Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-12
Maine Gossip
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Chance.
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Life is game. 'Tis played with strength
and skill;
With shrewdness, cunning, craft and iron
viii.
Your foe is Fate; his weapons-cruel
JEST
The weaknesses your ancestors possessed
Plus present-day surroundings, where
you dance
The dance ordained aforetime by one
Chance.
This Chance, an antic fool, who knows
no shame,
VIII sometimes boost and sometimes
queer your game;
But here's a point worth studying each
day.
He cannot help the man who will not
play. =
So play the game! Be sports On with
the dance
What though Fate seems to own him?
Take your Chance!
The games the thing! The prizes, Wealth
or Fame,
Are mere baublesl Play the game!-the
Game!
Play fair!-and as your soul dictates:
Are broken but by geniuses and fools.
And whether you win out or break your
The last decision won't be left to Chancei
A United States fish car was at
Pennington on Friday with a large
consignment of fry for ponds in that
section. About 5000 togue were taken
to yarnum pond by E. w. Hall and
liberated. The fish were consigned
to Stanley H. Moor, who made the
application.
The following letter is published IN
the May issue Industrial Journaf:
"Gentlemen:-I was interested in your
item in your last issue in regard TO
the Edwards Mfg. Co. of Augusta, and
as our payroll compares very FAVOR
ABLY with theirs l thought you might
be interested to receive the figures.
We built an addition a little over
year ago and occupied the same the
latter part of February, and our pay
roll for one year beginning March list,
1913. and ending March 1st, 1914, was
$54S, 599.17. With kindest regards. / re-
main, Yours very truly, r. P. Haz-
card. Gardiner, Maine, May, 1914"
The Longfellow house at Portland
will be opened for the season next
Monday with the same people as at
tendants and others who have been
there for some years past. Miss Mar
garet Harding will be in general
charge of the house under the direc-
ton of Fritz H. Jordan, the treas
urer of the Maine Historical society,
which owns the house and for whose
benefit it is run.
Peter Tower of Belmont is one of
the remarkable old men of the State,
being in his 99th year and possessing
all his mental faculties to a remark
able degree. He was born in Massa-
chusetts, but practically all his life
has been spent in Belmont. He fol-
lowed farming and coopering for a
business most of his life and from a
young man has had strong religious
convictions from which he has never
wavered. Soon after the death of his
wife some 80 years ago he went to
live with his children, dividing his
time among them. 1t is hoped to
have him present at the Tooth ami
versary of Belmont which Is to be
celebrated next fall.
G. Malcolm Yeaton of Islesboro, who
last month joined the navy and sail
ed for Norfolk. Va, where he is train
ing, is the only recruit who has quail
flied for an expert riaeman this year.
In practicing he was one OF Il In the
marksman course, one of IL in the
sharpshooters course, and the expert
of the IS in the expert course. For
marksman he gets SO per month extra,
sharpshooters So per month extra and
for expert SIS extra. They were two
days practicing. At that he earned
$500 in two days. Experts were to get
300 points out of 500. He got 1852. The
bullseyes were IS, 20 and 80 inches,
at 200, 300, $50, 400, 500. 500, 800, and
1000 yards. A sharpshooter has to get
lis points out of $50. He got 1886; an
expert in the expert course has to get
rs points out of 80. He got 20.
The former Penobscot Bay mission
airy boat, Messenger, operated for the
past few years in those waters by
Rev. j. l.. Corson, has been bought by
the Portland Seamen's Bethel. 1t will
be used by the Bethel workers in car
rying on the missionary work Of Casco
bay to better advantage than has been
possible heretofore because Of the in
ability conveniently to reach the iso-
lated sections along the shores and
on various islands. The Messenger
will make jts headquarters at CID ISL