Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-04
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Baby Mine
{R. II. Dyer.)

Baby Mine
(R II. Dyer)
Angel and kewple and baby-all in one;
Star-gleam and moonbeam and spark1et
from the sun:
Sweeter than nectars of lily or rose
Neater and whittier and pinker than those;
Purer than dewdrops adrip in the dawn;
Surer of heaven than star Of. the morn;
Farer than Fancy can picture or paint;
Rarer than anything short of saint;
Freer from guile than the twitter1ng
Dearer than poet can put into words;
Truer to God than apostles of old;
Finer than jewels, and richer than gold;
Innocent, elfsh, angelic is She
My darling, my treasure-my baby Marie.
The Norway Advertiser under the head
ing Annual Announcement at This
Time" says:
Beware of the Ice,
For 70 consecutive times have We
given this warning and each year the ice
like the gun that isn't loaded, gathers in
a harvest
Some hunters are proud indeed Of shoot
ing even a 5O-pound doe deer, but when
chap lands 4-point buck, he certain
ly has a right to be pleased and the fol-
lowing paragraph from the Bridgton
News tells the story:
Albert c. Davis shot 14-point buck
Monday afternoon. A neghbor tele-
honed him there was a large deer near
her house. He hurried to a nearby spot
and just stepped out of his wagon and
shot the fine animal.
The contracts were signed last week for
the erection Of the Bates Union at Bates
College, Lewiston, and work will be start
ed in the spring, as soon as the frost is
out Of the ground. 1t will contain head
quarters for the college athletic clubs, the
musical clubs and similar organiza tions,
equipped with bowling alleys, billiard and
pool tables, etc, and will be in general
charge of the Y. NJ. c. A
The Sanford and Sprngvale physicians
have formed medical society and the
first business after the election of officers
was to raise their prices
Three families of Eastport, our Frontier
city. are represented in the United States
army BY three sons each and the city Is
justly proud of the fact that 106 young
men from population Of less than 5000
are enrolled under the Stars and Stripes
! The steamers on Moosehead Lake made
their last trips OF the season Thursday
and Friday and several were obliged to
battle their way through from one to four
inches of ice to make port at Greenville
Several hunting parties left at points
| above the lakes will be obliged to wait
until the lake freezes solidly before COM
, ing out.
Plans are progressing toward the estab-
lishment of the new vocational school at
Bath and it is expected that $1,000 from
the State and Federal Governments will
be available for local use before the first
of the year. This school is to be linked
with the Bailey Evening school. 1t is the
plan to secure employment for many of
the pupils in industrial plants where they
may work part time and attend school
the remainder
Edward Worthington Of Portland
chooses to knit to do his bit He has knit
200 muff1ers and had them sent to English
soldiers on the battle front. He is IS and
retired from business several years ago,
arriving from England Just before the
war broke out and going to Portland from
Old Orchard, where he was summer
guest. He took a fancy to Portland and
leased residence on Glenwood avenue,
where he has revived his boyhood pastime
of knitting. Seven of Mr. worth.ngton's
nephews in England have enlisted and
two Of them have been killed in battle.
His son. Sol. Sir Edward worthington is
serving in the British army.
Rev. j. Edward Newton, who resigned
the pastorate of the Congregational
church at Rockland few weeks ago. to
become a Y. NJ. C. A. war work secretary
in France. is already at work on the
frontier He wrote from Paris that the
only food shortage he noted there was in
regard to sugar, being probably unaware
that in his own city there was not an
ounce for sale.
Bangor Hebrews are making great ef
forts to raise $4,000 for the relief Of the
suffering of the race In the war area.
About half has already been pledged
They began the subscriptions with a mass
meeting attended by nearly every Jew In
city. Aroused to a high pitch
pathy by several eloquent speakers.
woman brought forward her wedding ring
to be sold at auction 1t brought 500.
This was followed by more rings, watches
and other valuables upon which the bid
ding was brisk and foundation fund of
over 5000 raised. All valuables bought at
auction were restored to the original own
ers by the purchasers. Dec. 18th is fixed
as the limit OF the canvass
The story is told, says the Bath Times.
of North End man who had provided
himself with neither Turkey. chicken. nor
fowl for his Thanksgiving meal and
whose family was feeling little crest
fallen during the early morning to think
that they had not purchased a bird of
some kind for the big meal. when the
child happened to spy what she thought
was hen on an ice foe. Calling her
daddys attention, he recognized it as a