Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-03
Maine Gossip
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whom the resounding acclaim
OF nations was lifted in chorus, whose
brows wore the chaplet OF famey
But the hymn of the low and the humDte,
the weary, the broken in heart,
Who strove and who failed, acting brave
~ a silent and desperate part,
Whose youth bore no Hover on us
branches, whose hopes burned IN
ashes away,
From whose hands slipped the prize they
had grasped at. who stood at the
dying of day
them, unpitied, unheeded. alone,
With death swooping down Ger their
failure, and all but their faith over
thrown.
While the voice of the world shouts it's
chorus; its paean for those who
have won;
ant, and high to the breeze ana the
Glad banners are waving, hands clapping
and hurrying feet
Thronged after the laurel-croWned VIC
tors. | stand on the field of defeat,
In the shadow, with those who are faileh.
and wounded, and dying, and there
Chant requiem low, place my many lit oli
their pain-knotted browS, breathe
Hold the hand that is helpless. and whis-
per-"They only the victory WIN
Who have fought the good fght ana nave
yanouished the demon that tempts
us within; -,
Who have held to their faith unsedueed
by the prize that the world hoids on
Who have dared for high cause to SUI.
fer, resist, fight-if need be, TO dis,
Speak. History who are Life's victors!
Jrnroll thy long annals ana say,
Are they those whom the world called
vicfors-who won the success OF
day? ...,,,x. ,,-;,,
The martyrs or Nero? The spartahs VINO
fell at Thermopylae's tryst.
Or the Persians and Xerxes" HIS Judges
or Socrates? PLATE or Chrlsl:
u w. W. Story.
Forecast of the extension OF Aroos-
looks potato fields is the gist OF let
ter to the Fort Fairfield REVIEW.
Among the reasons advanced are the
following of interest to Maine agH-
eulturists: First, it is the only section
on the continent where large yield Is
annually assured. Second, the TACT
that little Germany produces ana con-
sumes seven times as many potatoes
as the United States with about nan
of our population. our banking laws
are being revised by the present CON
sress. and we will be surprised IL the
interests are not placed
on equal footing with commerce, ana
a. farmers security as negotiable as
the merchants. There will go from
Aroostoek early in the spring, COM
mittee delegated by the Aroosteok
Potato Growers Association or the
Pomona Grange to investigate the
process employed in Germany and Bel
GUM of making syrup, sugar and
farina and other by products.
The bonny Machias Union sees as
"one of the signs of growing interest
in county politics" the establishment of
a "Plaisted Democratic Club with
headquarters at Passport" 1t is an
nounced that the work" of this club
will be along Social, Educational ana
Political lines"-all capitalized, please!
and that anyone subscribing to
present Democratic policies. as they
are generally understood, is eligible 10
What a familiar sound
is in that Social, Educational and
Politiear', The brewers year book
advocates increased sociability as
means of inducing increased business
in the saloon; one can easily define
the trend of those Political lines,
and, for the "Educationaf' features, OF
course the spelling book and arithme-
tic will be greatly in evidence. Per-
haps an algebraic solution of eternal
questions may result,
About the fourth time in the MEM
DRY of Camden's oldest resident is the
present icy condition in Camden har-
Dor. The inner harbor was complete
ly frozen over and the outer harbor
was about half covered by last weeks
cold wave. A tug was engaged to cut
a channel for a coal schooner and only
after long hard smashing was the lit
tie boat enabled to accomplish this
feat. Hundreds watched the opera
ton from points within few feet of
the tug and so firm was the ice that
these persons were in apparent
safety.
This State may boast six centennial
towns" in Maine this year. Only one
of these places, Brewer, has grown TO
cityhood since Incorporation in 1872.
The others are Phillips in Franklin
county. Bingham on the Kennebec,
Troy in Waldo, and Foxcroft and Sc
bee in Piscataquis. Most of these
places will have centennial celebra-
ton Some have been planning for
some time and local historians have
been gathering material for the his
torical address. The birthdays come
in February but following the usual
customs will be held in the summer.
We are again reminded things are.
as they should be" by the report that
Readfield fair societys financial eondi-
ton is the best in years
West Paris business men are taking
measures to have the streets lighted
by gas. Since the Paris Manufacture
ing Company purchased the wood
working plant, the village has shown
marked growth and progress. 1t is
the center of good agricultural ter