The Republican journal., 1875-04-01
News of the City and County.
Written for the Journal.
Father Times Vis;<

Like tavern sign in ten-knOt breeze;
His hour-gass snuggled beneath his arm /.
His robe embodied, to shield from harm.
As he measured the miles which lay before
lis mild to say that he raved and tore;
For the night was bitter, and Time was old,
And his bones We're chilled with the biting cold.
Still, he ploughed the drifts with tireless feet.
lie wallowed and pushed through the snow
swept street.
He cleared the fence with resolute lurch,
ANA paused at the door of the hillside church.
lie gaZed aott at the hayward clock,
lie ratified the latch, he hammered the lock,
ne gained the roof with powerful bound,
lie paused tor u moment to look around,
He slowed his scythe and glass in the tower,
de shook the false hands that told the hour,
He tugged at the springs with testy Jerks,
He pushed at the wheels and peered at the
works.
They scent to be sound; and the fault, trust
Is nothing at all, but little rust.
Ii had but rag and drop OF oil
| could make repairs with but little toll.
lis sure no harm, if just inquire,
OF the brazen angel on yonder spire.
Excuse me pray, my angelic friend,
But have you Il rag and some oil to lend,
You doubtless think it a sorry sight,
10 see me abroad on such night,
But you see, my clockwork is so compact
| Each spring and pinon must be exact,
| Or my onward flight is apt to drag,
| And the world moves on with lazy wag.
/ Pm sorry to trouble, am indeed,
| But your lofty judgment will own the need
| Of the moving hands and the hourly chime
| And proper record of passing time.
with due respect to the loan YOU ask,
| [ fear you have planned but useless task.
| In this wintry cold the oil congeals;
| Could loan YOU greenback to wipe the wheels
| Or the note of the city at eight per cent,
| The rust would vanish, and thus prevent
| A deal of labor 1t may seem funny
! To YOU, dear Time, but little money,
| From the city pocket Is all you need
| To set Your clock at its Wonted speed"
| Money! quoth Time, ''necd you be told
! That Time himself is rs good As gold?
| lis 4 maxim known to the dullest youth"
An honest maxim, potent truth
| That time is money!" but then-yOu see
| The city council do all agree
| To waste no money on that old clock.
| Their hearts are a> hard as the tliuty rock;
| They are blind and deaf to all appeals
| Time tugged once more at the rusty wheel.
| lie pulls-he litts-he Shakes-he kicks;
| But the obdurate clock-wOrk is fast rs brick
well! | must acknowledge, this beats the
Dutch.'
| Quoth the brazen angel, II think as much
IF this is the spirit7-sad Father Time
| II better had spared me this wretched climb,
| For what with my age and my "rheumatiz.'
| doubt if | ever get over this
! on city had better 90 back by far
| 10 the running sands, or the clepsydra,
! VI tile tiial sci on the sunny MILL
| Or the noon mark cut on the south dOor-sll,
| Than set up a dial to mark lie,
| And Haunt its fraud in the public eve.
One thing is certain Old Father Time
| Ne'er leaves his home in a summer CLINE
| 10 face the gales of the equinox
| And waste his strength on stubborn clocks
Then he stepped on the roof aud girded his
| gown;
He mourntuly gazed on the sleeping town,
| With his glass, and his scythe he sped away
| Ger the Ice bound waves of the wintry bay.
March nth, lolj, SARAH +. MEADEK.
The snow baIling loater- at the corners are -
nuisance
A total eclipse of the sun next Monlay-in-
visible in this country.
1t is about time for house cleaning, the season
of soap, sand, suds and -cowls
! The steamer katahdin on Saturday, took on
| board supply of coal from the Paper Mills,
adds otherwise making preparations for start
The CHASTITY sheet of ice on the bav still holds
on, although blue water can be seen at both ex-
tremities of Irle>boro. So spring creep- slowly
| toward u.
| 1t is encouraging to know that the Ice ha-
| broken up and gone above the Bluff, in North
| port. Blue water can he seen from the east
| side Of the river.
| 4 physician of Belfast thinks there has been
| suffering among the poorer classes this winter
and when called upon has often found it nrce--
sary to first prescribe food.
The festive Young men who stand on the
street corners and SNOWFALL the passers. will
come to grief by and by. They will hit the
wrong man. and reap II crop Of Black eyes.
The citizens Of Belfast are evidently d yer,
intelligent class Of people and know how 10 al-
! lfecla!c good newspapers, both at home and
abroad. \ subscriber in that city writes, we
had a. LEI be without the Republican Journal
ls the Transcript" There simpson, wen al
vide that with You. Portland Transcript
Just As the Journal was going TO press la,r
week we remarked that there was promise OF
an extensive thaW. We forgot to mention that
| there was to be t snowstorm first 1t laid over
Us about twenty inches Of a very damp article
which has now mostly disappeared.
The fishing sch. Cloud Rift owned by Capt.
Lcander Morse of Belfast, before reported sunk
by the lee i'll the eastern bay. has been raised
and taken to IIutchins island for safety. She
sustained but little damage and the filling with
water WIS caused by the lee pulling the oakum
from the seams.
The extreme cold weather the past winte.
completely drained the coal dealers of this CITY,
but the supply held out remarkably WELL con
sidering that the neighborng towns Of Sears
port and Stockton have drawn upon them
The large reserve At the Paper Mills has greatly
assisted matters.
Capt. Eben P. Blake, !. native Of this y-ttv.
died sud lenly 1T Manatee, Fla, Feb 18th. He
was Young man of excellent traits of chara,-
ter, and in positions Of trust had discharged his
duty with fidelity. He led an adventurous life.
by sea and land for many years, and at the close
Of the war settled in Florida, where he leaye-
wife
Al The adjourned school meeting, on Satur-
day. it was voted to eXpend $500 in repairing
the Academy building; its Use for primary
school will he allowed by the trustees for
short time longer. Judge Dickerson, MAYOR
Brooks, W. II. Fogler, and MesSrs Parker and
Durham were made 4 committee to report al
the next annual meeting on the whole subject
of improving the school buildings.
About halt-pa>t o, on Wednesday evening
the 24th, brilliant flashes like lightning lit up
the heavens, followed bv reports like thunder
A snow storm prevailed at the time The Ban
COR Wing reports the same phenomena in that
vicinity, and attributes them to the fall Of an
erolite. The Calais Times also records the
same sights ana sounds in that region.
The Belfast Theatrical Company gave an en-
tertainnent, at Hayford Hall, on Friday eve
ming last, for the benefit Of the Belfast Coruef
Band, The hall was well filled, and the per
Torrance most excellent, and compared favor
ably with most Of the professional companies
travelling. The concert By the band was rich
treat to the musical, it being augmented bya
portion of the Searsport band, and numbered
thirty-thrce pieces. II was also success fnau-
ciallv.