Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-12
Twenty Years Ago.

day to day at the head OF this column
Ed
Twenty Years Ago.
I've wandered to the village, loal, W
sat beneath the tree ,.,.,,,
Upon the seho0lhouse playground
sheltered YOU and me, ,r,,,
But nom, was there to greet me, 1ohl'
and few were left To know
That PLAYED with us upon the grass SUM
rha $3.50 Is INST as green. Tom-bare-
footed boys at play a., nth
Were sporting just As we dld the"' "''''
spirits Just as gay a.. rim
But the master sleeps supoh tae i"i'
which coated DER with SNOW
Afforded It's sliding place, just twenty
years ago.
The old sehoolhouse is altered some, the
benches are replaced -.
Bv new ones, very like the same our
penkniees had defaced' -,
But the same old bricks are IN tue Will
the bell swings to and tro .,..
It's music Just the same, dear Tom twas
twenty years ago.
The boys were playing some old game
beneath the same old tree
do forget the name lust now you We
PLAYED tile same with ne
TN that some spot. twas played WITH
knives. by throwing so and so,
The loser had a task 10 do just twenty
Years ago.
The rivers running lust as stlll, Tue VIII
lows on its side IT.,
Are larger than they were, Tom the
stream appears less wide
But the grapevine swing Is ruined no"
where. once we played the beau.
And SWING our sweetheartS- pretty
girls Just twenty years age
The spring that bubbled meath the hill
..l. nv hn
Is very low-twas once so high that We
could almost reach; ., ,,...,,.
And kneeling down to get afliiN' oea'
Tom, | started 50 ...,l
To see how much that | am chahSt"
since twenty years ago.
Near by the spring. upon an elm. 20"
know. | cut your name.
Your sweetheart Just beneath 1t, Ioth'
and YOU did mine the same
Some heartless wretch had peeicd the
bark, twas dying sure but slow.
lust as the one whose name was cut died
twenty years ago.
Nv lids have long been dry. Tom but
tears came in my eyes, ,
Thought of her I loved So well-those
early broken ties -,
visited the old ehurchyard and took
some flowers to strew -, ..,,o
Upon the graves OF those We ioNcu SUM-
twenty years ago.
some are in the churchyard falu, some
sleep beneath the sea,
But few are left of our old class except
ing you and me,
lnd when our time is come, Tom, and We
are called to go. :
hope they'll lay us where VIC pia! eo
just twenty years ago.
\ poor spelcr is Il mental stammerer,
hats all. 1t Is matter OF instinct, NOT
# education He is born that way. no
natter whether he lives i'll chicago oi
n Biddeford Pool.-New York sun.
We can understand the reference to
but why force Blddetord Io9i
nto the discussion? Biddeford journal
Get real stammerer TO say it: then
QUILL understand.
That package OF whisky consigned
o Pine Point Me, which was seized in
was marked Hardware,
md was seized under the law prohib-
ting the transporta ton of liquors I'M
,ropefly addressed. Will the shippers
efend themselves by arguing that the
erm Hardware" properly includes
ard liquors Boston Globe.
Great excitement was caused at Mill |
ord. Friday. when d beautiful young |
,irl rushed up to some men who were
oading a car of lumber at the sawmill |
md, falling on her knees. besought |
hem to save her from a villainous=
ooking man who was pursuing her.
rhe men rushed at the villain, but he
.eld them at bay with revolver. Men
anne rushing to the scene from all
ARTS of the plant, ii telephone call was
ent for police and someone rang in the |
ire alarm. Half the people in the VII |
age gathered at the yard and there |
we're threats of throwing the villain
nto the river when it was explained
hat it was all part of moving PIC
ure play by company from a MIN
oncern which is working in that viein- |
ty. But think of the chance sheriff
fred O'Connell missed by being absentl
The Belfast journal be-
eyes that the fact that w. r. Pattan- |
all is at the head of a movement to
ave a referendum on the pubic utii- |
ties bill, with a view to defeating II,
5 the best of reasons for keeping the
,w on the statute books. Ihe Pln-
ip,l argument against it is that 1t Will
ntail expenses" says Editor PliiSpufg,
nd continues: "The same argument
you'd held good against the courts
he reformatories, the hospitals ana
sylums. Then it is easy to see Where
commission such as Is proposed uh-
Ter this Law could save money TO the
tate bv stopping leaks in pubic lhsti-
utions, and investigation miShl snow
hat in some instances state AID is no.
and should be withheld.
is furnishing money 10 SEND
man over the state to OBTAIN sigma
ures to a petition for referendum
nd it would be interesting TO KNOW
rhere this money comes from.
With the leading question. Do fiS-
res lie or hens lay-whieh the
who last week COM
nented upon the claims of want To-
10 rival and who was characterized by
Mr.. Littlefield in yesterdays Jourhai
IS a fit candidate for British poet
aureate. comes back as follows:
..If the printer made no error
"And the figures are correct
"'rhp letter of Brother Littleheld
us far from circumspect
He says:
".ELEVEN hens are by themselves,
And there's where | am vexed)
Laid SEVEN eggs the first day