Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-28
Maine GOSSIP
A Prayer of Thanksgiving

thank Thee, Lord. for common things.
The light that every morning brings,
For life and love. for laughter gay,
For friendly chat along the way,
For heaping bin--and well filed byre,
For table spread, for warmth OF fire,
For blessing of the common ways
That fill with sweetness all our days.
thank Thee. Lord. that once again
The sea is free to sailor-men.
That ships may come and ships may go
AS suits them best: or fast or slow,
On any tide. The fishing fleets
No more that hidden danger meets
But sail unscathed the open way
They used to go, by night or day.
thank Thee that, meath Victory's
wings
Returns the reign of common things
To lands afar. No more their fields
To Thy dread Angel harvest yields
But soon again will common grain
Reward the sower. Means Of pain
And So ndS of weeping shall be still
While common tasks the long days fill
Again each red-roofed Flanders town
On playing children shall look down
And lovers ling ring by the door;
Again shall womens songs be heard
Above the song Of stream or bird
And common ways return once more.
Jessie Brown.
Augusta, Me, Nov. Is. 1915
Col. Frank B. WEIGH. city clerk of
Portland, and Frank n. Bamberg. the
city building night engineer. were i'm
prisoned from 10 p. NJ. Monday to A.
NJ. Tuesday in the elevator bet--een
floors. caused by the breaking of the
almost as exciting as going over the
top.
Work on the housing projects at Bath
is being rushed to complete the dwell
ings before winter arrives One lot Of los
workmen arrived Monday from Chili-
cote, Ohio. to help the rush.
The Kennebec Journal. taking ed
itorial exceptions to Officer Feltis of
the Bath police paying a bet Of a
peck of peanuts, states that the judge
decided wrong, as the war is not yet
at an end. The Journal man thinks
the judge should shell out" The
judge observes that, while the Jour-
nal may. be technically correct Bath
sports do not hedge on technicalities
and furthermore the peanuts have
been paid, eaten and the shells even
have disappeared, SO that there will
be no further Smelling out"
Alas, it is all over. We failed to
Pennington Journal-More deer are
now coming out of the Rangeley and
Dead River hunting regions than at
any previous time this season. The
general report appears to be that the
number of deer is less this year than
formerly and variety of reasons are
given. One experienced hunter states
that the number of barren does is
greater than ever before and that this
lack of breeding is having a big effect
on the number of deer in the woods.
Maine friends of Rev Joshua NJ.
Frost, formerly pastor Of the Pine
Street and the Grace Methodist
churches, Bangor. and who was
drowned not long ago by the capsiZ-
ing of boat in Upper Richardson
Lake. will sympathize with his
daughter. in the death Of her hus-
band. DR.. John Wesley, which oc-
Cured Saturday night after he had
been fatally injured in a grade cross
ing accident, near their home in st.
Johnsbury, VT. Besides Mrs. Wesley,
one child survives.
Wednesday, Nov. 81 was the goth
anniversary Of the loss of the steam
ers Portland and Pentagoet and
scores of other vessels which went
down in one of the worst storms that
ever dashed the New England coast.
A life loss of over 200 souls was the
toll of death Of that terrible tragedy.
The Red Morgendovid" have recent
ly started a society in Portland and
its membership is steadily growing.
1t is an organization. established by
the Jewish people in the countries Of
the allies. This organization ID SIM
liar to the Red Cross providing for
the Jewish regiments passing through
Portland.