Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-01
Maine Gossip
Forget to Be Unkind.

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| Them when we think how small word
| The stricken heart will soothe and bind,
| To ask ourselves each pulse is stirred.
| How can we e'er be aught but kind?
A mothers years to grief are brought
BY theughtless actions Of the son,
| a fathers heart with sorrow fraught
Through some small deed by daughter
done.
| So since in many little ways
Grief to the heart its way will find,
| 1t should our thoughtful minds amaze
To know we are at times unkind.
In every sphere where mortals dwell,
Sooner or later grief will come;
And hearts that now with gladness swell
With pain and anguish will grow dumb
fe Tba SHOWING oSln TINS we OF! t t9 n,na
And, doing i'll, live 10 regret
That we have ever been unkind.
If we the years now past review,
And note wherein we have done wrong,
Let us resolve to start anew,
Determined to be brave and strong;
And toward each one whom we may
Where'er in life our footsteps wind.
Gentle in speech, in manner sweet.
And neyermore be aught than kind.
Thomas f. Porter. i'm Boston Globe.
Up in Brewer they are TO have a cur
few. The Brewer correspondent of the
iptiiASti NEWS SAY ittsit tAit iitSd .i@tS
been great. and it is certainly. obvious.
Mayor Mutty's suggestion that steps
be taken in the matter met with the
approval of the entire council Alder
men, Hathorn, Mooney and Nickerson
constitute a special committee to at
tend to the matter and Alderman Ha-
thorn of the committee stated, Tues
day, that action would be immediate.
After his term as vice President had
expired Hon. Hannibal Hamlin was
appointed minister to Spain. He and
Mrs. Hamlin took up their residence
in the Spanish capital. On one of her
shopping excursions she found an an
eient cabinet, certified to be four hun
dred years old, that she was able TO
secure. The cabinet is of solid wood.
the doors hung with iron hinges, much
like those or barn doors. on her return
to Bangor she had the cabinet, polished
up, the hinges gilded, making hand
some piece of furniture. Mir. Hamlin
made some investigation of the con-
dition of labor when that cabinet was
made. He said he was satisfied that
the skilled worlxmen who worked on
it received eight cents day and the
common laborer got four cents per day.
Last Friday was a red letter day for
Capt Nehemiah H. Means, of Ellis
worth, for it was the SSth anniversary
of his birth, and the captain kept open
house at his home on the Surry road
Cards and letters OF congratulation
We're received from all over the coun
try, and many friends called on the
captain during the afternoon and even
ing. The house was tastefuliy decorat
ed with flowers, the gifts of the daugh-
tiers in Boston, one OF them. Miss Arrie
Means, being present. Fine refresh
ments were served by Miss Means,
Mrs. Fred H. Oseood, another daugh-
ter, and the new daughterin law. Mrs.
Everett S. Means. Capt. Everett
Means was also one ofthe helpers Of
the occasion, SO that taree of tie five
children We're there, Mrs. Matte s.
Hartman and Mrs. Lyman Lord OF
Boston. not being able 10 attend. Capt.
Means was born in SurIy For over
half a century he followed toe sea,
and for more than thirty of that period
was master mariner. He was SNIP
wrecked once off Charleston, :. G., To
which port he was bound in the brig
Mary Ann with a cargo Of lime from
Rockport. The peculiar part of he
adventure was that he was taken OIL
by the bark Allen Baxter and carried
to Europe, an allwinter trip, as ne
did not get home until the Following
spring. His long experience on the
water and the friendships which he
formed during that period have deXel-
oped many interesting "reminiscences,
making BIN a most entertaining con-
versationalist. In 1852 he bought the
farm on the Surry road where he now
lives.
Lewiston Journal: Many years ago
the town of Durham offered a bounty
on wild cats, says Stackpoie's History.
Nathaniel Gatchell was in the Woods
ono dow boiii that time when he saw