The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-12-25
The Hanks Business College Is closed for
a holiday vacation of one week.

u HOiluny v0c1SlOn VI one week.
The Maine Deaf Mutes' Convention will
be held in Belfast, in August next.
The regular meeting Of the School Com
mittee will be held next Monday evening.
The ice boating season has opened early.
The ice on the ponds is now in fine condi-
tion.
We have received from Hon. Fred Atwood
of Winterport very pretty little calendar
for 1903.
Oscar F. Allenwood, Belmont, $24 widows,
ETC., Fidelia Dyer, Burnham, So.
John Ward of Knox sold to White &
WadswOrth last week a 3-year-old heifer,
the meat of which weighed 61O pounds.
Twenty-four carloads of Christmas trees,
averaging about 1000 trees to car, were
shipped from Belfast station this season.
The grey squirrels were in hiding during
the cold spell. but have come out again in
force and are as plentiful and tame as dur
ing the summer.
Mr.. Edwin Morey's yacht, the Princess,
which had been in ROckland since Septem-
Der for repairs, has returned to Castine and
been hauled up.
The Belfast post Office has received the
new 10 cent postage stamps. They are brown
in color and the portrait is that of the late
President Harrison.
The New England Telephone & Telegraph
Co. is fitting up the rooms in the McClin-
took block, and will move the central office
there as soon as possible.
NJ B. Lawrence has bought the interest of
his partner, Bred H. Mathews, in the
Commonwealth Hotel and continues the
business Mr. Mathews remains in his late
partners employ.
A large attendance is expected at the
Kris Kringle party in Memorial Hall
Christmas afternoon. The dancing will be-
gin promptly at O'Clock. Music will be by
Lakie's Orchestra.
There was almost potato famine in Bel
fast during the recent cold spell. The sup
ply in town was short, and the farmers and
outside dealers did not dare to take the
potatoes out for fear of freezing.
Smells and herring have been plentiful in
the harbor the past week. Leander Morse
caught 400 herring in his net in one tide
Monday, and sold them for . cents apiece,
fresh. The smelts are unusually large.
Game Warden R. T. Rankin circulated a
petition last week asking the Legislature to
pass law to license nonresident hunters
and thus provide funds by which the State
can give additional protection to game and
reimburse farmers for damage to their
crops by deer.
LOST Two heifers from the Adelbert
Nickerson pasture in Waldo. One was two
years old, with white face and brown rings
around the eyes, with Jersey points. The
other was nearly two and dark red. The
finder will be suitably rewarded by applying
to Henry Quincy, Waldo or to this office.
The rain which followed the snow last
week reduced the travelling to state in
which wheels and runners were about
equally divided, and in which he who used
either wished at times he had the other
snow the other rain left, and the travel
ing since has been on wheels
The members of Seaside Chautauoua
Circle will meet Monday, December 10Th,
with L. A. Cochran, 4 Park street. The
lesson will be chapters five and six of the
c. L. S. c. book, Literary Leaders of
Modern England" and from the magazine,
the Federation of Rural Social Forces. ;"
Quotations on the Old Year,
The Browning class. conducted by Rev.
Harry Lutz, will meet next Saturday even
ing, at 7.15 O'Clock, in the parlor of the First
Parish Church. The poem for study will be
"The Grammarian's Funeral" The method
of study is that of informal lecture, reading
and discussion. The work is not limited to
any sect or class All who are interested in
such study are most cordially invited.
Walter j. Clifford has leased the Belfast
Opera House and will take possession Jan
uary 1st The present lessees, Maxfield and
Bray, have been bringing here good class
of entertainments, and have made numer-
Gus improvements to the opera house and
in details of management Mr.. Clifford in
tends to keep up the quality of the enter
tainments, to add new scenery, and make
other improvements. He has several at
fractions engaged, to be announced later.
Braddock's Orchestra of this city has been
engaged to furnish music for a dance at
IslesbOrO Christmas night, to be given under
the management of Fred G. Spinney of this
city. The new orchestra is one just formed
and is composed of Charles Braddock, first
violin; Walter Varnum, second violin; At
wood Cilley, cornet; Mrs. Charles Brad
dock, pianist. The orchestra furnished
music for the Saturday evening dance at
Odd Fellows hall last week.
Mr.. Edward C. SWEET of Portland will
give his famous lecture on picturesque
Maine" in the First Parish Church, Belfast,
Friday evening, January 10th. 1t will be
given under the auspices of the Charming
League. Mr.. SWEET takes rank among the
foremost orators OF New England. His
wonderful descriptive powers, supplement
ed by many fine illustrations, make an even
ing of rare pleasure and profit. Belfast is
fortunate in the privilege of hearing this
lecture, which is highly commended wher-
ever it has been given.