Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-07
Maine Gossip
"No God"

| "No God"
, THE fool hath said in his heart, there is
no God.
Is there no God? The white rose made
"Ny crmine robe was woven in the sky;
, The buebird warbled from his shady
bower.
+ My plumage fell from hands that made
; the flower"
| Is there no God? The silvery ocean spray,
At the vile question startles in dismay:
And, tossing mad against earth's impious
Impatient thunders-"Yes, there is a
Godi'
Is there a God? The dying Christians
Pale with disease, points to better
And. ere his body minges with the sod,
He sweetly smiling. family murmurs-
Cod
I'VE publish Cod" the towering noun
tains cry:
'Jehovah's name is blazoned on the
sky"
The dancing streamlet and the golden
grain,
The lightning CLEAN. the thunder and
the RAN.
The dew-drop diamond OH the lly's
The tender leaf by every breeze ca
TesSed;
The shell whose pearly bosom ocean
laveS
And sea-weed bowling to troop OF
waves.
The glow of Venus and the glare of
Mars,
The tranquil beauty of the lesser stars
The eagle soaring in ma jestic flight
The morning bursting from the clouds of
night
The childs fond prattle and the mothers
prayer,
Angelic voices floating in the air
Mind. heart and soul. the ever-restless
breath.
And all myriad mysteries Of death.
Beware, ye doubling, disbelieving
thfong.
Whose sole ambition is to favor wrong:
There is a God. remember while We can
His Spirit will not always strive with
man.
More notoriety for the Rumford
house of Joe Bill, who is serving a
term at Thomaston for the murder Of
his wife.
The Bangor e Aroostook railroad
ward ct Fort Fairfield, larger than the
ed one. and better accommodating the
shippers of live stock at that point.
A gorgeous weekend for our State
university. Agricultural students won
er agricultural colleges of New Eng
land III judging stock at the Brockton
fair Then the football eleven held
Yale to to o tie
The private library of the late ex-,
Governor Henry &. and Judge Nathan
Cleaves of Portland has been present.
cd to the Bridgton Public Library and
will be placed in one of the large
rooms of the Davis Memorial. the
beautiful library building dedica ted
this summer. The furnishings and
equipment of the room will be present
cd by their sister. Mrs. Mary Cleaves
Mason of Portland. The Cleaves pri-
vate library is most valuable collcc-
ton of about 1900 books, largely of a
reference nature. There are Lum-
Der of special editions.
Aroostook news tells us that the po-
tato market is holding its own around
the SIPS per barrel mark. Fort Fair
field, however, states that the price
given over there is only $110. During
the month of August this year the b.
& A. railroad hauled 153.464 bushels
from Aroostook county; in Septem-
Ter 1897 .59S bushels, making a total
from 1919 crop sent out over this ROAD
of 1891 ,o57 bushels. For the CORE
spending months of 1872 this road
hauled &c, 141 and 912,o79 bushels re-
spectively. The output so far, accord
ing to the above figures, being more
than double those of 1872.
Sheriff Scullys liquor deputies claim
To have established "a record by SELF
Ing a thousand gallons of whiskey
within three days. First came the DIG
seizure aboard the powerboat IN the
he.her. then one at West Scarporo
freight shed, and Saturday, lot more
n; the stuff was added to livestock III
tho rum room at the county building.
Az the Grand Trunk railroad station
in Falmouth two fivegallon jugs OF
whiskey were taken. John Williams,
the Falmouth deputy, saw the STUN
inf off there and kept watch uhtii
Deputy Doughty arrived from Port
land. AT the Oak hill station IN scar
horo II five-gallon kegs OF whlskey
marked to Frank Scully were seizeo.
Two of the members OF the journal
editorial staff made what is known as
the "Cobbosseecontee stream trip on
Saturday. Starting in a 16-foot canoe
from Hammond's Grove on the lake at
7 o'clock in the morning, wager was
made that they could not reach Aa-
e,sta at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon. Inc
distance is variously estimated at from
% TO 90 miles, the latter figure pur-
porting to allow for the winding course
of the stream. Early last spring, In "a
raw gale they had essayed the same
trip, but had been forced, after nearly
nine hours back-breaking padding
against the wind, to abandon their at
TEMPT six miles from their destination.
Fifteen miles of their journey passed.
Saturday, in a pleasing way. What
wind there was aided them, the aut-
umn foliage afforded beautiful scenes