Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-13
Maine Gossip
A Morn;no HYMN.

A Morning Hymn.
God of the morning at whose voice
The cheerful sun makes haste to RISE
And, like a giant, doth reJolce 1t
To run his journey through lhe shies'
From the fair chambers of the east,
The circuit of his race beglns'
And without WEAKNESS or rest,
Round the whole earth he HES and
shines
oh. like the sun may | fulfill
Tn appointed duties of the Day
With ready mind and active VIII.
March on, and keep my heavenly way.
rBut | shall rove, and lose the race
If God, my sun, should disappiSsat ,,,,o
And leave me in this world 5 Wlue haNef
TO follow ev'ry wand ring start
Lord, Thy commands are clean and pure
Enlight,ning our heclouded eyes, ,.,,.
Thy threat nings just, Thy promise sure,
Thy gospel makes the simple wise;
Give me Thy counsel for my guide s,5ss
And then receive me 10 ihE pilsS'
All my desires and hopes besides
Are faint, and cold, compar d WIN YIN tilis.
Maine trembles before taking its
first plunge into the primary deep
hole"
which brings to mind the question
Have you enrolled?"
Falling from the same rock Where
his brother was drowned six years
ago. little George MORN of old foWh
lost his life, this week. in the Penoo-
scot river
The herring business started oil
with a rush at Portland, Monday and
Tuesday. The record landing was
made. Monday, with over 2oo paFreis'
A Portland correspondent writes: AS
a result. there was more actiVltS On
the Central wharf than eNldehceo
here for a long time. Every Cip
EXCEPT one. that of the Minerva, was
landed at this wharf. The great ma
ioritv of the fish were shipped out Oh
the city, but many were also piacea
in the cold storage plants. me hef-
ring were of the finest klnd' LOT theS
averaged a pound in weight SO that
they were really heavier than those
brought in last week.
Hancock town may now point win
pride to handsome memorial shaii
inst dedicated to the memory OF her
gallant sons in the etvll war. inc
monument stands on a graded TRAN
eular lot. at Hancock corner, at the
junction of the main, east anu Mesi
side roads The base is oi2 py o n
and the shaft stands Is feet hiSh. the
mount being the figure OF a Union
soldier at parade rest. me ihoiiu-
mont is of Barre, Vermont, granite
and was dedicated by Howard w.
Dunn of Ellsworth Appropriate eN-
ercises were attendant upon the dedi-
cation on Memorial Day The expense
az the monument was borne In part
h, the town and in part by popular
from Hancock people.
We don't know whether or not the
railroads have established cut rates.
but Gardiner correspondence SOUNDS
Tho following call: Tent caterpillars
are very numerous in tins CITY, d ioe
If them can be seen each day craving
around on the side walk ana o,hei
places.
neeuIiar craft was towed up the
Kennebec by motor boat iuea"a'
morning. 1t was the hotel for the log
men who sort the logs at the Brown
island boom for the Lawrence Bros
Co. at South Gardiner. 1t had the
appearance of huge house built on
a raft Firewood and other supplies
vare flowed by means of RATS.
Postmaster John WEIGH at the Ma
tional Military Home, Ohio, is MAJ
tive of Maine He was born in Cher
rvfield. and served in co. II LIST Maine
heavy artillery
Tbara is no real need of anyone being
troubled with consultation. ChamDeT-