Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-25
Maine Gossip
Christmas-1917

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Christmas-197
| (Rosamond Reed)
New fallen lies the sparkling snow,
The meadow brook runs singing low.
! A water spirit housed secure
/ In crystal pala &c clear and pure.
From ruddy chimneys far and near
Blue smoke betokenS Christmas cheer.
'Tis the glad Christmas-tide, and yet
Though lips may smile sad eyes are wet.
On, comfort us, Thou Christ-child dear,
oh. be Thou near US very near.
Thine was the road of sacrifice;
Thy cross led up to Paradise.
Thy needy ones are with us yet
In helping them will we forget
Our aching hearts, our haunting fear,
And find in service, Christmas cheer.
/ The boys, as well as the girls of Miss
Florence VI. Doles Sth grade class. in the
Nathan Clifford school, at Portland, are
knitting for the Red Cross. Sot only do
they knit in their spare minutes, but SO
great is the enthusiasm of these pupils
that they have requested their teacher
to allow them to remain for an additional
quarter of an hour after the afternoon
closing hour that they may have the time
for knitting.
Dover-Foxcroft Chapter, D. A. r., has
voted to contribute old gold and silver
inc Hughes has recently presented the
chapter a silk American flag.
a checker tournament between the play
ers of Biddeford and Lewiston is likely to
materialize early in the new year. A chal-
lenge was recently received in Bidde ord
/ from Lewiston.
I one can get Charles Wilson goat six
! times any day, for he has started ,oat
farm in Gray and has six which supply
the family with fine milk and a good an
nual clip of wool He feeds his herd grain
and beet pulp, but they forage behind his
back now and then, one recently stripping
a considerable quantity of wall paper off
the hall of his house for luncheon. He
has variety of breeds, Saanen, Toggen-
burg and Anglo. Nubians. Nancy is the
Oldest o. then Juliet. Annabell, Goldie,
L.adybrd and Spot. He got his first goat
two years ago. living then i'll a suburban
district of Portland. intending thereby to
be Independent of milkmen. He has
moved 20 a farm in Gray and plans to in
crease the herd, using them to clear up
rough lani in summer when they browse
on bushes. There arc 100 Rhode Island
Reds in his hennery, with Teddy and
Know-It-All as the BOOSTERS. guarded by
a big brown dog, Bonny.
I On a morning last week after The
| snow fell, tracks were seen along the
! highway, and in the field adjoining
! Coventry hall. reports the Old York
tII'rSnscript. They resembled some
| wild animals possibly moose. 1t
caused considerable excitement before
| it was discovered by what and how the
tracks were made. Ernest Hobson's
i lonely steer in some way broke lose,
/ and wandered down towald as ,he VIII
\ lage square.
1 William J. Mulherin. BrownvilIe
Junction man and freight brakeman
on the Canadian Pacific, running be-
tween Brownville Junction and Nc
Adam, had an experience on the night
! of Dec. 19 that he does not care to re-
peat. The thermometer registered 40
below when his train pulled out of
Brownville and grew even colder.
/ The brakeman whose duty was to
attend to the tagging of the train
/ became SO affected by the cold that
Conductor Mulherin did not think it
prudent to have him do the tagging
! but took that important work upon
| himself. Finding that his feet were
! freezing he took off his shoes and
stockings. rubbed them vigorously
with snow and then ran up and down
the track. until he got the frost out of
his feet and keeping his hands from
freezing by holding them on the top
! Of mis- lantern. He says it was the