T i ie Courier-Gazette. ROCKLAND GAZETTE ESTABLISHED IRIfl. 1 \ T W O D O !. 1 IR S A v im : IN ADVANCE. ROCKLAND COURIER ESTABLISHED 1874. $ S’hf press is fbc ^rtbiinebcan )Ccbcr that Hlobr. the cdlorlti at e Mo BoKars a Bear /SINGLE COPIES PRICE FIVE CKWT8. Vol. 4 .— N ew Se r ie s . ROCK LA VI), MAINE. Il ESI) AY. MAY ID. 1885. N umber 18. ATLANTA LETTER. “ISRAFIL' (’•in faith go farther than this? Yp?. TO D O T ’ For the ('•»« m i n G a z i.t i i S M IT H ’S anti the port shall give* us the triu m p h ­ HIS GENTLENESS. m il T he Counir.ii-iiAZETTE. ant song of victory which only thov who A Little About the South With Con­ A Prominent Rockland Cat Receives a M u sic and Variety The poem "Israfil” was written by know the Lord as thr conqueror over L e tte r. (l'-iilm is.3f,) siderable About Other Things. Mrs. Francis L. Mace of Bangor. The Death, Hades and the grave can sing to I When thf Viniffhty whuM p re laim Geo. F. K«Icr. tlie proud and happy owner The rikh ttil power of lit- name. W llITTBJt F e ll T ill: covniE n-e. iz E TTR BY the Angel of Death. fo llo w in g review is from the pen of o f the bi« cat “ Dot,” received the following A ** rl tin- i'ra n d fiir o f H i* law, JAMES V. IIA1I1I. “ I« ra lil' llifl thunder* fill Ih< *<ml w ith awe. STORE! Miss L. A. Culvert of St. Louis. Come again at the Master** w ill letter recently wliieh speak* for itself: Seeing an in vitation in your last issue At thy < ro** ami pang my lle-li in v shrink “ There i* one G od! le t there he know n After the matchless version of the But tnv hitter cup I will .’tare to drink Camden, Apl,. 18, 1885 Our Store I* replete with to old residents of your city to write yon D o t; You nice old rat. Reading of you in T h r. Within thy henrt did God alone!” fall of mankind by Milton in his wonder­ And follow thee down to the rivet** brink. And ■ 'ti«i it i lr< rn h lii’ i.’ an*wer« low. Through the br-atble** tide, Covrip.id G \z i i i i awakened sail memories o f a “ Ihe Lotd alone my *oul *hnll know.” something for publication I thought I fu l poem on the Loss o f Paradise, it is I w ill e ing to the hand « I ti t (’ ru e itiid large intelligent black an.I white cat, called bv would pounce upon the glorious oppor­ not strange that later poets have left And when I arrive on the other side, the same name, “ Dot,” n««t on account o f his I’nr*ued. r homo, di*tro**od, >li*inny»-d. -:Musical Instruments:- this subject, so fu ll o f scope for the I shall *• < thee n«» more. dim inutive size when a kitten, but because o f O f w rathful face* when afraid, --------A ND-------- tunity to immortalize myself in your pa­ Pad and shrouded io garments film a round black spot on his nose He was a T<> *«-cr<t ►heller, w ink ami faint. imagination, to the masterhand of Eng­ But mu angel o f peace ami brother o f him We fiy, ami utter our complaint per. The only objection I have to your W ho crowned thee ami l»l< *“ ed tin e on Calvary’* favorite, but like yourself was not fam iliar. land’s great lyric poet. But in our own Highest friends could only stroke him cau paper is tin t hyphen. Rotterson of tho day has appe ired a poet “ lo fame un­ h ill, In -till *mall voice lie then appear*, SPRING GOODS. Israfil.” tiouely. Pour* peace np< n < nr iroubh u* f<ar.«, Louisville Fiirrier-Kornel invented that known,” who has dared to invoke the Y«* kitten* and rats, your attention lend, Infu«e* , (>ur.tp, >n tiie heart, NEW PIANO FORTES— Very Low. style of marrying newspapers and I'll ! poetic muse to tout'll her lips and pen While I relate hi* tragical end. And rurv« * u* to a bftiver part. with lire from the sacred altar, that she DIRT AND DISEASE. SECOND HAND I’lANO FORTES for wager he swells up lit to explode every While *trolling for game, my poor rat “ Dot,” Tlm* changeful! A* in pride or fear .30, 50, 75, 00. 125 nn<l #170. may tell anew the sad, sad story of the By some wicked tioys wa« erin-lly *hot. W« turn to hint th< IDb-ning « ar. time he sees n paper fixed up that way. “ loss of Eden till one greater Alan re­ Numherle** built t* were found in hi* head, Ho on the w in d ’* uncertain wave* The Relation Between These Two In­ As he I iv Hlrctche I out in the p ti*!u r • dead. A dl*tnrt fill n<»w *inu* now rave*. Now let me apologize. I never was a store IIS.” separable Companions. He hv the anme crew away wa* borne ORGANS— In Excellent Variety. Milton invokes to his nid the heavenly And the skin troin hi* body wa* rutlih -*ly torn. Be mine b» h< ar when He doth "peak A General assortment of resident of your city, hut was rai-ed near muse and the spirit that was present at WHI IU N I’Oll T il!’. (OI lttl'.It-DAZrTTE BY W itli I viiiv fear in *pirit m<*ek, Brass, Herd and String Instruments, it. in fact all around it, have visited it (.’. It. C ol.I', M. II., CITY PHYSICIAN. T e ll th i* a* a warning to all good ,,T "tn *,” T.. .tu«w< ,n nn r .f« .1 eab.te the beginning of creation and "Dove Not l<» wander away from their <|iih t home*, •• i hy tp nth ne** hath ma h- inc great.” ineluding DOBSON'S BANJOS. many times, and think 1 know her pretty like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss” The fact that filthy surroundings and the But drink their milk, and *it by die tiro New Sheet Music and Musie Books. neglect of sanatory measures are productive of A ml tliu * .’Hcnp» tlie funereal j»vre, well. This is why I take the liberty of tiiat ‘ lie may assert eternal Providence d r what i« worne, by the heel* l e . arried HE HAD NO HEART. disease Is a lesson that the human race is wiiting you. 1 knew many of your and justify the ways of God to man.” And away down deep, in the ground he hurled. OUR VARIETY DEPARTMENT Dnr poet calls to her aid Israfil, the learning only nt a terrible sacrifice o f life. embraces: citizens. Weske.ig was my home for I wonder if kitten* have *p iiit* that i *< , Prtroll Journal. angc1 of death, bidding him leave his From tlie time o f Moses sannlorinns have If their hodieii are skinned, do tiny lito in Children's Carriages, Croquet Sets, ( ' I l W i ld), better known as "J o lin a w hile and I used to w alk over to Roe':- work of destruction for one brief hour to preached, vet today comparatively few realize the *kic*? llanimoeks, Base Balls A Bats, It w in * to me *o, for *lnce Dot’* het n ih a l, Paul,' of tin- Tribune is a very lantl occasionally to buy a cent’s worth of “ Tell im* tlie mystery of tliy woe the relation that exists between the health o f a H«* appeared to me w ith the wound in i.i* head, Photoirraph A Scrap Al­ T lie teuenil I 0.1 ly have lira ril In drenms.” tunny m.m w h ic h gees with' ut mying. imins, Station­ peanuts, I could get them so much cotnmnuity and its sai.itnry condition. He looke I v« ry na'ural, pe« pe I i i at the door, And then follows the angel’s sad story : I.ooked up In my f ire and mewe I a* before, as lie must have been to w rite " L iff it h ery, Toys, cheaper there. I left Weskeag in '55, Looking back upon a history of the pnst Then ttirn 'n g , he left, hut he’ ll ne’er be forgot, I.in k ” and “ St. Tw elm o. B ut Im is Ae. ■ Eden is heforo 11s in all its beauty of we find this relation ever In sight. The era We’ll ever remem tier him,—poor old “ Dot.” anil have travelled a great deal since, even funnier in prnprin Jicrsonn than in Prices Low ! blooming (lowers and singing birds and from the fall o f the Ilotnnn Empire till flic end happy human life . The shades of even­ print, for lie lias an impediment in his J list ruin en ts W arranted ! have visited nearly all the old ruins be­ of the middle ages might properly be termed lfasy Terms of Puyment ing are falling, down from heaven four THE TOWN OE ASPINWALL. speech which vastly adds to his com ical tween Palermo and Patriektown, and the age o f d irt.