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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06
News of the Oranges.

At meeting of Harvest Moon Grange, p.
of H., at Thorndike Station Oct. 18th the
third and fourth degrees were conferred on
a class of four candidates The brot hers
then gave a program on their side of the
contest, which was heartily applauded. The
program rendered showed much talent, par
ticularly in music. Saturday, Nov. list, was
sisters day The first and second degrees
were conferred.
Granite Grange, North Searspart, held a
regular meeting Oct. Dist with a full house.
This was the last night of the contest for
side No. 1, Mrs. Callie Hartman, captain.
We never had a better program rendered
than was carried out On this occasion.
The next meeting will close the contest.
which will be reported later on.-A. S.
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THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

Two milliners are busy at Mrs. BOWS
millinery rooms.
Harry Roberts is at work for Roscoe Web
Der on the farm.
Geo. Larrabee has been shingling the R.
w. Forbes house.
W. R. Simpson picked some dandelions
in full bloom Nov. 1st.
Mrs. Hattie jenkins was quite ill Sunday
night, but is now much better.
Mrs. c. H. Neatly is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. d. A. Packard of Hartland.
James McTaggart, Jr., has bought the
Weber Simpson place and moved on to it.
Della Roberts has been in Unity some
weeks with the family of Edwin Reynolds.
DR.. A. W. Rich has pair of pure blood
ed Berkshire pigs that are worth looking
at
Stillman Emery of Lowell, formerly Of
Jackson, has been visiting friends in this
vicinity.
NJ J. Dow has cleared off a lot of rocks
and done big falls work on his West
Brooks farm.
Miss Mabel Rose, who is teaching in Nor
rill, has been spending two weeks vaca-
ton at home.
1t is said that the Bessey monument, just
! set in the new cemetery, cost over thou
sand dollars
The creamery is to use the public water,
and pipes are being laid from the main to
that building.
Miss Jennie, daughter of Geo. F. Lang, is
stopping with her uncle, Geo. johnson, at
; the Foss farm
William Gould is moving and making i'm
provements to some of the buildings on the
John d. Jones place.
The Good Templars Lodge is having the
usual run of entertainments and the hall is
crowded every evening.
Miss EVE Roberts has returned from
Lewiston, where she visited her aunt. Mrs,
Irish, formerly of this town.
Fred Moulton and Joseph $. Lang, with
their teams, have been helping Dr.. A. w.
/ Rich do up the fall work on his Lang farm.
Mrs. Samuel Gould of Brunswick is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Riley Bailey at South
Brooks and other relatives in this vicinity.
Almon S. Forbes has finished pruning his
orchard ON the John Roberts place and has
gone to visit his sisters, Mary aud Margaret
in Troy.
Fred Emmons has built she'd connecting
the house and stable Of Ira y. Bowden,
who bids fair to have one of the neatest
stands in the village
Rev. F. ". Barker has rendered his resig-
nation to the congregational church of this
place to take effect January lSt. lie is to
locate in Massachusetts.
Henry Reynolds and John BOwden are
running a threshing machine in Knox and
will soon move it to Brooks, where there
is yet considerable grain to thresh
DR.. y. +. kilgore, who has turned his at
tentiOn to farming, has Just finished gather
ing his turnips and cabbages lie has rails
ed several tons of each and employed
considerable help.
Mrs. ii. II. Pilley went to Newport last
Monday to visit her daughter, Mrs. c. S.
Bracket. She was accompanied by her
granddaughter, Miss Marie Chase, who is
attending the High school at that place
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06
A Story from BrooksviIle.

This is a story that comes from Brooks
Vile. and it is true too sunday. Oct Is,
Mrs Nancy Bickford and Mrs. Emily II.
Bowden walked from Mrs Rickford's house
to the union chapel at Brooksylle, attended
church. sat together, and walked back home
together, just as they used to do some sixty
seven years ago, when they attended Wor-
which stood on the site Of The present
chapel. Mrs Bowden and Mrs. Bickford
We're schoolgirls and firm friends in those
days, and although both of them have long
passed the allotted three score years and
ten, their friendship is as true as in their
girhOod days, and the pleasure of once
more attending church together at the old
familiar place will long be remembered.
Many offers of a ride home were extended,
but were declined with thanks, as the walk
home together was part OF their prog ram.
Ellsworth American.
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Boston University Maine Club.

The Maine Club, composed of students
from Maine in the Boston University law
school, has perfected its organization for
the year, and will soon begin Il series of
semi-monthly debates Thirty members are
registered in the club, and few more are
expected to join. The officers elected are
President, Nat. T. Abbott of Shapleigh,
Me. ; first vice president, Charles F. Wotton
of Warren, Me-; second vice-president,
Charles II. Johnson of Portland, Me. sec
rotary and treasurer, Lucian W. blanchard
of Rumford Falls, Me. s; executive commit
tee, Harry b. Ross, Charles II. johnson,
Guyden Harden, Harry Dunbar and Frank
FOSS
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06

LIBERTY
f. II. Bradstreet Post, No A. Dept. of
Maine, held a campfire Tuesday, Nov. 4th,
in honor OF the twenty-tirst anniversary of
its eXiStence... Elisha Norton has bought
the lot on which Hotel Waldo stood and
Will build house in the spring. Some
men We're here last week looking over the
route with a view to building an electric
road from here to Camden, a thing de
voutly prayed for by the people in this
vicinity. A charter will be asked for this
winter. There is not d town in the State
doing the business that we do that is SO re-
mote from railroads and steamboats, as we
are. We are about fifteen miles from any
where; sixteen from Belfast, fifteen from
Union, thirteen from Thorndihe, and the
same from the branch mills, north, south,
east, west. Take the way that YOU think
best and | assure you that you will wish
that you had gone the other way And vet
the freight that is going in and out from
this vicinity is enough to freight quite a
railroad 7. p Mathews had hauled from
Belfast week before last forty tons of mer-
chandise, and comes near that figure per
week in and out the year around. Or in
other words he handles about two thousand
tons of freight. Who dares say that an
electric road, properly conducted will not
DaNo
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06
The Maine Farmers Almanac.

The Maine Farmers Almanac for 1909,
published by Charles f. Nash of Augusta,
has appeared and is now to be obtained at
the usual places This is number s. and
will find its way where its predecessors
have gone, into almost every home and
place of business in Maine. Into its pages
is packed the usual amount of information
about the coming year and the State of Maine,
and its puzzle department will furnish win
ter evening amusement for many tiresides.
This Almanac is always a welcome visitor,
always a reliable friend, and is something
Maine people could not get along without.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06
HALLDALE.

Rev. f. A. Dnslow preached here last
who had been sick several months with
consumption, died Oct. 10Th. The funeral
was from his late home Friday afternoon,
Oct. 5lst Rev. j. Washbnrn 0l1iciated .
S. $. Emery of Lowell, Mass, is visiting
friends here. Mr.. and Mrs. W. f. Poland
returned from their visit in Massachusetts
last Sunday. Rev. J. Washburn left for
his home last Saturday Mr.. and Mrs. W.
E Wyman left for their home in Provi-
dence, r. l., last week.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06
Wedding Bells.

kENT-CLEMENT. A very happy evenl
took place onWednesday night, Oct. Goth,
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Philander
Kent in East Orrington, when their son,
James Galen Kent, and Miss Marion Glenn
Clement of Bucksport were united i'll mar
riage by Rev. Benz. b. Merrill of the First
Congregational church of Brewer. The
house was handsomely decorated, the cere-
mony taking place beneath an arch of
flowers and evergreen. A large and happy
company witnessed the event After the
ceremony refreshments were served and the
evening spent in games and dancing Mr.
and Mrs. Kent We're the recipients of many
beautiful presents.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06

The editor of the Mexico, Mo, Ledger
recently refused to give space in his
paper to long obituary of a man who
had never in his life subscribed to a
local newspaper. The point was we'll
taken. and other papers have announc-
ed their intention of adopting like
policy.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06

'''3'' II L T'',s' 1,orNTy. '''' s..
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm OF + J. CHENEN < Co
doing business in the City OF Toledo, County and
State aforesaid, and that sal0 firm will pay the
sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me anG subscribed in my
presence, this 9Th day of December, A. D. 1856
A. W. GLEASON
SEAL NOTARY PUBLIC,
Hairs catalrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surface Of the
system. Send f0r tesimoni tls free.
+. J. CHENEY \ Co, Toledo o.
Sold by Druggists roc
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06

Fte complete failure of the French
champagne crop seems to portend an I'M
quenched and unq lenchable thirst in
the first tam@iies.-Boston Herald
That does not matter. The cider
crop is all right, and with a French
label it viii furnish the sham as well as
the real pain.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06

I he mean temperature for October was
a. % against IL. So for October, 1901, and
an average of 1854 for October for Is years
past Tie highest temperature was = the
I'd day, lowest 20 the 24th and 10Th day IS
greatest daily range, 81 the 10Th day. In
October, 1901, the highest was 81 the 18th
day; lowest - the 10Th day. In October,
1892, rain tell on days with "a total rainfall
Of 5.o5 inches. In October, 1901, rain fell
on days. total RAINFALL .. 90 inches. There
was no SNOW in October this year and not
enough to measure in bier last year. The
greatest rainfall in II hours in October this
year was 2.6S inches in October, 1901, .. 50.
The average rainfall for October for II
years past was 80 inches. III October,
1902, there We're clear days, Is partly
cloudy and cloudy; in October, 1901, Is
clear, partly cloudy and cloudy. There
was thunder the 10Th and 18th days, and
hail the Goth in October this year, and none
in October last year There was d total
eclipse OF he moon the night of October
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06

The President was on a turkey hunt
in Virginia last week, but his Thanks
giving turkey will come from Rhode
Island.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06

The 1902 crop of corn will be the larg-
est ever harvested in the United States.
This ought to make corned beef cheaper.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06

SPRAr1-TvENER. \ very pleasant home
wedding occurred at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. Vinal Turner in Liberty, Oct 18th,
when their daughter, Miss Estelle Turner,
was united in marriage with Mr.. Fred f.
Spratt of Palermo. The marriage service
was performed by Rev. II, f. Wood Of
China. Only the families of the contract
ing parties were present. The presents
were many, beautiful and useful. Both the
bride and groom are very popular in the
communities where they live and all are re-
ioicng that they are not to 20 far away to
live for the present, at least. \ wide circle of
friends Join in extending hearty congratulate
tions and Wishing for the happy couple a
long and happy married life.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06
Belfast Weather Report.

Following i, summary Of the weather
record of tie Belfast station of the [. 5.
Weather Bureau for the week ending Nov.
/, 1907:
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TO CURE \ COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if it fails to
cure. f. W Groves Signature Oh each box.
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ALMOST GIVEN AWAY.

We have over 30 kinds of tin and wire
goods that we are selling at from lc. to
&c. "Why not write us p and get our new
illustrated catalogue and price list of Home
land Furnishing Co., No 90 Cross Street,
Portland, Maine.
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fu,pr.,s p,rcp1-py Editor and
'i'Ni''i-' "a ii"''N III Business Manager

SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: In advance. 500 Il
year; S1.0U for six months so cents for three
months.
ADVERTISING TERMS: For one square, one
inch length IN column, IS cents for one week, and
% cents ion each subsequent insertion.
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THIS signature is on every box Of the genuine
Laxative Bron70=Qail1!ne Tablets
the remedy that eaTes c":9 il. ONE dav
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06

According to the figures of the state
assessors tie municipal debts ot Waldo
county aggregate ~d+o, +-I and the debt
If belfast is $4,000. leaving only so,
III 10 be divided among tAe2G towns.
some pt Tie towns are ont Of deJt, and
some lave surplus over liabilities.
The city Gebtis represented by tie rail
road bonds and the rental Of the road
pays tie interest on the bonds, with
several thousand dollars over. In other
words, t railroad is low and has been
for several years a paying property. AS
"a whole tie towns and cities OF Maine
are III excellent u4aucjal standing,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06

Cure kidney and liver troubles, relieve
the back, and build up the whole system.l.
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s- EF}iD tuN NSttlN UuIiafS over III OtlcI
words. t'e railroad is low and has been
for seye.a! years paying property. As
a whole Il e. towns ard cities OF Maine
are il. excellent tLauclal standing,
There is evidently growing III
terest III good loads all oven The country
and this is due in large measure to the
efforts u the good roads bureau OF the
federal government to arouse the pub
lie to an appreciation of good road
buildings The bureau iud01ses the re
port OF its chief engineer, who finds
that the cost of moving one ton by
horsepower over one mile of sandy
road Is u cents. over damp sand -
ceuIs. over ruts and mud 30 cents. over
broken stone and ruts 70 cents. over an
earth road that is dry and lard 5 cents,
over broken stone road in good condi-
ton : cents, over a compact gravel
road - cents, over stone paving 5.333
cents, over asphalt - cents. \ strik-
roads in New Jersey is given by a
writer in Lippincott Magazine, who
says
Formerly it took wagon weighing
! 800 pounds, with four horses and two
men to auI II tons of produce to
market from a Camden county farm
and bring oach a load OF fertilizer OF the
same weight, and then they We're
whole day doing it. Often enough the
wagon got niled, and then it took more
than a day. over one of the new roads
it now takes only one man. two horses
and wagon weighing 200 pounds to
carry lOad OF four tons 10 market and
Dung another load OF the same weight
back and the round trip is made IN half
a day,
The New Orleans Times Democrat
thinks that in the face of such evidence
it Is wonderful, not that the move
meAt is growing, but that it is not grow
ing more rapidly" and cites the fact that
2he State of North Carolina is now
building a road over the Blue Ridge
Mountains, whose greatest grade will
be one foot in thirty. ''The road will
be an expensive one to build" says the
New Orleans paper, but will pay for
Itself in the hauling of the first three
crops, One horse can draw as much pro-
duce over this road as three could over
the mountain roads now in existence,
which amounts to the difference be
tween aftiuence and penury to the one
horse farmer"
Mecklenberg county, North Carolina,
is credited with originating the good
roads movement that has done so much
for that State in the last few years.
This movement has extended over the
whole State and its benefits are SO
evident that there is prevailing en-
thusiasm on the subject. The farmers
and all other classes of people gladly
pay the taxes that are required for the
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06

Rev E. S. Philbrook will speak and con-
duct a gospel meeting at the Hayford's
schoolhouse Tomorrow Friday, evening at
1880
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A. W. GLEASON.
NOTARY PUBLIC
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-18

president the Battery Park Bank,
Asheville: w. T. Old, cashier First
NATIONAL Bank, Elizabeth City; George
Stephens, vice president Southern
States Trust Company, Charlotte;
Charles NJ. Norflut, Peoples National
Bank, Winston; Andrew Moreland,
cashier Atlantic National Bank, Will
mington; j. F. Worthington, cashier
Bank of Reidsville, Reidsville; John
Y. Bruton, president First National
Bank of Wilson; H. l.. Burgwyn. pres
ident First National Bank, Weldon;
W. A. Hunt, cashier Citizens Bank,
Henderson; w. l.. Parson, cashier
Bank of Pee Dee, Rockingham.
Other States-Charles l.. Robinson
assistant cashier Western National
Bank, New York, N. Y; Oscar T.
Smith, Baltimore: John T. Dismukes,
president First National Bank, st. Au-
gustine, Fla: w. H. Mcdonald, So
licitor Merchants National. Bank, Bal
timore; w. L. Meyer, vice president
Western National Bank, New York; S.
Keith Evans, the Evening Post, New
York; w. P. burst, assistant cashier
Bank of Greenwood, Greenwood, S. c.;
T. Fred Aspden, travelling representa-
tive First National Bank, Chicago;
William T. Devon, solicitor Interna-
tionaI Trust Company, Baltimore;
James V. Lott, cashier Mercantile Ma
tional Bank, New York.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-18
BRUTON FOR TAR HEELS.
North CaroIininns' President An
swered for Them.

North CarO1ininns' President An
swered for Them.
President John F. Bruton of the
North Carolina Bankers Association,
made response for that state, speaking
as follows:
Il know of no profession in whom
conservatism of speech is more becom-
ing than that of the banker. He may
have wild thoughts, see visions, and
dream dreams, but he should not talk
in his sleep. He might tempt his bed
fellow to commit justifiable homicide,
or, worse still, mislead him into MAX
ine a doubtful investment. The injunc-
ton, But let your communication be
yea, yea; nay, nay was intended for
those who were seeking wisdom, pur-
suing after truth; and it's observance
in this day, if rightly understood,
would smother the modern politician,
tighten the burdens of men who seek
to do right, and bless the world with
a clearer understanding of duty and
obligation. / question whether there is
a rule the observance of which would
prove more lastingly profitable to the
banking man than clearness and hon
esty of speech. What is a bank with
out truth to guide and direct it's board?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-18
BOYS WHO WON PRIZES.
Closing Exercises of the Savannah
Academy.

Closing Exercises of the Savannah
Academy.
The Savannah Academy, Capt. Tai
iaferro's school, closed its thirty third
annual session yesterday morning.
Certificates of distinction were award
ed to Masters Herbert T. Blake, for
spelling, arithmetic and history; Dav-
export Bryan, for spelling and general
progress; Fred Blouche, for spelling
and arithemetic; Jacob P. Helmken,
for grammar and history; Edward
Hano, for spelling, history and arith-
metic; John Juchter, for spelling and
history; j. Ed Kessel, for rhetoric;
Walter A. Kesesl, for spelling geogra-
ply, grammar. history and Latin; Carl
j. Kraft, spelling and geography; Har-
ris N. Lang. arithmetic and spelling;
c. Gilbert Lang, all English studies,
arithmetic and Latin; Frank G. Metz
ger, for Latin and rhetoric; T. T. Nc
Millen, spelling and grammar, and T.
Lawrence Mitchell, for spelling and
arithmetic.
No certificates of distinction are CIV
en- to the medalists, except those TAX
ing the department and defamation
medals. The Savannah Academy
medal can only be taken by those who
have formerly won the medal for high
est general excellence.
The department medal was awarded
to Master Lawrence Mitchell for hav-
ing the smallest number of dement's.
The primary medal was taken by Mas
ter Douglas Gillette, who was only a
few points of getting the highest gen.
eral excellence medal. The grammar
school medal was taken by Master C.
Charles Ely for the highest general
average in his class. The high school
Z medal was awarded to Master Ralph
Metzger. The Taliaferro medal for
highest general average was taken by
Master Walter Collins.
The Savannah Academy medal was
awarded to Master G. Herman Lang
for having passed all of his examina-
tions in Latin, algebra, English and
geometry, and having taken previously
the highest general excellence medal
Only a very few in the history of the
school have been so fortunate as to
win this medal. The defamation was
awarded to Master Harris Lang.
Masters Herman and Gilbert Lang
voluntarily entertained the school and
visitors at the former meeting. The
former recitings "Old Ace" and the lat
ter Sullivan"
Master Harris Lang recited THE
Folly of Telling Lies" which won ap-
plause from the audience.
The manner in which each speech
was delivered showed careful training
and unquestioned ability.
Mr.. Alfred D. Harden. a former men,
Der of the school was the orator Of the
day. His address was reminiscent in
character; and after abiding to the
tender cord binding him to past asso-
Citations and associates, and admonish-
n "a hnN 70 h1r -
present opportunities, he closed with a
forcible peroration on the necessity of
individual application to success.
The principal will leave for his coun-
try place near Rapidan, Va, next week
with a party of boys.