Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-16
Maine Gossip
The Cold World.

The Cold World.
A cold world but a gold world. and the
best old world we've got,
So, laugh ard be contented, ana DC nap
DIV with Your lot!
A cold world, but Il bold world. whcn the
heart is beating right,
Wheu the hands have done their duty,
And tho eyes find hidden beauty
In the sweet and simple valleys ana inc
hills that lead to light!
A cold world, but a gold world. and the
best old world we know,
So deck the liI.s with laughter and lor-
get about your woe!
A cold world. but a whole world Of bless
ings in disguise,
When we take it's paths of cleaning
To the golden shores of dreaming,
The yiolcts in the meadows and tie sun
shine in the skies!
-Folgcr MckinSey, in Baltimore sun.
THAT was a bad fire in Bath, but the
city shudders when it thinks no"
much worse it might have been.
Two weeks to the state convention
at Bangor and only a small part Oh
the delegates remain to be chosen.
The reports of forest fires now be-
gin to come down from the northern
woods.
Horse thieves are getting uncom-
fortably active of late here in central
Maine.
York is pleased to note that Miss
LA Tarbell has joined its summer col
ony of distinguished literary people,.
The town of York is in danger of
jail sentence from Uncle Sam, as we
understand it, if that bridge matter is
not promptly fixed up.
There are not yet many "co-eds' at
the U. of NJ but they are getting
numerous and charming enough so
that the engagement of two members
of '0S was announced at Commence
ment.
Monsignor Edward A. Chase of the
diocese of Brownsville, Texas, who is
native of Portland, Maine, but for the
last II years the pastor of st. Peters
church, Laredo, Texas, has been APP
pointed a chaplin in the United States
army by President Roosevelt.
BY the close vote of 1o2 to "a Ken
nebunl has decided to get along a lit
tie longer without building a new High
school building.
The members of the graduating class
At Rockland High had the honor of
receiving their diplomas from the
hand Of Governor Cobb who graduated
from the same school So years ago.
The meeting of the Maine G. A. r.
at Auburn last week has revived in
terest in the national encampment at
Toledo, Ohio, August 81 to Sept 5,
| and a good party of Maine veterans
will attend.
| Now that Portland is to have an eX-
| tension to Lincoln park by the pur-
| chase of the fire station lot there is
talk Of changing the proposed site for
the Thomas B. Reed monument from
| the Western promenade to some por-
ton of Lincoln park. The lot on the
| Western promenade is thought by
many to be too far away and for that
reason, now that the question of a site
for City hall has been determined
] upon some of those directly interested
in the monument idea and others con-
| slider the park an ideal location for
| the monument.
| While some of the girls of Byron are
proud of their fish catches, there is
not prouder young lady in that town
than Agnes Thomas, who on last Sat
urday captured, after hard battle, q
| 30 pound turtle, a short distance from
her home. The turtle is so large that
it could easily carry man on its
back Those who claim to know, say
that the turtle is at least 100 years
old.
OF 100 touring cars which left Bos-
ton to come into Maine, so A. A. Nick.
erson told Portland Advertiser re
porter the other day, 70 of them cu
out Portland altogether, going to the
White Mountains by the way of New
| HampShirc'S roads. OF the q car.
which did come directly through Port
land only three went back to BostOl
by this way, they all claiming that thu
road from here to Portsmouth was 81
bad that they would not make the triI
again under any circumstances.
The 18th annual reunion of TIN
famous Weld Club, composed 0