The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-02


what his age was now he said he Il and grow
ing younger every day. Many Of our boys met
comrades whom they have not seen for over twenty
wears. The following officers were elected: Pres.
E. L. Merrithew; Vice Pres, John Q. Adams Sec
| j. E. Rhodes; Bugler, r. q. Winslow; Executive
Com UIah Proctor, "A, II. Parker and W. S. Lea
witt. 1t voted to hold the next reunion at
Houlon, Me. (probably in September 1857 date
I to be set 10y Executive Com. Our post was well
represented. thirty of the comrades bivouaced at
the encAmpment
| MORRILL,. Methodist quarterly meeting held at
the church last Saturday afternoon and Sunday
sermon at p. Nj. Saturday by presiding elder &.
A. Pummer, from Heb. GIL. Love feast Sunday
morning, followed by another sermon by Mr.
| Plummer from st. John 1914; sacrament of the
/ Lords supper. At p. NJ. Mr.. Plummer gave an
| excellent lecture TO the young Themc-"The
| Necessity of Forming a Pure Noble Character,
commencing with the remark that "What a man
scans to be- is reputation, what man really u.s. is
| character" The pastor in charge, Rev. w. b.
Edridge, has been quite unwell, but hopes soon to
be able to put more activity into his pastoral abors.
=. Mrs Ada Brown from Lawrence, Mass, is
visiting at her mothers, Mrs Alexander. Mr.
| job. Crshman, is very feeble and failing daily
Hay crop will be very light ana other crops are
backward yet.
| SANDY POINT Eustace f. French arrived Thurs.
day, from Minneapolis, where he has lately been
running a ferry From him we learn of the rest of
our Minnesota friends. At Minneapolis are Will
f. Black who continues in the telephone husme S.,
and George 5. Perkins, who is engaged as a gun
! smith. At St. Paul are James D. Staples, superin-
tendent of railroad yard and George Smith in his
employ, and viii b. French, who has learned the
| plumbers trade. Edmund Berry travels for a
Chicago fur buying house which has a branch at
| St. Paul. -. Capt. Hartwell W. French of Boston
has taken possession of his summer residence
He contemplates extensive repairs. Mrs. French
has recently returned from California where she
visited her sisters, Mrs. Joseph c. Merithew Of
Santa Clara Co., and Mrs. John r. French of Maine
Prairie Work has begun at Hersey Retreat.
Eleven men are engaged. and $1,000 building will
be erected. According to the terms Of the IIerscy
| bequest to the Universaist Church of Bangor a
chance will be given the children of the favored
| Sunday school to obtain fresh air on our beaches,
each year. Miss Lizzie Y. will be missed from
| the home of Capt. B. +. Rice, whose summers are
spent here. Mrs. Charles {. Hamilton will reside
in Searsport...A very pleasant and successful
| term of school was completed Friday. The teach
| er, Miss sara A. Jordan, is deserving of common
dalon for the zeal and patience she brings to her
work. The present completes her nineteenth term
Of uniform success. Leonard Shute, one of our
most aged citizens, had shock of
f. paralysis last week. Strong hopes are now
entertained for his recoverv...... Mrs. Nathaniel
| Showers, the DIGEST person in this place, has
rallied from a severe sickness, and is much
| better Failing health has obliged pastor,
Rev. ID. w. Hardy, to take a vacation. Frank III
French, Of Boston, came Saturday to spend few
days with his parents. Charles +. Black returned
Thursday from Phillips Exeter On. II.) Academy,
where he has completed course in modern Ian
guages French f. Hall, who is in The express
| service between Bangor and st. John, was at home
| sunday Miss Olive Gardner, of Calais, is at MIR.
S. l.. Ial's...Mr Leroy Wardwe, of Penobscot,
visited his brother Owen, last week Mrs. Henry
). French. of Northield, Mimi, is expected to
come east this week.. Mrs. Alfred u. Black is
visiting friends in Newport. Miss Fannie Blanch-
ard returned to Brewer Monday. ...A Addison Shute
has left steamer Tenobscot to be quartermaster on
steam tug Howell. Schooner Sandy Point, Capt.
! 5. NJ. Grant, was in port Tuesday, bound for
EZabcthport, y. h.. Capt. Melvin Grant accom-
panes his brother to New York....A promising
colt belonging to &. +. Snow recently found
dead in the pasture. This is the second colt Mr..
Snow has lost within a year.
BROOKS. The bounteous rain of this week will
be worth many hundreds of dollars to the farmers
of Waldo County. Lots of work has been ex-
pended on the roads. They were very rough this
spring and one sees perceptible improve.
ment. One of the most provoking things to m
| all,
stones which careessly left in the highway af.
ter the general repairs are made They are de-
structivc to carriages, disagreeabe to the occu-
pants and in many instances have been the cause
of serious accidents to both man and beast. There
is no one thing in which the highway tax can be so
well expended as in the few dollars necessary to
clear each district of these unnecessary obstruc-
tons to pleasant driving in the highway. In many
places notice that stone cause ways are being
put in. They prove much safer and more econom-
zeal in the long than those made of wood.
There are few districts in Maine where good Gov
erings not be found in a natural state, and it
will pay to haul them some distance for once OBJ
tanned il is permanent Improvement. They will
not rot out in two or three years 1.-Two or three
spans Of carriage horses being fitted up u this
vicinity this season. NJ. J. Dow, Esq. is training
broken to handle a top buggy will have the "daisy
team of the town. Herbert Roberts is thorough
ly overhauling his house (the Hubbs place. and
will make some general improvements. Dr. Col
lier has newly painted his house. Isaiah Bryant 4
Sons are pushing work on the Will Jones house
...John d. Jones, Benz Ham and Others are re
pairing their barns and getting ready for the hay
crop The old hay is being pressed and taken tC
market to make room for the new. c. E.
Lane has recently bought quite quantity OF
1t and pressed it Mt the barns. Michael Chase
has bought it loose where it was desired and has
then pressed it at his store house. 1t brings about
fifteen dollars per ton delivered here. Mrs. A. ID
Chase is very much improved in health at present
....James Jones of Belfast spent Sunday at hi,
Old home in Brooks. We lost an ingenious anC
accommodating machinist when he left us for EN-
ployment in the city. His family is now in Massa
chusets for short visit. Frank Forbes son OF
A. S. Forbes of this town, is one Of the graduates
from Bates this year, and is now at ome. He has
nearly supported himself by teaching for the past
two years and at the same time kept up with his
class in college. This is the kind of men who