The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-27
Maine Matters.


MEMS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
WHERE MAINE GIRLS SPEND THEIR WINTERS.
\ little earlier in the season the birds wing
their flight from their summer homes down
East to warmer regions in the South. The
girls of Maine soon follow them. at least Is far
as Massachusetts. for a seasons work in the
straw shop. Not in such countless numbers,
it is true. but many hundreds of them at least.
Some even venture as far west As New \ ork,
but the greater part will tutter and bloom in
WeStboro, South birmingham, Medtieid. Fox
boro. Franklin. Milford. MOnsOn, and half
dozen other towns in The good old Common
wealth. They will give life and spice and
freshness to the winter season, drive the young
@aants to the ragged edges of despair or ill
them with delight. No weather is too cold for
the boys to sit on the fence and see them 90 by.
nor will they hesitate to spend their last quarter
to take them TO the show. When the summer
comes there will be many heart-broken part
ings when the girls 90 home again. 1t is an
experience that the larger part of the young
men in the straw towns are doomed to suffer
dozen times before the pcricardium gets hard
ened. 1t is dangerou, trial, but very few die
while undergoing the torture, while the girls
seem to thrive and look brighter than ever. In
many cases the result i hard-pan, practical
realization of married life, and in others the
sufferer l. soon cOn>oied by another girl. with
perhaps no more bitter memory 70 nauI, M
the other night, had his hat, containing the
name of his tthenl best girl, eaten by the dog.
Boston Globe.
INTERNAL REVENUE IN MAINE
a list of cities and towns in this State and
the number Of persons in each, paying L, ;.
special tax rs retail li0uOr dealers was com
piIed last week from the books in thp office of
H., L, : poll;,, a1to+ ~ ,+o,.,,.,, .,,-o,,,a
~ % i'1'''ii'' eN'0i VI my i-'' ~
for the district OF Maine. Two hundred and
seven towns are represented against 112 last
wear, a gain of %. although the actual increase
III tne hIlillper OF llPuor dealers las pech yer!
while this year there are ,l66. Portland shows
an increase of s over last wear. Lewiston -,
Bangor ,. Bath shows decrease of 8, Belfast
a decrease of t. Brewer an increase of ;. Bid
defOrd a decrease of %, Calais an increase Of 3,
EaStp0rt an increase of :. Eden an increase Of
4, Fort POpham >, where there were none last
year; Gardiner a decrease of 3. Iiampden an
increase Of 3, liouton decrease Of 13, Lewis
ton an increase of II. New Portland an increase
" = odhlahu tl lnclease oi o. VIZ CIchdiu an
increase VI = i'othiahu decrease VI 10, oaco
eas? " 0; OIuto" II an Increase ~ ., ihu
"lei nv an me- edse ~ d. Al az u"t iieio"so
VI '"9 was iii'''0 III 'n' ei'ii' '2'''''
THE MAINE BAPTIsTs.
,rho ,,.i,o p.,+..+ ,,,,,,,, ,.,., =, :. ;,,.4
ny i''"N h"p'i'' 1h'i"'i ioi i'NN''f - J'71
issued. 1t shows that there are Il associations.
which contain 252 churches, with an aggregate
of 2O.O39 members. There are 1J5 ordained
,,, - ,t,,,, ,,a.l - tr,l -,
iiii''7ooi0' many VI "hoi Pi'"eh " WV vi
more churches. and Il students for the minis
,aj iotal 'liolll loI lells
an. an 90 o'iL Pul p1ses aWa! lioiii NUM- d.
49, Az .ht tot'l III noile uA " a.
S~iiini, ti~N ~ ,ra, os IN
nc"hna ~ Sna "nr ano haa on,,iorn
Iitt .i,u Ia Ia neoia ;l,ei ~
the Education Society. There are 1921 srhoI-
/ ars in the sunday schools.
IN GENERAL.
The portland TRANSCRIPT remarks that soor
after Artemns Wards death a movement was
started for the erection of a monument, and
| the sum of SO was contributed by a few Der
| sons. This was placed in our hands, but as