Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-18
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A Message From The Battle Front

A Message From The Battle Front
tBy Elizabeth Powers Merrill)
Mother. last night ! dreamed Of You and
OF the dear land where I vas born.
Methought we stood where lilacs were in
With light from river of the morn.
Yoru hand was on my arm, your wistfui
eyes
Were filled with loves own perfect light
Your gentle voice TO me cried SON. De
This was the Dream dreamed las.
night.
0 mother was true unto the cal
That led me TO wars bitter strife.
some rnen must tight that other men may
Some men with death must purchase lie
Now my ears hear the sound or oatNe
Onrushing like mighty tide:
Now my eyes see the shaking Of the
earth
And brave men falling By my side!
Life is NOT measured by the passing years
OF this or that we do in common way
When we are stirred unto the soul great
depths
Life may be lived in one snort day.
To see stern men renounce all they hold
To see them plunge into the fight,
To see their blood flow like river red.
Just makes one pray God, give the
right,
O mother. I have learned one lasting
That knew not upon my native sod:
That back of life there is Purpose
That back of all things standeth God!
And yet mother mine, would that
could
Stand By your side in mornings light!
If not--I pray that | may dream again
That happy Dream ! dreamed last night.
The heavy storm Of Tuesday night gave
rise to some vivid recollections of his
tory 81 years ago when Dick Wibberly,
now roadmaster on the b. & A.. then en-
gagged on the old New Brunswick r. II. a
McAdanl, and also A. j. Libby who 80
wears ago was station agent on the line of
the Maine Central r. r, recall that for
six days not wheel was turned on that
road. Two giant engines were put IN use
on the day traffic was resumed by the
first tran.-Presque Isle letter Of Bangor
News.
William j. Wheeler, the South Paris
town clerk. reports for 1917; Births, Is,
t23 male AZ female); marriages 81 per
formed here and elsewhere, both parties
in Is marriages were residents OF Paris.
The number of deaths 81. Mrs. Annie VI.
Whitman, aged 50 years, was the Oldest
person who died.
Clarence Lord of Cornish took his first
ride on the cars when he went to Port
land this week, which city he had never
visited before, He is q years old and has
two sisters. one older than himself, that
have yet to take their first ride behind
a locomotive, though their father has
been in the employ of the railroad -or
several years.
Blanchard Item: Mrs William Worster
had the misfortune to lose five nice tur-
keys last week. being killed by bobcat
Mrs. Worster went out to pick out some
which she was going to sell and found
them, and also saw the wild cat which
was shot by Thomas Leeman of Elliotts-
vile and taken to Monsoon
Many newcomers in Bath complain
about the lack of street signs. II is
we'll known fact that somebody is negh-
gent about replacing those that have
fallen from their accustomed places and
strangers frequently have difficulty in
locating streets owing to the lack OF these
signs.
Sunday. Jan 6. was the S7th birthday of
Henry kilgore of Norway. He was born
III Waterford, Jan G. 1881. but for many
years he has lived in Norway He is a
very smart man for his age, both physi-
cally and mentally. Mr.. kilgore can read
without glasses and his health has been
SO good that he has had no use Tor many
years FOR physician. He had a sister
who lived to be over 100 years Old and he
confidently expects to reach the century
mark. He keeps well informed Oh All
public topics OF the day and his greatest
pride is in belonging to the party Abra-
ham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin (or
whom he Is relative) helped to organize.
amy say tlidl f1OSlfler DEO1nerS IN
Norway are way behind in filling their
snow shoe orders this season. And this
is all on account Of sS.G0 expended in adj
vertising in sporting publication. And
they say Moral: If YOU don't want
business, don't advertise.
Former Eastern Steamship Co.'S
steamer Bunker Hill. requistioned by
the navy, is being rebuilt Tor a mine
sweeper and has been renamed Aroos
took
w. W. Perkins of Andover writes:
| saw robin at East Andover Fri
day T. NJ. as plainly as ever | saw
robin. ] had been INDUCING I'm moth
ing stronger than coffee with a dash
OF II cent sugar in il, and / don't
think it was strong enough to camou-
fage pine grnsbeak into a robin.
If the poor fellow got left. he must
have had a cold, dreary time Of it:
II he has come back for spring | am
afraid he has missed in his calc,1Ia