Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-15
Maine Gossip
In Common Things.

In Common Things.
See,, not afar for beauty. Lo! 1t Glows
In dew-wct grasses all about my ic.t,
In birds. in sunshine. chi'dish i"e''
I, s,ar and mountain submits topped
with SHOWS.
Co not abroad for happiness For see;
1t is a flower that blossoms oS
door; 49,, .h,r
Bring love and justice home: ana tf'eh
no more ar. ;,,,
Thou'lt wonder in what dwelling Joy
may be.
,,r.,n, NOT Of noble service elsewhere
wrought. , ~ ,.,d
The simple duty that awaits thy hanu
Is Gods voice uttering a divine c'i''-
!, ire.s .n Cannon deeds built all that saints
have thought.
In wonder-workinSs, on some "u'N
Men look for God, and fancy Him con-
cealed: ,;,,. ~.
stands revealed ~;
While grass and flowers spcli OUT ''''
name.
The paradise men seek. the city hriGn. ,
That CLEANS beyond the stars for long
ing eyes ., chico
En a. h':' deeds. wen done, glow into
heavenly light. coo
CT Barnes Of Woolwich is keeping
q crew of men busy most of the time
shining lumber from the Brooklngs
siding. This lumber was cut year
.l.N
ago by his portable mill. Hall dozen
or more of these portable mis- WERE
opcrating last winter in WoolWlch' pul
lust now there are none ana thefe -
nothing to indicate that any OF the'h
ui,, work in Woolwich this fall or
winter.
II is said that the October SHIP
mcnts of potatoes from Aroostook
county over the Bangor 4 Aroostook
Railroad amount to $1,000 pushcls'
This brings the total shipment lot the
season up to 1,753,54S bushels, cover
ing the months of August September
and October. The quality. II Is
claimed is as good as ever known ana
the prices range from 80 cents to III
are this year in addition to raising
potatoes getting very good crops Oh
cabbage. This season one douitoI
farmer grew 10000 head on two and
one half acres.
The Gossiper hears that the Under
wood Packing Co. will operate one OF
the large sardinc factories in Passport
a short time later in the season for
the canning of clans, an industry
which they conducted there for a lie"
seasons past with great success, en-
ploying nearly 300 people. The clam
canning season will open during the
coming month.
Rev. A. l.. Struthers Of the Con-
eregational church of Alfred has ac-
ccpted a call to become the pastor OF
the church at Townsend, Mass, ana
will leave this week for his new field
Of labor. His work at Alfred has
been most successful and his parish,
while regrctting his departure Will
wish him the best of success in his
new field
A we'll known summer resident OF
Wells came within an ace of killing
a horse few days og and but for
| his Door workmanship or possibly a
bad case of buck fever would have haC
a horse a few days ago and but tor
dcford Journal. AS it was the horse
was hit in the nose where the rifle
ball struck him. tearing its way
through the thin part Of the nostrils.
intIictng a jagged, though not serious
| wound. The whole tableau was en-
| acted in the presence Of Biddeforc
autoist, who happened to be motoring
| in the vicinity at the time.
TIL" members Of the Womcn's Edu-
cational and Industrial Union of SHco
the proposed memorial to the founder
Of the organization. Mrs. Sarah Fair
| field Hamilton. The exact form Of
the memorial has not been determined
yet, says the Portland Express Ad-
vertiscr, but it is hoped that it may
develop into a place that will not only
meet the needs of the union for its
meeting and class work, but that en-
couragemcnt may be received to widen
| the scope Of it's usefulness by having
it include recreation rooms for boys
| and girls.
! A man in PiscataquiS county has
found an easy way to make money
a firm for whom he was sci ing goods
sent him cards with an S in the mid
die of Erownville. just as they spell il
IN Texas. This saneuinc man has
been cancellins the supertuous letter
saying it is a quick and easy way tC
make a s, that he is robbing no one
nor is he injuring the name of the
town.
| Work has begun at Clifford park
! Biddeford. on the setting out of a lot
of rock maple trees. In all. $50 trees
| VIII be set and they will be so planted