The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-04-08

Mr. A. D. Harlow is forming new band,
to be made up of Bangor musicians and
some from other places, including three from
Winterport, W here Mr.. Harlow now resides.
1t will be called Harlow's Bangor Band and
will begin work in a few weeks. Mr. Har-
low will direct and manage it. He hopes to
have band of 30 pieces. One of the play
ers will be Mr.. Eaton of Winterport, who is
one of the best euphonium players in this
section of the country.
The Washington correspondent of the
Portland Evening Express says: "The pa
pers of ]. S. Hartman of Belfast for the
collectorship of that port have been in the
treasury department for some days. The
commission of Collector Thompson has ex-
PRED and his successor will be appoint
ed at an early date if the President can get
around to it. But appointments are coming
slowly under this administration, and the
chances are very favorable for not little
delay in some of these appointments for
Name
DR.. BUTLER IN BELFAST. Competent
II,
President of Colby University, at the Bap-
fist Church, March oath, was one of the best,
il not the best, lecture delivered here the
past season. His subject, "The Study of
Literature was handled in a manner pleas
| ing to young and old; to the earnest student
of literature and to those less interested. At
| the beginning he said that the study period Of
70 y 81
as long as the mind is clear and theiutellect
| capable OF grasping thought. At present
there are more adult students than formerly,
as the Chautauqua and literary clubs testify
He spoke of the aims and methods, and of
| when and how we should study literature,
| speaking from his rich personal experience
with a vividness possible only to those
thoroughly conversant with their theme.
Literature is an art, not science. 1t stirs
the heart. 1t is the art of putting things
to delight the reader Anything super
fetal is not literature. Time Sits the
books. Some are written for all time and
nations, and survive the changes of the cen
| turtles. Others survive the writer and pass
| in time; and cheaper kind is glanced at
| and put aside. Thus time leaves the record
| of the best-literature. Literature of knowl-
| edge is the rIdder, that of power is the oar
or sail on the boat of life. The public libra
ries, the spread of good literature and the in
| fluence of the cultivated minds, were men,
TONED as aids to this study 1t is the con-
tinual acquaintance with the master minds
| in literature that satisfies. He arranged the
| arts according to their merits as follows
Architecture, sculpture, painting, music and
| crowned them with literature, because it
expresses the widest range of soul activity,
the most complete medium of thought
transmission. The best of literature is the
| most powerful earthly help to virtuous liv-
| ing. 1t helps intellectually, morally and
| artistically, and DIR. Butler charmed his
| hearers with an illustration from memory of
each class. He would not mark out course
| of study; for one mind can not think COM
| pletely for another, but can suggest and en-
courage. DIR. Butler should visit Belfas t
| under more favorable circumstances and
| give more of our people an opportunity to
meet one of the brightest and best of Maine g
public speakers.