The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-05-18

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| HORSE TALK. P S. Staples has sold his
sorrel horse TO Reuben Herrick. Mr.. Staples
| has used this horse in his market delivery
team years. Lancaster & West sold Is
horses last week, and will receive another
| carload soon. They have a number of good
| ones on hand.
BY an error in asst weeks Journal in the
item relating to the High school graduating
exercises the vaedictory and salutatory
parts We're transposel. They were correct
| ly given in !previons issue: Vaedictory,
Miss Helen Bird salutatory, Miss Edith
Dunton.
The 0. Q. Scammon Co.'S comedy Side
! Tracked was given in Belfast Opera House
last Thursday EVENING" before a good sized
audience. The play was apty described by
one who witnessed it as a variety show with
| just enough plot to hold it together. The
| specialtes, however, were good and were
we'll presented
The Lewiston Journal learns in a very
pleasant manner of the growing popularity
of the new Second Regiment TX. of P
March," recently composed by Mr.. R. P.
| Chase of Belfast. Mr.. Chase has already
won considerable success as a composer
notably through his march The Maine Cap
| itol" The new march from his pen has
vocal part with words for the use of the K
of P's. only Mr.. Chase is musical disciple
Of that wel-known theorist. Mr. John w.
| Tufts, to whom he gives creditor early in
struction in the art of composition. Lewis
| ton Journal
FISHING EXCURSION. The str Silver Star
made an excursion to the fishing grounds
! last Sunday, with party of 20 on board
! The forenoon was foggy, hut the weather
! cleared about noon. The sea was unusually
smooth and nobody was seasick. The fish
ing around the Western Head OF Isle au
Haut, around Saddleback light and outside
the White Islands, and the total catch was
/ about 500 pounds. Excellent chowder, and
baked beans and brown bread were ser
| we'd on board.
| The County Commissioners have received
/ plans from the architect for the proposed
changes in the court house. Two sets of
floor plans submitted. One is to provide
| fre-proof rooms within the present building
substantially as described in The journal a
few weeks ago. The other is to build an adj
| dtion 30 feet long to the northeast end of
the building, with an entrance on High
street in the present basement, with the fl re-
proof rooms on the nrst and second floors
No elevation plan estimate of cost has vet
been received.
| EGGsTRAoRDINARY Mention was made in
The journal of May 4th of some small eggs
laid by a hen owned by A. T. Webb of
Swanville. The proof of the pudding is n
the eating rather, ''seeing is believ-
ing aud last Friday Mr.. Webb brought to
our office box containing 81 of the before
mentioned eggs. They vary somewhat in
size, and the smallest are hut little larger
than a common marble, while the largest
not more than twice that size. They
are the product of hen that is half Brahma
and half Plymouth Rock and Mr.. Webb
can assign no reason for her producing
these freak eggs.
THE CROPS. Following is summary of
of the reports from Waldo county to the
State Board of Agriculture:
Conditions of grass fields, very good
little winter killing reported on low ground.
glover mas Seu6Tdlly WlnCertQ well. Season
little later than in 1898 in most sections.
Acreage of grain, 81 per cent. Condition
of fruit trees. 100 per cent. Condition of
plum trees and other small fruit, ITO per
cent Local market prices: hay, 1898, S7.75,
1899, Sc %; potatoes. 1898, AZ cents, 1899, 66
cents; cream. 1885, 10 cents, 1899, 20 cents
apples, 1898, 90 cents, 1899, 81 25; poultry,
1898, II cents. 1899, II cents; eggs, 1898, II
cents, 1899, II cents butter, 1898, II cents,
1899, II cents; cows, 1898, 1888, 1899, $37
sheep, 1898, So %, 1885, So so; wool, 1898, 10
| cents, 1899, II cents; oxen, 1898, 500, 1899,
1920.
LITTLE Miss NOBODY" The 3-act COM
edy drama entitled Little Miss Nobody was
presented in the Belfast Opera House Friday
evening by theiThalia Club of Camden under
the auspices of A. E. Clark Camp, Sons of
Veterans. There was a large audience, and
the performance highly successful both
from histrionc and financial point of view.
Little Miss Nobody was an ideal heroine and
the parts were all well taken. Following is
the cast:
Earl Ramsey alias Jack Mayburn,
Bill Digger. alias Clint Ford, Mr. G. +. Wentworth
Gee Ho, Chinaman, Mr. Alfred Beverage
Barney Dooley, Mr. Edward Wells
Otto Snitzpounderkooker, MI V. d. Wellman
Berry Perriwinke, Mr.. Bob Crockett
Bob Brenbam, ur C;,hor+ ,,o++o,
Pietro Mascali, WI "ilDoi' '
Uncle Dave, man Of mystery,
Mr. NJ. T. Crawford
Joe Moore, miner, Mr.. Charles Lee
Sam Daggett,0 Will Nero
Jack Sheldon, ga" -''iii N1A''Oo''0' Fred Porter
Hank Kicker, Lewis Bramhall
Widow Skerritt, Miss Jennie Fitzsimmons
Little Miss Nobody, Mrs. Gilbert Patten
If we had not known the performers were
amateurs, and our neighbors, we should not
have discovered it in the performance. No
one would have suspected that the amusing
Chinaman knew what were the duties OF
foreman of the Camden Herald but he
does The specialities were fine, and the
dancing excellent. The net proceeds were
1858 SO. The Camp offered a ring as prize
to the young lady who should sell the
largest number of tickets, and it was won by
Miss Alberta Dickey, whose sales amounted
to $50 3d. The troupe came from Camden
by a special trip of steamer Castine and
we're accompanied by large number OF
excursionists, who had seen the play in
Camden, Rockland or Thomaston, and want