Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-25
Maine Gossip
Life.

| Not the grape of an untilleu Niie.
The life that is really life
| That comes from no fount afar,
| But springs from the toll and strlfe,
| In the world of things as they are.
| Give me the whole of life!
The Joy, the hope and the PAIN.
The struggle whose end is strength,
| The loss that is infinite gam
| Not the drought of a cloudless SKY,
| Not the rust of a fruitless rest
Give me the sun and the storm:
The calm and the white sea-crest
| Give me the best of life!
| TO live in the world with God.
| Where the seed that is sown and DIES
| Lifts a harvest over the 500.
| Where beauty and truth are one,
| Where the right must have IT'S way,
| Where the storm clouds part for stars,
| And the starlight heralds the day
! Give me the toll of life!
The muscle and mind to dare,
| No luXury's lap for my head,
| No idly won wealth to share.
| Whether by pick or plane.
| Whether by tongue or pen,
Let me not live in vain;
| Let me do a mans work among men.
l-Charles p Cleaves in the Youths Com
panion.
Only week more of July.
About this time expect dog daisy
weather.
| A million dollar pulp mill plant for
| the East branch of the Kennebec.
The new chapters of the York bridge
controversy are monotonously like the
old ones.
| About this time the June brides are
appearing at the breakfast table in
kimona and curl papers.
The Old Orchard house the only big
hotel at the resort spared by the fire,
is doing better business than usual
this summer.
| Bath reople--and especially the Bath
| girls-arc getting ready to entertain
August
| Geo. S. Dole, who won the feather
weight wrestling matches at the Olym-
pic games is the son of Rev. q. II.
| Dole who was for years Bath pastor.
| He now resides in Delaware.
| The time for the celebration of the
Tooth anniversary of Limerick is fast
approaching. Arrangements are nearly
completed and the management assures
a very pleasant program for the three
| days, Aug. II, II, l5
| The Portland Express remarks that
if some Of the reports from Knox coun-
| ty are true the Democrats down that
way will not only help to Swing Oba
diah higher" but they will throw him
so far into the air that he will not come
down until after Fernald has been in
| augurated.
The band concerts and prayer-meet-
| ings at Bar Harbor have clashed. Ar
rangements had been made for Sc
| ries of band concerts during the sum-
mer, and Wednesday evening was the
| only evening iii the week all the band
| members We're able to get together
| But this happens to be prayer meeting
| night, and the ministers entered pro-
| test. The bano was willing To begin
| it's concerts at $50 after the prayer
| meetings were over, but the ministers
! refused to compromise. A crowd which
| assembled last Wednesday evening to
hear the concert went home disappoint-
I ed.
Il Horse thieves are not common in Or
land, but one day this week when
Charles Hartman left his horse har-
messed to light carriage near his door
and stepped in his house for few mo-
lhents, lie found on going out again
| that the entire outfit had mysteriously
disappeared. AS the horse was not in
the habit Of starting away by himself,
| it was soon apparent that he was drlv-
| en- away by some person or persons I'M
| known After a few moments Of anX-
iety, the hitch was found leisurely
| jogging along driven by Miss Emile
| Maude Soper. the three-years-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis So
per, who was taking a ride by herself.
Taking the fact into consideration that
| automobiles pass the place almost
hourly besides considerable other trav-
| cling, it was most fortunate that the
little ones drive, brief though it was,
could be made without accident.
The verses at the head of this column
seem to express the spirit of the time
in a very happy way and to thus pos
sess q genuinely prophetic note The
| author Mr.. Cleaves, is a recent gradu
| ate of Bnwdoin, also of Bangor Theo-
| logical school He held a recent pastor
ate over the Winthrop Congregational
church and has preached in Farming
ton and New Sharon. His literary work
both in prose and verse has received
very favorable consideration from the
leading magazines. "a Box of Sar-
dimes" a novel. appeared serially in the
Congregatiohalist few years ago from
his pen. A.lf
1t is distinct pleasure to find from
speakers and lecturers from other sec
tions of the country, who have trav-
eled in Maine. that there is general
recognition of the excellence ard super
iority of the Grange halls of the State.
A recent utterance from f. Cyrus Mil
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