Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-29
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Name Gossip
A Mothers Prayer.
(Olive Moulton.)
Within humble home. a mother kneels.
Her face portrays the grief her heart now
AS frevently she breathes to Him above
This pleading prayer for His protecting
love:
Defend. Lord. in battles strife,
With Thy great power my dear one
Thou art the Giver of great JOY.
o grant for me Thy gift-my boy.
Within a rich abode. with treasures rare.
where.
A mother prays. it's solace to her soul
This prayer to Him who doth the world
Defend, o Lord, in battles strife.
With thy great power, my dear ones
life;
Thou art the Giver Of great JOY,
Oh guard for me Thy gift-ny boy.
Michaelmas-or the day of the Feast
of St Michael and All Angels. In
England it is also quarterly rent day
and the day of the opening of uni
versity and law terms.
Remember the change Of time on
the Maine Central at 1901 Sunday
morning-and you will miss no trains.
September Dragged over having Ave
changes Of and two full moons, but
October is feeling pretty well over hav-
ing FIVE wash days.
e. 4. Rogers Of Topsham, when he
was connected with the Maine de-
partment Of agriculture was accustom-
ed to say there was no reason why
one couldn't have Strawberries all rho
season around, If he planted the right
kind and attended to them. Now
comes the report that he is still sup
plying the market with Strawberries
from his plot and that he has been
having berries since last spring. he
evidently knew whereof he spoke.
The people of Falmouth Foreside are
very much disturbed over the an
nouncement that they must hereafter
get their mail via delivery from Cum
berland Center and there is no know
ing what in their anger they may do.
The trouble is expressed as follows by
one person:
THE overt act is this: The Portland
post office has decided. with the APP
probation Of Postmaster General Bur-
Lesson, to discontinue the handling of
mails for the populous foresides. and
divert them to delivery from Cumber-
land Center, seven miles over the
worst road in Maine, toward the
White Mountains from Falmouth
Foreside.'
A new version Of safety first" was
Illustrated on Commercial street Thurs
day, says the Portland Press. A
long train of freight cars was be-
ing shifted over the street and boy
started TO make a dash around the
end in order to avoid the wait that
would be necessary to let the train go
by. A man standing near sized up the
space and decided that there was not
room for the young man to work his
way through. grabbed him by the arm
and said Hold on, kid! You better
wait here ten minutes than wait IN
your grave a million years" Anc the
kid thought that was good advice.
At any rate he stopped and let the
train go by.
Members Of the Portland Woman's
Literary Union are feeling much graf
flied today over the success Of their
street fair. and Mrs. Leroy Moulton,
chairman Of the ways and means COM
mittee, reports that the street fair
cleared over $500 which will be de-
voted to the woman's club house fund.
The Niagara and Androscoggin En-
CINE Companies of Brunswick have
called off their trip to Brockeon Fair,
which they had planned for next week.
The two companies had voted to
unite and take the famous OLD hand
tub, Niagara. to the fair, where they
expected to win first money. There
! was no lack of enthusiasm and ar
rangements were progressing finely UNI
til the question of transportation for
the hand tub was preached. 1t was
then found that it would be impossi-
BILE to ship the hand tub from Bruins
wick to Brockton with any guarantee
for delivery in time to squirt at the
fair The railroad officials were I'M
able to give any encouragement and
told the officials of the engine COM
panies that If the tub reached Brock
ton there was no knowing when it
could be returned to Brunswick. The
proposed trip was finally given up
with reluctance as fully 100 men from
the two companies had planned for
several days Of real sport.
Manley Hood, who was in very
mysterious manner hurt last week at
the mills of the International Paper
Co. at Chisholm, was standing near an
open window in the basement when
something struck his face. cutting a
Jonev ch hic peoG shifting his nm