Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-26
Maine GOSSIP
The Wooden Cross


The Wooden Cross
elizabeth Powers MerrilD.
He sleeps beneath a simple wooden
1-pon field of wheat:
M more minds he earths troubled
Nor tramp of soldiers feet
WAYS and loss,
Nor tramp Of soldiers feet.
He sleeps, my boy SO young and fair
and good.
Sleeps the sweet sleep of peace.
He gave unto mems cause his very
blood
Fought fo- the worlds release.
He sleeps beneath a simple wooden
Leagues upon leagues away;
Yet over leagues of waters my heart
leaps
Kneeling by him today.
In thought ! pluck the poppleS OF the
field
Lay them across his grave:
Above him. birds unknowng pain, sti'i
sing,
And golden grasses wave.
He sleeps beneath simple wooden
Symbol of the worlds pain.
Crosses are rising over all the earth
From France to hills Of Maine.
L
For sons who in France lie:
That very soil will bear life's richest
grain,
AS years on years roll by.
He sleeps beneath a simple wooden
Arise, ye sons of earth,
BY all the blood of those we've loved
Fight till the Right has birth!
On16ao ~ htnnr1
the field
Over my soldier son.
His blood calls to the Sons OF Liberty
To fight till Peace is won.
War time conditions have so af-
fected travel expenses that the pro-
vo st marshal general has ordered an
allowance of IS per meal for men en-
route to their mobiliza ton camps.
1t was at first So then 60 and now
IS cents.
A Bath man has a playful dog Of
the Ayredale class which is fond Of
chasing cats and hens just to see
them run, but has never been known
to kill them. The other day he
chased and captured a farmers hen
and held it in captivity for a few mo-
n:ents, incidentally relieving biddy Of
some Of her loose plumage. The dog
gave the bird a shock by holding her
while his prisoner with his paw
down upon the ground. The hen had
never been known to lay an egg pre-
yious to this episode, but the next
day surprised her owner by doing so.
The farmer now wants the dog let
lose in his flock of pullets, thinking it
might start the flock into following
this victims example.
Because of the many students at
Thornton Academy. Saco, the num-
her seeking admittance to the school
increasing each year. it will be nee
cSsary to enlarge the school building
probably another summer.
Alvin T. Harmon, 34S Warren ave.
nuc, Westbrook has received letter
from his brother, Austin Harmon.
Who has been missing for 40 years in
NiiiNii y E>'tiAtd VIA itc was awe ana
we'll and was at present serving as
postmaster of Sand River, Michigan
Austin Harmon when a boy living in
Harrison suddenly' disappeared from
, home one day and until the letter was
received yesterday no trace of him
could be found by his relatives who
have tried all kinds of means to To-
him, 70
sister died several years ago.
Charley Ingraham ran across a star
checker player the other day, a Bates
college lad named Tinkham, who is
employed at the Texas yard, relates
the Bath Times. Charley sat down to
Play and the Bates lad purposely
placed the board with the double CO.
ner on the wrong side. Charley
smiled at playing with such an easy
mark and explained to the green"
youth how the board ought to be set.
They got to playin;, and by and by
the Bath champion began to open his
eyes The lad from Bates was some
player The first game was draw
and then Tinkham took the Bath
mans scalp on four straight. Anoth-
er Bates checker player here is Gould
of the Bath Iron works. Both Gould
and Tinkham have participated sue
cessfully in checker tournaments.
Rev. Claude Chambard, S. NJ, pas
tor of the St. Bruno's Catholic church
at Van Buren,, has been called away
30 another parish. During six years
Of able and economical management
lie paid the church debt Of $4,000 and
deposited over $4,000 in the bank as
the first start for n new church. He
will be succeeded by Rev. Ru.quin of
lawrence, Mass.
The crusade for pure food, which
resulted in the act of Congress in the
present pure food laws, was led and
persisted in year after year by a son
Of Bath, who really was the father of
the act, says the Times. His untir-
ing work in Washington before many
congresses was for some law that
would cause all manufa cturers of
groceries to provide pure goods to
the trade. This native son was the