The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-01-02

The new shoe factory project is in ahey-
ance for the present. The concern with
which Mayor Hanson was in correspond
ence have decided to locate elsewhere. as
definite terms could not be made here as to a
| building.
Dennis Sullivan, electrician of the New
England Telegraph & Telephone Co., is in
town putting in new Instruments The
Girls Home and the residence of A. B. Otis.
Esq, have been connected, and the stores of
l.. I. Shales and E. R. Conner will be-
NORTH BELFAST. The Christmas tree and
entertainment given by the Christian En-
deavor Society at the church Christmas
evening was decided success. On the plat
form was kitchen scene, in which could be
seen fireplace surmounted with paper
boxes representing bricks, which were built
| into a chimney, each brick containing a
present. The play given represented Santa
Claus IN his vocation of distributing presents
to the children. The impersonator, Wilbur
Carter) took his part with decided originali-
| W ana to say that the audience enjoyed the
entertainment is expressing it mildly. The
| presents were numerous and many of them
valuable. During the recent cold weather
the ice in Gurney's pond froze to depth of
from ten to twelve inches, but the warm
weather which followed rotted the ice so it
broke up and went out last Saturday morn
| ing. Edwin Mitchell plowed his garden
Dec. Goth. Mr.. Henry Cobbett has sit
uatlon as foreman of the printing depart
| f,,ft
and assumed his duties last Friday. Will
| lie Ladd, recently of California, is visiting
| his mother, Mrs. E. G. Merriam :. Harry
Kurdish has obtained employment on the
new vessel building in Belfast.
| EAST BELFAST. The East Belfast Sunday
School closed with Christmas tree. Christ
| mas Eve. The school house was well filled
and the programme, which consisted of
tableauN, recitations and singing. was very
interesting. Tue tree, lighted by numerous
coored candles and laden with many hand
some presents was very attractive There
We're also table and line filled with gifts.
Geo. Michaals as Santa Claus was most sat
isfactory, showing that he understood his
part we'll. The Sunday School lave made
and presented a nice comfortable to the
Home for Aged Women The Eastern
Branch of the George Pratt Epworth League
numbers thirty-two. Their badges were sent
! for and have been received by Flora Sher-
| man, treasurer, and will be distributed at
the next devotional meeting, Friday night.
Rev. S. l.. Hanscom will preach at the
White schoolhouse Monday evening, Jan.
! 9th. -. We have received the following com
| muncation:
To HE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL: Read
| ing in the mon Signal of Dec. 26lh, pro-
test against immodest pictorial advertising in
many OF the magazines and papers of tue
day enc ourageS he to enter a protest
through the columns of your paper against
the printing and sale, or distribution, of the
| poem entitled, The Bridge, with its evil in
situations on woman, holding her IN to
rldicule in disgraceful manner, and which
is in the hands of part if not all the bows in
the community. If we allow impurity and
make no protest, we must expect such MUIR
ders and crimes as in San Francisco and our
own loved ones may share the fate of
| Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams, and
some mothers son the fate of Theo Durrant
the gallows.
God help us to see our duty, and do it.
Mrs. n. S. PIPER,
County Superintendent of Social Purity of
| the n. 2. w. G. Z. A.