Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-17
Maine Gossip
The Two Boys.

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One boy has come from shores OF suf-
More manly grown. with keener eye:
He walks as soldiers walk. his very
glance
Fla shes upon the passer by:
He fought within the trenches day ~
He faced the Hun with heart of steel:
He sa n his comrades fall upon the Wa:
With not one friend by them to hneel.
Yet has he learned upon that bloody sod
The nearness Of all men to God
The other fell upon those popped
fields
Young vas ne with his hair of gold.
His blue eyes full Of light the spring
time Yields
Within his heart loves dreams untold.
No sound awakes him: not the song of
birds.
Nor tears that fall upon his grave;
His heart. an, nevermore b. bugl.
stirred
He died. a world OF men 10 save.
To live, to die. to lie beneath the sod.
i, matters not. If men find God.
The penobscot county commissioners
and Franz H. Blanchard Of Brewer on
Tuesday signed lease for the occu-
pancy by Blanchard & Shaw Of the
Jail workshop at Bangor for the man,i-
facture OF brooms. The concern has al
ready commenced operations in a small!
way and will increase tine capacity OF
the plant soon.
An important case which is scheduled
for hearing in supreme court at Banso,
within few days IL that OF Otto Nelson
e. Co. contractors OF Bangor vs.. the
Sanford Building Corporation, suit be-
ing brought to recover the sum o: sos,-
C0I alleged to be due on a contract for
the erection Of buildings at Sanford
II is expected that this case will re-
quire two or three days IN trial, as there
is a great mass Of %etail to be consid-
cred and presented. The declaration in
the case is one o: he most lengthy on
tile for TIE present term Of court. Gillin
& GiIIin and John Wilson OF Bangor
and ". r Pat,angsll Of Augusta are
attorneys for plaintiff. and Robert T.
whi,ehouse and Hiram Willard OF Port
land represent the defendant.
Construction Of IS wooden dwell
ings built by the Leighton. Mitchell
Co. for the United States Housing
Corporal ton at Lincoln and Academy
streets at Bath. has been completed.
Only few employees are left to make
adjustments. Painters are busy and
will probably not finish much before
June /. Grading Of the grounds has
already begun AMI in about five
weeks it is expected that crew will
commence to lay the concrete side
walks and a week later road con-
struction throughout the project will
commence. The 8 houses accommO-
date 80 families and today. seven
months after work was first com =
menced On the project. IS rents are
occupied leaving only a dozen more
available. Many of the families oc-
cupying these homes speak in the
highest terms Of the dwellings and
their modern conveniences.
The National Tribune Of Washing
ton is trying to find out over what
schoolhouse the American Flag was
first raised. Hon. e. r. Richards OF
Rockport writes as follows: Il I'M
derstand that the question of to
whom belongs the honor Of first rails
ing the flag Of our country over the
public schOoIhOuse is mOOted one.
Some OF our soldier boys. now men
past middle age. wish me to state
what / know. In the beginning OF
the war in 1851 l was the teacher in
the High school in Rockport. In the
latter part Of April the same year the
Fourth Maine was being raised in the
city of Rockiand and vicinity. The
High school boys were very much in
terested and very patriotic. One Of
them came TO me one day and asked