Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-12
Maine Gossip
To Abraham Lincoln

To Abraham Lincoln
Stern be tho pilot il tho dreadful hour
When gtca. Nation. like ship at
With the wroth breakers whitening ct
her Ice
Feels her last shuddcr if her helms
man COVER;
\ sodIiAe manhood be his mighty
Such and 50 gifted, Lincoln. mayst
thou be,
With thy high wisdom's low simplicity
And awful tenderness Of voted power.
From our hot records then Thy name
Shall stand
On Times calm ledger out of passion
ate days
With the pure debt Of gratitude begun,
And only, paid in nneNcr-onding praise
Made by Gods providence the Anontcd
BY John James Pratt.
Abraham Lincoln, statesman and
national hero, was born ia years
ago today in Laruc county, Ky. His
father, Thomas. grew up without
education and married Nancy Hanks.
a woman of equal poverty, but of
true nobility of character. She died
when Abe was ten years old, but his
step mother trained him as faithfully
as She did her own children. Lin
rColn received altogether probably
less than a years schooling. He
failed as a storckceper. but studied
law and was elected to legislature
in 1884 In 1872 he married Mary
Todd. -Four years later he was made
d member of Congress- and in 1860 he
became the 10th president of the
United States. For four long years
Lincoln struggled bravcly to keep the
Union together through the period of
the Civil War-and succeeded.
While at tile troatre on the evening
on April IA. 1868, he was shot by
crazed actor, and the next morning
the great man died. with malice to-
ward none, and charity for al
Daniel s. Clcavcs of Saco. gunner
end trappcr. shot cross grey fox
weighing II pounds in the Sandy Brook
district Wednesday morning. 1t is SOL
dom that one of these foxes is seen in
York county. thouch they arc common
III lcnobScot county.
The DiNficld Scout Troop now has 10
per cent. over it's required quota, 23
names at present with seven new mcm-
bers to be added at the next meeting.
A member. Reginald Howard. recently
made an emergency box. which has
been filled for the first aid work, many
contributions credited to G. y. GarGi-
ner, the Dixfield druggist.
The annual meeting of the Maine
Society, Sons of the American Revo-
luton, will be held at the Congress
Square Hotel, Portland. on Thurs
day. Feb. - at 4 L. Nj. The annual
banquet will be served in the private
dining room of the hotel at $50. The
speaker for the banquet will be the
Rev. DR.. Henry Stiles Bradley, pas
tor Of the State street Congregational
church of Portland, one of the most
noted public speakers in New Eng
land.
Lawrence Boggs, II year old son
of Hiram Bocgs. a farmer of White
field, is worthy of public notice. His
father has been confined to the house
all winter by illness and Lawrence
has carried on tie farm work just
the same with the aid of a little
brother aged nine. He has MIXED
four cows, cared for il heads Of
stock and three horses, hauled out
all the dressing with his steers, cat
and hauled up about two cords Of
fire wood and delivered his butter
once a week to Augusta. Also he
has carried his brothers and sisters
| to school and attended school most
OF the time himself.
Spoore, a German police dog. be-
! longing to Mrs. c. Fl. shaw of Port
land, is enjoying increased popular
ity and much petting from persons
living in the ten family house at III
Neal street. y fire started on tie
! first floor of the house Thursday
morning at els. The dog, smelling
the smoke. rushed into the bed rooms
of Mrs. Shaw's apartment and
jumped on the beds and barked
furiously until the family was awaE-
encd and warned the other occupants
OF the house. \ Still alarm was
i sounded and the blaze was eX-
! tinguished with little damage.
/ l.. P. WaddinGton, editor of the
Mars Hill News. has this week made
e, a deal with the Star Herald of
! Pressure Isle to take over the business
! OF the Mars Hill News. Mr.. Wad-
dington will continue to do job print
ing at his present location. It is with
regret that the people of the town
| lose their only newspaper and after it
is gone will be sadly missed. Mr..
! Washington has business interests in
Houlton which claim the greater part
of his time. The subscription list
will be taken over by the Star Herald
so that the papers will be received as
usual by subscribers. Mr.. Waddins-
ton is one of Mars Hill influential
business men and all are pleased to