The Republican journal., 1886-11-11
Good Templars.


MEETING OF THE DISTRICT LODGE.
Waldo District Lodge met at W. Winterport
Nov. B. aS per notice, and Notwithstanding the
damp overcast day our Good Templars proved
that something besides mud and drzzle is re-
quired to keep them away from the u. l..
sessions. Twcnty-eight Lodges were reported
and twelve were represented by delegates. The
principal acting officers present We're &. f.
Bracket, Dist. Templar; NJ. J. Dow, Coun. :;
Geo. f. Files, Sec; w. j. Greenlaw, Treas :
Bro. Ellingwood, Chap. &C. f. W ood Marshal :;
NJ. +. Atwood. Vice T.. 5. A. Trundy. Guard :;
Robert Sprague. Sentinel. Lodges We're re-
ported as follows: Seaside of Northport by C..
f. Wood; Waldo Granite of Frankfort bv Il.
Sprasuc; Belfast by &. L. Bracket; Lebanon
OF Winterport, (EllingwoodS corner) by 5. A.
L!ttlcticld PenobScot of Stockton by +. 4.
Robertson; Valley of Monroe by Mrs. f. At
wood; W. Winterport by f. L. Trundy
Swan Lake of Swanvie by Il. l.. Downes;
Progressive of Sandy Point by Z. G. Clifford;
Bethel of Thorndike by q. L. Files; Undinc
of Prospect by S. &. Ridley; Shaw of Brooks
by NJ. j. Dow. There are 2S Lodges in the
6 are small but vigorous and } are weak. and
they contain about 400 members. The local
Lodge Hospitality entertained all visitors with
Good Templar edibles and drinkables, and
were rendered a vote of thanks therefor. our
scribe was one of a party which took dinner
whose hosptablc tables sat Representatives from
seven Lodges. The next regular quarterly
session of the d. l.. was voted to meet with
Freedom Lodge, on invitation, next Feb. and
by special desire it was voted to hold a special
session at Stockton with Penobscot Lodge on
Sat. Nov. 90 commencing at 10 A. NJ. SO Good
Tcmplars get ready to eat beans and CLANS
with the Stockton brothers and sisters. All
Good Templars are invited.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Penobscot Lodge of Stockton village returns
50 members, Il gain of 10 the last quarter. +.
I. West is Deputy, A. w. Trundy, {. r.; ID.
5. Berry, Sec, and Sanford Griffin, Treas.
Meet Tuesday evenings.
Our Knox correspondent writes: Half Moon
Lodge, which has been prevented from meeting
the past two weeks by very rainy weather, will
meet next Saturday evening for the election of
officers. There will be quite literary enter
tainment.
The towns of Islesboro, Searsport, Belmont,
and Liberty are the only ones in Waldo county
which do not support live Lodge of Good
Templars. Who will move to change this con
dition of things? Full particulars on applica-
ton to the Secretary at Belfast
On Thursday evening Nov. 4th Valley Lodge
of Monroe, had public installation and sup
per. After supper was served, Prof. f. w.
Gowcn spoke in the interest of the lodge and
was listened to with close attention and
warmly applauded at the close. Our lodge Is
tlourshing.
One of the best indications of the permanent
cy and stability of the Order is found in the in
creased amount of property held by the Lodges.
a Lodge which owns its hall and fixtures has q
better prospect of long life than one which
simply rents its local habitaton. Two Lodges,
Maranocook of Readfeld, and Victory of Lis
bon Falls, have lately dedicated new halls, and
there are more to follow.
The following are the principal officers of
Belfast Lodge for the new quarter just opened
j. w. krowlton, Deputy; G. Il. Bracket,
Chief Tempar; Mrs. H. j. Cottre, Vice Tenn
plar; j. w. Mitchell, Sec; Lillian Robbins.
Financial Sec; Mrs. l.. l.. Bracket, Treas.
Rev. b. c. Wentworth, Chaplain; G. W. Jones,
Marshal; l.. Jipson. Guard; w. S. Grant, Sen
tinel. An executive com. of six was raised to
cooperate with the officials in enforcing the
laws against rumsellers.
The most troublesome problem Good Tenn
plary has to meet to-day in Maine is the cider
question in the country towns. If the old ap-
pie orchards could be destroyed or rctopped
with marketable varieties it would be god
send to the State. We were accosted on the
street lately by vender of apple juice with,
''Say, don't you want a keg of cider left at your
houscw On being assured we had no use for
the article except as vinegar he remarked, "Oh
i remember, you're one O. them Good Tenn
plars." Hard cider has been aptly termed the
|'deviPs kindling wood,' and there is said to be
as much or more greatness in it than in its
cousins rum and Whiskcy.