Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-26
Maine Gossip
Sonnet.

Sonnet.
Oft have seen at some cathedral door
A laborer, pausing in the dust and heat,
Lay down his burden, and with reverent
feet
Enter, and cross himself. and on the floor
Kneel to repeat his paternoster DER;
Far off the voices Of the world retreat;
The loud vociferations. Of the street
Become an indistinguishable roar:
So. as I enter here from day to day.
And leave my burden at this minister
Kneeiing in prayer and not ashamed to
pray,
The tumult of the time disconsolate
TO snarticulate murmurs dies away,
While the eternal ages watch and wait.
-Longfellow.
1t is so unique that it just couldn't
keep out of the Maine Gossip columns
and so here it is:
"Mr. Editor: desire to thank the
friends and neighborS most heartily In
this manner for their cooperation during
the illness and death of my late husband,
who escaped from me by the hand oi
death last Saturday. To my friends ana ana
last minutes comfortable and the funeral
a success, l desire to remember most
kindly. hoping that these few lines Will
find them enjoying the same blessing
have also a good milch COW and a roam
gelding horse eight years old which / WIN
sell cheap. God moves In mysterious
way His, wonders to perform. He plants
His footsteps on the sea ana Tlaes upon
the storm Also black and white shoat
cheap. >,
We understand that this above
quoted was received at the office OF
the Bar Harbor Times and the editor
was in doubt whether to run 1t as a
card of thanks or a classified ad.
We add to our list of long welded
couples Mr. and Mrs. John Clark OF
Bowerbank, Piscataquis County. who
on Sept observed their 45th wedding
anniversary They had with them on
the evening of that date a party or
friends and relatives who most appro-
priately assisted them in the observ-
ance.
Although we cannot kick still we
wish there were more like Samuel F.
Lyford of Corinna, who on Sept. II
cast his 65th vote for the Republican
ticket. Mr.. Lyford has not missed vot-
ing since he cast his first vote as a
young man.
bear weighing 800 pounds! That
was what Daniel Warrener of Monson
killed on his farm, Saturday, Sept. 8.
It must be that bears are thick In
that locality for just a short time
after the big game half grown one
was seen on the new Douty Hill road
by Arthur Hill. superintendent OF the
State road.
Did you hear what someone up at
Dexter considered a great joke recent
ly and who may be at present not
chuckling so much over it? Here is
the way the Eastern Gazette tells it.
"It is understood that some person
with a rather poor idea of that Whlcn
constitutes practical Joke succeeded
| in delaying the United States mail
between the Maine Central Station,
one morning recently. and the local
post Office, the mail team being In
charge Of Bert Austin. When MIR.
Austin rolled the mail truck to the
mail wagon for the purpose of load
ing on it the several pouches. he
found his horse was missing. After
strenuous searching, Mr.. Austin found
the animal tied behind one OF the
railroad buildings and after consider
able delay was again attached to the
wagon and the mail transported to the
Office. The local post Office officials
are naturally more or less interested
in this affair as the mail was delayed
about twenty minutes. 1t might be
we'll If the services Of an inspector
were asked for In an effort to ascertain
the identity of the would-be Joker"
"Golden sunbeams shone down on the
dear old hearts Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam w. Warren whose lives have been
1otned with golden links Of love for
| ffty years, Tuesday, .ept. 12". writes
the west Dover correspondent Of the
Piscatauuis Dover) Observer. At the
time Of their 25th wedding anniversary
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren entertained 20o
friends and relatives, and at this later
dav observance a number were also
present who had been at the first one.
There were IS in attendance at the
5oth wedding anniversary Of this young
old couple.
Howard L. Keyser Of Greene, who
has served two years as president Of
the Maine State Pathological society.
announces his candidacy for the office
Of commissioner Of agriculture in the
next administration.
Pink and fragrant apple blossoms on
Sept 20, 1915! On Saturday morning
in the mail was a small box containing
some of these flowers. They We're
from S. A. Dudley of Readdeid. with
the information that Mr.. Dudley
picked them from a tree "this morn
ing" (Friday morning). He said they
were from a sweet apple tree from
which he has already picked bushel
| Of fruit.
A rather unique and not altogether
practical way to cause undesirable
tenants to vacate the premises was re-
Gently taken by a Calais (not careless.
pardon the pump man. He had some