The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-04-08


| ton that he had that day ridden from Castine
to this city in sleigh, straight across the bay
on the ice. Mr. A. A. Robinson accompanied
him. They cut through the ice in several
| places, and found it nowhere less than twelve
| inches thick.
| John McCabe and John Melody who were
| before the police court last week for an assault
upon William kellar, We're permitted to go up
on the street unattended for the purpose of pro-
curing bonds, and money to pay fines, natural
ly enough forgot to come back. The offence OF
McCabe was very grave one, that OF staopihS
an unguarded man in the dark, and he should
| have been made to suffer the consequences.
When last seen they were upon the Northport
road with their faces toward Thomaston.
| The hearts OF all our people go out in sympa-
| thv TO Mrs. Lewis, whose beautiful little boy
died on Sunday, of scarlet fever, after an illness
Of only two days. He was a child so graceful,
winning and radiantly lovely as to attract the
admiring gaze of every one who met him-and
withal an intelligence far beyond his tender
years. Only two short days from his warm,
impulsiye and loving life to the cold and endur-
ing sleep of death! If it gave shock to com
parative strangers, what must the atfliction be
to the mother who held him in her heart of
hearts, and whose mourning is like that which
SO moved the compassionate heart of the S:-
viour-'' the only son OF his mother and she a
widow
SPELLING MATCH. photographic tourna-
ment No 2 took place on Tuesday evening" at
Hayford Hail. under The direction and for the
benefit of the Ladies' Sewing Society OF the
Unitarian Church. 4 very fair audience in
point of numbers was in attendance, and much
more than the average i'll intelligence The
seats tor the contestants We're arranged in a
square in the centre of the hall, With seats for
the spectators facing them from all sides.
When everything had been properly and sat
isfactorily arranged and the audience seated,
the coat of arms Of Maine, conspicuously dis
played over the stage, with the supporting
farmer and sailor, seemed to smile approvngly
on the scene.
When Rev Mr.. BiXby called for Volunteers
there was but little alacrity in coming forward.
But the gentler sex were the more courageous
eight of them finally responding, TO two men.
At last it was determined to resort to draft,
and Mrs. Phinney and DR.. Pendeton were APP
pointed to select from the audience. The result
was that twelve ladies and twelve gentlemen
faced each other on the settees. Rev. Mr. Ross
and Col Fogler took their places as judges at
a table in the centre, wherein appeared Wor-
cester and Webster bridged-volumes that
doomed huge as the book of fate. Rev. Mr..
Bixh took the floor with slips of paper, con-
tanning the selections for the occasion-Words
that ranged from the bland and simple, that
would reassure the nervous, to those Z" OF
learned length and laundering sound neces-
sary to confound the close study and tough
memory Of the bookworm.
The first victim was the Youngest Of the male
contestants, Mr.. Will Prince, who put double
e into the word necessary, and was presented
with a cabbage head, cut into a fantastic bou-
quet, with which he gracefully retired. The
first lady to miss was Mrs. S. +. Meader, who
put Z into tansy, and received pretty bouquet
from the vase on the table. Then Deacon Bea-
man, one of the prize spoilers of the former
contest, was buried in catacomb. Aguish gave
a chill to w. II. Simpson, and shook him ont
Vi Tic GdLkS. VI. tluittOll ulSuSIttu Will
DR.. Webster in consultation over catechism,
and fell back Mrs. Gates missed satyr. Mr..
Perry, belonging to peaceful church, was I'M
acquainted with schism, and stepped down and
out. The nautical term reeve retired Mrs. A.
ID. Chase. Irwin Calderwood didn't CORRECTLY
render renderable. \. ID. Chase was remiss
on remissful. Mrs. DR.. Pendleton left an h
l,,,1, Il I
and extra b into ribad. Miss Eva Carter left
out of grottoes. Mrs. Llewellyn Wood
ward, who had maintained herself excellently
we'll, declined 20 attempt crosier, and retired.
j, c. Gates, Jr. didn't agree in photography
with the Sadducees. w. NJ Rust was tioored
by the mmercial term demurragc. ". q.
Frye missed polliwg, a young frog, and
hoped out of the arena.
The contest was now narrowed down to four
ladies and four gentlemen, and was becoming
interesting. 1t was necessary to bring 10 the
front some of the most difficult verbal archl-
lecture. The audience began TO applaud each
successful effort. Mrs. Frank w. Patterson
left the first out of rhythm Geo +. Bracket
wasn't precise enough on precsian. III. I.
Thompson missed quitchgrass which the au-
thorities give also as quickgrass and witch
grass. Lucius II. Murch, the last male contest
ant gave whirl instead of the botanical term
whorl, and was whired out, leaving three
ladies' Mrs. BiXby retired on Indigenous, and
Mrs. Phinney on solecism, leaving Mrs. Emma
Coombs the victor, who received the first prize,
and Mrs. Phinney the second. Thus the ladies
proved themselves to be the better spoilers
About $50 was received for admission, netting
about $40 to the funds of the society.
SEARsPORT. Thursday evening the fire COM
pany responded to an ALARM and ran their ma
chine about town in search of the conf1agraton.
None could be found, and return to the
house, label inscribed April Fool'' was found
attached to the engine.