The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-09-21

Rackliff district. Mrs. Grace Mahoney Dean
town. Miss Belle. Slabcity; Miss Nancy
Jones, Mathews district; Miss Helen Lead
better, Lamb district, and Mrs. Lydia Dean
the Heal district. Misses Hattie Spauld-
ing and George Thomas left Monday for
Massachusetts. Mr.. Homer Mathews is at
home from Boston for few weeks vacation.
-. Messrs. Anon Brown, Miller Ross and
Erwin Rankin are attending the High school
in Camden. Miss Belle Stetson of Chelsea,
Mass, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Elmira
Stetson.. j. S. Mullin is OH the jury in Bel
fast this week. Mrs. Susan Wing of Min
nesota, who has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. j. B. Noyes, is now spending few
weeks in Rockport.
district Sept. 18th, Kelsey S. Ordway of
Patten, teacher. Mrs. Edith Merrill and
son Ralph of Bangor visited Mrs. Mary
Smith last Saturday -. Martha E. Harr-
man spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs.
Rebecca Hartman. She was accompanied
by Mr.. Samuel DOGGY of Brewer. Miss
Lulu Avery Miss Faustina Harding and
Mr.. Kelsey Ordway attended the teachers
convention in Searsport last Friday. Mr..
and Mrs, W d. Hartman and Mrs. Evan
der Hartman went to Bangor last Friday,
shopping. Edwin Ridley is at home from
Stonington on VISIT. Lnwood Pierce
and wife of Boston, Mass, are visiting Mr.,
and Mrs James Pierce. Mrs. Susie Harri-
man entertained the Ladies' Circle last
Saturday, Miss Susie Harding is visiting
friends in Bucksport.
PROSPECT The threshing machine, with
Fred Eames and Jack Clark for helpers, b. ;
been through here and the grain crop is a
good one The fair at Prospect comes
along this week. l, F. Gould will speed the
famous stallion Blue Wilkes, who has served
70 mares this season. C. H. Partridge is
shipping some of his famous r. l. Red Cock
erels to Boston, n. W. Staples had 80 full
grown pullets and five hens taken from his
hennery last week, at least $50 worth. Steal
ing poultry is on the increase here. Not
withstarding we pay twice as much tax for
good government as we did 80 years ago the
farmers property is not as safe. Such
thing as locking up buildings every
night in our boy hood days was never thought
OF, but now it is quite general. 1t does not
seem to be any body's business to look after
the poultry lifters but the loser, and it re-
quires time and money, which every body
has not got to spare just now l don't see
why it is not as fair to have wardens to
protect the tax payers as it is to protect deer
for sporting men, mostly residing out Of the
State and who pay no tax. What is needed
IN each county is some kind of an official
detective to look after offenders and to be
paid by the State. 1t is almost useless
to Try to keep everything under lock
and key on farm. Under the new order
of changes on a farm the memories are
generally built some little distance from the
house and the poultry litter has a clear field
to operate Lock and keys are but a small
protection, and to use a shot gun would be
disgusting business among our staid people
here. But | am afraid for some misguided
fellow before the snow flies. MIR. Staples
loss is of considerable consequence to him
as he is cripple with a fever sore on both
legs. But he is ambitious and used to be one
Oh The DtSu FARMERS anu NOFhtlS III low Ii. IL
a we'll man had his aches and pains he
would give up in minute, but Mr.. Staples
gets around and plans his business success
fully with his two boys and has a good farm.
-. Sergeant Hegyi, of the garrison of Fort
Knox, has flock of 10 chickens which help
him guard the old ramparts. The leader of
the flock is Is IL pound rooster which the
sergeant claims has not an equal in Maine.
The drought is getting quite severe here
and water has to be hauled on many places.
81 should have entioned another streak
of bad legislation for the farmers, and that
is the dog law. About everybody kept a
little barking dog, one that could wake the
seven sleepers if anybody came around the
buildings in the night, but because of the
trouble of spending a day, perhaps, in get
Ting license ana collar and paying a dol
lar every year the dogs are gone, and now
ten times the amount of the loss of sheep
killed by dogs is taken from the farm and
orchard
THoRNDIKE. Mr.. Edwin Cornforth has re-
sumed his position as Station Master. Mr..
Arthur Jackson who filed that position dur
ing MIR. Cornforth's vacation, has been trans
ferred to Thompson's Point. Mr.. Jackson
was very genial, accommodating gentleman
and Won host of friends. Miss Milett and
Mrs. H. A. Carter of Belfast were the guests
of W II. Coffin and daughter S. pt 10Th and
18th. Mr.. J. n. Tilton is not Improving in
health as fast his many friends could
wish. Mr.. and Mrs. John Murch of Unity
were the guests of Mrs. Hannah Wood last
Sunday Mr.. E. l.. Bartlett attended the
Waldo County Teachers Association in
Searsport Sept. 18th and 10th. Mrs. Clara
Gilmore and children of Burnham visited
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Ward last Saturday and
Sunday. Mrs. Lucretia Rowe visited her
brother, L. G. Monroe, few days last week.
500. Mr.. and Mrs Ira Libby of Unity We're
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs Asbury Harmon
Sept. 18th -. Mr.. Job Clement of Montvile
and Mrs. Charles Clement of Lowell Mass,
called on friends in town Sunday. Mrs
Weston Written of Unity is stopping with
Mrs J. n. Tilton for week. -. Nathan Ber-
ry and wife passed last Sunday with friends
in Brooks. Mr.. Daniel McManus is pass.
ing few weeks with his nephew, Bert
Spencer in Knox. Geo. Cilley returned to
ont