Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-20
Maine GOSSIP
Weather Philosophy


(By Bcrnce Watson Patterson)
We grumble about the weather.
1t is either too snowy or cold,
The changes arc so unhealthy.
They affect both young and old.
And then when summer is with us
And things don't grow as they
should.
The trees are short of fruitagc
And the hay crop isn't good,
We still are complaining and grumbling
That things are not at their best;
We never take time to consider
That winter is when they rest.
If it wasn't for cold in tho winter
And the snow all over tho ground.
The sleep of the trees and the gra sses
Wouldn't be SO restful and sound.
So what is the use of complaining.
God knows what is best for all,
He knows why we need the cold
He knows when tic snow should fall.
So lots not complain but consider,
God can manage the weather the
best;
Let's attend to the things we cay bet
And leave to Him the rest.
Arriving in kittery Wednesday.
Capt Douglass f. Dismukes, recently
detached from the L. S. S. Nebraska.
hoisted his flag as commandant of
the I\ittery Navy Yard. He sue
ceeds Capt. Noble +. Irwin. now
commanding officer of the Panama
Canal Zone station.
Hundreds of black ducks in Back
Bay, Portland, are starving to death
because of thick ice which has
formed over the waters that ordinar-
lily produce their food for the winter.
State game wardens are asking
grain for the birds, which make their
haven in Portland each year.
Their skill and luck at trapping
animals, this winter, is the reason
why Roy and Roland Mcintosh of
Woolwich are going to soon enjoy Il
wireless set The two enterprising
lads earned over S35 in trapping and
they arc using it to buy Il wireless
letter.
Snow plows made by Bangor
concern, operated by motor tractors,
have been sent to Portland by spc-
cial train to aid in clearing the
streets of that city. Bangor has
about half of Portland's depth of
snow and from that city, north and
Fort Fairfield reporting only five
inches.
The January number of Munsoy's
Magazine contains a complete novel
~ 1n4n Dow &
of New York. formerly of Bangor,
and son of Henry +. Dowst of Ban
sor It is entitled The Hands OF
Men and is attracting much favor
ablo attention. Mr.. DoWst was a
talented writer, many of his stories
having appeared in the Saturday
Evening Post in recent years.
A Bath boy, DR.. Leo p. Burke. has
recently received fine appointment,
in being made acting assistant sur
geon. U. S. Public Health Service.
detailed to the relief station at
Washington. d. c. He is a gradu-
ate of Morse High school and pur-
Issued a six years course in the medi-
; cal department at Georgetown Uni
versity, Washington. graduating last
June with high honors.
The maximum penalty for unlaw-
full possession of liquor WAS recently
imposed on George l.. Loring of
Portland. branded by the state as the
king of the alcohol dealers in Maine,
when he was found guilty by su-
perior court jury. He was fined $500
and costs and sentenced to serve six
months in Jill. There's no sense in
being q king now days anyway
"Maud Muller on summers day
mounted her wheel and rode away"
are the Introductory words of a
poem which has been requested at
! this office. The inquirer calls it.
"Bloomer Girl and the Man of
! Brain" The same subscriber also
! asks for the poem, Casey at the
i Bat" Anyone having these poems
and sending them into the office
would confer favor. Address
maine Gossip Editor"
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