Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10
Maine Gossip
A Song Of the Countryside.

A Song Of the Countryside.
Q you of the restless city, tossed on Its
he.iviuS tide,
Kinsfolk and friends we greet you, we
of the countryside:
We of the peaceful valley, you OF the
turbulent mart,
Though or pathways lie asunder yet are
we one N heart.
o you of the clamorous city. for you the
seed We sow.
For you our garnered harvest when the
ripened grain falls low,
Our rosy-fruted orchards. our flOcks on
Il hundred hills.
The rlow that breaks our burrows. the
wheel that turns our mills.
q you of the toiling city. what gifts be-
side have we?
The sturdy strength of our forests for
your shiTs that dare the sea.
The breath of our WaySide hedgerOWS
blown sweet along your track.
Our winds that lift your smoke pail and
hiring Gods sunshine back.
folk scattered wide,
Treasure yet richer We give you, We of
the countryside;
From The rCck-cl:irs of New England TO
the broad slopes of the West
We give you our sons ard daughters. our
dearest gift and best.
YOUTHS Companion.
All peaceful at Skowhegan-on the
surface.
Nothing mild about this winter for
the crews on the coasters.
Other schools occasionally have fairs.
but for II years Cony Highs Chizzle-
WiZzle fair has been in q class by itself.
In Biddeford last year there were
ass children born of French parents
| and 40 Of American parents.
There's grim humor in an item sent
| this week by an Ellsworth American
correspondent to the effect that the
| drama, My Mother in-L Law" will be
presented by local talent to raise funds
| for the purchase of a hearse. The pro-
fessional writer's of mother-in-law
| jokes may sit down.
| BiddefOrd has a large Greek colony
and this week it observed Christmas
| in accordance with the Julian calendar
The observance was not a formal one
because of the failure to secure a priest
| from Lowell to come on and conduct
services. But at night the people OF
that nationality made merry at their
homes and at the Greek restaurants
| One young miss Of Birch HarbOr
who is fond of outdoor sport, is COM
bining pleasure with profit. Her latest
fad is trapping. First she traps mice
which she says is the best Of bait. She
has caught crows, Skunks ana cats, and
| one of her latest catches was a nice
fox which sold for IS. A pet dog is
her companion, and seems to enjoy the
sport as much as his young mistress.
Francis Gushing, Esq, of CuShing'S
Island was last week the recipient OF
a handsome and somewhat unique
present from the members Of the First
Company Coast Artillery, Z. S. a.
stationed at FIT. Levett on Cushing's
Island. The present was in the form
of a cane and that of such an unusua
pattern and workmanship as to bt
worthy of much more than passing AZ.
tention. The cane itself wah made OF
the back bone Of shark strung on {
stout steel rod and tipped with {
ferrule and handsomely silver mounted
II is present we'll worth having from
its intrinsic value to say nothing o.
the sentiment that goes with it.
Work for 1000 men at Old Or
chard," is the advertisement that ha.
appeared in the Boston papers and i
has called quite 4 number of mechan
les and workingmen from that city t
the beach. The advertisement urge
them to apply in person or if they ar
not able to write and enclose Staml
and it is said that many have taken thu
latter course. The natural SuppOsitiol
of those who see the advertisement i
that builders and mechanics ar
wanted because Of last seasons big fir
and so they come down To get wOrl
and learn that the promised oppo.'
tunity for the 1000 men is to sell pic
lures of the ruins and the surf. etc
Some of those who have answered TIL
advertisement only had money enough
"
None of them could afford to take an.
such L wild goose chase. There la
been 4 good deal of sympathy ex
pressed at Old Orchard for the mel
who have been hoodwinked by thi
advertisement, as well as denunciatiol
of the scheme.
Brunswick has an aged citizen VIII
has the distinction Of being the son o
Il Revolutionary soldier. The son i
Capt. Stephen C. Morrison. HI
father. Moses Morrison, enlisted from
what was Pownalborough, whicl
makes the present towns of Dresden
Wiscasset Alma. and Perkins. He T.
said to have enlisted at Bath and, il
1910, was reported as a pensioner liv
ing at Phippsburg, aged "a years
That town was his home. Nose.
Morrison was born in 1856. His frs
| wife was Elizabeth Percy of Phipps