Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-05
Maine. Gossip
An invocation

Odysseus the brave.
A boon. thou not uneracious one,
A boon of thee I crave!
OF thine adventures. Ithacan.
One episode ! draw;
/, who am an American
BY right of birth and law.
IT'S said. where dark Colcybus meets
The gloomy Acheron,
Thou didst work thy feat of fsats.
And Erebus did yawn
Beneath thee, wise tactician.
Sheer. starless. dank and drear,
Whilst thou. like magician,
Babe dismal shades appear
From Circes lip did sagely slip
The chant delirious
Which; by thee conned, laid bare strip
OF He'll mysterious
Black Hades at thy rash command
Did rend it's barren bounds;
Its denlzens. a hopeless band,
Uttering woeful sounds.
Thou didst ope the fatal Pit
On this event I dwell
What was the chant? What was the At
Thou didst throw? What spell?
me boon is this, great strategist
~ " Iiium's red plain:
ie esS me the twist Of lip or wrist
Ahat oped Helfs dark domain.
Upon the earth a titled fiend
-! whom We would be rid.
IN f1oiland hides with cringing mien-
y, grant this boon. l bid.
A nd l shall chant the awful notes.
me incarnation make,
Cntii the conquered Kaiser fioats
IN PIuto's birthstone lake
bangor man who wrote two lett.,.
10 Bangor soldier in France vas
somewhat surprised to have tbe,, 70.
turned to him with the notation on III.
envelopes that the person addressed had
died on June % last. says the News
as ne mad received a letter the night he
lore written by the young soldier in
question and dated Nov. z. The letters
returped had been sent to various hos
pi'ais, the soldier having been wounded
and finally an officer endorsed both on.
Veiopes, Died June %. 1915" This WA
endorsed Verified The dead" man
is very much alive and is coming home
Win some big stories to relate.
0ie VI l.. y. tlrSle at Orono Is
heated by stove that has quite a his.
tory. 1t was installed in 1858 by the
late c. NJ. Gould. who in his dav was
,one OF Orono's best known merchants
and who was the father of the we'll
known Gould brothers. Main st. The
stove is an. old-fashoned box stove Of
generous proportions and can do {. big
1ob OF heating as Mr.. Firgie's big store
Is always comfortably heated. MANY
an Orono boy within the last half CEN
fury started their mercantile career in
TINS we'll known store and fired this
stove. VIZ: the late Noah G. Gould of
Old Town. Fred Estes and Charles
POWERS and probably others. At pres
ent those who are assiduously attending
TO this du are Frncis Kelly and Art
Smith. The stove looks good for a half
century longer.
The International Paper Co. has six
steamers that are to come from the
great Lakes region by the way Of the
st. Lawrence to somewhere in the
Provinces where they will load pulp
wood to be discharged in Portland for
them. This is bringing pulpwood some
distance.
Miss Josephine Day. who has been
teaching in Massachusetts,, has come
home for Thanksgiving with her par
ents. Mr.. anc Mrs. Warren Day of
Trevett. She leaves N December for
San Francisco, from where she will
sail on December 30 for Japan. Miss
Day has taken a position as English
tutor of Japanese children in their
homes and will be gone about three
years. She has been granted a leave of
absence from her school for that period.
In addition to her regular school duties
she has been tutoring Japanese children
in this country for several years.
Boothbay Register.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fairfield futile of
South Portland, married so years ago
Tuesday. Dec. 3. observed the ami
versary quietly in the home of their
son and daughter in law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard E. futile, Highland
avenue. Mrs. futile being in i'll
health no elaborate observance was
held. They have been lifelong resi-
dents of South Portland. Mr.. Tut
tie is a member of Bosworth Post,
G. A. r., and Mrs. Tuttle is identified
with various patriotic orders.
A meeting for the purpose of plan
ming a celebration in honor of the
Sanford and Springvale soldiers upon
their return was held Tuesday in the
Sanford municipal courtroom. attend
ed by a goodly number of Sanford's
representative citizens. Myron z.
Bennett was chairman. and Fred L.
Downs secretary. At the suggestion
of George r. Bowley the following
were appointed general committee: