Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-18
Maine Gossip

Maine Gossip
The Guiding Light.
QGalcolm ,. WiHoughby).
| On the rocky heights Of Monhegan,
Oeor the tops Of the clustering trees.
wh dese rs e sssns the eriny Sea- sea-:
70 the ships that pass in the night,
this b ssnsT Of sf ss ss as hs flashes
In the winter storm, with a gale OF wind,
When the ocean is black ana gray,
When the breakers roar on the ROCKY
And the cliffs are hidden with spray.
When out in the storm. coaster is iost'
Stands the tower Of gray which will show
them the way
With his beams Of guiding light
In this storm Of strife. when all seems
When the cannons thunder and roar,
When Humanity seems to be lost IN the
To Be wrecked on the treacherous shore,
There IL One who will lead his seamen
From the battling elements might.
Like the tower Of gray, which flashes
His beams Of guiding light.
DID you see the moon when 1t filled
at Oh, 2Sm this morning?
Patriots and Maine Post Card day
tomorrow.
The sun is supposed to rise this
morning augusta time) at 5.12 and set
at SAT. The days. have increased 4.44
the length Of today being 1885.
The word that comes from Lewiston
concerning the cleanup Of the saloons
and brothels Of that city sounds good
it will be interesting to watch the
progress made in doing the Job.
Work on the Saco road beyond Dun
stan has begun and is going forward
as soon as the weather permits so that
the Old Orchard detour need not be
obligatory very long. Tourist travel
will take that course while the contrac-
! tors are at work as soon as they start
excavations along the line.
The great outcry for an extension or
| time in which the electric railroads OF
the State should equip their cars with
safety man catchers looks somewhat
peculiar when you observe the con-
struction Of some of the safety devices
appearing on some of the cars.
| It is to be hoped that the Berwick
correspondent Of the Sanford Tribune
has recovered from his late fit of dis
content with out April weather ana
that he has no more of the following
| trouble in his system:
| "Oh what so rare as day IN June,
Those perfect days of winch poets tel,
We hope they'll hurry and get mere sooli,
For this April o., weather Is "otse
Brotherly love as it is exemplified in
the Border City and voiced by the
PASSPORT Citizen:
1t was hardly necessary for The
Eastport Sentinel to call attention 10
its special number. The chug-chUS
of it's engine the Sunday before spelt
out to the public that there must be
"something doing" For reasons no
mention was made of this work OF
necessity" (?) on the Lords Day.
Prospect Harbor has nice little Ii
brary Association with collection OF
about s96 books 'already catalogued
and funds enough to run it another
year, but it has no place in which TO
conduct the library business and fears
that it will be obliged to put the books
ir cold storage, unless some one VOL
unteer q home for them. 1t would
seem a pity to have such an instltu-
ton forced out Of existence on account
of a lack of public spirit in the town.
Sheriff oliver Of Sagadahoc county
had a pleasant surprise Saturday on
receipt of handsome sheriff's badge
with compliments Of Hall & Knight of
Lewiston and the explanation that the
badge was ordered three years ago by
two Greeks, cousins Of the Greek who
was murdered at Topsham, and after
wards left Lewiston and never called
for the badge. 1t is inscribed with the
words, SHERIFF of Sagadahoc County"
Sheriff Oliver has been wearing gold
badge, the gift of relatives Of the muir
dered man.
Arson Holden of Oxford recently
came into possession of a document
which is Of interest and highly priced
as a souvenir, it being the authentic
history Of the services Of his great
grandfather, Lieutenant David Ray, in
the war Of the Revolution as recorded
in the Pension Office at Washington.
Lieutenant Ray was prisoner IN
Canada for a time but was exchanged