Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-15
Maine GOSSIP
End Of the Civil War.

End Of the Civil War.
From ode recited By James Russell
Lowell, at the Harvard Commemor4-
ton. July y. 1861
Boon. cannon, boom 20 al the winds
Clash Out. giad bells, from every rock
ing sieeple.
Banners, advance with triumph. benl
Ana rom every mountain-peah
Let beaCon-.ire to answering beacon
speak.
Ka,andiI. tell Monadnock, Whi,eface
And 50 leap on in light from sea to
TIL the glad news he sent
Across kind!ing contineit,
Making earth feel more trn and air
breathe brdYer:
BE proud, for she is sa-ed, and all
have helped 10 save her
81" tina, .i.ts UP the manhood Of the
Wit! room about her heaItn for all
The fire is dreadful in her eyes no
From, der 3oIl front the helm sac
doth uT.Dind.
send. all her handmade armies back 20
spin,
And bids her navies. that 50 lately
IIrIeU
Their .r4shing battle, hold their thun-
'.e-s III.
Swimming like birds Of calm along tho
unh3rInf3l shore
No challenge sends she TO the cid er
word,
Thu, iookei ashaace and hated; a
llgnt scOTn
Plays Ger her mouth, as round her
mighty knees
She calls her children back, and waits
the nom
OF noh!er do. cnthronei te,ween her
subject seas.
Bow down. dear Land. Tor thou IA t
Thy CO.. in thcs- distempe!eI Gays,
Hath ia gh. tLee the sure wisdom OF
And through thine cnem IS hath
wrought thy peace.
Bow down n prayer ana prai7e.
No poorest in thy torders; but may now
Lift TO the juster skies mans err
f:anchised brow.
. beautiful, my Country. ours once
Smoothing thy gold Of war-disheveled
hair
Ger sucn sweet brows as never other
Nd letting thy set lips.
Freed rom WEatns pale eclipse.
Tn lps! edges Of their smile lay bare,
" hat words divine of lover or OF poet
Noui9 >e'4 ou- ave a''u '''"ne '.'ee "'''"
Among the nations bright beyond CON-
pare:
What were our lives without thee"
What all our lives u save thee
W.. rec, not what we gave thee;
We will not dare TO doubt thee.
But ask whatever else. and We will
dare.
II is believed that steamboat serv-
ice between Portland and Boston as
on normal basis by April. There is
no statement forthcoming as yet in
regard to the Portland-Ne York
Line. but there is confidence that the
Government will release the steamers
that we're Communicated and enable
Maine to have its former avenues Of
communication that we're closed dur
ing the war. Revival OF the tourist
travel by water routes. that faded
away when the steamers were put on
other routes. is an important factor
in Names summer prosperity. Many
resorts were very dull last summer
and many hotels remained closed all
the season. Both the Boston and
New York boats brought thousands Of
tourists into Maine during June, July
and August previously. and the traf-
fc was important. producing the only
profitable months of operating the
lines, in fact. Freight shipments by
rail have been very unsatisfactory
under the new stress also, and it is
hoped that normal conditions may be
resumed SO that people will hasten
stoned by the war.
1t was feared a fortnight ago that
Sebago Lake would break all prece-
dents and remain open all winter. but
fairly cold weather developed and
there is plenty of ice Of good thick
ness on the lake. Labor conditions
are far better than last year, when
wages were excessively high and it
was difficult to organize a crew. Ice
was too thick. two feet or more, and
the huge blocks were hard to handle.
Plenty of men are on hand this year
for the job and wages are lower than
year ago.
The supply Of ice upon which the
citizens of Rockland are to depend
next summer is now being harvested
at Chiekawaukit Lake. 1t is about Is
inches thick and is said to be OF the
best quality for many years.
Maine men and women are found
in SO many positions Of responsibility
and trust that one is not surprised
when he hears that a Maine woman.
Miss Mary Hopkins, formerly II
Canada. was chosen by Jordan,
Marsh Company to head their school
Of craftsmanship. This firm WIS
looking for a competent person for
this position, and they found her IN
Miss Hopkins. who was in Cleve-
land at Halle Bros great depart
ment store. She was graduated from
the Castine Normal school and then
taught in Castine and Newton. Mass.