The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-05-15
searsport Locals.


Frank II. Park has sold his house to Mrs. Chas.
Waterhouse.
Capt. Phineas Pendeton, Jr and wife arrived by
boat Saturday.
Rev. f. II. Osgood and Rev. c. I. Halves ex-
changed pulpits last Sunday.
Wflbert West who has been in sch. Lizzie Lane
the past winter arril ed home last week.
Mrs. Morse will speak at the Porter school house
Sunday May 18th, forenoon and afternoon.
w. X. Morrison was in town last week negotiat-
ing for subscriptions to stock in the new skating
rink at Belfast.
Levi Trundy has opened lumber yard and will
keep constantly on hand full line of lumber and
building material.
a dozen of Sears ports young men had a reunion
on board the ship 5. z. Hitchcock since her arriv
al at san Francisco.
+. 5. Cvphers secured a good job in Boston and
has given up going west for the present. lie has
charge of twenty men on contract work.
While working his schooner into port Tuesday in
attempting to clear lobster pot which had fouled
the anchor, Capt. NJ w. Ellis lost valuable
watch from his pocket.
"Eyolvo" did not draw audience last Satur-
day evening. If Charles would send over a
good drama or minstrel troupe the hail could be
dlled without any trouble.
Messrs. Lane and Nickerson, who purchased the
logs of Morse & 90. which came down in the fresh
ct this spring, have been rafting them from the
Western shore the past week
Or. }. Stephenson has moved into his new office,
which is now the best in town. Mr.. Mosman does
not do anything b! halves, ana has fitted up these
rooms in cry handsome manner.
one of Belfast photographers on a recent visit
appeared to he putting in unnecessary time at Il
residence where we presume he was making a
PoSitre He seemed to have trouble in the arrange
ment Of his subject, as was indicated by numerous
trips from gate 10 portico. We would suggest the
instantaneous method when dealing with such
subjects
This evening the Young misses Of the village will
give their entertainment at Union Hail consisting
of the operet,a entitled Rebelion of the DAISIES .
MIS-. >pinwis's Wa-hiay," dialogue select read
il-s &c., Sr. The Young ladies' have spent much
time on their rehearsals and no doubt will give
something worth hearing The price of tickets is
~ 'tlll- tbl ftStfNtl ~iii- trtltTtl dfDllloHloI
cents; children under T., Is cents. Encourage the
Young people by a rou>ina, house.
An OLD TME PIECE. Monroe Il Palmer have in
their shop a clock which was made in Plymouth.
England. IL years ago. 1t was the property of Mr..
e. + Mathews great grandfather and has always
been owned in that family. ltwas formerly one OF
the old fashioned kind that hung in the corner with
fine WEIGHTS pNDO-pl. INT tr
Mathews had a ease made for it which is now in
good condition and the clock is keeping as accurate
time As it lid more than a century ago.
Chap. III sec. Il of the revised statutes says !:
whoever on the Lords day at any other time
behaves ruiely OF inlccently within the walls Of
any house of public worship, wifully interrupts
ul>urh9 any Assembly Of persons for religious wor-
ship within the place of such assembly OF out Of it,
or t. conform to the established regulations of the
meeting shan be punished by Imprisonment not
more than thirty days and by fine not exceeding
ten dollars" The Young men who are in the habit
OF making disturbance at evening meetings will do
well to heed this warning, as immediate steps are
TO be taken to put this statute in force upon re
petition of last sunday evenings disturbance 1T the
Congreg ationalist vestry.
THE TRIALS OF \ Boston DRUMMER While
driving from Bucksport 10 this place last week one
Of the travelling boys met with hard luck He in
tended 50 the story goes, to visit Fort Point, but
took the road that leads to the farm, which by
the way is TWO miles this side of the Point road
On learning Of his mistake lie attempted to turn
hi- team but in st doing the rein broke and he was
turned out. The horse ran and while turning the
corner the wagon cap-ized and the young lady also
found herself in the gutter. Assistance was pro
cured from 9 neighboring house and by the help
of a lantern the young man found his hat, but the
buggy was sadly demolished and the horse on the
way to the ferry with what was left. Tine sadly
broken up drummer procured team and was car
RE to his destination. We do not doubt he said
to himself. 81 am sa'r-yer / saw her, Jordan is a
hard road to travel"
party Of five of our young men who recently
went 10 New Tacoma, ". t., in search of employ
ment are not well pleased with that section of
country judging from letter from one of them who
writing home says: 1--WE arrived here about the
middle Of April have Been all over town and en-
quired for work Of every one who appeared likely
to have job but without success. Two of our
party after ten days search left for san Francisco
and two have accepted situations in saw mill at
$50 per month and board paying s. per week each
for room thus leaving them 33 per month,
have made several unsuccessful attempts to ship
intending to 90 to sea again. Please say to any of
our young friends who may think of coming west
10 better their fortunes that my advice is stay by
the Old State of Maine, for if obliged to lay idle
there you don't have to pay s. per week board.
RECOLLECTIoNS OF AN OLD SEARsPORT "BOY."
some months ago | wrote an article for the Sears
port Guest, promising to send another at some
future time, but have been mformed that the
Guest is among the things that We're. Trusting
that give this matter place in the columns
OF your very interesting paper devoted TO Sears
port news, | will begin by giving my rccoections
Of the old Schoolhouse that stood the upper side
of the road where the back and shore roads to
Belfast diverge. IN this building first undertook
to master the Alphabct-A b abs, &c. The build
ing was square on the ground and the roof hip or
four sided one running to peak in the centre and
surmountcd by upright post or box which
answered for ventilator just as well, perphaps
were it the other. The laws of hygiene
were not followed so strictly then as now and a
Httle fresh air more or less was considered of no
great consequence Ivy the good old committee, who
seldom let ANY new tangled ideas disturb their
W
Il Mr.. BiXDy, lawyer whose Office was in the
Merithew Block. He was a very frequent visitor,
tcvotlng considerable time to the school; more
perhaps than he would had his law practice been
more extensive But | was giving YOU a dcscrip-
ton of the building. The windows were small,
few in number and placed some four feet or more
above the oor Why they were put in at this height
was never fully understood by the writer, unless it
was to prevent the scholars from seeing any thing
without save the armament. The paint did
think of passing over this matter but it has just
occurred to me that it is of too much import
ance to omit At some time the outside had
been painted with yellow paint, but how long be
fore my recollection am unable to state Then it
was the rule 10 paint school houses yellow.
Whether or not our fathers of an aesthetic
turn of mind is not for me to say, but am of the
opinion that Oscar Wilde would have bestowed
praises upon the people Of Searepo could he have
at this time seen these buildings with hardly an
exception arrayed III the genuine sun flower hue.
The interior this structure was Of the plaincst
style and the arrangement of the desks, etc, would
create smile among the scholars OF to-day in S.
who are provided with 50 much better conyenien-
ces in their modern built school houses There
was lcYel space about seven feet wide the entire
width of the roum through the CENTRE and the
seats were arranged on each side of this centre and
all facing the same way Each one was several inches
higher than the ore in front, that the back row
of seats was elevated some three four feet
above the floor in the centre. This method of seat
ing gave the teacher good opportunity to sec
every scholar and to notice any little misdemeanor
which of course would happen occasionally even
among these good little boys and girls of thirty odd
Years ago.
If our fathers showed their love of aesthetics il
the adornment of the outside of the building their
children, the scholars, were not wanting in theil
taste for decorations inside. The ceiling and walls
would show here and there mammoth uuid of to-
bacco surrounded by Others of lesser magnitude
and all chcwed to proper consistency for adhe
sion, thus showing by their order of arrangement