The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-08-11

There a couple of individuals selling Indian
medicine in the square during the rainy week, when
50 much hay was down and spelling in the fields,
| and while they We're cNpatiating ON the merits of
| their medicines, and telling the various things it
| would cure, gentleman i'll the crowd enquired "If
ii would cure hay; if SO he would take about two
! barrels
The chorus Of which the Journal has several
times made mention, is in very prosperous condi
| ton. quite number of napkins, SO to speak, in
| which considerable musical talent has been done
| up, have been opened and found to assay good
| percentage to the ton. The membership t. now
| about so. our musical critic is away or we should
| have got this item up in better shape.
one of our Young merchants who has h- mead
filed leaving his hair shorter than the fuzl on .
peach skin, received through the post onice most
deliberately gotten up night-cap, With frills and
| runles and long strings, and all the modern i'm
| proycnents And now onightS, Charles looks at
| that cap and wonders what made anybody make
| him such a present
| The new comet can now he seen near the horizon
i'll the northeast, in early morning hours The di-
| ameer of the nucleus of the comet is about twelve
| thousand miles, and of the coma hundred and
| forty thousand miles Its distance from the earth
is about the the distance of the sum- and the
length of its tail is upwards of three millions of
miles. In four five days it will he dscernhe i'll
| the northwest in the evening after twilight
\ gentleman who was passing the day at one of
our seaside cottages, went out to take walk on the
| beach Unknown to him IA little creek made into
the shore, which filed with driftwood upon
| which he stepped with all the confidence of a sue
| Ia,
wood parted, and he dropped into Il pool of water
up to his waist, quicker than goes the hand int" the
| pocket for charitys sake. Thi, little episode took
| place about Knight fall.
| Will Morrison rose rather earlier than he intended
| last sunday morning. The facts We're these: He
was spending saturday night in >carsport and The
fire alarm, when the depot struck by lightning
| awokc him, and he harnessed up his horse and
drove to this city, to learn where the fire
After getting his mail, he returned to Seu-port in
| time to eat hS sunday morning beans, like every
| other New England Christian, but he says ii is too
| far to - I" lire when there isn't amy.
| WHEREABOUTS OF BELFAST VESSELS SCH ;.
| L. Woodbury. is Oh the passage from Jacksonville
TO Elizabethport sch. T. II. Livingston, arrived
at New FORK on the n, from Jacksonville. Sch.
| William Frederick sailed from Darcn July 18Th,
| for Newburyport.. sch. Sarah l.. Davis sailed
| from Philadelphia Aug. 4th, for Belfast. sch.
| Fannie \. Gorham IS at Jacksonville. Bark David
] Babcock arrived at New York Aug. ith, p days
from Nagua with sugar and mola,-eS Brig II. G..
sibley cleared from New lork Aug. 9Th, for Charles
| ton.
Miss sylvester and her trained horse We're in town
| Tuesday having their photographs taken. The
| journal has before spoken of the colt which Mis-
| :. has trained. \ gentleman has engaged tncm to
| take u the State fair to exhibit. The animal is
three Years old bay with black points IL mistrcsS,
Mis- sylvester, is tall, slim, Young lady, sixteen
| years of age aad was dressed in 4 ,rab suit, sun
| mounted hy Derby hat. She did not look very
| Formidable bat the young women of America have
| way Of making both four and two legged animals
| Dig about rs they want them to- even if they don't
look like prize fighters.
Ed. colby has completed boat, which is a
model Of beauty. 1t is Il feet long and t feet )
| inches wide Oak timbered each timber being Of
one piece, and steamed and bent and fastened with
| copper. She is ccilrl with ash, and otherwise
| finished in mahogony ana red cedar. The inside
finish is oiled While the outside is painted black,
with a stripe of siltmouing under the rail. There
| IS a little cuddy forward which can be locked up,
and by putting in piece Of ice, and laying the bot
Tie on it the beer can he kept cool and--but we
forget. The craft will seat ten. Ed, We'll go out
| With You any time, only don't ask lis tc row.
| There too many dogs running at large in our
city. our reporter one the other day with half
dozen different styles of pants goods in his mouth.
| Lovely women enshlouded by skirts walk the
| streets with impuntS, but when man sees an open
mouth coming for him, impelled forward by Il
a. .rl, ~
| texture was a gossamer veil. Only last week a
quiet citizen in passing down Main St, got bit in
the hand. our reporter learned that it occurred in
harness shop, and the man said he got this bit be-
cause his old worn out and as his horse
| was Il high strung animal he did not dare take any
| chances.
| WILL OF THE LATE CHARLES ELLIOT. Mr.. Cha-.
| Elliot, of Knox, one of the most prominent and
| weahest farmers of that town. died on the
fifteenth of last month, aged - years. His will
| was filed at the Probate office in this city, few
days since, and in of its specifications and re
| strrtions is a remarkable instrument. The will
ought to satisfy the most ardent prohibitionst and
morlist but how it will strike the egatees remains
to be seen. Mr.. Elliot first provides for his cemetery
lot grave>tones, fence and the repairs of the same
| also for the graves of his father ami mother, and
SpIic oliicI ltldtiNtS I1c heat 10 ll>
wife, Ruth F. Elliot, the homestead where they have
lived since marriage, containing about 200 acres, t.
have and to hold to her use and benefit so long ;ls
She the said Ruth f. may live then t. revert to the
| other legatees, in the same manner he bcuueath-
the remainder of his property. He then gives The
remainder of his property, both real and personal
to the following named persons, and in manner rs
hereinafter provided, viz go my son, William u
~ tp M thl.n In p,rbt ....
Nancy +. Ciissold, now Of Iowa, Hattie B. Ellio
and Bessie lngraham. both of Knox. and It
my grandsons, Charles Elliot, now of Colorado, an,
| George Il NJ. Elliot, now of Knox; the interest o.
income to be divided shared equally amongs
them annually, or oftener if deemed expedient b,
my executor. 1t is the intent and meaning Of thi
| my WILL that the six egatces above named, or the
heirs of their own issue, are to have and posses
| only the interest income of the above named be
quest further bequeath and say that if either
| William d., Nancy p, Hattie, Bessie, Charles o.
George b. dies without heirs of their own issue
| then their part of which bequeath to them shall
revert to the five living ones and in like manner
long of the six is living, the heirs of the
own issue of either of them, the said six. Ana t.
said heirs the same amount shall belong as woul,
have belonged to their parents if living and to 5,
continue on to the descendants of the six legatee
above named or heirs of their own issue | furthe
bequeath and say that if Charles or George i. Elliot
egatees above named, or either of them any on
of my grandchildren Though yet unborn) OF thei
children, shall use tobacco in any form, either f
smoke or chew, or drink any ardent spirits o
alcoholic liquors in any way unlessprescribed by
physician under oath that it is necessary (and thu,
not to last but 80 days. after this my will is approx
ed by the court, and for each offence of using to
from their dover in my property for six months TO
the first offence, and one year for each subsequen
offence, and for one year of total abstinence of it
USE his their dover to be restored before pro
, | vided. Their said share shares cut off to b
disposed of and divided the same as provided il
: | case of their decease. 1t is hereby recommends
to sell and dispose of any and all of my real estate
except what has been disposed of as herein pro
videol, when my said executor can make an ad