Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-04
Maine Gossip
Honor for Every Man.

CTit-Bitsl.
I have sung you song Of the arTnored
And a song of the submarines,
4 song OF the dauntiess men who run
The reckless bird machines.
They're Russians. French and Belgians,
Or British. it's all the same.
There's honor for every man OF them,
Honor for playing the game.
They're fighting their fight, and fighting
l. We'll,
On land and sea, IN air,
They've !gazed in the face Of a bursting
shell,
And seen death grinning there
They've given their lives. while the
And mothers win treasure their name.
There's honor for every man OF them,
Honor for Playing the game.
War may be right. or it may be wrong;
That's not for me TO say.
I'm no seer. but a singer Of song,
So have IL either way.
But whether it's war, or whether it's
Ny song is just the same:
All honor 10 a clean-cut man
7 Who cfeanly plays his game.
\ New Jersey dealer in turs in writing
to the Maine Woods says: In spite OF
the war buy Just the same. but trap
| pers, look out for decline at any time"
How will you make the old saying
about the hedgehog and Cand,amas day
| fit the whole State Of Maine. when some
sections report FOR last Tuesday an en-
! tire day OF cloudiness and other sections
say the sun was shining part OF the
/ iinle2
The Bath School Board hopes TO induce
Sub-master S. R, Parks Of the MORSE
High school 20 withdraw his resignation.
wjcil ne asked should take effect March
l. and al the last meeting laid the resig-
nation on the table. Mrs Vim. p. DON
nell Is temporarily filling the position
o. Mrs. Abhie s Sta-key, who has re-
signed as teacher OF household arts in
the Bailey evening school.
Some hustling took place when fire
broke ont in the home OF Norman Chase
az WestEeld the other day, with his sick
wife and little infant in one Of the
chambers, TO remove them to : place OF
/ safety. A large force of men gathered
| and prevented serious damage to the
] house.
| The price OF potatoes at Houl.on has
! dropped back TO Is cents per busnel ami
nut few are being hauled in from the
| farms. Caribou reports an even greater
/ decline. only 80 to IS cents per barrel De-
ing paid
The York Institute recently received
small afghan which was made b.
Paul Revere's grandmother. The year
il was made is not known. The afghan
was presented TO the York Institute by
Mrs. Merrill Maddox Of Saco. recently
and il was presented TO her by Miss
Olive Revere, IN 1894. Miss Revere, a
cousin OF Paul Revere, resided at that
| time in Rnxbury, Mass. q companion
to Mrs Willard. Miss Revere was
| slightly eccentric and disliked creton
cloth, Of which the afghan was made.
Mrs Maddox, considering it Of es-
pecal value as a relic OF most in
teresting period, preserved it 20 years
| and then donated 1t to the York In
stitute.
After remaining idle fer nearly a
year, the shoe factory in Warren is
again in operation through the efforts
| Of Robert Andrews and William Tea
que both members Of Warren's re-
Gently organized board OF trade. The
factory is now occupied by the Spin
ney-Teruey Company. former LynG.
Mass, concern.
FEBRUARY l, lss-General Meade
was on that date confirmed by the
United Ststes Senate as a major gen.
eral of the regular army. TO date from
August 10 last g Eight vessels for
the government, including a monitor.