Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-25

For the Manager Of Bethlehem cradles /;
king.
| In the light OF that star
| Lie the ages impearleu;
And that song from afar
| Has swept over the world.
| Every heart IS afianc. and the beautiful
| sing
In tie homes Of the nations that Jesus is
| King.
A Merry Christmas to all the Journal
readers.
The reindeer found it very slippery
travelling in places.
Put a little cheer today into the lives
where there is the least of it.
| Remember that the spirit and not the
price-mark gives the Christmas gift its
value.
| Here's hoping that everybody found
something in their stocking more sub
:tantial than q hole.
The clerks, the postal workers and
| the cEpTeSSlIlell are eSpcCldHS SIdttlui
for a day OF rest.
Oaly a week to 1908 with its clean
new calendar ana its brand new stock
Of good resolutions.
Now that the days begin to lengthen
perhaps the cold will strengthen into
something resembling that commonly
associated with winter
Some girls who cannot really wait
for leap year will wear Sprigs of mis-
tletoe stuck IN their Marcel waves to-
day.
For nobody do the Christmas holi-
people who are home from school and
college.
8ridston is happy over the law court
decision which means that the village
is at last to have a public park and
soldiers monument.
The Portland surgeons have been
puzzled over the case of that girl who
was accidentally shot in the forehead,
the bullet going az inches into her
brain and yet not even rendering her
unconscious.
Daniel Webster and Benjamin f.
Butler We're among the great lawyers
to try cases in the old WiscaSset court
house which was somewhat damaged
by fire last week. All the records
were saved.
The present membership of Kora
Temple Of the Mystic Shrine is 2055.
The building committee will doubtless
get busy during the coming year. as
the fund is large and the interest is
keen.
The Island of Monhegan used to be
way out TO sea-" but it's different
now. writes the local correspondent of
the Boothbay Register: l tell you it is
some fun to see such fine boat on the
line between Monhegan and Boothbay
Harbor as the steamer May Archer.
1t is different than years past when
there was schooner on the line and It
took Is hours to go from Boothbay
Harbor to Monhegan. These days in
about one hour and forty minutes you
are at Boothbay Harbor Steam
heat. plush cushions and easy chairs
make the trip pleasant.
The Village Library Association of
Harrison has just announced the offer
of a generous gift from David II. Cas-
we'll of Austin, Texas. 1t is that he
will give $1,000 for a library building.
also purchase suitable lot for the
same. his only condition being that it
shall be called the Caswell Library.
FOR many years the village has had a
small library. 1t was formerly To-
Gated in the little postoffice building
that burned last May. Fortunat ely.
the greater part of the books were
saved. Since that time there has
been made quiet effort on the part of
the townspeople 10 secure permanent
library building. Mr.. Caswell's offer
makes the project possible. David H
Caswell is native of Harrison, for
many years engaged in oil business at
Austin, Texas. and elsewhere. A few
years ago he bought summer place
near Harrison village which he has
much improved and his present gift
indicates desire to materially benefit
the town where the name Of Caswen
mas always been numbered among the
foremost families of the place.
Benjamin F. Osgood. the famous
White Mountain guide, who died last
week at the home of his son, Frank
u. osgood. at Bath. was born in Hiram.
June I, 1855. he climbed to the top of
the White Mountains and for MANY
years was a porter and guide there. On