The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-11-08
A certain member OF the Waldo count


| bar will not ride horseback this year.
| Colcord Brothers will move their lunch
car to the vacant lot on High street adjoin-
| ing Bramhall's market
| The ladies of the North church are arraup
| ing for a rummage sale, to be held in the
| near future.
Piper 4 Co. of Rockland are hauling in
| Christmas trees for shipment by rail to
| Boston and New FORK
| The W. c. I. L. will meet With Mrs d. S.
| Lincoln in the Mitchell block, Church street,
| next Thursday, November 18th
| The Universalst fair will be held We'd
| nesday and Thursday afternoon and even
ing, November 21st and 22nd at Memorial
Hall
Horace Smalley has raised his house on
Waldo Avenue about , feet, turned it around
built new foundation, and made other i'm
movements.
| Advertised list of letters remaining i n the
| Belfast post office Nov. 9Th: Gentlemen
Archie Deacon, NJ. J. Gordon, NJ L. Hol-
brook. NJ. L. d. Holmes, Mr. Francis J. JOY
| Giles G. Abbott of Belfast, who has one of
the largest farms and does as large bust
ness as any farmer in this vicinity, has not
hen, Or any other kind of poultry, on his
| premises.
| The Belfast Improvement Society realized
| $50 net from Zephra. They wish to extend
| thanks to Chas. f. Coombs for furniture
nd IN Lob A 7 e., U,I
next meeting will be Monday, Dec. 3rd
with Mrs. A. Gammons on Church street
| During the winter the society will meet
| once a month.
| Seaside Chautauqua Circle will meet with
| Mrs. Adde c. Weber, 1 Charles street,
| Monday, November 18th, at , P. NJ. Lesson,
| review questions on chapters three and
| four of the French Revolution, and Read
| ing Journey in the Orient" Discussion +:
| Which is better, a monarchy or a republic
| for people not trained to self-government !?
Author, Bryant.
! THE HUNTERS. Lincoln Hamilton of
| Swanville shot buck on the Hamilton
| farm in that town Oct. 31st, and sold it to
| FOgg Il Brown. The animal weighed 1875
pounds when killed. Burton r. Hamlin
brought in a good bag of partridges and 4
very large grey squirrels Monday. The
| squirrels were on exhibition at Fogg &
| Browns
| BELFAST FREE LIBRARY. The trustees
OF the Belfast Free Library have received
| the $1,000 bequeathed to the library by the
Will of the late Rev. Geo. W. Field, d. d.
AS the Will did not specify any special pur-
pose for which the bequest should be used,
the trustees will invest it for nucleus for a
fund for making an addition to the library
building, which is now crowded to such an
extent that it has been found necessary to
| put shelves into the cloak ROOM The library
has received the books bequeathed by Dr.
] Field, nearly 400 volumes, but the librarian
has not yet had time to classify and cata-
! logue them.
! SCH PENDLETON SISTERS The custom
| house officials have finished their measure
mentS of sch. Pendleton Sisters, built by F.
Z. Pendleton in the PendletOn shipyard in
Belfast. She is three-masted schooner of
1913 tons gross and 7O4 net Her registered
| length is 175 feet; length of keel 100 feet ::
beam 81 feet inches depth Is feet, Q inches
Her length over all, carpenters measure, is
191 feet. She has two decks Her frame is
OF hard wood and hackmatack; plank and
ceiling, yellow pine; stem and stern, oak.
Her masts are of Oregon pine, 90 feet the
foremost % inches and the main and mizzen
81 inches in diameter in the deck. She is
equipped with Bath steam power and wind
lass, and has all the modern improvements.
She has graceful lines, is of great CARRYING
capacity, and the workmanship throughout
is frst-class. The mechanics in charge of
the work were: master builder, O. R. Webs
ter joiner, Howes Mayo; blacksmith, C. W.
Coombs; rigger, Henry Gardner; painter,
Dennis Pendleton; fastener, Geo. R. Slower
She is to be commanded by Capt John
Davies of New York. AS The Journal has
Lefore stated, the vessel will be rugged on
the stocks. 1t is now thought that she will
be launched on or about the Doth of this
month. The work of stepping the masts
was begun Monday morning, and when The
Journal went to press the main and mizzen
were in position and the fore was i'm the
sings.