Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-16
Maine Gossip
For Liberty and God.

For Liberty and God.
In glory majestic. immortal,
The Light of the World in her hand,
Liberty stands at the portal
That leads to the Beautiful Land
And up through the battle-scarred ages,
Out of the Beasts black thrall.
Led by their heroes and sages,
The nations have answered the call.
Though fayed and betrayed and defeated
They have cherished the dream till they
The rapture of freedom and light.
And there on the heights they have
This vow Of the conquering brave:
Till brothers all men stand united
The free shall unshackle the slave:'
The despot smites. the Finger writes,
And through the quivering air
A message comes on throbbing drums
That call the free to dare.
The thunders crash. the lightnings fash.
Day drags on leaden wings
'Tis thus the sun shall sink upon
The Twilight of the Kings
Take heart. Take heart. Oh We who
smart
Beneath expressions rod.
Free millions rise to sacrifice
For Liberty and God.
With Naming wea pom drawn.
To save crushed and trembling earth
Comes striding with the Dawn!
Stanley ]. Quinn in the New York
Tribune
The policemen may sue Lewiston for
their pay according to a rumor in City
hall Tuesday, says the Lewiston Journal.
This is the last week that a writ can be
entered in time for the September term,
and several of them may decide to force
the issue sometime this week. Neither
the policemen who worked under the
commission or those now working under
the mayor and aldermen, have been paid.
They have been getting credit from mer
charts who believed the aldermen would
straighten the matter out before this
The aldermen appear in on hurry. to put
1t mildly. and the policemen are losing
patience. I'VE have policed the city and
are entitled to our pay" they declare.
Lester vinal. son of Will vinal car
penter who saved Harry Morrill, from
drowning June 25 1915 received the Car
negie Medal, few weeks ago for his
brave act. This beautifully engraved
medal is from the Carnegie Hero Fund
and with it comes $500 to be used for
educational purposes Mr.. Ninal will en-
ter the University of Maine this fall and
1t gives his friends much pleasure that he
Is able to do this. He is a fine boy and
worthy. The accident occurred while the
village school of Jefferson was holding
ricnir on the shore 1T -he lake in July l"l1,
The Morrill, boy while swimming lost con-
troll of himself and went to the bottom.
Young Vinal. aged about 10 years, after
terrible struggle brought him to the sur
face and kept him there until boat
could reach him and when they reached
the shore the Morrill, boy was uncon-
scious. and the Vinal boy bruised and
bleeding and nearly exhausted. 1t was
a brave act on the part of young Ninal.
! The nearly completed steel lightship
which was ruined by the fire which de-
stroyed Rice Bros yard at East Booth
bay has been bought by Shapiro Bros.
of Rockland. who Monday began junkins
the warped and twisted hull. The pur-
chase included a composition bell which
weighed 700 pounds. The junk is freight
ed by rail from Wiscasset.
Two suits for $1,000 each have been en-
tered by Albert Belveau, attorney for Err
nest Arden and Mrs. Angelina Arden,
against John Orino, all of Rumford, for
alleged slanderous remarks. Attachment
mas been placed upon Mr.. Orinos proper
ty and the case will be tried at the Octo-
Der term of the supreme judicial court.
The attention of some of those
people who feel a food shortage in
their families so severely that they are
visiting without invitation the gardens
i Of neighbors in Augusta and other
parts of the State, might be inter-
ested in the law passed by the Legis-
lature at its last session. Chapter 105.
which provides a penalty of not more
than 800 fine or not more than 80
days imprisonment for such an Of
fence
| A little daughter OF Herman o. Temple
ton was recently out on Mooseluckmegun-
tic lake with her father during severe
thunderstorm. A much worse one visited
that section the next afternoon and still
another in the evening. That settled her
dislike for that kind of weather and she
, remarked to her mother: Mamma, I'll
be glad when winter comes again; I don't
think there's much fun in living, any
way" And some older people feel about
that way during the progress of a real
thunderstorm.
Two foreigners who have been living In
a camp on Sawyers Island, peaceably as
far as any one knows, were called on by
Deputy Sheriff H. w. Bishop, reports the
Boothby Register, and asked to show
proof that they had registered as aliens
when the alien safety law went into eff
feet. The men were Rudolph Nolkmer
and r. J. Wassin. One confesesdst to be-
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