Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-20
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Mother Of Sorrows

(By Elizabeth Powers Merril).
Mother Of sorrows-near us draw
Help US to bear our woe!
Grief presses on our mother hearts,
The tides OF battle flow.
The loss we bear-you share 1t, too,
You suffered once, as we.
Once flowed the blood OF your dear Son
| For All Humanity!
Mother of Sorrows-wak today
Upon the battlefield.
Touch with Thy hand, invisible,
The hearts unto death sealed.
o bless the wounded and the MANNED
The soul of friend and foe.
Did not Thy Son forgive them all?
He blessed them-even SO.
Mother of sorrows-let Thy tears
Be mingled with our own!
Only through life can life be given
Grain lives not, except sown.
Love is life's crown-Love is lifes cross
Whether we live or die
Mother of sorrows-pray for US!
| Lft thou our souls on high!
From Seguin Island light station
| comes'the report that the recent south
east storm blew at a blizzard rate, 60 to
| 80 miles an hour. The room Of small
fuel house was carried away and at
Fort Popham long section of the
board walk was carried away by the
high tide. Several small boats went
adrift but were rescued by life savers.
The seas were said to have been the
highest ever seen at the light houses.
f. F. Callahan, superintendent Of the
Jay and Livermore schools, has re-
signed to accept position in a high
school in Massachusetts. Merton Good
rich former principal Of the Jay high
school, has been engaged to take his
| place for the remainder of the year.
! During a recent visit to his FORMER
ONE in Scion, c. p. Rowell Of Win
| throp came across letter from Colonel
| Joseph Loring, Jr., dated at Boston,
Oct %, 1914, and addressed to Capt.
! Nahum B. Sanborn, Berwick, Me. In it
| the colonel calls the captain sharply
! down for not forwarding enlistment pa
! pers, and other lapses from duty. 1t
was written before the days of envel-
opes and was folded and sealed with
wax.
! The athletic association of Bridgton
! academy, North Bridgton. will hold its
annual fair Thursday afternoon and
{ evening. December 20. In the evening
a pleasing three act operetta entitled
! AN Eventful Day will be given by
members of the association under the
| direction Of Mrs. Sadie Scribner
Three barrels Of potatoes avera ging
about nine ounces, perfect in shape
and color. arranged in cannon ball
pyramids surmounted by the American
! flag were on exhibition in the high
| school building at Newport during the
State dairy conference there recently.
These were from the 13-acre field of y.
H. Rich Of Charleston and his sister,
Miss Hattie Rich, who are among the
most prominent agriculturistS Of Maine.
| c. S. Robbins, the Lewiston horse
man. has just closed a deal with d. j.
Kelly of Hartford. CT, for the high
blooded stallion, Union Director. This
horse is but seven years old. weighs
1850 pounds and is beautiful brown in
| color. He is by Director Boy. 2.17A,
and he by Directum, 205 The dam IS
Nancy Hynck, she by Allerton, 2.1SA
| This is fine blood and will be a great
doultiOIl W ISNlStoik SldDiSS. NIL ItuD-
bins is one of the best known horsemen
in the State and his bringing Union Di-
rector here will be very plea sing to
| horsemen in this section.
The darkest days of the year-eicht
Of them. began Tuesday. the period
Of daylight being eight hours and 81
minutes. On Dec. &c there will be a
gain Of one minute. but not until
March Is will the days and nights
break even.
At the old William T. Donnell ship
yard at Bath recently purchased by
Fields s. Pendleton, the wharf has
been properly repaired, all the build-
ings overhauled and freshly painted
and the keel is all laid out for the new
schooner Mr.. Pendleton is to build.
This is considered one of the finest
shipyards in the city and in years gone
by many famed vessels were launched
from this site. There is room for three
keels and MIR. Pendleton proposes to
equi. it with the latest improved ma
chine y. Soon the click of the carpen-
ter's mallet and adj will resound from
this yard which has for many years
been idle.
One New York business man who has
suffered financially by the coal shortage
s S. w. Moulton. He was obliged to close
some of his greenhouses, one of them be-
ing full of carnations.
Hazen Il. Ellis of York Beach reached
his 93d birthday December u. Few men
are as active and as well preserved as he
at this age.
Mrs. B. w. kilgore OF Norridgewock
since the 10th of last August has knit l6
sweaters and Is pairs of socks which she
has given to the soldiers through the Red
Cross. Mrs. Kilgore is So years Of age and
in addition to her knitting has done the
housework and taken care of a sick lady.
The youngest knitter for the Red Cross
in Rockland Is the nine -year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Skinner. The old
est is Mrs. Sophronia Farrow. aged q who
has knit is bath mitts. Their work should
be an inspiration to the many hundreds
.