The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-07-06

| SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
| LOUISVILLE KY. NEW YORK N
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! BELMONT. Miss Ida L. Smaley, who is
| employed in Camden, was in town recently
visiting her mother, Mrs. James E. Bryant
| ....Lewis Jones has sold his Nelsonee colt
| to Mr.. Geo. Mears -. Schools in Nos /, .,
and have closed after very successful
terms taught by the following teachers:
| No, Miss Alice Knight OF Searsmont;
No. > Miss Sybil Mariner; No. 4, Miss
| Annie Stevens Of Appleton No. ) Mrs.
| Nettie B. Mariner. No. 5 will close next
week. Mr.. G. II. Andrews had an "old
/ fashioned" barn raising last Thursday after
noon, after which bountifuI supper was
| served. Oscar wilkins has sheep years
old that = hard to beat. He has owned her
| years and during that time she has given
| birth to 10 lambs and raised 9 Of them He
! sold wool ana lambs from her to the amount
of 81 IS. That is the kind that PAYS
! The Lend Hand Circle Of Kings Sons and
| Daughters Will meet next Sunday at the
home Of the Pres Mrs Edgar Smith of Bel,
! fast W Hard Morse has laid toor at
| c. Lambs grove Tilden Pond and will have
a dance afternoon and evening July 4th.
| Come one come all. Mystic Grange No.
96, observed childrens' night last Saturday
evening. They had an excellent program
and it was well carried out.
| PITTsFIELD. One of the greatest events of
this town for the past TWO weeks the
| graduating exercises of the class Of go NJ. C.
| I, The class numbered 81, instead of 81 as
announced two weeks ago AL of HON gradu-
ated with honors. Union hall was packed
full both forenoon and afternoon to listen to
the Interesting exercises which. consisted Of
most excellent music and speaking by the
| graduates. All received diplomas. The
next and greatest event was the dedication
| of the new Cniversalist church Wednesday
afternoon and evening, June 21st, The
| church is large and there are rooms for
| every department that can be needed, and
| nearly all the departments are furnished,
especially the dining room and kitchen,
| which are in the basement story. All the
| furnishings for those as we understand it,
| have been donated by companies or indivd
uals. A very large amount of silver and
| glass ware has been given by runners and
others who have patronized the Lancey
House. Supper was furnished in the church
| dining room on the day of the dedication, of
! which more than two hundred guests par
| took and pronounced 1t a most excellent
supper. But the supper not eaten until
after the dedicatory exercises, which We're
very fine and rendered with very devo-
tional spirit. The music and singing We're
| grand, the prayers earnest and right to the
| point, and the sermon by Rev. c. E. Angel
in the afternoon was listened to with a great
dealof interest, and Rev. &. A. Hayden, as
usual, gave an interesting discourse in the
evening The house is very beautiful and is
an ornament to our village and it seems
as if no one could enter such building
without reverent feelings and aspirations
| for higher life. The ladies Of the parish
have done very much to hel p the work along,
and they are noted for their benevolence in
in many ways. The organ was played by
Mr.. Wallace Conant and Miss Bessie Smith
very effectively. The regular choir, Messrs.
J S. Haseltine and W L. Cargill and Mrs, E.
| P. Goodrich and Misses Adelaide B. Welch
.
G. Porter and Dr. E. A. Porter OF the Bap-
fist choir, and by E. S. Pitcher of Belfast.
! The organ recital in the evening by Mr.
| Fred I. Bearse Of Waltham, Mass. was most
artistic series of difficult selections and was
greatly enjoyed by the large audience....
| There have been large number of people in
| town in the last two weeks, among whom was
/ M Har of Nav rt ri
| years Old, who see to read without
! glasses and does lots of work on his Sunny
side farm in Newport. Mrs. J. G. Berdeen
| of Vanceboro Is visiting friends in town..
ST. Johns Day, Sunday, June 18th, was OBJ
served by the Masonic bodies of this town
| with appropriate exercises. Corinthi an
Lodge and Order of Eastern Star of Hartland
We're invited and joined the lodges here and
| marched to the new Universalist church to
| listen to sermon by til pastor, Rev. L. W.
Coons, who is brother Mason,.. Mr.. and
and Mrs. S. R. Haines attended the COM
mencemeut exercises at Rowdoin College.
miss Mae Plumstead has accepted the
position as stenographer in the Office of the
Linn Wooden Company at Hartland. &c.
B. Warner has gone away for weeks fish
ing and recreation Mrs Warner went to
Newport for a carriage drive Monday, accom-
panied by her little daughter Mona and Miss
Lizzie Folsom, who is stopping with her
awhile. Mrs. JUNE Smith of Westbrook
has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Susan
Wright, and went to Penobscot Monday to
visit her brother, Frank Wright. "A large
crowd went from here to Maranocook a
week ago Saturday to attend the battle Of
Manila. .... Pittsfield has been entertained
for the last two or three weeks with a mer-
ry-go-round. In the Ivy Day exercises at
Bates College Urban G. Willis of this town,
M. c. L, class of 49, was marshal and Ralph
I. Morse Of Liberty, M. G. l., 49, was orator.
.... Mrs. c. f. Lothrop and her mother, Mrs.
Vaughn have gone to Cherryheld to spend
the summer. The thunder shower last
Tuesday night was very heavy in this vicin-
ity.