The Republican journal., 1888-04-05
News Of Belfast and Vicinity.
AN INFALLIBLE REMEDY.

of physic,
And whole barrclsful of bitters, and whole loads
Of nauscOus pills;
She'd been troubled with miasma and all choked
up with asthma,
And been shaken for a month or two with ague and
the chis;
She had the yellow fever, of which nothing could
relieve her,
And the rheumatism famed her so she could not go
And she groaned with tonsilitis and the most acute
bronchitis,
And she suffered endless fortunes from the tWinges
of the govt.
She had tried old school physicians, 'Christan
SCIENTISTS magicians,
Indian doctors, electricians and magnetic heaers
And drank tons of nauseous liquor but grew ever
sick and sicker-
And they got the undertaken to prepare her shroud
and pail.
Then great auction sales of laces advertised in va
rlOuS places,
Caught her feverish eye one morning-and she
leaped up sound and WE'LL
She shook of deaths stifening rigor, and with
most emphatic yigor,
She grabbed her husbands booklet book and rushed
down town pell-mell.
Yankee Blade.
There has been no change in the time table of
the Belfast branch railroad.
March went out with a snow storm and was upon
the whole a disagreeabe month.
helley " Co., axe manufacturers, East Belfast,
are turning out their usual quantity of work.
The house painters have begun their spring
campaign and the burning of brush will soon be
liz order.
The Belfast Assessors are now in session at the
Aldermen's room and invite people to give in their
valuation.
The markets are supplied with St Johns alewives
and our citizens have been busy settling the fish
cry question.
Stormy weather prevented the mce,ing of the
trustees of the Waldo County Agricultural Society
announced for last week.
The city schools will begin the spring term on
Monday next after vacation of two weeks. Miss
Frye's private school will also begin Monday.
Many who are not Odd Fellows desire stock II
the proposed block in this city, and it is probabea
certain amount will be issued to people outside the
order. 1t ought to be first class stock .
The trustees of the Belfast Free Library have
sent an acknowledgment to each person who has
donated book to the library. The stationery used
has handsome cut of the library building.
Mr.. ii. w. Mariner, of this city has the care of
the public library, the school houses and the Uni
tartan church, and all very neatly kept, esleci-
ally the public library. He is the right in the
right place.
Mr.. George l.. Field, of Searsport whose wife
died last week, has moved to Belfast where he will
live with one of his daughters Mrs. Field lived in
Belfast few years ago and is pleasantly remcm-
bered by many people here.
The doll to be given to the lucky seat holder at
fhe ,ft l,n
Company, fell to Miss Katie Bickforl. The Brcn-
nan Company gave some excellent performances
here last week and had good houses
The committee from the Maine Medicai Associa-
ton has invited Dr. H. H. johnson, Of this city, to
prepare and read paper before the association at
its coming annual meeting. The Doctor accepted
the invitation and will prepare paper.
Rev. Theodore Gerrish, formerly Of this city
has had many invitations to speak on Memorial
Day, and has accepted the following, which are
likely to keep him busy; Lisbon at loA.M., Var
mouth at , T. NJ, and at Bath in the evening.
The female compositors i'll the Camden Herald
Office have Struck-not for higher wages. but for
husbands. Editor Simontou telephonc, to Bcfas;
last week and said ''Sena me down Il female com
position, all of my girls are getting married.. TIL,
required help went down Friday. Leap year is
felt in Camden.
Attention is called to the annual statement OF
the Anglo Nevada Assurance Corporation, OF Sa.
Francisco, Cal, of which company Mr. VIM. F
Thomas is the Belfast agent Since the introduc
ton of water insurance companies willing Il
come here. Mr.. Thomas has the agency of foul
good companies and is ready TO do business fora
who want insurance.
ii. II. Burbank, Department Commander 6. \
X. of Maine, has made his appointments Of Aids
dc-Camp. The following are local c. w. iianey
Belfast; W IL. Moody, Liberty; tlcd 5. Walls
Ninalhaven: Charles A. DevereauN, Hucksrort
John Collins, il, Castinc Charles l.. stewart
South China Assistant Inspectors: Peles Wiley
Rockport; John W. Lang, Bowdoinham; f. j
Wentworth, Searsport; Fred L. Palmer, Monroe
sherman 4 Co. East Belfast. have begun tn,
erection of their leather board mill on the sit,
of the old White paper MILL Mr.. Quincy, at the
Head of the Tide, Is saving out the frame. Worl
the mill will be pushed as the firm is unable t,
fill its orders although working night and day
sherman 4 Co. have won an excellent reputation
for first class work and 1t is believed that when til,
new mill is completed both mills can be employed
They recently refused an order for forty tons .
leather board.
Lovers of wild flowers will he glad to learn tf;l
Mr.. i. +. Stems, botanist of D Union square, New
York, rcnews this Spring his offer of last season
to name, without charge, plants in flower Gan,
ferns). Several hundred specimens, from Massl
chusctts Florida, Texas, Dakota and many inter
mediate points, were thus named by him las. yea,
Small plants entire and pieces foot long Of lar-r
er ones, may be snigly folded in soft ncwspapc
and sent by mail ut the slightest cost.
ELMBRooK. OF this champion two ycar-pii y
Mainc owned by MIR G. Il. Ellis, Of Belfast, til,
correspondent OF Il Lewiston paper writes
had an opportunity to watch him rs he glide,
back and forth through Church street, with tina
same easy, fricti"nlcsS, machnc-like motion tina
he scored his record Of 2.l2, last fall. at Bangor
and if ever | saw Il horse show Il = ~ clip, he SHOW
ell 1t that day in places. Elmhrooh has had Il.
up of about fourteen weeks, during which time Ii,
has made wonderful Improvement in both form
and speed. He has gained about 100 pounds an,
nearly an inch in height. He now tips the beam a.
1913 pounds and stands nearly or quite II $ hand
high and from what have seen of him think ID,
has improved more in speed than IN size ami form
THE PATENT Foe Hons. several Belfast We
sells supplied with the O. q. Hansen patent I.
horn, and ON Monday Capt Fred y Gilmore ~
ceived one for the schr. It. Johns. In appearance
it is Il cross between a hand organ and b.. turi
in a brass band. From one -iic Of a Box, tMrnt,
inches long and a foot high, truiapci project
parallel with the side, and ON the opposite silc IL
a crank arrangement To the horn Yea poih
the trumpet in the direction the sound i, to taxi,
ard then turn the crank. The resulting eouu.
would put 10 shame locomotive whistle. Ou,
blast indicates that the vessel il on The ,taiI.r,
tack. two blasts port tack, and three blasts that ia,
vessel is going before tic whd. Tie horn j.
success.
The South Belfast Dramatic Club, an organic,
ton that has recently come upon the stage piayc,
before Farmers Pride Grange III iincolnyillc Ia,
Friday evening, and gave excellent satisfaction
ed in Port" with the following east of characters
Jonas Adricli, fisherman Of the coast,
Nicuto L. IialloW ell
Aunt Rebecca, the ti-herman's wife
Il quiet body, Mamie Armstrong
susie Aldrich, the ocean waif. Mamie Warren
Lillian Lacy, Clydc's deserted wife, Mabel Paul
"Trisky," with no one 10 love. Flora SAWYER
Capt. Hugh 1t. Morris Commander
of the Tidal Wave James l.. James
Herman Clyde, Captain Of the Pirates,
Herbert GRAY
Sling shot Rule, Pirates, Wi iGr'' Witt 'itn,
Pepper. a colored individual Frank Fairl,anls
Col. Ellsworth, Il wealthy ship owner,
Herbert Gray
SHIPPING ITEMS. Capt. Albert Thurston, o.
Belfast, has been placed in command of sch. +. /.
Wilson, a bay coaster carrying lime between Rock
land and Belfast. Capt. Lindsey, of Harrington