The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-12-25
~ NEWS OF BELFAST.
GIFTS.

labor and Rest,
BLESSINGS that Heaven gives;
and happy ne l..
Nh 5Hbo makes them be
VIZ badness while he lives.
With every day
Wake and say:
f. r galS God for work and light!
And when AT las'
4Ttbsnk God for rest and night!
rb, is to lind
lTset peace OF NINA
tnow lfe's precious worth;
elf, gifts to take
,1J with them make
naradise of earth!
nempster Sherman, in Leslie's
i'TSoouthl! for January
burlington of Brunswick assisted
p.entjss on the Belfast & Burnham
j aud Frank Black helped in the
vast Office during Christmas rush.
Melvin Staples and wife (nee Ida
.-.tI of san Francisco, sent to their
Mrs Miles s. Staples and Mrs. S.
r-.sf,ri, and other relatives, supply
h.'~. redwood, huckleberry, sweet grass,
and yiolets for the Christmas sea-
SO.
ri, .ail4n Yacht Building and Railway
b.ught the old shipyard at the
" The harbor of G. E. Carleton and
A'5l ga, all the land on the east side of
| stsrh,r from John Dailey's to W. Grin
f-,atage next to the steamboat wharf.
r destined to be one OF the most i'm
rr. Industries in this town.-Camden
HsPt
- r Wc5ic9el had private exhibition
Nh. paintings the first of last week in the
..s.. Mrs Ezra L. Stearns at the Ban
us..s Bangor, followed by public
.t,-u. Andrews, and both were sue
r r-utn5 in many sales at good
.-s. Tins week Mr.. Woodcock is in
I hrre his paintings are highly
ga-at.
-r.-I ere scarce in the local markets
ID. I.- -sr weeks. kilograms were re-
r.Ii rom Portland and Gloucester
.-.-Iilt acre were no arrivals at those
.. tile weather. had been so rough that
-l.-.laIa u lad not ventured out. There
... -r- arrival in Belfast last week, the
.... .ana-r- with some 800 pounds of cod
..4t. iad few red snappers.
...>-aA. DAY. The business and man
.t..r, r- concerns and public offices will
...- l-efye to-day the usual holiday
-.. 0N- s gegards business and work
..- The schools closed last Friday
.-...- re. lay vacation. The post office
.-a.a delivery will be open one hour after
f.. rlfU the forenoon and evening mail
Halls Tie afternoon collection and even
- H Will be cancelled. The public
la-..l. bank and county offices will not be
.4a.i Leonard x Barrows shoe factory
,sv sa last evening Wednesday, until
gu. uorning Mathews Bros. mil,
ud rur.er manufacturing establishments
b .- -ui the day, and the stores will
g,.. noon with theexception of the peri
IH .a-s The Foster-Estabrook cloth
DEL Wnay morning.
.aIo WIN. When we went to press
as. y.0s was understood that the presen-
n-.a tli- comedy drama, Bound to Win,
s-'t- Opera Iiouse by the Rialto Club was
gl-r -5 postponed. Later it was de-
.esi postpone the trip to 1slesboro and
biz g8G was given Wednesday evening,
.el main the Opera House to small audi
sa.. The cast has been published in The
IosA 1t included Mrs. Madeline Lord,
", Mabel Weber, Misses Alma Colby
and -hl llofses, Messrs. Fred G. Spin
la d osborn Lord, Walter J. Clifford,
>N Davis, Clarence Hall, Orrin J. Dickey
agl 4 j. Poor. The specialties were
and tumbling by S. W. Davis and
lJ--.ee jIall and songs by little Miss
fa-... Paddock Thursday the club
74 I>Iesboro and gave the play in the
tSt M tpa crowded house, a dance fol-
'g 'He drama.
>uflNg ITEMS. Sch. Methebesec ar
Fv i'4c eth in tow of tug Portland from
iHtHb The schooner was from New
l" NtA soft coal for the Belfast Fuel &
H4 U- She was blown off and lost her
sails 1a4 put into Portland. This was the
laa.- erin of the tug, and with the schOon-
& 70 lpW the tug is said to have made
sFYei and half knots, remarkable show
!H3 Not only did the tug show an unusual
A good speed, but she behaved excellently
both n cough and calm weather. She rode
W- waves like cork, answered her helm
"tl he lighteSt touch, and her engines ran
smoothly and with little vibration. The
Tug eit for Bath Thursday and lowed a
new schooner from that port to Portland.
' sch Nj. V. B. Chase arrived Dec. 18th
4sl. from Boston. She was recently
bought by Geo. A. Gilchrest of McQuestion
6Ios ard is to be repaired here. She is Of
'N i9As Let, and was built in 1882 at Bath.
.apt PETERSON engaged his crew in Boston
'o' -5 each for the run, and the vessel was
III Belfast and the crew paid off in less than
- noliS,,.. Sch. Ada Herbert loaded lum-
~I i'om Mathews Bros. and sailed Dec.
9@ Tor Rockport. Sch. c. M. Brainerd,
"lVl brought lumber last week for Math-
WE Bios, Is to load granite at Stonington
IVY Ne" York. Capt. S. c. Rich recently
9'l sch. Sharon to Capt. Fitz w. Patterson,
.'f @hd last week bought sch. A. j. Whit
lg The latter is of Al tons net, was built
' A- Desert in 1868 and hailed from Sears