The Republican journal., 1901-06-13

loading at the wharf for Perth Amboy....
The base ball season opened here last Thurs
day with a very good game, Frankfort VS..
East Maine Seminary nine, Bucksport. The
home team had for battery Mason and
johnson of the Belfasts. The score was 8
to Is, in favor of the Bucksport nine. There
will be a match game next Friday afternoon
on the home grounds here; Frankfort VS..
Searsport. The nine here will give dance
in the evening. Mrs. n. S. Blethen and
Mrs. O. S. Erskine attended the commence
ment exercises at Bucksport, Wednesday.
BUCKsPoRT. There is to be more build
ing at Fort Knox and very soon. Bids have
been called for the erection of one set of
non-commissioned officers quarters and the
electric wiring Of the same. This seems to
indicate that the rumor in circulation some
time ago, that the fort was to be garrisoned
may have some foundation. The fact that
the building is to be wired for electric
lights also indicates that lighting plant
may be established as there is no system
nearer than the Bucksport power station.
The establishing of a garrison at the fort
would be a good thing to happen to Bucks
port
LIBERTY. Owing to the recent damp
spell of weather corn is coming up poorly
in this vicinity. W. J. Knowlton has five
acres of ground that he is planting for the
third time, and very many were compelled
to plant the second time or get no corn. :.
The salmon appear to have taken week
Ln1,i Loo, A.
| of time. IT. P. Mathews has sold a large
lot of fishing tackle. He ordered $3.50 worth
in the spring. The people thought him in
sane, but he has sold that well out and has
ordered twice since. Tom says the way to
sell goods is to keep them in stock to SELL
If the goods are in New York or Boston he
cannot sell them, so he keeps on hand every
thing that any one calls for. If he has it
not he puts it on his order book and has it
ready for the next one that calls Mr. Sib-
ley of Belfast was in town few days ago
and in looking over Toms stock of goods,
said that he saw everything but pulpit. If
he had been in want of one, we have no
doubt but that would have been put on the
| order book. The wife and children of
Prof. Geo. R. Berry of Colgate University,
Hamilton, n. Y, are spending the summer
with Mrs. Berry's parents, DR.. and Mrs.
Clough. Charles Hurd, who has posi-
ton in Boston, is spending few weeks
with his parents in this village. Mrs. Lucy
Marden was called to Union few days ago
on account of the sickness of her mother.
BELMONT. The little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Dan Pierce recently swallowed
bout an ounce of iodine, and Mrs. Pierce
not knowing what was the proper thing to
give the child took her to Mrs. Gray, neigh
Dor, who promptly administered the proper
remedies, and the child's life was saved. ....
The following visitors are expected at c.
Gray's Old Home week: Ben Tower,
Denver, COL; Major J. NJ. Wiswell and
wife, South birmingham, Mass. Mrs. NJ. S.
Tower, Auburndale, Mass, and her daugh-
ter Miss Bessie, and sisters Alma and
Beatrice, and their brothers, Clarence and
Nell Gray, from ROxbury, Mass. Miss
Ethel Frost of Belfast was in town Satur-
day and Sunday visiting Mr.. and Mrs. L. F.
Allenwood. -. Miss Bessie E. Brown of Bel
fast visited her sister, Mrs. Hattie E. Allen
wood, last Saturday. Fred Davis and fam
lily have moved to Silver Ridge, Aroostook
Co... James L. James, who is employed in
John Sanborn's stable, Belfast, was in town
Sunday calling on friends. Prince NJ. Bes-
sey of Brooks will be at the stable of n. B.
Allenwood & Son every Saturday forenoon,
with his black stallion Island Prince, until
further notice. >. Mystic Grange observed
Children's night last Thursday evening A
nice program was given by the young folks.
Visitors were present from Honesty Grange,
Morrill,. w. S. Morse and Geo. W. Knight
W. Morse were at their cottage ''Soldier's
Rest" Temple Heights, Northport, last Sun
day 1T. W. Pease of Union was in town
Sunday, June End, visiting Mr.. and Mrs. N.
B. AllenWOOd.