The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-06-15
SEARSPORT LOCALS.


Miss Ethel Wentworth is at home for tie
summer.
Miss Jeanette B. Rice returned from Cas-
tine last week.
Fred r. Sweetser is at home for his sum-
mer vacation.
Miss Nina Ward is visiting her sister,
Mrs ]. B. Sweetser
Lucy and Lettie p .dleton returned from
Worcester. Mass, Sunday.
DR.. William Walters, Jr., is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. d. n. Mitchell.
q. A. Robertson of Augusta made short
calls on friends in town last Thursday
Ralph Richardson rode from Waterville to
Searsport on his bicycle last Saturday.
Mrs. William H. Blanchard and son Scott
will occupy their residence here for the sum
mer
A movement is ON foot to establish an
experimental rural mail delivery in Sears
port.
j. Louis Pendleton, who has spent several
weeks in town, left for his home at Saratoga,
Calf, Friday.
Several from here attended the gradual
ing exercises of the Normal School at Cas-
tine June It'll.
Miss George Hammons of New Haven,
Conn. is spending the summer with her
aunt, Mrs. S. A. Prescott.
Janet Sargent, formerly manager of the
Western Union Telegraph office in Bath, IS
spending few weeks in town.
w. 7. c. Runnells, Esq, returned by train
Friday evening from visit to his son and
daughter III Massacb: .setts.
Seeing deer is lot SO rare now as to see
oxen. Chas, Woods saw three Saturday
afternoon. Deer, or oxen? Ed.
The missionary contribution to be called
for next Sunday morning at the Cong1
church will be devoted to the church build
ing society.
DR.. John Benjamen of Kenduskeag will
not locate here DIR. H. H. Sellers of Bangor
will come i'll his place. DR.. Sellers was for
merly city physician for Bangor.
A buckbo party will attend the gradu-
alton exercises of the Belfast High school
Friday evening, the 10th inst. Those wishing
seats on the blackboard will leave their
names with Miss Ethel M. Nichols.
The Searsport Dramatic Club will give the
drama 'Me and Otis at Union Hall Thurs
day evening, June 23d. As the proceeds are
TO he given to defray the expenses of the
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doubt it will be we'll patronized. Reserved
seats Will be On sale at Clement Il Adams.
At the invitation of Mrs F. L. Palmer
large delegation from Freeman McGilvery
Relief Corps went to Monroe Tuesday to
witness the exempication of the work of
the ritual by the Brooks Corps. The ladies
were much gratified by their reception and
entertainment at Monroe, and are highly
pleased with the new work.
Several errors crept into our items last
week For the former Cunard steamer Ari-
zcna the type settlers made it the canal
steamer, and for Hancock, her name now, it
read the Concord. Another slight change
was made in an article left in the NJ. E.
church decoration day. 1t should have been
black fan, but got changed to black
cape.
Among the new methods of locomotion
none has been more successful than that
adopted by Chester Bailey in driving his
COW to pasture, situated on high land. AS
soon as the COW is we'll on her way Chester
mounts his bicycle, rides up, seizes her by
the tail, and with feet on the coasters is pro-
PEELED as easy as he would be with an cleo
trio mot r under the seat. AS the home
TRIP is a down grade no exertion is required
by Chester to drive his COW
Friends of Fred Frasier Black here,
knowing education at West Point is far
more serious business than education in
civil life, approaching the terrible physical
and mental strain of the first year, are much
gratifed to receive from the United States
Military Academy report that he passed
the rigid June examination well up i'll
class the quality of which has not been ex-
celled in years, even at West Point, where
after the Six months probationary period it
is expected the best type of intellectual and
mora manhood may be found. We con-
graduate the young cadet, aud hope health
and strength may be vouchsafed him to con-
tinue the course and graduate with honor
indicated by his success thus far.
The Children's Day entertainment given
by the M. E. society Sunday school last
Sunday evening was among the best ever
given here. The decorations are largely
due to the efforts of Misses Annie Stevens
and Laura May Carver, assisted by young
men of the school. The hand OF Miss
Hannah c. Colcord, organist, was manifest
in the admirable manner in which the sing
ing exercises were executed. The program
was as follows: Singing by the choir and
school, Welcome to June; prayer by Rev.
R. H. Harbutt; solo, Miss Laura May Car
YER; responsive reading; singing, The Kind
~ Skies Introductory address, Beatrice
Park; recitation, Gods Voices, Maria Gill
key song, Sunshine Boys and Girls, Marie
Cyphers, chorus by school; rec, Only Small
Boys, Charlie Havener; song, God is Love,
by seven little girls; rec, The Reason WHY,
Bernice Park rec, What Little Things Did.
Eva Havener; song, The Home in the
Glover, by Beatrice and Bernice Park
Part second: Peace in war, Young Amer