Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-18
Maine Gossip
RICH OR POOR, DO A GOOD
TURN WHEN YOU CAN


TURN WHEN YOU CAN
&C. E. Randall. in Taunton. (Mass.)
HERALD.
More to the rich just now would l make
this friendly appeal in my song,
Do good with your wealth, while God
gives you health,
Don't wait till your last chance is gone.
Remember, this way you'll only pass
That life is but brief span.
So. while you live in kind quiet way,
Help the worthy whenever you can.
The man who has riches will have friends
in crowds,
While he lives cash will get his supplies.
But he must not forget there's no pock-
cts in shrouds,
He must leave cash and friends when
he dies.
Then, is it not well since life is so short.
To help and give to man
Whom misfortune alone has driven to
want,
And do good turn when you can.
Often you'll see the honest but poor,
The devil tempting to win
By lies. from the rugged pathway of
To the easy broad way of sin.
Then with your wealth,
You can help God to save,
Such an one be it woman or man,
And thus cheat the devil and hell Of
their prey
Anywhere and whenever you can.
If the hungry you've fed thro' the day.
If sorrowing hearts you've tried to make
light
And povertys tears wiped away.
So, while you live with your wealth
Every day carry JOY and relief where
Then when you die all who knew you
will say,
Zen tho rich, he was white as the
snow.
A vexatious and expensive fire that
for the city of Portland which has
been burning now for three weeks in
the ruins of the Gait block on Com
mercial street. Beginning with a
large part of the department the force
fighting it has gradually been reduced
to four men, and the food from a near
by restaurant has decreased from 33
dozen sandwiches and 20 gallons Of
coee to IA sandwiches and one gal
lon of coffee.
The Portland Press says: Never
mind the equinox, we've had grass
fire. and insists that is prima facie
evidence of the arrival of spring. The
filemen were called out Saturday to a
grass blaze on their old fighting
ground. Danforth street, and the Press
gleeful1y shouts that it was four'days
earlier than last year.
The arrest Of three men at Lewis
ton, after their words in attempting to
bride deputy sheriff had been taken
down in shorthand by Judge Mansir,
and the arrest and binding over of
three Poles at Bangor for assault with
intent to kill on one suspected Liquor
informer" and the same action in the
case of one of the trio for like Of
fence on another suspect will or should
show these foreigners that they can
not fool with our laws without paying
the penalty.
A new form of swindling has ap-
peared in Aroostock county. An old
gentleman of benevolent appearance
has been calling on people, showing
| mucilege in stick form that seemed
to do the business to the Queens
taste, but when the people who pur-
chased, and they were MANY, tried the
goods they found it to be useless.
One Of the bright school boys at
Good Corner says the Mar Hill View,
writes the following on the potato
| embargo: 1.-The potato embargo is a
thing the Yankees built to stop po-
tatoes from rolling across "a line, may
be they'll take it down by and by
| when they find out we don't care"
The Aroostook Republican thinks
they have deep snow in Caribou. but
here is a story of snow, as told by
the Mars Hill View: A man in Mars
Hill had boiler out in his dooryard
to boil potatoes for the hogs. One
morning. after a snow storm during
the night before, he arose, got bas-
ket Of potatoes and dumped them in
| to what he supposed was the boiler,
when he discovered he had put them
| down the chimney in his house. Next!
1t Is estimated that nearly 1900, 900
bushels OF the $4,000, O00- bushel crop of
| potatoes in Aroostook county have
been shipped.
| Charles F. Philpot Of Limerick has
the honor OF having been elected town
clerk for 80 consecutive years, with
out opposition.