Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-17
Maine Gossip
An Office.

An Office.
An Office is a funny thing: Each morning
certain men
And certain girls and certain boys come
into it again
And hang their coats on certain pegs,
their hats On certain hooks.
And sit them down at certain desks in
front of certain books.
They all have certain work to do in just
a certain time
Concerning certain dollars for a certain
fixed per diem;
And then at just a certain hour, in sun
shine or in rain,
They close their desks and hurry out to
catch a certain train.
An office is a tragic thing when that is all
there is,
When each one has his certain work and
certain way OF his
And walloWs in a certain rut and never
seems to see
That there are certain other ones in life
as well as he.
For We would find G certain fun in GER
H. tam other ways,
II we would give 4 word OF cheer on GER
tain busy days
When problems vex. when certain things
require a helping hand,
Would give a certain sympathy that NOR
tails understand.
An Office is a pleasant place-at least. a
certain kind
That has a certain brotherhood, where
day by day you find
Some neignbor with a new idea he's glad
to pass along,
A certain sort of friendliness. a certain
sort Of song.
There is a certain duty that we owe to
other men
To help them when they need a lift, TO
steady them again.
! An Office can become in time. to man and
girl and boy,
A certain kind of fellowship, and work a
certain Joy.
douglass Malloch, in American Lum-
herman.
A large lemon tree in a store window at
Livermore Falls is attracting much at
~tention. Besides being a handsome COM
lemons larger than the fruit usually seen.
They are now deep green in color, but APP
pear to be ripening. The blooms APP
peared in February. The tree is six years
old.
1t is reported that the Poland Paper Co.
will at no distant date, begin the con-
struction OF a pulp mill at Mechanic
Falls, though officials of the company
when questioned refused either to confirm
or deny this rumor.
Mrs. Samuel Burpee Of Edmundston, y.
B., has recently been at Sangerville,
where she visited her daughter, Mrs. r.
x. Holmes. 1t is interesting to know that
Mrs. Burpee has init 123 pairs of service
socks for the Canadian troops, besides
several pairs for the L.. S. boys while she
was visiting in the states.
Rev. W. II. Lakin. pastor Of the Buck
field Baptist church. rendered his resig-
ration at the close Of the morning serv-
ice, Nov. II, to take effect Nov. IS, having
accepted a call to another field.
Hannah Weston Chapter, D. A. r., will
soon erect two bronze markers in mem
DRY Of the early settlers of Revolutionary
fame, one in Machias and one in East
Machias. The large markers will be at
tached to correctly shaped boulders and
set in a concrete foundation.
The Bath Times tells OF a tragedy Of
the past summer at Phippsburg which
failed to be called to the attention Of the
authorities and escaped public notice until
recently, as follows:
"A case which got past the officials of
Sagadahoc county happened this summer
at Phippsburg Basin when a boy was
drowned. The family, residents of Che
beague Island, went to the Basin berrying
and all went ashore except the boy and
his mother. She missed him and in look
ing around the boat happened to glance
in the water and saw him lying on the
bottom. She took a boat hook and caught
him by the pants but was unable to get
MIN into the boat and not having presence
of mind 70 drop the hook and grab him,
she held him there with his head under
water until the others arrived and then
he was dead. The party took the body
in the boat and returned to Chebeague
Island and that is why the Sagadahoc
/ officials did not hear Of the drowning"
The extension OF time to Dec. ! in
which the Christmas boxes and packages
may be shipped for the soldier boys
abroad will be pleasing news to many
who have been DELAYED with their gifts
and will also delight thousands of the SOL
diers. who will receive more than they
3, expected.
Harry Farnham, a Bath boy, had the
honor Of escorting King George of Eng
land on a visit to the patrol yacht
Nahama, recently at Glasgow and also at
Greenock. Newspapers sent to his niece.
Mrs. y. Crate Jackson. from these places,
show Harry walking beside the King and