The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-03-20

Advertised list of letters in the Belfast
post office March 18th: conference.-the
| Charles Dickey, Mr.. Jack McMan, Mr.. T.
f. Staples, W. f. Walker.
Swift 4 Paul had the first strawberries of
the season last Saturday, and The Journal
acknowledges receipt of a box with the
compliments of the firm. The berries were
fully ripe and of fine flavor.
Dr.. Elmer Small has at his office map of
the United States published in 1900. 1t is
! in fine state of preservation and is inter-
esting to study in comparison with maps of
the present time. 1t shows but little west
| Of the Mississippi river. Since then the
| boundaries of many of the States have been
changed, while many now prosperous States
were then territories or not in existence.
/ Maine was a province of Massachusetts and
was very spalcely settled above Bangor and
Augusta. The map was the property of the
amUof the late H. G. 0. Washburn.
Maj. Holman F. Day will give series of
readings from his unpublished works in the
| Universalist Church Friday evening, March
2lSt, at s O'Clock. This is the fourth in the
series of lectures and enterta nments by the
| Murray .ub. Admission, % cents tickets
! for sale at Mixers and at the door The
Fairfield journal says Of Major Days read
ings in that place
The productions were pen pictures of in
teresting phases OF life among the 1ankees.
| Varied as were his portraits every time that
| he turned his kaleidoscope, up would come
a live Yankee to be greeted with a round of
applause. The marked characteristic of
his renderings is its naturalness. His art is
| so complete that it seems arteSS. Listening
to hear what the enthusiastic ovation give
to Mr.. Day would articulate, we distinctly
heard voice saying ''come again.
| STEAMER NoTEs. According to Steam
boat Inspector Horace Atwood of Hampden
there will be numerous additions to the
fleet this year. and not a few of the old ones
are receiving extensive repairs. One of the
new lake craft is to be built at the Barbour
yard in Brewer for North Twin lake. AT
| East Sebago, a 40-ton steamer is being built,
| while the fleet at Naples Will have an addi-
| ton which is rated in the lotion class.
Sehec will also have a new steamer, a 40
footer. Henry Sawyer will launch 40
| ton steamer on MooSehead this spring,
while the steamer Moosehead is receiving
extensive repairs. Capt. Atwood says that
there will probably be between 80 and 10
| new launches on the different lakes this
season, many owned by out-of- the State
people. The Maine Central steamer Frank
Jones is nearly ready to resume her trips
| between Bar HarbOr and Portland She
| has received new boilers and has been
given general Overhanling at the Iron
| Works this IVjntar and no moi ta
are at work ON the exterior woodwork 1t
| is now settled that the only ocean steamer
line that will do business at Portland this
summer will be the Dominion, both the
Thompson and Allen lines withdrawing
their steamers with the opening of the
spring. The Penobscot, bound East, put
into Portland Tuesday night on account of
the storm.
MARRIED TwENTY-SIX YEARS. The
twenty sixth anniversary of the marriage
of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene S. Achorn was
celebrated at their home in East Belfast
Wednesday evening. March 18th. More
than hundred friends and neighbors were
present. A short literary program was
given, after which a bountiful supper was
served, including clam stew, cake, coffee,
fruit, etc. A large number of useful and
| valuable presents were given to the host
and hostess, including a commode set rug
and set of dessert spoons from f. W. Ellis,
G. 4. Leavitt, Edwin Frost, F. n. Slavery,
Mr.. Bennett, p. ID. II. Carter, Richard
| Brown, Clifton Gray, Raymond Ellis, James
| Nickerson, S. E. Bowen, II. f. Ellis and
their wives, Mrs. |. ii. Sherman, Miss Sher-
man, Mrs. Coombs, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Hat
tie Stephenson, George Patterson, Charles
Thomas, Belle Carter, Roscoe Ellis doiley,
Geneva Coombs; carving knife and fork,
+. A. Rankin water pitcher, Mr. and
Mrs. n. S. Piper glass berry set, Mr.. and
Mrs. Everett A. Nickerson; half dozen
silver knives and forks, Mr.. and Mrs B.
Kelley; berry spoons, Mr.. and Mrs. W. E.
Illley, Japanese tea pot, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hogan; $1.0O, Mr.. and Mrs. V. d.
Larrabee; nickel coffee pot, Mr.. Cook :;
sofa cushion, Charlotte Staples pitcher, r.
W. Woodbury., R. b. Stephenson, Miss
Mamie Woodbury.; hassock, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Michaels; plush chair, Ezra Curtis,
Eugene Curtis and Andrew Brown and
wives; lace, Mrs. J. H. Stinson; rug and
chair, Geo. E. Michaels, I. d. Guptill,
Porter E. Nash, P. S. Staples, E. W. Davis,
Wallace Ellis, Frank Davis, John Stephen
son, J. II. Stinson, George Davis and their
wives, and Herbert Davis; clock, Reuben
Herrick, Albert Nickerson, Arthur Howard,
7. G. Keen, S. X. Richards, Herbert Rich
ards, Ora Richards, Elnathan Robbins, G..
c. Ford and their wives, Laura Herrick,
Norman Nickerson, c. R. Howard, Annie
Weber and daughter, E. w. Robbins, Mrs.
Abbie Nickerson, lisa Nickerson, Effie
Brock, Jennie Ford, Alice Ford, and Mel
win Ford.