The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-06-30

nanu very Dauly Wnlle cutting meat last Sat
urday.
| base ball nine from Frankfort will play
the Belfast Juniors in this city Saturday
afternoon.
An adjourned meeting of the Belfas,
school board will be held tomorrow, Friday
evening, at p. NJ.
l. Ii. Jackson has put refrigerators into his
store and is otherwise preparing for extend
ing his retail meat business.
W. L. West, V. S, sold valuable carriage
horse last week to Frank Ray of Castine
and an Irish setter to W. A. Clark of Bel.
fast.
The first bicycle parade of the season will
be held Thursday evening, July It'll All
wheelmen and wheelwomen are invited to
meet at the school common at 80 o'clock
and join in the parade.
G. r. Coombs has pet snake that he has
lately been feeding with frogs. The serpent
has voracious appetite and the process of
eating a frog is Interesting to those who
have never seen it. Mr.. Coombs also has a
live horseshoe crab.
Our Waterville visitors were so pleased
with the rendition of the Frogs of Windham
at the Opera House last week that they
accused us of importing professionals for
the occasion. The singing by Miss Edith
Pettingill was highly praised.
A. A. Howes & Co. had native green peas
for sale June 9th, the earliest " thin Mr.
Howes recollection. They were raised by
+. L. Toothaker, Belfast. Swift & Paul had
peas the same day raised by Percy B. Red
man. Tuesday, CHM & Field had 6 bushels.
grown in Thorndike
REFuNDING. The refunding of the city
debt Is progressing satisfactorily. Last
week $4,000 Of the per cent. bonds due in
August next Were exchanged for the new
i's, the city gaining thereby s., 900 in prem
iuns. New bonds to the amount of Sis 900
have been issued, and old bonds to that
amount cancelled, while 5000 have been
added to the sinking fund.
The movement towards hornless cattle is
gaining slowly in this section. Charles A .
Piper and VIM, A. Monroe each have a
polled Galloway bull for improving their
own stock and such others as care to make
the change. F. L, Toothaker has lately had
his registered Jersey bull dehorned by DR..
West. A few farmers are talking of having
their herds dehorued soon, hut the Toothaker
animal is the only one operated on thus
far
BELFAST BANDS MASCOT The Belfast
Band Will make the trip to Skowhegan.
July it'll, with two drum majors, one beng
the Bands mascot, Don O. Robbins, the
smallest man in the world. Don is 81 wears
old and weighs but a pounds, while his
mate, drum major VIM. H Sanborn is one of
the largest and weighs 260 pounds Major
Robbins is dressed in nobby sailor suit
and looks even smaller than usual by con
trast with his portly comrade. He rst ap-
peared atithe head of the Band in rehearsal
parade Monday evening and attracted
great deal of attention
The FIRST IRON CLAD. Sam. B. Holt has
a large iron kettle such as is used for cook
ing tar, etc, that is said to be over hundred
years old. 1t was used by Mr. Hollis
GRANDPA Their, Richard Holt, when he built
and repaired vessels. There is also ladle
used for handling the tar. A story is told
that when the kettle was new it was
borrowed to be used at Islesboro to melt
tallow at a launching. The foreman, Heze-
kiah Flanders of Northport, wanted to 90
home Saturday night, and there being no
boat handy crossed the bay to Saturday
Cove in the kettle, using the ladle as
peddle. This is said to have been the first
iron craft that ever navgated Eastern
waters
NORTH BELFAST. The Sunday school gave
a very interesting concert last Sunday even
ing. The program consisted of recitations
quaFtettes, duets, solos and chorus singing.
all of which We're finely rendered The
church was very prettily decorated for the
occasion. An arch of evergreen and boughs
was erected over the platform while in the
background was draped the American flag
with a cross of roses and evergreen resting
against it. On the sides Were fir trees and
potted plants, also cut flowers in profusion.
The whole was lighted with Japanese lam
terms, making the whole scene appear like
fairy land. The Waldo county Sunday
School Association meets at our church next
Friday. Mr. H. o. Worthley attended the
ordination of Mr. Goodwin at Freedom Tues
day and Wednesday. Mr.. and Mrs Geo,
Y. White arrived home from Brocktop
Mass, last Thursday for the SUMNER.
Mrs. C. B. Gilmore and Miss Mary Gilmore
of Montvilte, who have been visiting Mrs E.
G. Gay, returned home Tuesday. Susie
Murch of Bangor has been visiting at Mrs.
z. S. Brer's.
STEAMER NOTES. Beginning this week
steamer Salacia, Capt. 0. C. Oliver, which
has been running between Portland, Booth
bay, Bath and Wiscasset, will make two
trips per week between this city and Port
land. She will leave Mondays and Thurs
days and make connection for New York,
over the Maine Steamship Co.'S line. The
Maine Coast Navigation Co., which owns
the Salacia, has leased the old Dole & Fogg
wharf and storehouse at Bangor The
Salacia will lay over in Bangor Wednesday
and Sunday, and do an excursion business
to Penobscot bay resorts. Her trips will be
wholly in the day time leaving Portland
Tuesdays and Saturdays at + a. m; Belfast