Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-28
Maine GOSSIP
Inscription to My Mother


Inscription to My Mother
To you i owe
The blood Of j Gael,
The laughter / wear
AS coat of mail.
To you owe
My gift Of scorn.
That / took from you
In the hour I was born.
To you ! owe
The GIFT of belief.
Though the credo l utter
Has brought you grief
To you 1 owe
My songs, each one,
For you hushed with music
Your little son.
Theodore Maynard. in Earper's
Magazine for February.
After an absence of % years
Placide Decormier Of Montreal re-
turns to- Portland for a short visit.
Mr.. Decormier says that to his mind
Portland has grown in the same
length of time much more than any
other city he knows. He passed an
entire day walking about the streets
of the city, observing with interest
the many changes for the betterment
since his visit in 1899. Mr.. Decormier
is engaged in the paint business in
Montreal
Miss Grace Darling Walsh
preached two sermons Sunday at
Westbrook, replacing her father who
is assisting in evangelistic work in
Aroostook county. AS Miss Walsh is
only II years of age the event was
marked with quite some interest by
the congregation. Coming from a
long line of preachers Miss Walsh
retains considerable natural ability,
as we'll possessing a deep desire in
extending the Kingdom of God on
earth. She is graduated from the
Westbrook High and Gorham Nor
NAL schools, and has trained for mis-
sionary work which she plans to en-
ter very soon.
Rev. John Roy Brown, pastor Of the
Methodist Episcopal church on Orr's
Island, is one Of the most gifted
preachers in Maine. Obtaining his
education in the Gordon schools of
Boston, later entering the ministry
under DR.. Post. He served as pastor
in Revere and Lynn, Mass, and
Bridgeport, Conn. At the entrance
of the L. S. into the war Mr.. Brown
enlisted, serving until it's close in
various branches of the service.
After the signing of the Armistice he
entered Y. NJ. c. A. work, during
which time he met and married the
daughter of a wealthy Frenchman.
Returning to the states he again took
up a pastorate at Orr's Island, where
his work in building up the church in
almost every way, is probably unex-
celled.
In some homes the cold snaps cause
the house cats to climb into the ovens
of the kitchen stoves for greater COM
fort. One South end cat has this
habit so bad that half the fur is
burned off one side of her body.
Anent this practice of the cats, which
sometimes bakes the feline when the
oven door is inadvertently closed with
the cat inside, a man in a group
Tuesday assembled for an evening
smoke talk, said that he recalled how
a Bath man who then resided on
good old times when beer freely
flowed in Bath, well loaded" to which
condition not only the rest of the
family but the pet monkey, which the
family owned, objected. The monkey
had a club of wood that he kept
hidden on a shelf in the kitchen and
he would get this club and belabor his
master whenever the latter returned
home intoxicated. After being severe
ly beaten one night with this club
by the monkey, the man secured the
club and in his rage threw the
monkey into the stove oven and
closed the door. Then he forgot all
about the family pet who was roasted
when discovered.-Bath Times.
Edna worthley Underwood. Of New
York. former resident of Phillips,
and daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Worthley of Arkansas City. Kansas,
had an article entitled, THE Orchid
of ASIA" in the August and September
| number OF the ma gazine, Asia. The
article made quite stir in literary
circles and she received letters from
all over the United States. among
them being personal letter from
Luther Burbank, the plant wizard.
| who said she had made a great and
| new discovery. She is now at work
| on a set of novels and when the work
is completed there will be four novels
in the set.
An old-time speaking contest will
soon take place in all the high schools
and academies in York county. Each
school will conduct a local public
[ speaking contest among its own pu-
pills during February. A prize will be
offered to the winner of the local con-
test. After the local contests a
| countrywide contest will be held in
Sanford High school on March 8. when
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