Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-11
Maine Gossip
For You.


Shall you complain VINO feed the world.
VINO ciotne the world, who house the
world
Shall you complain who are the world
OF what the world may do?
AS from this hour YOU show Your power.
The world must follow you.
The worlds life lies in your right hand.
Your strong right hand, your skilled
You hold the whole world in your hand.
See to 1t what you do,
Or dark or light or wrong or right
The world is made by you
Then rise as YOU never rose before
Or hoped before or dared before
And show as was never shown before
The power that lies in YOU,
Unite as one. see Justice done.
believe and dare and do.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman. i'm Eastern
Gazette
The Boy Scouts OF bar Harhor Of
fered their services, under the dircc-
ton Of Scout Master Arthur Lawford.
to all visitors at that resort this week.
Guides will he furnished to any part
of Ear liarbor, and the scouts viii
render other services upon request.
At the annual meeting of the Maine
Federation of Women's clubs. to be
held in Saco. Oct. 2, ), 1. and 8, by
invitation of the Saeo Educational
and Industrial Union an unusually
Interesting program will he presented.
4 special town meeting is 10 he held
IL Madison, Sept. II. 10 learn If the
town win Vote 10 authorize the Sc
lee tlnen 10 hire money 10 completes
the new sclloolhouse at the Blackwell
station: also to see il the town Will
vote to accept and provide a location
fer 4 drinking fountain 10 be given by
the Madison W. c. r. L.
Arson is rejoicing that its new town
hail IS rapidly nearing completion.
The seating capacity OF this han Will
be about COO. including the balcony
which viii seat 100.
The course in household arts il
Pennington Normal school will he so
extended as to provide opportunity for
persons who wish to qualify rs di-
rectorS of domestic science. The
course will cover three years work.
Students having taken the two years
course or its equivalent and found to
be espe cially fitted for work In DO
mestie science. may take the third
years course, thus fitting themselves
to be domestic science teachers.
The Bath City Hospital fund lacks
new but a few hundred dollars of the
amount estimated necessary 10 finish
the new building.
People in Bath have had many CALI
ers. recently. who have deferred their
visits until owners relaxed vigilance
over their chickens. and then have
taken the chickens away with them as
souvenirs Within the week one WON
an was awakened by a noise in the
yard. She secured her sons revolver
and his electric bulrs-eye. then cau-
tiously opening the back door. she
crept to the hen house where she dis
covered a thief on the roof OF the
COOP. reaching through the window.
He did not observe her approach I'M
til he heard the first report of the
gun. He leaped down and ran away,
leaving behind him a pillow case
which he had taken from clothes
line in the yard and inside of which
were four chickens. The lady fired
again at the man. then picked up her
hens and carried them into the house
When her son came home, he compli-
nented his mother upon her bravery,
and astonisEed her BY informing her
that the two lone shells i'll the pistol
were blank cartridges.
A party of Bath boys. while re-
turning, recently, from a trip in A
launch TO Westport, were stranded in
| the Sasanoa river, and were obliged
to remain there all night, during the
heavy rain. One of the boys, was
taken off the launch by the steamer
on her way down.
Two steam passenger trains of the
Bangor & Aroostook railroad between
Fert Kent and Squaw Pan have been
replaced by the new gasoline-electric
car which was recently given try
out With n baggage ear as a trail
er. the new car is proving great
success.
A Business Mans Question.
Editor Kennebee Journal:
For nearly 20 years l have spent
part of the summer at Ocean Point.
During that time ] have seen but
ONE INTOXICATED MAN on the
Point. Would it be so under local OPP
ton?
HORACE G. TURNER.
Hallowell, Me, Sept. s.