Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-08
maine Gossip

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The Best Ever.
| Tb. whole year lies ahead
| With all its StOrcd-up treasures
| With all it's praise Cnsaid,
| With all its waiting pleasures.
| Serene and sacred days
And days with triumph ringing
| And fair and fiowery ways
| The year is biithely bringing.
| E.yond tine whole year lies,
| With all its precious chances,
| And all its rosy skies,
] And all its glad romances.
| Who meanly nurses fear?
Who looks ahead with sadness:
| Beyond us lies Il year.
| OF glory and OF Sla.ineSS.
The whole year lies ahead
| The newest year, the latest,
| And till it too, is dead
| The fairest. richest. greatest.
| $. T. I>iscr in Chicago Rccord-Ilerald.
The beginning of the second week OF
| the New Year.
Jan. 20. "a and p are the dates of
J,ewiston's winter carnival.
Calais wants a Board of Trade which
will hustle some new industries into
the city.
mild winter means smaller coal
bills. but more money for the doctor
and druggist.
The vital statistics of Brunswick
have been completed for the year of
1905 and show lS2 births, 1873 deaths,
and 80 marriages. This is an increase
OF u births, . deaths and marriages
over 1904.
A flying squirrel recently came down
the chimney. Il Ia Santa Claus, at VIM.
G. Leavit,'s home in Norway. He got
into the SCOT on his passage Gown and
got out through the liuc into the room,
he looked black and al first was called
black squirrel. He was 4 rare look
ing animal. He lid not appear to be
r,uch frightened and was easily
caught.
A record that probably is hard to
beat is that which the York Transcript
has learned III connection with the
ministerial career Of Rev. John A.
Goss, pastor of the Christian church at
York Corner. During his ministry Mr..
Coss has united 40 couples in maria ge
and ofIiciated at 123o funerals. During
the year of 1905 just closed he has unit
cd eight couples in marriage anu Off
ciated at 29 funerals. An interesting
fact connected with the above figures
is the pastors statement that out of
these 745 marriages he has knowledge
We're divorced.
Nathaniel Hobbs Of North Berwick
entered last week upon his 3ith year
as judge Of probate of York county i
r"ccrd of service which it will be- hard
to beat anywhere. In all his third of
q century in the office h" has niis!,ed
Hobbs is 81 years old but very active
for his years. H." WAS a member of the
Maine Senate from York county -
years ago.
The York Transcript declares that
the need Of IL United States life saving
station in York grows more apparent
each year. The coast of York county
from F.ittc:y to Eiddcfcrd Pool. a dis
tdnCc of some 81 miles. is wholly un-
guarded; while the character of the
shore is rugged and dangerous to all
kinds of shipping. In Ill this distance
there i. no strip cf coast thai has such
Il record for casualties as that situated
between York IIarbor and Portsmouth
Iinrhor. The number and character of
marin" disasters in that district show
how greatly tin. establishment of "A life
saving station at York Harbor is need
ed
David K. Porter. the well known
Maine boy. now Il second year Rhodes
student at oxford University. Eng
land. has been accorded ii marked
honor by the American club. by being
elected its president. The American
Club is an organization of the Amcri-
can Rhodes students at oxford now
numbering about 100. every state. ter
ritory and Canadian province being
represented. The organization is for
mutual benefit and keeps in touch
with the doings Oh this side of the
water, taking magazines and news
papers and discussing current events.
Mr.. Porter was treasurer Of the club
last year. He is speeding the long holi-
iay vacation in Bonn. Germany 1t
* gratifying to Mr.. Porter's friends
at home to hear that il is probable
that Bowdoin will give him his degree
next june as he was Il leading MEM
bei of the class of '06 when he received
the appointment to oxford
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