The Biddeford Record is getting
worried and declares that every
stranger seen in town falls under sus-
picion of being a Sturgis deputy.
Another shoe factory is assured for
Gardiner. thanks to it's hustling Board
of Trade.
Bidleford has cut down its debt
$4,000 during the past municipal year.
and it now stands ut $.5l 900. Ten
years ago it was siS7 1876.
At least one Of last seasons Trolley
League players breaks into the big
League this year. This is Dickinson,
first of the Augusta and later of the
Eallowcli team. who has been signed
by the Chicago Nationals.
There is a rroba ability that there will
be Il fine Catholic church editice erect
Ell in South Portland in the course of
a year or two at the outside. The do
cese of Portland has acquired a tract
OF land suitable for the erection of Il
church and also of parOchial school
building on the corner of Highland
avenue and Ocean street The loca-
tion is one of the best in the city for
the buildings as it is very pleasant
anG overioOks natural brook lined
with heavy trees.
Tho Path Anvil tells this story. A
Eath teacher had occasion to punish a
nd hn1 ha off ont
before the school to give him strap
ping. She delivered the blows first on
one hand and then on the other prefac-
ing each with This is for the lie. this
for the bad words" etc. She finally
wound up with a particularly vicious
slap and asked. "EOw do you know
what that's for?" The little fellow
bravery struggling to keep back the
tears answered. Yes, mum. | guess
that's for luck"
Rev. Smith Baker. the beloved pas
tor of the WilliSton Congregational
church, Portland, celebrated his 10Th
birthday, last week. and was paid
many hOnors by his parshiOners and
fellO" citizens. During his i6 years
in the ministry he has held paStorates
in Orono. Lowell, Mass, Minneapolis.
East Boston and Portland in the order
named. Ills longest pastorate was at
Lowell, 20 years. He has been at the
Wiliistun church eight years. He has
married 1431 couples
Speaking Of divorce the Lewiston
Sun says: Look upon the court as
a hospital where cases Of domestic un-
SoundneSS are taken for surgical
treatment. Many families are sub
jected To painful amputations. COM
parison with sound and healthy fami-
lies is not pleasant; but ii is some
times necessary to cut off an appen-
dix. or even foot or 4 hand. And
there Is something in n book of great
authority to the effect that it is bet
ter TO get into the good place with
part of your limbs and organs than
take the full equipment with you
into the everlasting bonfire. Better
lose some teeth than go on grinding
your food with liberated mOlars.
Exposed nerves in chord that
binds n man and q woman to each
other may become so great torture
that amputation is better for both.
Probably the surgeons use the knife
too much. and the courts divorce too
/. much: but they ameliorate much mis-
cry
Portland was the largest apple en-
Port shipper for the week ending Feb.
II. sending to all ports 1856 barrels.
whiie Boston was second with 5796