The Republican journal., 1874-08-06
ANNALS Of BELlAS F0R UALF A CENTURY
By AN OLD SETTLER
CHAPTER. WIFI 1870 \

AAii' YEA olollCt WIN CAlItlltlN CU1C
weather; the mercury standing at IS de-
grees below zero at 8 o'clock in the morn
ing, at zero at noon, and l. degrees be-
low at nine in the evening. Mrs. Phoebe
Sager issued her "Last Calln to her custo-
mers, rs she was ito leave Belfast in ten
days positively; it would have been bet
ter for her, if there is profit in length OIL
days, had her ten days notice been ten
years.
On the 21st Of January the Waldo
Democrat, after lingering sickness OF
torty-five numbers. died and ''gave nc
sign" On the sixth day Of February the
Republican journal, White and Rowe
Publishers, rose from its ashes. The pub
fishers announced in their prospectus that
the political character of the paper was tc
be decidedly democratic and that it wout
sentiment What would the Republican
Age say, in view of the modern dctini
tons OF the terms democrat and republic
can, to sailing under such a flag
On the morning Of February 29th Two
wooden buildings on Main street, on the
site OF the brick stores now occupied by +
and l.. Robbins and Robert +. Clark. were
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floor rs stores, on the second rs law
yers offices. A small building jus
southerly Of them, occupied as shoe
makers shop, was torn down to stop the
progress Of the fire in that direction A
Company standing on the site of the store
occupied by Albert G. Burgess, was the
barrier in the other direction. The clown
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it not been the fire would have been con-
fined, probably, 10 the store where il
| originated. The only other building in
| town burned this year was the house OF
Shepherd B. Blanchard near the eastnrlv
line of the town; the fire occurred in the
morning Of December 30th
The Inauguration Of President Jack son.
which occurred on the fourth Of March.
was celebrated here by the firing Of can
non, ringing the bell, patroni7ing the ban
of the EAGLE Hotel, ana othertcetimonial7
of rejoicing. Although there were lint
| seventy-nine who voted for HIM in Noy-
emher previous, when the darl. cloud OF
'cotfin handhlleN lowered III the east,
there Were hosts OF devotrra To "iiail The
rising SUM-
The corpolalor7 named III the Act IN
cooperating the "N aldo Agricultural So
rietyn met at the Court House March 9th
and organized by the election OF Ebenezcr
Everett. Esq. OF Montvllc rs President.
and the late James White, Esq. Of this
place rs Secretary Hon Ralph C. John
| son il the only one oi' the corporalor who
is now living
On the Sth Of April Il newspaper called
the Maine Farmer and Political Register
made its appearance. In dimensions and
typographical execution il was about the
same as the Journal then wa benjamin
+. Bond and Edward Palmer We're its pub
| fishers. Mr.. Bond was a native Of Halo
well and by trade q printer, He came
here from Castine, where he had been the
| publisher of the Eastern American which
! died on his hands. He sold his interest in
the Farmer to MIR. Palmer August 18th and
went to Blurhill where he commenced the
| publication OF newspaper called the
Bluehill Beacon and Hancock County
Journal which lived nearly two years He
then removed to Boston and died many
Years ago Mr. Palmer continued to pub
| fish the Farmer until October 1880 when
its publication was suspended. lie i 4
| brother of our fellow citizen Charles
| Palmer, Esd. After retiring from the
business of publishing, he wa for awhile
q clergyman; since then he has devoted
most OF his time to various rctormatorv
movements and published several essays
treating of the same and kindred subjects,
which have been widely circulated. The
views advanced in them have not always
been IN unison with popular sentiment
but the lucid argument and earnest since
rity with which he has cndcayorcd to en-
force them reflect credit alike on his head
and heart. lie is now residing in New
York.
On the ,tty that the Ai..iuc I.tll,rl
| appeared, David and Asa Eastman, sons
of Hon. Thomas Eastman of Palermo, an
nomced to the public that they had taken
the Eagle Hotel, succeeding Thomas Pick
| ard Its late landlord. Under their admin
istration the hotel was kept to the satisfac-
ton of the public but as an almost neces-
! sary consequence without any great profit
to themselves; the custom Of the place at
that time was not sufficiently large to
create a demand tor the rooms of s'cir-
| cumambient construction from which
their predecessor anticipated but failed,
| probably, to realize handsome revenue.
The market price At this time of some
of our products was ~ follows; butter II
to II cents per pound cheese, new-mills
6 to g. beef 4 to 5 veal 5 and &; eggs 10
and IL cents per dozen; potatoes per
bushel 80 cents; wheat, goou-secd. l.75 !;
| rye 100; corn rs cents; oats IS; barley
G.. boards, merchandise, per INFECT 80
and 500; shingles No. l., pine and cedar,
$50 per NJ The ears of potato raisers
were checred by the announcement that
potatoes We're selling i'll Boston for fifty
cents and that freight on them from this
port was six cents per bushel
On the 9Th of May the good people of
our village experienced quite scare. The
schooner Lucerne, launched about month
previously from the shipyard Of Bishop
and Wright, made an excursion in the Bay
with about sixty Of our towns people, old
and young, on board, When about a mile
from the Monument, with all sails set she
was struck nv a flaw Of wind and upset.
Many on shore We're watching her At the
time and three vessels lying at the Wharvcs
were Immediately manned and gtarted to
| her assistance. The Castinr Packet, Cap
tain Skinner, who il we'll remembered BY
many still living, was within short dis
lance OF her when she capsi2ed and went
promptly to her relief; fortunately no lives
We're lost A short time before the I.ucerne
went over she swept along like bird past
the Packet Jogging leianrely along under
mainsail and iib and some Wap on board
OF her calling TO the hlnti' old captain III
CURED il he was NJ anchor. What the lp
ply YVES is nor recorded probably 4 oraWl
When he laid hi 0loop along si,ic the
capsiled Lucerne 4 few minutes later and
discovered that all on board were safe. he
exclaimed in his usual eru1i' hui good na
tnred manner. "Ry the cod 0ir who'1
at anchor now !"
About this time q club wa iotms1 an
der the name of the Round Robin Club
Its object was mystery 10 the nninitiated
fora long time; in tact as long a7 ii exist
ed. The gossip9 and Paul Prya OF the
day were sorely puzzled. Ii meeting
or conversations" AS they were styled.
We're regularly notified by The Scribe ii.
the newspapers sometimes they We're
held in the "Onter," at other times in the
| elmer Temple -" The Club continued