The Republican journal., 1900-03-15

of 200 pounds. They were raised in Free
dom on skim milk and grain.
The Nom Partisan W. c. T. Alliance will
meet with Mrs. J. L. Havner, corner of
Church and Miller streets, Friday, March
10Th, at $50 P. M. A full attendance is re.
quested.
Last Friday morning dweller on the out
skirts of the city heard a solitary crow at
SUNRISE hut Saturday morning there was
fun crow chorus. This is a harbinger of
spring, although the crows are always with
us. Listen now for the first robin.
Pensions have been granted as follows:
Original, widows, special accrued, Feb.
Dist, Bertha j. Hartman Bucksport, So; in
crease, jeremiah Mink, Orland, S14 to SIT;
Alfred Condor, Sedgwick. S14 to sly; Oscar
F. Allenwood, Belmont, $40 to Sl4.
A bold chicken thief is operating in the
northern part of the city. He recently Wis
tied the poultry yards of Geo. W Chaples,
killed and bled several birds in the pen and
carried them away. The neighbors say the
marauder will be surprised if he visits
them on a similar Grand
Howard F. Mason lost valuable team
horse last Thursday Mr.. Mason was haul
ing wood with three two.horse teams, and
was using all the horses on one load to get
up the McCrillis hill, which was bare of
snow. This horse got nervous and acted
badly for few minutes and finally fell dead
in the harness.
A Minneapolis subscriber writes: I'VE are
always glad to receive The Journal Que
of the saddest features of the home paper is
the notices of deaths that have been coming
along so frequently the past few months.
Perhaps both my wife and myself have no.
ticed it more particularly as so many of our
families have gone "
THE GIRLS HOME. just as the barrel of
flour furnished the Girls Home by the
Searsmont friend was getting ominously low
down came another from the store of l. II
Jackson, with the compliments of the pro-
prietor. Another far-reaching gift, consist.
ing of IA subscription to the Girls Home
paper aud covering 1915. was recently re-
ceived from the Current Events Club and
other friends OF Stockton Springs.
By fire in Charlestown Mass, last
were losers to the amount of $4,000 Losses
by other owners aggregated $4,000. A
young manlnaued Nicholas j. Garfield has
confessed that be set the fire in order to get
work handling hay, John Gilmore and his
brother-in-law, E1w. o. Smith, both former
ly of Belfast, are members of the above
named firm.
A sleighing party Of twelve couples drove
to Searsport last Friday evening and took
supper at the Searsport House. Mine host
Neasey showed by the me nu'' of chicken,
cold meats, etc, that he KNOWS how to keep
hotel" After the supper hour was
pleasantly passed in social whist and when
the party left for home it vas with the con-
viction that oar neighboring village has
hotel of which 1t may feel justly proud.
Last Friday afternoon Mrs Albert c. Bur-
CESS gave large whist party at her home
on Church street At half past two, the
hour named, the company began to assemble,
and at three the game began and continued
until six, when delicious refreshments We're
served, That whist is good appetizer there
was positive and ample proof Mrs Edith Wal
den and Miss Maud E Barker had the highest
score cards and carried away dainty souven-
irs of their good success. An invitation to
the home of Mrs. Burgess means a gracious
welcome and most delightful entertainment
A social was held recently at the home of
MI. and Mrs. Horace w. Pitcher by the
Methodist society. Funds were raised for
church purposes by a novel method. An
admission fee was charged, cents per foot
and cent for each extra inch Of the height
OF the patron. Some fun was had at the
expense of the tall men, but the laugh came
the other way when the thing was figured
ont. Thus one tall man was { feet inches
II cents the scotfer was short, ) feet s
inches IS cents. There wasn't much differ
enee, but such as there the tall man had
the best of it.
a DELIGHTFUL CONCERT. The fifth con
cert III the series by the Belfast Band, given
III the Opera House Monday evening, March
12tb, was composed entirely Of request num-
bers. After the second selection, which
was the favorlue Larboard Watch duet for
baritone and trombone, finely rendered by
Messrs. Stevens and Drink water and en-
cored, Manager Rigby said that a request
had been made for selection from Carmen,
and one was given by the full band. Mr..
Clarence G. Brooks, baritone soloist, of Bos.
ton rendered two selections, much to the de-
light of his many admirers. Mr.. Brooks
sings without the slightest apparent effort
and ennunciates distinctly and clearly. The
Indian War Dance by Belstedt by the full
band, caused much merriment and will be
likely to be requested frequently in open air
concerts. There will be only one more con-
cert in this series and expressions of regret
were heard that they were so near the end.
The date for the next concert will be an
nounced later.
STEAMER NOTES The steamer City of
Bangor will go on the Boston route April
9th, making three trips per week. The
steamer Penobscot will be hauled up at East
Boston for repairs. The steamer Mt. Des-
ert will leave for Bar Harbor on her first
trip of the season, April 10TH. BENJAMIN
r. Arey, Jr., and George A. Arey arrived
Monday from Bangor to put the steamer