Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-23
Maine Gossip
If War Should Come.

1T war Shouid Nomes
If war should come. hot breathed and
| iron heeled,
| To blow its fury on us, and to tread
Where long the hand Of hard-earned
peace has spread
Success and profit; if the bells were
pealed
Proclaiming our beloved land the field
| For coming battle, would your heart
grow weak,
Your, blood run limpid and your pulse
With thought of terror that you could
And would your courage shrink, as from
Refusing, aid through lack of conf
dence?
Or would you hear the summons calmly
steeled.
In splendid knowledge Of your compe-
Your country's strength. and that. the
Her patriot love- innate in great and
small?
speak for Self. Were wars bold clarion
And ali the earth powers sailing over
To rend our shores, would put faith in
The old traditions, noble, sane and sound.
found,
Fright should not palsy. neither bring
To NV strong soul but with integrity,
I, too, would arm to smite in wars own
way
Those who had dared to bring such woe
| to me!
They will not find us weaklings, unpre-
Who come to stain with blood our sacred
! ground,
For that proud spirit our forefathers
! shared
Lives in our bosoms. We will thwart,
! defy.
New York Times.
A SQUIRREL who spends much OF his
time around the Eastman residence in
the vicinity of High street bridge.
Bath, is as tame as a kitten and Is at
tracing considerable attention. The
animal is gray and beauty. he not
only enjoys eating nuts from ones
hand, but is making friends with the
guests as we'll. Sunday, when callers
were being entertained, the risky fell
low walked into the parlor and sat
down to Join in the sociability of the
household. He seemed very much at
home and greatly appreciates being
petted.
| The Maine men on the ClVlllanS
naval cruise are evidently tackling the
proposition with a determination to
learn all they can absorb while "on
duty" for on Monday instead Of TAX
ing shore leave at Newport, r. L..
they to a man volunteered to assist in
coaling the Kearsarge, on which they
are cruising.
Jack Blank" has been to Chelsea,
Mass, and interviewed Mrs. Anna
Stamler, whose son Reuben has been
missing for some time, but failed to
fill the description in any way. Chel-
sea brought no return of memory and
Jack Blank returned to Bucksport.
He plans to return to Boston where
he will secure work and await devel-
opments in his case of lost memory.
The x-ray pictures show two clots on
the brain, about two inches apart
where cells have been destroyed but
are now building up. The loss Of
these cells was the cause Of the loss
of part of his memory
| One of the oldest roads in York county
is the Cape road in Hollis. The stretch
of highway has been known by that name
since 1897, when Ebenezer earle and Mark
Dresser drove an OK team from Salmon
Falls to the home of Mr.. Dresser. A
blizzard was raging, and when they had
tied up the cattle, and made ready for
! supper Eben said to Mark: well, we've
| weathered the Cape at last!" Since then
| the stretch of highway has been called
the Cape road.
| An officer in plain clothes has been do
| ing good work at Portland Union Sta
ton this summer in warning men of shady
reputation to leave town. Especially
| have pickpockets been frustrated in their
aim to work in the station crowds at rush
hours He sent five away in one day last
week There is seldom any argument
when he explains that they are spotted.
and they accept his suggestion that they
depart at once.
Hon. Obadiah Gardner American
chairman Of the International Joint
Boundary Commission. left Rockland
Monday for Ogdensburg, N. Y, where
the commission will have a very i'm
portant session. One Of the matters to
be considered is the establishment Of a
new level for the Lake Of the Woods.
The subject has been under discussion
ever since 1888, when the Canadians
built a dam at the outlet, which so
raised the level that a rise Of a foot
meant the flooding of hundreds Of acres