The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-09-02

oar sidewalks are better in the abstract. than
| ia the concrete.
if every dog has his day there is Il fair pros
pcct that doc days will last all winter in this
section.
! |, is now the time when The small reckrd
face boys steals apples, and then sells them to
! the owner Of the orchard, ut two cents each.
| And the fat and oyergrown mosquito now
drops down Oh the weary pilgrim, crosses It's
LEGS, rests its chin on its hands. falls asleep and
| ior@etS 10 bite.
knowledge IS POWER. She was from the
city and was ENJOYING a breakfast Of fried tripe,
when she looked up and shot this question INTO
gentleman sitting opposite" W hat nice tripe
you have down thi. way; do you catch 1t III
your river" and he gave q start and swallowed
| a mouthful of hot coffee which choke him 50
that he was Obliged to leave the table without
| answering her.
PHOTOGRAPHS. Science has made the dis
coycry that the distance from the earth to the
| san j. only 80 million of miles, thus taking Oh
/ two million miles from the old guide board, and
| vet the price of photographs remain unchanged.
| it cannot be that the artists are aware OF this
| fact for it they Were they surely would reduce
| their tariG at least Il dollar dozen. In these
| times, there are certain nectssalirs that we must
! have, such As Il pair OF tight boots in closet,
! to put ON occasionally to remind Us that there
can he torture here, rs well rs hereafter; 4 pew
/ at church when we can 90 on SUNDAY and sleep;
/ or "a liberal insurance policy on our life, so we
! can die feeling sure that we shall he mourned
! Ion in good StNie and lastly a lot of photographs
! to @iV" away to people who do not want them.
| Tier, are few things in life that dig the real
| feelings RIGHT out of a man, like the thoughts Of
exchanging photographs " it'll the girls. We
We're reminded OF this by the experience we
once passed through We had promised 10 sit
| for some pictures, till we had told lies enough
to make barrel Of soap, and at last we got
started. We dressed up in our best clothes and
brushed down our hair as Slick as silk umbrel-
| Ia and pu on an circulating blue neck tie and
started for the artists room. We felt rs we
walked along thai every body knew where we
| were GOING. and we began 10 grow nervous and
| rushed along Il, il we We're irving 10 catch
lllll w e we III up mo lt room, lnftt >t;tllS
| NJ time, and found the artist engaged taking q
! baby which at that moment was yelling 10 the
! top of lis voice. We sunk into Il chair and took
/ on our hat and run our hands through our hair
| 10 loosen it up a little, as it felt rs though we
| had on 4 lead Wig; then we mopped up the per
| SEPARATION with our handkerchief and mentally
| invented a machine 10 stop babies crying.
Al last our turn came, and we sauntcred into
/ the operating room and sat down in the chair
| trclin" about as much at ease As though we
We're calling on the President. The operator
/ stuck his head ont of Il closet, and said he was
ready, at the same time coming into the room.
The first View of Il photographer, as he appears
dressed in his uniform and war-paint, cannot
/ be described with anything short OF three
/ nihhcd pen. Ills face looks rs pleasant Is
/ wei filed pocket book. His hair is arlistically
| arranged, and resembles hay cock that has
| lr4n hastily made up iusl before a storm. lie
/ La, on dressing gown that i, full Of rents, the
| loW,r corner black A. fire bugs life, and the
| W hoc body of ii covered With spots OF al Tie
! tint~ and shades that the various chemicals OF
the trade can make, while his shirt front looks
| like 4 Sheet of lily paper thirhlN covered with
flies. He came toward us, and giving Us a
| >lieht punch in the pit Of the stomach told us
to- sit up 4 Iittic;" then he seized our hcnd
and gave ii Il sudden twist, and we felt the
| Joints crack in our neck. Then he raised our
| chin little by giving il slight rap with his
| lnucke,. and then screwed our head into
| clamp. one end of which coming under ou ear.
made it feel rs though some one was using that
| part Of our anatomy to crack WanptS ON. Then
he stepped back a Step and looked at Us: then
he cooked his head on one side, Shut up one
| eye and looked a@ain then he came back and
| un~creWed our neck one turn, and then went
! in front Of Us and pat his hands on his knees
! AMI looked at us I%aiu Feeling satisfied that
| we We're there. he went TO the camera and TOOK
! Il loo, at rs through that. al the same time
| talking to 1t, with his left hand, which he fran
/ tiraIy waved at It's. for what purpose we could
not imagine, till hr danced up TO Us and screwed
oar head on AGAIN, and told us TO look ''there,
pointing To a tack head in the wall. lie then
! took a tlrrN Ell loo, at Us through the camera.
and when he drew his head out again, We no
! tircl thai he looked as pleased as if he WA The
father of twins. lie then Disappeared into the
closet, and returned with the glass which WaS
to catch oar likeness.
Failing ont a watch with no hand, on it, he
said. "eycs right here. steady now. all ready
hook PLEASANT and then he gazcd III Il fly in the
corner OF the ceiling, in an absent manner.
while we sat there holding cur breath, ana not
daring TO wink. We began TO grow numb, and
thought we Were going TO retriiy; then the
tear, commenced to gather in our eyes, and the
perspiration 10 trickle down our back. a fly
lii on our nose, and we We're lust going to give
| yell and jump up through the sky light when
we heard the words ''all DONE and we came to
oursclf like awakening from the nightmare
| By the time we had recovered our eyesight, the
artist had brought out the negative for our III
| >pcction, and we saw picture OF a melancholy
stranger with hi, hair All froWsled, and
rayeti iii a huge white necltie, and we yelled
"Who in the name Of David Crockets horse
pistol is that minister with white necktie"
| and then we learned that eight blue takes
| White, and We also remembered of lifting up
our hair 10 rest our head when we first came
in. lie told Us that I'VE would try it again"
and he was 50 pleasant about il, that we should
have invited him to drink, but he didn't look rs
tnouSh ne Ntf look any lhlll9, but photographs.
W lille he was getting ready, we dashed out and
purchased a black tie. and came back and laid
our hair down again, and went through the
performance of being taken several times,
till the artist was satisfied, and we were more
than satisfied. He told us we could have The
proof next day, and when we looked at 1t, We
were pleased with it, that we ordered Il bar
rel of pictures then, and felt confident that we
should come back and get Wheelharrow load
more Then we were ready to " exchange
photographs with The girls, which meant Civ
ing Them one of ours, and waiting for one q
thcls-anl we are still waiting.
Captain William Cammcft completed
the goth year Of his age to-day. lie has
been q well known character in Portland
ior many years In the war of 1912 he