Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-18
Maine Gossip
The King and wise Nan

The King was weary: his the task
To wisely rule his broad domain;-
Not royal robe and silken shoon
The balm for all his care and pain.
A messenger he swiftly sent
To bring Wise Man Of his Isle:-
maze man IF r ay hes sried aas K ms
smile!"
The Wise Man in his garb Of blue
Looked on the King, and kindly said.
20 King! this too, shall pass away"
These royal robes. the. pomp. the
The lips that laugh-the eyes that
The hands that serve-the hand that
Shall pass. and in earth's green bed
sleep
mo mortal hand can stem life's tide
No mortal power can rule for aye:
Both Joy and Sorrow come to naught-
o King! all these shall pass away"
"Then let your soul its Courage keep
And let your courtiers do no i'll:
Bind myself 10 the will of Cod
Most willingly, His will fulfill!"
Rule thou, Q King. with patient
Uphold the Right from day to day!
Say. to thyself when cares Cypress.
"All mortal things shall pass away"
The King forgot his golden CROWN,
The words that echo down the years:
20 heart, this too, shall pass away"
To have reached the 5Oth mile
stone in their married life has been
the good fortune of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Walsh of Lincoln street,
South Portland, who Wednesday
celebrated the 50th anniversary of
their marriage. Just half century
ago Mr.. and Mrs. Walsh were made
man and wife in st. Dominics church
by Rev. John Murphy and Wednes-
day morning at eight o'clock a
Thanksgiving mass was celebrated in
the same church, a large number
of their friends gathering at this
time to honor them.
When Scott Tibbetts was at work
on the Squirrel Island and Booth
bay Harbor water main down on
the bed of the ocean in his diving
suit. he noticed lying alongside the
pipe an object that he kicked with
his foot The object proved a
large dogfish which perhaps was
asleep until kicked, when it woke
up and attacked the diver. Mr..
Tibbetts did not fear for his safety
during the battle that ensued direct
ly afterward, that is he did not fear
the fish doing him injury but he
did consider that in the scrap the
creature might bite into his rubber
hose that brought him supplies of
air. He fought the fish with a
crowbar and finally killed the crea-
ture by showing the bar down it's
throat.-B. D. T.
2 Colby college is very proud of the
fact that both President Quincy Of
the Senate and Speaker Barnes of
the House, are Colby men-and we'll
they may be.
Felix w. Chouinard, former Lew
iston man, now a resident Of Bidde-
ford. piloted Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Letarte, Tingwick, Quebec, on a
honeymoon fight through the clouds
at Biddeford recently. Aviator
Chouinard, who is cousin of the
bride, had promised her and her
husband an airplane flight if they
came to Biddeford while on their
honeymoon. The happy couple ar
rived and Chouinard kept his prom
Use. The three were up for over an
hour and visited all the coast re-
sorts from Portland to Wells via
the air route. covering ITO miles on
the flight. They experienced no ill
effects, although it was bitterly
cold, and both Mr.. and Mrs. Letarte
expressed the desire to go again.
Miss Ada Wheelock of Waterville
is a guest for a week at the home of
Mrs. Seth M. Carter. She came at
this time especially to be with her
aunt, Mrs. Ellen May, on her S1st
birthday. Mrs. May was deprived
of greeting her friends on that day
because of an i'll turn. She is still
confined to her room.-Lewiston
Journal
A fight staged between a dog and
a wild cat is quite the latest in ma
ture stories in this State. Lawrence
Ludwig who lives at Houlton heard
a commotion one night recently. He
investigated and found his dog, an
Irish terrier, land a bobcat in scrap.
Lawrence sized up the situation in
a jiffy and seized the bobcat fiinging
1t into barrel nearby. The cat is a
small one but one Of the most dan
gerous kinds.
A well-known resident of this vii
lage recently suffered from hiccough
for a period of three days, a malady
which the papers have reported as
generally prevalent. In this connec-
ton it is interesting to recall that in
the early nineties one John Carberry
of Newark, N. j., suffered from
hiccoughing for a little more than
thirteen weeks when death followed
from exhaustion. When the New
York papers featured this case, let
tiers by the hundreds came pouring
in to the afflicted man, telling him
what to do. Many letters bore spe-
cial delivery stamps, some contained
cards for a reply, and kilograms