Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-29
Name Gossip
Psrmanenee and lmpermanence.

Psrmanenee and lmpermanenee.
elizabeth Powers Merrill.O
The roses that bloomed yesterday are
Today. The grasses sleep within the
The grain has fallen beneath the scythe
Of man.
The trees stand cold and desolate, and
The hearts we loved, no more thrill at our
Yet God remains.
Wars rage upon earth's ever patient
Thousands on thousands fall upon her
sod.
The thrones of kings and princes rise and
fall.
Religion, custom, fashion, all are
changed.
The Tyres and Ninevahs of men have
Yet God remains.
The earth shall come to naught, Be
Like neck of dust upon a summer day
The place whereof it stood, be known no
The sun and moon shall fail to light the
But soul Of You and Me shaL sun HNe
on
For God abides.
William Mckenzie, chef at the
| Colonial at Bath, while shocking oys-
tiers Wednesday. Dec. 26, was surprised
10 see a bright shiny five dollar gold
piece staring him in the face. The
specie was coined in 1916 and was m
bedded between the flesh and shell.
| Charles A.. Written of Springfield,
aged II years, is doing his bit for the
government. He cut a cord of wood
last week and is putting money into
thrift stamps instead of candy.
A business mar at Calais received a
very agreeable surprise on Christmas
day, when a man paid him IS which
he had owed him for SO years. The
creditor had forgotten all about the
obligation but the debtor took him
backward along the sands of time and
presented the five.
4 Bass Harbor fisherman recently
played a mean trick on some OF the
Rockland dealers. 1t is a well-knowr
ldCt tIldL lie oltiipP 1iNuSliS ~
Penobscot bay has failed by reason of
the fact that fishermen did not give
the scallops half a chance, but went
after them day and night until they
, were cleaned out. This Bass Harbor
fisherman caught a lot of founders
and by careful use Of his fish knife
made them over into fairly good look
ing scallops, which he proceeded to
show around Rockland. He did not
actually offer any of them for sale,
but had a way of going into Il place
with a bucket full OF them and max
ing some remark as Sec what l
dragged up just now out here way
ing his arm in a vague way seward.
He had them going for some time I'M
til one man who really knows what
Ash are began to pry into the bucket
and handle them over a little. Then
the deception became apparent and
the fisherman had to run for his life.
Rev. j. Edward Newton of the Con-
gregational church of Rockiand,s a
graduate of Bangor Theological Semi
nary and who has preached in several
AZ Sht Al hhS mn VI o"lScss
having been granted a years leave of
absence by his church is now in France
In Y. NJ. c. A. work. In recent letters
to people of his church he gives a most
graphic description of London on an
air raid night. He says that one sees
very few wounded men in Paris. Food
is plentiful but expensive. Paris
streets are not as gayly lighted as
once but they are bright to what the
streets are in London. London lives
nightly in fear of the Zeppelins. a
body rides about town bearing on
his chest and pack the sign. Take
Cover" which is the alarm sign for
the anticipated raid. A bugle sounds
the welcome message "all clear" fol-
lowing the raid alarm or the actual
alarm. The American uniform In
Paris is still a novelty but Paris treats
the Americans kindly and is anxious
to help. Rev. Mr.. Newton tells of one
Sunday afternoon when a French Of
flcer, III learned English in Mexico
joined himself to a of four
Of the American uniformed men and
devoted his whole afternoon in guiding
them around the Pantheon, the Hotel
des Invalides and other places.
The we'll known two-masted coast
ing schooner Mineola, which has for
years been cruising along the Maine
| coast. was sold at u. S. Marshal sale
at Boston on Wednesday for SAT-. so to
Morris Massell Of Gloucester. The YES
sci was libeIled some time ago for debt
and was ordered sold for the benefit of
creditors.
Extra precautions are now being
taken at all the Portland wharves to
guard against d~epredations from alien