Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-25
Maine Gossip
Rheims Cathedral
elizabeth Powers Merrill }

Rheims Cathedral
elizabeth Powers Merrill)
A Song in stone it rose high in the air,
Outlined against the vaulted skies Of
blue.
Above its spires, the white doves lightly
And every soul that saw it. breathed
prayer
It was a Song to Cod uprising there,
AS centuries passed its wondrous beauty
1t sung of Love Divine, Of longings true,
silent Song, that fell upon the air.
The Song is broken and it's music fed
Destroyed by ruthless hands OF night
ing men,
Pillaged by hate-riddled by shot and
gun
The spires that rose high in air are
dead:
Never this Song shall fill the air again
Above it weep the stars, and moon, and
sun.
Bert j. Perkins of East Monmouth
writes the Kennebec Journal that he
picked a mess of green peas from my
garden on Sunday, Oct. q, and they
were lust as nice as those we had in
July. Can anyone in Maine beat
that?"
1t seems odd-in addition to the
hardship-but it is said to be a fact
that in parts of Maine and New Bruins
wick. which appeal to many of the out
side and ignorant people as being
nothing but wooded waste. that it is
cheaper to burn the expensive and
hard to- obtain coal from Pennsylvania
regions than the stove wood from the
immediate vicinity. Woodstock, ~
b., for instance, is reported paving SIG
per cord for wood and but SIS ton for
Pennsylvania coal.
An ingenious hide for the transpor-
tation of liquor was recently discov-
cred by the still more ingenious and
inquisitive officers, who at Scarboro
Beach held up a woman coming from
Dover. n. H. who had a quantity of
whisky concealed in an innocent look
ing knitting bag.
A Massachusetts young man was
heard to say yesterday, that he had
seen more pretty girls in his two
hours stay in Bath than one would
see in months in his native city, Bos-
ton. This is not the first time that
similar comments have been made
about Bath young ladies'. Bath is
where they bloom.
The above is from the Bath Times
and it sounds suspiciously like a re-
mark a former Journal man, now with
the Times, was wont to make after
stroll along Water street in the Capt.
tai city. But. it is true of both the
Maine cities, all the same
Bath hears the pleasant announce
ment that on and after Nov. l next the
retail price of milk will be ~ cents a
quart and IL at wholesale A Bath
doctor also emphasizes the fact that
milkt inspector is needed, saying that
there is more symptoms of typhoid
fever showing up in Bath this fall than
the physicians have no way Of tracing
the germs TO infected milk
1t cannot be possible that Maine peo-
pie are becoming utterly indifferent to
the laws and that officers are becoming
correspondently indifferent to the en-
forcement of some of them. A State
official on a recent trip from Lewiston
to Augusta by auto after dark met no
less than seven horse drawn vehicles,
with not one displaying a lighted lamp,
as required by law. Automobiles by
the score were passed and almost
every one was properly lighted.
Several accidents have recently been
reported in the papers from the deadly
airgun in the hands of young people.
The law provides a fine of not less than
IS nor more than $50 to sell or give an
air rife into the possession Of any
child under the age of IA years, but 1t
is not an uncommon sight. lad with
an air gun.
A ruling of the attorney general of
the State Of Maine classed the bicycle
with other vehicles as regards the
carrying Of lights after dark. but it is
the exception rather than the rule to
see bike properly lighted, and scores
of them can be found any evening
darting around the streets of Augusta.
and doubtless in other places.
The historic old Moulton House at
Sanford of which Frank I. Moulton Is
pfopIietoT 20 dcont " pass. MS motel
is situated on Winter street and has
been the scene of many gatherings. |
1t was announced this week that the |
building has been leased to L. A. Hurd |
to be used in a monument business.
From far-off Labrador comes Miss |
May MacNeil. who after period of
intensive training at Mason Institute 4
in Springvale will return to her home !
country, where she will enter mis- |
sion. She is specializing in domestic |
science. She comes from Cape Max |
korick, Labrador, under the guidance