Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-03
Maine Gossip
GRlW WsIiX III How?
Did YOU tackle the trouble that came your

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GNVsIlN III How?
Did you tackle the trouble that came your
way
With a -esoIute heart and cheerful.
Or hide your face from the light of day
With craven soul and fearful?
Oh, trouble is ton, or trouble Is an
Or a trouble is what you make it;
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that
But only-how did you take it?
You are beaten to earth! We'll, well
what's that?
Cheer up with a smiling face;
It's nothing against you To lie down flat,
But to lie there-that's disgl ace
The harder you're thrown, why, the high
er you bounce;
BE proud of your blackened eye!
1t isn't the fact that you're licked that
It's how did you fight. and why?
And though you may be done to death
what then?
If you tattled the best you could,
If you played your part in the world of
Why, The Critic will call it good
Death comes with crawl, or comes with
And whe; her he's slow or sprv.
1t isn't the fact that you're dead that
counts,
But only-how did you die?
This week brings the soldier boys
to Augusta.
The month of campmeetings and OF
family and regimental reunions.
The Cole Brothers circus will be in
Watervillc Tuesday and in Augusta
Wednesday.
Biddcford is once more giving an
of the unhappy results of
mixing politics with school affairs.
A distinguished visitor scheduled for
Sebago lake this week is Governor
Guild of Massachusetts.
Since January l Portland has had
fire losses reaching a total of $1,240,-
600, mainly by five large fires in the
business section
This story of a renewal of the hunt
on the Maine coast for the buried
treasure of Capt. Kidd is interesting,
but hardly important
Uncle Addison Mason OF Freedom,
who will be 80 years old on his next
is supplying his less
fortunate neighbors with sweet corn,
new potatoes and other early vege-
tables of his own raising.
M1ipa Farmer. Eo11Oyyipu Moipa'c
recent forest fires, there has been no
lack of advice and cheap talk emanat-
ing from the editorial desks of out of
the-State city papers, the. writer's of
which doubtless never saw anything
larger than a goodsized city park or
picnic grove carefully groomed of all
material Let these
innocent tender-feet once get out into
Gods great timber regions and walk
for a day without once seeing a clear
ing and they will go home to write
from a new standpoint.
The Portland tax rate has been fixed
for the ensuing year at $3.50 which is
50 less than it was last year under a
Democratic administration. Had it
not been for the City Hall fire it is
stated that the rate would have been
nearer $3.50 but the expense in
cidental to this City hall fire and other
big fires have tended to make the ap-
propriationS necessary to take care of
the expense much larger than some of
the appropriations would otherwise
have been. So in spite of the big fires
and the burning of City hall Mayor
Leighton's administration has been en-
abled to keep it's promise to make the
tax rate $40 or less.
Jimmie Rector Of Virginia, who
made such a try for first place in the
100 metres dash in the Olympic games
at London has spent his summers at
Long lake in Bridgton. While
preparatory school boy he had a mark
of 10 seconds fiat for 100 yds. Since
he has been in the University of
Virginia, he has been timed 100 yds
in competition in nine and two-fifths
seconds, although the record is NOT
recognized He was easily the fastest
short sprint-man sent over by
America. He was beaten for first
place in the final heat by scant foot
by the South African wonder, Walker.
Mrs. S. P. E. Hathorne Of Woolwich
has a pleasant farm and in her house
she has many valuable articles of the
olden time. Perhaps the one thing
which attracts the most attention is
the little old fashioned wooden cradle
in which. so it is said, baby boy who
later became known to the world in
history as Sir William Phips, was
rocked. Mrs. Hathorne can trace
this cradle back in her own family
for over 200 years and she says the
story has been handed down from
generation to generation that this was
the cradle of Phips. Mrs. Hathorne
also has handsome large pewter
platter which was part of the COM
munion service of the first Congre-
gational church in Vassalboro, at least
$50 years ago. She has too, a book
the work of Baron Frederick William
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