The Republican journal., 1901-07-18
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.


.,is horrid torrid weather!
o. humidity galore!
lamps are stuck together
u, We cannot close door,
nra lTawer,
| ANY more,
4ai:bnnt oerworking every pore,
WWS'l4 ,lapping at mosquitoes which are
Laing for our gore.
,..,..,, Won want to light a match
WIN have simply got to swear,
,,l ,cratch, scratch, scratch,
~,rt With sulphur fill the air,
And you tear
yngf hair,
igj ,briek in wild despair,
And cuoS the weather bureau III ils eie-
,gted lair.
* New York Sun.
n.s sign, painted by NJ. W. WEIGH, has
...r nat up at the c. c. c Shoe store.
rb4-4 we're no strawberries or raspberries
.oq stores Tuesday The weather was too
Dlo picking,
The ANA building, occupied by Thomp-
,r IL Foster and the Creamery, is being
,.nt ,,i outside and painted.
-rs.up three two-horse loads of hay, av-
.,,,.- more than ton each, were put into
49, Abbotts' barn one day last week.
es0 "A Achorn has bought a fast horse
Al saiI.nsont parties. AchOrn usually has
y'6,-,- hat it bothers the rest of them to
r.t h. amden Herald.
%. sullivan of Portland, Me-, the well
cnoaialiSf will no in
g.lAsi III the Revere House Wednesday
spi mrSday, July 24-25th
u-leIl Il Stickney began excavating for
t- Front street sewer last Friday morning,
.et rev of local help. Fales & Ulmer
# Pu.p and have their steam drill ready
.aIe begin work soon.
when the old per cent. city bonds were
r-rr jed in 1898 all were got in except one
--H That was recently found and paid,
et loses that issue of S49S,000, of which
--. A were refunded and $4,000 retired.
.s week a Portland man bought six
ls., vi strawberries here to take home.
T, 1.re selling then at cents box,
s, and he could not get them as cheap
and nor such good berries. One
hi native cultivated strawberries was
laSt week at cents box.
. uuklin, summer resident of North
,r mp Ground, gave the children his
-n haV-rack ride last Friday. They
Belfast where they stopped some
rr -re treated to soda at the City Drug
.+-- .Ud rode about the streets and SUBJ
..~ lowing horns and cheering, and hay
-- rand good time.
Toms Cabin was presented before
aulience in Belfast Opera House
r -vening. The company made a
..-. u1rade with the players, two big
... he dogs and band in the process
SUI. The verdict of those who didn't go to
V is mixed. Some say that Uncle
abin is back number, and others
1-y would like to see the play as it
et- -inally given, without the outside
1 9usiness of duplicating the charac-
recent visit to Swan Lake some Bel
HHianists found the following plants in
H--ur flower within radius of six feet
..-Hu Jerry, raspberry, mulberry, coltsfoot,
Ad white clover, buSh-honeysuckle,
ST. l,ll. daisy, tleur-de-lis, sarsaparilla,
a-.-. gandelion, milk weed, bunchberry,
mp, dogbane, false Solomon's seal,
.orn. The trees, grasses and ferns
va easy reach also added interest
r spot. Two new specimens, one an
u uuon pyrola, were added to an already
@ larbarium during the trip.
". ArHER AND CROP REPORTS. Post
n.- Brown receives from the Depart
Agriculture and posts in the post
.plvices regarding the weather and
and is in correspondence in regard to
ting the circulars by the rural
system. Following is summary
port dated at Washington July 10, 4
and posted here July u, I P. NJ:
DIS, mated area of corn planted; 1901, 49,
acres; 1900, 1881 600; average for
r. ears, 76,7SO,O00 Wheat crop of pre-
.i- year on hand July /, 1901, $1,000,
heels; 1900, $4,000, 900 Following is
4-Tcentage of the condition of the crops
al4y1:
Av.