Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-02
Maine Gossip


To Gull for my sisters some fragment
of worth;
Whether household economy. saving, or
earning,
or recipes brought from the ends of
the earth.
Out ON the porch, where my hammock
is swinging,
And morning s cool breeze, stealluS IN
through the vines.
Brings laSmine's sweet fragrance and
~, mocking birds singing; ,a,.
The charm of the southland my spirit
entwines.
Here's a big drowsy bumblebee. clumsy
Seeking a meal that the gods might
appease:
would work. too, OH, SO willing, SO du
Mingling hard tasks with such pleas
ure and ease
Wins IL si s,as'gr wfn s l lJasn nouns
wasting,
With flash of green wings. 10! an cpl
The deep blooms exploring. so daintily
So airiiy posing. he nutters and huns.
lust ~ over The wav on the topmost
bough swayng,
\ mocfing bird ills all the air with his
voice;
He is singing for me- and the words he
My soul understands as call to re-
1oice.
Last night while you lay there SO
peacefully sleeping.
was pouring my heart out in rapture
untold.
In the moonlight | sang, here my low
ing watch Keeping,
The secret l guarded TO you Ill un-
fold.
Just below. where the leaves form
shelter the safest.
wee home is nestled, so coy and
warm,
And dear little mate-iust the sentlest
vet bravest
so / sing on my branch while the
moon rides in splendor,
Attended by all the bright hosts OF the
skies;
But ever a chipping so loving and ten-
der.
steals up to my ear while my golden
notes rise.
"Only | hear her whisper and know
what is hidden
Beneath the soft down OH the mothers
warm breast.
Mine to bring them rare food, and my
song all unbidden
Bursts forth in hosannas above our
home nest.
Il am taking the love and the joy all
And weaving them into one grand
hymn of praise,
The trials; YES. even when storm-clouds
/ know I'll not fall, for He guards me
always"
Then | said. Here a lesson brought
down through tue ages,
The lilies are clothed without labor or
toll.
Each sparrow is guarded, SO say the
Not one of Gods plans can we hinder
or foil.
But see how the lilies the dewdrops are
Absorbing the sunlight He gives them
so free.
They are doing their part without worry
or thinking.
Just bringing His glory to you and to
me.
Peter Theriault. game warden,
while in Carobiu recently. told the
Aroostook Republican that he has dis
covered four moose hides, three cows
and a bull. between Square Lake and
Van Buren,. He stated that he ex-
pected to secure evidence necessary
to convict the guilty parties.
Aroostook correspondence declares
there is plenty of snow in the woods
at the present time, more than for
many years. Operators are looking
for consequent high water in the
brooks and streams to facilitate driv-
ing Rains will help out considerably
in melting the snow and breaking up
the ice and good heavy rain during
the next week or so will hasten the
driving and make the work easier for
the drivers. Last season the low wa
ter proved great hindrance.
The following announcement of an
incentive to corn growing has been an
nounced from the agricultural college
ut Orono:
Are you growing 100 bushels of corn
per acre? Ii not, what is the reasonE
Some growers are doing much better
The College of Agriculture has organ
lied for this season Corn Growing
Contest open to any person. Anyone
growing at least one-tenth of an acre
of field corn may enter the Yield Con-
test" Each county will compete with
in itself. the winner to enter for the
State contest. The conditions are as
follows. /. Names must be received
before July first. 2: The field must be
one-tenth Q-10) acre. This is 4Si hills,
feet apart. 1t may be part of a larg-
er field. s. The ears must be weigh
ed at husking time. 4: The measur-
ing of the field and the weighing of the
corn must tie witnessed by one person
beside the contestant. 5: A twenty
ear sample must be sent to the College
ct Orono. Further: Any samples
deemed fit will be entered at the New
England Corn Show and the State
Show next fall Send in your name at
once and plan to grow the best corn
with the highest yield in your county
and detailed information will be sent
you Address; Dean Leon $, Merrill.
Director OF Agricultural Extension,
University of Maine.
| Mrs Hiram Judkins of Dexter, sur
rounded by "a host of hef friends, ceie-
brated, Monday, the Goth anniversary
| Of hpr birth Mrs JldkinS was born in