Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-06

The Awakening Year.

Arbutus, anemone, spring beauty and
violet,
loneliness on every hand now the wax
ening days beget;
Sweetest fragrance, hope and cheer to US
all the flowers bring;
Glad the earth-reclaimed, revived-God
is seen in everything.
Bluebird, robin, marten, too. voicing
brightest roundelays;
Feathered hosts in myriads hail the
dawn of golden days.
Sweet. their songs of promise true Tor
new blessings pure and rare,
Spreading tidings of Gods love here and
there and everywhere.
April's showers. Mays fiowers-harbing-
June. July. August Coming, with the
summers glow ablaze.
All the worlds a temple fair wherein men
their hymns upraise
To the God whose gifts are free for our
simple faith and praise.
George Taggart. in the Christian
Herald.
Woodstock, N. B., was taken Tues
day evening-not by the enemy, but
by the brethren of the Odd Fellows
Lodge at Houlton, who chartered a
special train and went over the bor-
der 100 strong.
A cat that goes to the sink, turns
on the water through the faucet, has
a drink and then turns Off the water
is the boast of a Bath store through
the Bath Times. That seems all
right and perfectly legitimate under
SHERIFF h1yf
go through all those movements for a
drink of beer or other contraband
then you might have something to
howl about.
Albert P. Burleigh Of Houlton has
successfully passed the physical ex-
animal ton for admission to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis and will At
once enter that institution, having
previously passed all the mental tests.
May S, 1S65-Sherman's army was
said to be preparing to march north,
some Of the staff already having
reached Washington Gen. Hal
leck issued an order prohibiting all
persons. going into the city Of Rich
mond. Va, without taking an oath of
allegiance. The Presideu.
was said to be preparing a proclama-
ton declaring all sailing vessels fly
ing the Confederate flag to be pirates.
They were to be pursued and if cap
tured to be treated as pirates.
= Orders have been received at
f1,1 10 -
prepare the iron clad Agamenticus
for sea.
One of the smartest old men Of this
vicinity, says the Boothbay Register is
James Huskins Of West Southport, a
lobster fisherman at so years. Mr..
Huskins will be found on the water
every day pulling his lobster traps and
getting returns from them. He has
at present only Is traps in the water,
but will in a few days have ten more,
and he will make regular rounds along
the shore pulling these traps. He
finds work better than spending his
time idly at home, and expects to con-
tinue to work as long as his health
permits. Last year he earned 1912
from catching lobster.
The new tin can manufacturing
plant being built at Lubec will be the
largest of it's kind in the Down East"
section. 1t will be three stories high
and built of concrete. The location is
a convenient one to the sardine can
ming factories. 1t will probably be
ready for occupancy by Sept. /.
moval of the forest trees on Doubling
Point at the Reach Cat Bath has
greatly improved the navigation at
that point on the Kennebec, as the
breeze holds more steady now In
rounding the Point. The sails on YES
sells hold the wind better than was the
case when the trees were so thick on
the shore of the Reach.
A certain party in this city, relates
the Eastport Citizen, speaking about a
certain religious service by an up
river Parson, said that 1T was the
most sociable funeral he ever attend
what amused when the Parson made
the point that his Calais friend, the
deceased, had met with death-only g
stepping stone into a far better world
in fact, it was simply matter OF
"going over the river" The Parsor
did not know that this term was {
localism as to the beverage" and it.
place of getting. AS the deceased wa!
a man given to the use Of the Ear.
dent" it struck the listener most fore
IDLY from the more facetious point O.
view.
That small organization can ac'
complish big things has been proven
by the installing of an electric ligh
at Spears Corner, West Gardiner, b!
the Y. M. w. P. Club. This club O
young married women was organize
at the Corner three years ago, as :
social benefit to the neighborhood, b!
Mrs. T. c. Littlefield and Mrs. A. D
Cole, the first meeting being held a
the latter's house when Mrs. Little
field was elected president, an off1c'
which she has since very ably filled
A successful little farce entitled Hi
Model Wife, was presented twic'
during the past winter with grea
success and much credit is due Mrs
Cole, who had the affair in charg'