The Republican journal., 1900-10-18

Stories of people losing pigs are becoming
! frequent. No less than three cases have
been reported lately in which a pig in bag
has mysteriously disappeared from some
bodys wagon.
The out-of-town papers have announced
that the new schooner Pendleton Sisters
will be launched from the Carter yard Oct.
25th The launching will be at least a
week, and probably two weeks, later than
the date named She will be rugged on the
stocks.
Noah B. Allenwood of Belmont left at The
Journal office Tuesday a cluster of twenty
large baldwin apples growing on a section
Of branch less than a foot long. With them
was a specimen baldwin and Rhode Island
greening, the former unusually large and
both very handsome fruit.
The first freezing weather of the season
was yesterday morning, Oct. 18th, the Their
mometer standing at - al O'Clock, and
ice forming in many places. The mercury
| fell rapidly in the previous T. hours. 1t
stood at 10 at noon Tuesday. with a warm
| southerly wind. There was a heavy shower
! in the night with rainfall of n inch.
| MYSTERIOUS FIRE. The farm buildings
of Wilbur Clark in the Flagg settlement in
Belmont We're burned last Saturday. with
all their contents. The buildings consisted
of small house, / and barn. Mr. Clark
and his wife closed the buildings the Thurs
day before the fire and went away. and
have not yet returned. Their neghbors
say they do not know what personal prop
erty was in the house. The cause of the
fire is a mystery.
After the Grand Lodge of Good Templars
had finished its work at Gardiner last week
a meeting of the Juvenile Institute of the
Good Templars of Maine was held, and at
this meeting the work was formulated for
the coming year, and the following officers
| were elected: Pres, Mrs L. p Alexander
of Belfast sec, Mrs. f. l.. Bracket of Bel
fast treas Mrs. Jennie IIodgkins of Gar
diner: chaplain, Nellie Guiford of Ola Or
chard.
! BELFAsT's FIRST UorsE-BoAr. Chas.
a house-boat. Capt. John II. Mahoon of
| Brewer, who is ship-keeper on board the
yacht Speranza, bought the house boat of
| Capt Barbour and after living in it year
sold it to Charles Mcintosh, and had it tow
ed to Belfast Monday. The boat is of the
'tlat-ron'' pattern, % feet long and g feet
beam, and has a roomy and wel-tinished
house. The new owner says he will haul
! the boat out on the bank this winter.
Shakespeare, OF was it Bill Nye remarked
that doubtful things are mighty onsartin.
This fifty applies to our October weather.
After week Of wind and rain last Friday
was an ideal day, and summer-like in tenn
perature Saturday was almost duplicate,
but little bury, and in the afternoon there
was portentious ring around the sun.
Still, expectations of pleasant day Sunday
ran high, and a large per centage of the pop
ulation had planned an outing of some kind
Alas and alas. Sunday brought another
storm of wind and rain and everybody had
to make the best of it in doors.
| COOKING SCHOOL. The cooking demon
strations by Miss Myrtle f. Robinson, at
Odd Fellows Hall, are largely attended, and
prove highly interesting and instructive.
They opened Monday afternoon, and the
course includes six demonstrations, closing
Friday afternoon. The food is prepared by
Miss Robinson in the presence OF the au-
dience, and served to all who wish. The
menus include all the latest and most APP
| proved viands in cereals, canned goods,
buildings, sauces, etc, together with chocO-
| late and cocoa. The demonstrations also
| include the most approved wares and appli-
ances for cooking, preparing and serving
various foods and drinks.
! LAST WEEKS STORM. The storm which
| began Oct. 9Th ended last Thursday night.
| Little damage was done in this vicinity, but
the steamers were delayed The fremont,
which ran in place of the Silver Star on the
| Castine and Islesboro route, omitted her
Thursdays trip. The Penobscot, which
, should have left Boston Tuesday at 5 p. M,
| remained there until a. M, Wednesday, but
| then only got as far as Thatcher's Island,
and put back She left again at 5 p. m.
Thursday and arrived here at $50 a. m. Fri
day. She returned the same night, leaving
Belfast for Boston at about $50, and getting
DdCh dSdlI ouIludy IOIeHOOH LIE lily Vi
Bangor which left Bangor Wednesday
afternoon did not leave Boston on the
! return trip until noon Friday She arrived
here at a. m, Saturday, leaving again at
p, M, to return. These extra trips brought
the steamers around again to their regular
days. One small sail boat owned by Eddie
Gray was capsized at her moorings below
| the steamboat wharf. The total rainfall
during the storm was 374 inches, and it
came in the manner to do the most good to
the thirsty fields, low water in wells, rivers
and ponds. From Saturday morning to
Monday night the wind was southeast and
| then changed to northwest aud the wealth
er became cool the mercury ranging from
49, to 49,. Friday the weather was beauti-
full and the effect Of the rain was seen
| at once to such an extent that many farmers
| turned out their cattle, which had been up
some time.