Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-07


Nav God lead safely those dear feet
That soon shall wear the web of gray.
Now and again
A selfish strain?
But surely woman heart must yearn
And pray sometimes that she may hear
The sound of footsteps that return.
But if-O God.
Not that. But If
It must sacrifice complete.
Then | will trust that afterward
Thou wilt guide Home those precious
feet.-WestminSter Review.
Rah. The first salmon Of this sea-
son has been taken from the Bangor
salmon pool, George Hill of Verona
on Saturday landing an 11-pounder.
The bronze eagle which topped the
staff of the regilnental flag Of the old
2rd Maine during the Civil war was
shot away by the rebels at Gettys-
burg and picked up on the battle
field where it fell by late Sergt. John
Henry Raymond Of Bath, Co. a, and
placed in the company chest where
it remained until after the war and
The chest taken 10 Augusta. Mr.. Ray
mond removed the souvenir from the
chest and brought it home ard after
his death il was presented by Mrs.
Raymond 10 Charles a. Coombs of
the same regiment, who has it now
Bath Times.
Pick Ups" says in the Norway
Advertiser:
If you want to learn something
about farming. don't ask a farmer.
Ask some man with an acre ard
half of ground. a hive of bees and
job in town. He has many splendid
lectures in his system.
IF you want TO learn how to re-
form a community, ask some woman
with short hair and high Ideals and
dirty kitchen. She will be glad to
put you next. Her soul is wrapped up
in that kind of work
Pick Ups" in the Norway Adver-
tiser says:
Don't be glum and morose. While
conditions are lot perfect life is still
worth living. Sean over this: There
are men who argue that living is
high, but they might try dying. A
living man gets shaved for Is cents,
but dead one pays SIS and never
kicks. A good kersey coat costs s25.
but wooden one costs 500. A grave
digger will plant potatoes for 20
cents an hour, but for planting you he
gets four times as much. A jitney to
a theatre costs 81 but one to the
cemetery costs IS. A saloon keeper
will fill your hide to bursting for 90
cents but the embalmer gets $3.50
for the same jo0.
Come to think of it there are a lot
of things left to live for in this world,
despite the high prices and contrary
weather.
of the Eskimo dogs which Donald
B. Macmillan, the Arctic explorer,
brought back with him, and which
have been in the keeping of Mrs.
Mary +. McKeen during the win
ter, have been sent to Franklin Park.
Boston. The dogs were to have been
taken TO Mrs. Mckeen's summer
home at Jewel Island, but the care
taker at the island has been drafted
and as Mrs. Mckeen was afraid that
she would be unable to find q suit
able person to look after them, IL
was decided to send the dogs to
Franklin Park.
Portlands tax rate will be 500. 60
this year, according to the gross
amount of the appropriation bill
and the city's valuation. on the pre-
taxable property Is found to add to
the 1917 figures. This is the highest
rate within the memory of any resi-
dent. Salary increases Of nearly
$4,000 in school, police and fire de-
partments, as well as higher costs
for all materials, occa sion the in
crease of $40 thousand over
1917. The budget is to be considered
in Monday nights regular city gov
eminent meeting. to be reported as
carrying 5000, 9l3, of which all but
100000 is to be raised by direct tan
alton
w. Cabot OF Brookline. Mass,
sportsman, explorer and student of
primitive languages of the North
American Indians. is in Old Town
for Investigation into the Languages
and customs of the Penobscot In
dams. Mr.. Cabot is an enthusiast
at this sort of Investigation and ha.
pursued his research work among
the natives of North America nearly
to the Arctic circle. He is the au-
thor Of books and lesser publications
on these subjects. to which he has
devoted his spare time for a number
of years. AS a sportsman he has
also visited many sections of the
northern part OF this continent and
was a personal friend of Peter Mac
kenzie. the famous factor in the de-
Nelopment of the north of British
America.
Thomas Mcdonald. who visited this
city several years ago with plans Of
his invention for obtaining power
from the tide waters. reports the
Eastport correspondent of the Com
mercial, Is corresponding with the
Eastport Chamber of Commerce with
the view of establishing a power
plant at PASSPORT where the unusual