Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-18
Maine Gossip
Wayfarings.

Wayfarings.
love all roads that have green sides of
Where giant purple knapweeds, dark and
wild,
Still nod their shaggy welcome when
pass,
Above pale clover flowers.
l used to think they loved me, as a child
And though they have forgotten now,
And now they only nod where once they
1 wander there for hours.
I love such ways as lead where no one
Nor cares, but 1; where once the Roman
trod,
Where spreading hogweed stands In
stately rows
Nor woodbine breezes cloy.
It may be Fancy, or 1t may pe 1od-
A sense is ofttimes with me then that
Past where the larks their utmost song
unload,
Beyond the heights of Joy.
I love all goings westward when the way
Is girt about with evening; when low
Are Yet above dim woods, and yet the
Lingers though night appears.
Within my soul a yearning sadness
From twilight comes it, then? From
But certain there is then with me that
seems
Beyond the depths of tears. ,,.,..o
AS a drawing card the HALLOWEEN
post office seems to be one of the best.
1t is a cold day that doesn't hatch a
new candidate for postmaster.
Why doesn't the administration
make an appropriation for the unem-
ployed and send 'em up to Maine to
shovel snow?
That Develop Maine Movement Is
swelling, and the coming meeting al
Augusta promises to be the biggest
and most far-reaching ever. we are
Just waking up to Far West methods
of doing and getting things.
Lots of Maine towns as well as the
cities Of Augusta and Hallowell, are to
make of Washington's birthday an
Everybody at Church" Sunday.
Sorry that a Maine boy at Ahhapoiis
should be accused of cheating.
Now most of us are convinced that
the ground hog saw his shadow on
Candlemas day. Lucky for him that
he scutled back into mother earth
Had you noticed that everybody Is
making a report-and some on 'em
tew?
Sure. we are sorry for the post
Office candidates who get their trounle
for their confidence while the other
fellow gets the plum.
What. Another MeGillicuddy pill
Goodness, But do any of 'em ever
get any farther than talk in Maine
Democratic papers? Dan Is goea
publicity manager.
The icemen have been making hay
while the cold weather was busy, but
orders from New York have suddenly
ended the harrsst.'S Tariff is not
blamed for this. however.
Aren't these Florida and southern
California letters about fans, and lceo
teas. and peekaboo waists and things
getting on our nerves in the last few
days-what?
So Bangor's bridge bill has passed
the House?
Now how do Kennebec Republicans
look to you, dear suffragettes? Guess
You'll now agree that it is Imperial
Kennebec.
Did you remember the Name?
OF all sad words of tongue or PEN
Gil. the farewell banquet gets our de-
parting friends goat. So long, Ivers.
Hon. Peter Charles Keegan of van
Buren, has been in Portland since Sat
urday. He was here part of the time
seeing his friends and part of the
time because he felt it to be safer and
hotel than it would be anywhere on
the road between here and his nome.
Ma Keegan reports that he is meet
ing good success in his canvass for
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor-Portland Press.
And Curtis doesn't object.
1t looks now as though the only toll
bridge on the Kennebec river which Is
known as the Paterson bridge at North
Anson would be made free one. The
matter was brought before the Leglsla-
ture at the last term and it Is now un-
derstood that more definite move is
being made to make the bridge free.
This bridge at one time was paying
business as it was on the direct line to
Dead River and Rangeley regions, but
now bridges have been built above and
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