Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-25
Maine Gossip
Beautiful Within
elizabeth Powers Merrill).

elizabeth Powers MerrilD.
Ages ago when earth was young.
Ages ago when earth was fair,
When Grecian poets freshly sung
Melodious lays on fragrant air
A man-barefooted and unkempt
Who longed higher life to win,
Cried out as one who wildly dreamt,-
''Zeus. make me beautiful Within
Today the clash and sound Of arms
Beat loudly on the great world shore!
From sea and air there come alarms
Fiercer than in the wars of yore
Above the shot out, upward rolled,
Above the bullets widest din,
Cry I as did that man of DID,
God, make me beautiful within"
Though shake and totter thrones of earth,
Though all things seem to change and go,
And treasures counted of great worth
On tide and billow outward flow
Yet from my soul cast away
All doubt and sorrow, care and SIM
Unto the Most High God ] pray
80 make me beautiful within.
Dog days are scheduled to begin today,
July %, according to the almanac and
that they will be fully as successful in
their calling as in the past is evidenced
by the advance samples dealt out.
The many friends Of George O. Hubbard
of Brunswick, who won hts commission as
lieutenant during the Spanish war and
who was for some time stationed in Au-
gusta on recruiting duty, and who later
won his ecaptaincy, will be pleased to
know that he has been promoted to ma
jor The Syracuse, \. Y, Post-Standard
of a recent date says:
Capt. George o. Hubbard, constructing
Quartermaster. has received notification
of his promotion to major and is wearing
the gold leaf Of his rank. Major Hubbard
is in charge Of all construction at the fair
grounds and at the mobilization camp for
the federal troops, and has this week
completed the water supply to the new
camp.
Major Hubbard was the first officer as
signed to duty to the mobilization camp
to reach the city, following the announce
ment from Washington that troops were
to be ordered here.
Speaking Of the HCL. wor1e- what the
consumer paid for the IL bushels Of beans
and two 1-year-old fowl that Harry L..
Sturtevant carried into Dover the OLner
day and for which he received s121A?
The last issue OF the Pressure Isle star
Herald reports as follows on the crop sit
uation in Aroostook county:
The present prospect is that Aroostook
will have this season the largest hay crop
in the history Of the county. Grain and
potatoes are also in prime condition. and
all in all. the present season promises TO
be a bumper crop year. Albert
Joy, who returned last week from trip
to Ellsworth says that crops Of all kinds
down in that section are considerably be-
hind Aroostook, the excessive rains hav-
ing delayed planting and sowing to q very
late date.
Rev. 4. T, Mcwhorter Of the South
Paris Congrega tional church exchanged
on Sunday with Rev r. ]. Bruce of the
Norway Congregational church. and the
latter during the service read the resigna-
tion Of Mr.. Mcwhorter from the pastorate
OF the church to take effect Sept. Is. Mr..
Mcwhorter Is to take the pastorate Of
church in South Lawrence, Mass. which
includes a lareg field for usefulness.
It would seem as though Jesse Hescock
of Auburn has a good excuse for not even
appearing before the exemption board in