Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-25
Maine Gossip
Antony and Cleopatra.


Gather on the evening blast,
Let thine arms, o queen, enfold me,
Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear
Listen to the great heart-secrets'
Thou, and thou alone, must near
Though my scarEed and veteran legions
Bear their eagles high no more,
And my wrecked and scattered gaileys
Strew dark Actium's fatal snore,
Though no glittering guards SURROUND ms
Prompt to do their masters Will.
/ must perish like Roman
Die the great Triumyir stlll
Let not Caesars servile minions,
| Mock the lion thus laid low;
Twas no foemans arm that felleu MN,
| Twas his own that struck the bloW'
His who, pillowed on thy BOSOM
Turned aside from glorys ray,
| His who, drunk with thy caresses,
| Mady threw world away
Should the base plebeian rabble
| Dare assail my name at Rome,
Where my noble spouse, Oetavia,
/ Weeps within her widowed home;
Seek her; say the gods bear witness
Affairs, augurs, circllng WlIssIi, .,r,aa
That her blood, with mine commlnglea,
! Yet shall mount the throne of kings.
As for thee star-eyed Egyptian
Glorious sorceress of the Nile!
Light the path to Stygian horrors
With the splendors of thy smile
Give the Caesar crowns and arches,
Let him brow the laurel twine
I can seorn the senates triumphs
Triumphing in love like time
I am dying, Egypt, dying;
Hark! the insulting foemanss cry,
They are coming-qpic<. my falchion!
Let me front them ere / die
All. no more amid the battle
Shall my heart exqlting swell;
Isis and Osiris guard thee
Cleopatra-Rome-fare
William Haines Lyle.
The Hon. Elmer P. Spofford's claim
that Names railroad interests entitle
her to representation on the board of
trustees to take over the B. & NJ, up
on its divorce from the New Haven
road, appears to be just.
The Boston Globe paragrapher still
is chatting over the Bangor News use
of some of his artistic efforts. Here's
his latest sarcasm:
"The Bangor Daily News Tuesday
printed an editorial paragraph begin
thus showing that its choice scissored
collection of editorial paragraphs was
not burned up in the fire"
lHe fotoChlon 1iiSS StloWS llS uuuei :
standing of Democratic tendencies in
Maine by printing the following:
'.Now if the bay rum smuggling had
been in Portland. instead of Boston, the
pessmistic outpourings of the anti
prohibitionists would have been almost
too hot to print"
We have read the list of new offices
for the Maine Savings Bank Associa-
ton and have decided we need not dig
out that old red stocking until another
election at least.
Editor Chadbourne of the Kennebec
Journal was the guest of honor at ban
quet the other night We trust that
nothing stronger than Poland Spring
water was used in drinking his health
Biddeford Record.
So dizzy we couldn't tell Gus-with
all the nice things they said to US as a
representative of the Kennebee Jour-
nal-but we confess one sweet mem
ory; erowning glory, a blissful Incl
dent, an Intoxicating thrill, when we
overheard Mr.. H remark to Mr..
J., Good Lord, he can eat almost
as much as that Merrill they used to
havei"
E. B. Sanborn of the Machias Union
unequivocally places himself on the
postmaster question with the follow
ing signed article at the top of the
front page of the current issue:
"The publisher of the Machias Union is
af oil har
Mr.. Parlin, Mr.. Paflin, Mr.. McGouldrick
OF Mr.. Crane for the appointment of
postmaster of Machias.
but he certainly is of the opinion that
either Mr. Parlin or Mr.. McGouldrick Is
as much entitled to the office as is Mr..
Crane.
THE question as to who will receive the
appointment to this office will doubtless
be decided by the Democratic voters of
Machias, in a caucus called for that pur-
pose and they are the proper ones to ten
der the decision.
"E. B, sanborn"
There is probably no state in the
Union, where there are so many elder
ly men and women, who retain their
faculties and have a keen interest in
current events, as in the State of
Maine Every few days some man or
woman reaches the Goth milestone, and
many pass far beyond that. Among
| those who have recently celebrated
their birthdays is Mrs. Moses Chandler
| who on February II celebrated her 99th
birthday and who is one of the Oldest
women in Maine. Mrs. Chandler was
| born in Palermo. Me-, in 1915, February
| II. Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler had seven
children, three now living, Mrs. Annie
| Worth of Worcester. Mass, who for
the past two years has lived with her
mother; John W., who has been on the
home farm since the death of his
| father, and George W., who lives in
Buenos Ayres. South America. and
who cabled from that distant port the
following on his mothers birthday;
"A happy birthday and love to all.
| On this day of days for Mrs. Chandler
with her friends about her and with
bright flowers and pleasant companion
| ship, this sweet message came over
5000 miles, and it is safe to say that nc
gift or greeting brought more joy te
| this sweet womanly mother heart thar
| did this message telephoned to her
| Mrs Chandler is a cousin to the late