The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-08-16
MAGAZINE NOTES.

Every number of the New England
Magazine contains something of inter-
est to Maine people. For example, the
July issue has an illustrated article on
the RangeleyLakes, which ought to serve
as guide book to that region. The Edi-
tors Table is devoted to the city Of New
buryport. the home of Harriet Prescott
Spofford. the well known author ma
tive of Calais, and the place of resi-
dence, for some years, Oft Wentworth
Higginson, whose wife, Mary Thacher,
is native of Machias. We were sur
prised not to find mention, among the
old families, Of the Wells family, long
prominent socially and who were among
the most wealthy residents Of Old New
buryport. Members of this family Wis
tied in Machias and Belfast in years
past, and were visited by our people
in town at their old-fashioned mansion
on High street, which from first floor to
cupalo was filled with curios from the
East. The August number of the New
England has an article, fully Illustrated,
on Maine in Literature" One native
OF Waldo county is mentioned as fol
lows: "The year in which Roswell ID.
Hitchcock was born saw the birth in
the farming community of Jackson, in
Waldo county. Of Ezra Abbott, per-
haps the greatest Biblical critic that
this country has produced. Even as a
child he must have exhibited eXtraodi-
nary mental gifts; for it is said of him
that he knew his letters at nineteen
months, and al seven years expressed
the great interest that he felt in Rollins
Ancient History 1t is an interesting
coincidence that he also was connected
for time, although as principal, with
the East Machias Academy, where Sam
uel Harris, Roswell d. Hitchcock and
George Harris went to school. Soon
after his graduation from Bowdoin,
however he made his home in Cam
bridge, where from 1872 until his death
he was professor Of New Testament
criticism in the Harvard Divinity
school,"
The Atlantic Monthly, from the issue
of its first number by Phillips, Samson
& Co., has stood for the best in itera-
ture; and it was never better than it is
to-day The ten cent monthlies with
their profuse illustrations attract thou
sands of readers, and are marvels of
cheapness and excellence in their way,
but they cannot dislodge the Atlantic
from the affections of a large and, we
are glad to believe, an increasing con
stituency. While fully maintaining its
literary quality it has of late devoted
more space than formerly to public and
political questions and educational
problems. Two Maine authors appear
in the August number, Sarah Orne
.Jewett, who contributes one of her
charming sketches entitled, THE For
eigner," while Harriet Prescott Spot
ford is represented by a poem, Gram
arye."
The leading article in The American
Kitchen Magazine for August-an ex-
cellent publication by the way - is
"AdulteTated Foods-Your Remedy. =
AS to the common report that wheat
flour is adulterated, the writer says that
this is not so: that thousands Of exami-
l.ations, all over the United States, have
failed to find any of the alleged adul-
terants with the exception of corn
meal, and the internal revenue laws
now compel this to be made known on
the outside of the package. The arti-
Gle then goes on to tell of authorizations
and substitutions and how to detect
them; and in conclusion says:
The moral then is to buy groceries
bearing the name of firms known for
honesty. They are not at all difficult to
find and once you have found them
stay with them, just as you do with
your baking powder. Consult your
food journals and the food bulletins of
your various States ana buy according
ly. A dealer who advertises continual
ly, year in and year out, has a reputa-
ton to sustain and will serve you faith
fully.