Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-06
Maine Gossip
The Long, Long Trail.<
(Rosamond Reed.)

(ROSamOnd Reed.)
The world trail stretches on, ana on
The FIRE of joy burns low.
The cares and fears of toiling years
Have dimmed its mystic glow
The mists Of sorrow creeping in IN:
Like clouds hang low and grey,
And sleeper, rougher. grows the trali'
More lonely day by day.
Yet onward fares the traveller,
And upward, towards the goal,
The bugle note of courage calls
A challenge to the SOUL
Because in pensive undertone.
The heart Is singing low,
press on, press on, till JOY shall dawn,
AS in the long ago.
Press on. till radiant sunshine
Shall flood your path once more,
Till love and sweet companionship,
Dwell with you as of yore.'
All, lower sinks the fire of JOY;
The night is drawing near;
The west wind sweeps the clouds away,
The evening star shines clear.
The evening star, Gods candle set
To guide His children home,
There's resting when the twilight falls.
For weary feet that roam.
An honest man is the noblest work
Of God. runs the old proverb. A
Lewiston man Is convinced that he
has found one Of this class. The gen.
tleman in question has for a long
time bought his eggs of an old farm
er out beyond, or near the village OF
Sabbattus. He comes to town once each
week and two dozen he sells to the
family on the average at each visit.
Yesterday he came in as usual and
brought two dozen to the house for
which he received the usual market
price. For moment he looked at the
money and then handed the Lewis
ton man back two cents while re-
marking: Il think that you will find
two Of those eggs under size and l do
not want to take full price for them"
The old farmer has always brought
large and fresh eggs and the Lewis
ton customer would have been thor
oughly satisfied with the two small
eggs. Such a nice sense of honor de-
serves passing compliment.
True c. Morrill,, superintendent Of
schools through his special filing sys-
tenn finds that In 1914 there were S23
pupils enrolled and in 1915 there were
s31, including 3SS girls and 425 boys.
Last year the returns from the State
was about ss25 per pupil. In Water
ford in 1914 there were 243 and in 1915
there were 254 including 1873 girls and
LIS boys. BY the keeping of a correct
record the town gains the benefit Of
all returns due it.
Bangor is to have one Of the finest
public clocks in the State, the City
Fathers having granted permission for
its suspension over the street in front
Of the new First National Bank build
ing. 1t will be placed about 20 feet
above the front entrance and may be
seen from far and near.
oners in the State prison is charged up
to the hard times, says a Rockland
letter to the Globe. The former aver
age was about 2l5 prisoners, but the
going into operation Of the parole law
cut the number down to about l60.
The parole law has been working con-
stantly but in spite Of it the number
Of inmates Of the institution has in
creased to about 200 and remains
there.
While the infant child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Gabriel was quietly lying in
his bed in a room near the window
recently, in Mr.. Gabriel's house, Fort
Hill street, Fort Fairfield, a bullet
from some unknown source passed
through the window pane, splintering
the glass much and showering parti-
cles all over the baby in its crib. It
Is supposed that some boys were out
firing to see what they could do. Such
earelsssness In firing weapons is in
d4ed . most serious thing.
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