Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-09
Maine Gossip
The Greatest Art

tBy Elizabeth Powers MerrilD
Of all the souls that have ever known
He had the gentlest heart:
OF deeds and words that bless the days
He understood the art.
So thoughtful was he of a little child
He loved to make one smile!
The old men looked to him for SYM
He blessed their last, long mile
The sunshine Dc his life shone over all.
His love from day to day, =.
Was beautiful as fairest morn In
Sweet as the flowers of May.
Serene he passed along earth's
He cheered the deaf. the blind.
He understood the greatest art or
The Art of Being Kind.
H. A. Soucia OF Caribou has been
harvesting his annual crop Of ice
from the river above the dam. Prob
ably a finer crop of ice was never
put under cover than that harvested
this year by Mr.. Soucia. 1t is twenty
four inches thick and very clear, be-
ing entirely free from snow. The
fact that it is so free from what is
termed "snow ice~ is due to. the up
to-date methods adopted by Mr.
'Soucia who has twice scraped off the
snow with an ice plane. thus per-
hitting the ice to freeze fully eight
to ten inches thicker than when pro-
tected by q carpet of snow.
An item from news of the sea-
coast town of Pemaquid, in the Lin
coin County News, calls to, mind
memories of the discussions carried
on in little stores down by the water
front, or those heterogeneous jum-
hles of ''everything under the sun,
called general merchandise. The item
informs us that:
Several young men have reported
interesting lectures carried on in the
Rest Room of one of our Iocal
grocery stores. Some of the titles OF
subjects spoken upon are Formation
and the Beginning of the World,
How / Make Hens Pay and why
I Admire Debs.'"
Henry Libby, public carrier for the
town of Lubec. while waiting at the
ferry left his Ford car on the wharf
running idle. Somehow the brake
released and she crept ahead unit
she plunged head first into the dock
getting her ashore was soon begun
and with planks, men and horses she
was soon landed on the head of the
wharf somewhat out of repair.
Capt. Warren Elliott has returned
to Damariscotta from the soutf
where he went on the maiden trip Of
the Mary II. Diebold. The trip was
smooth one without any untowart
incident. Capt. Elliott reports the
Diebold awaiting her charter a.
Hampton Roads and also that there
are six miles of idle ships in the
the same harbor.
Miss Mildred A. Beatham, Maine
field secretary for the cducationa
department of Savings Division, frs
Federal Reserve District, has sent E
report to the headquarters of the
Division in Boston, commencing the
fine showing in thrift work made b,
school pupils in Aroostook county
1t seems to me promising state
of AFFAIRS" says Miss Beatham
when the teachers of the lower
grades If a school after usingS thu
% cent punch cards for a month ash
to have the 81 cards instead; as the
children save in such amounts tina
1t keeps them making out new cards
This was the case at the Gouldvillt
School in Presque Isle"
Dexters first Community singing
held at Town hall Sunday afternoon
February 9th, was a great success
The hall was filled with townspeopl,
and a program that was appreciated
by everyone present was carried ou
under the direction Of Mrs. Mary
Smart, supervisor of music in the
public schools. Many words O
praise and expressions of hope tina
other such events will be arranged
were heard following the program o.
tho afternoon.
WINDSORVILLE
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