Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-11
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A friend sends US a clipping from the
Salem (Aass) Evening News. as fol-
lows:
Mrs. Wade Brooks. Of School street.
Manche.ter, has received z letter from
Is. Meyers. France. in which he sends
her two original poems. They are as fol-
lows:
The Soldiers Prayer
Our Father. who art in Washington.
hallow b. thy name:
We. drove the Hun into KINGDOM come
Il 2:e Il you'd ~Saf be s in s1 asa We
Give us this day, all our back pay
And lead US not into the Army of Occu-
But deliver US from all details and
And foreive US from all the A. W. o.
AS we forgive the men with the bars
Who have them marked up against us
For thou hast the power to return US
| To the States
And leave as there forever-Amen.
w. r. Brooks (F'rance).
Thirty Years After the War .
Twas late in 1850 just as sure as I'm
took my little xr.ndchild down to see
Folks we're coming down the gang
plank. some were young and some
were old.
With their overcoats ana p!ankets' 1or
the day was bitter cold.
There was one among the others OF the
most peculiar mien.
| His form was quite the strdhses' thdI
! His clothing had an o. D. hue and
showed much sign OF wear,
His whiskers were two feet long and
were white just like his hair.
He'd a strap across his shoulder and
a belt around his waist.
| Which brought tender recollection OF
the time ia dressed ed, IN he nas nn and
discovered far too late. =,
! my evening tate.
His ewes were dim and misty. and he
hobbled in his walk. -d.
| And many strange and outlandish words
were mixed up in his talk.
Such as "Oui Beaucoup and cognac
M Ma I. = couches S" >0uS
And his fellow men would look at him
| as much as to say:
Who is this strange and hoary bird
who is coming back TO US,
| And what's that he's always mutterins
that makes him always Ss.e e.ss' and 7
! So I stopped this aged peggar anu
asked him good and PLAIN.
| That Whe he was, and what was, ana
why he sailed/th main;
Then he turned TO me MS o'a az" e'eo'
And said. Pm the last returning {, SOL
! w. r. Brooks (F'rance).
A meeting was fecen'is
held at Boothbay Harbor OF
the joint school committees OF
the towns Of Boothbay. Booth
bay Harbor and Southport 10 Con-
slider the matter Of a memorial hisn
school at Boothbay Harpor ior
those towns. Monhegan is also to De
invited to Join In the plan Two
sites are available, one at the end OF
KINNEY field. east Of the present High
school and the other between How
ard street and West street A COM
mittee was appointed to investigate
the sites and report at meeting 10
be held on June IA.
Title passed on Friday. says the
Rockland Courier Gazette, in one OF
tho most important business deals
which has been recorded in Knox
county for a long time-the sale Oh
NJ. T. Jameson & Co.'S large rsheries
at Owls Head to Isaac Whitney Stln-
son and son, Basil Stinson, OF swans
Islands, This includes the store, the
fishery business and all the real es-
state owned by Ira w. Feeney ana
NJ. T. Jameson & Co. The Owls
Head concern produces fmore nsn
than any other concern east OF Port
land, excepting Of course. the Great
Eastern Fisheries Corporation. and
sold to the last named concern last
wear more than 100000 pounds of
fish, The business was established
81 years ago.
Commodore ]. Ross True. Elixir
King, has recently purchased the
best and speediest craft in Lincoln
county reports the Southport cor
respondent of the Boothbay Register.
Having sailed Lake Auburn for the
last decade in command of the Gee
Whiz." I, II, III, respectively with
unrivaled seamanship, he now takes
command of the Gee Whiz ""
built by the master boat builder.
Captain E. L. Decker. whose fame
for creating fine craft is known the
country over This week the COM
medore became member Of the
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club and he
promises to give his yachting col
leagues the benefit of his experience
IS a navigator of proven ability. All
hail the Gee Whiz w." Tom Lawson
and trusty cohorts.
! Lewiston had seven weddings Mon
day morning, five Of them in st.
Peters one at st. Joseph's rectory
and the other at ST. Patrick's
church. Twenty intentions of mar
riage were also read Sunday morn
ms at St. Peters.
| DR.. Daniel Mann Edwards. VINO
died last Friday in Woonsocket. r. l..
was a native Of Lincoln. Me. born rs
years ago. His father. Azariah Lin
coin. was a pioneer settler in Lincoln,
clearing a large farm. The son
graduated from Lincoln Academy