The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-05-26
The funniest ever, Looping the Loop, at
the Belfast Opera House, May 31st.

Macomber shipped a 26-foot launch to
William Rhoades of Waterville Tuesday
The Libby Co. made shipment of cows,
calves and hogs from Belfast to Brighton
Saturday
Sanborn has lately put on exhibition at
his studio number of beautiful flower
pictures in water colors.
An OK belonging to James Beckett fell
dead on the road while hauling load from
Belfast to Northport last Friday.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the Bel
fast post Office for the week ending May q
Ladies-Miss Edith NJ. Bryant. Gentle
men-Richmond K. Myrick, E. Fl. Rams
dell, Charley Yates e letters.)
The fish and game commissioners have
ordered the following hearing: Thursday,
June End, at 10 a. M, in the Revere House,
fishing in Bartlett stream and its tributaries
in Searsmont and Montville.
Lost, Sunday afternoon, May 22nd, on
Northport avenue between Wingate Cottage
and Joseph B. Wilson's, ladies' gold
watch, valued as an heirloom. The finder
will be suitably rewarded on leaving it at
The Journal office.
Frank W. Trull was recently granted
a pension through the agency of F. A..
Greer of Belfast. Mr.. Trull is % wears
old and contracted malaria in his service
during the Spanish war as a private in Co.
B of the 1st Maine Infantry.
A Hampden man, in driving to Belfast
last Satur day, caught young woodchuck
by the roadside in Swanville and exhibited
it to passers-by on the street. Woodchucks
are said to be interesting pets, and to be
very intelligent and capable of being taught
tricks.
Instead of making two trips with third
one for lay-otf under the new system of
three captains on the Boston-B Bangor di-
vision of the Eastern Steamship Co., as
proposed, the shippers run for two weeks
and lay off one. The spare captain runs a
week on the Rockland, week on the Ban
gor, and then lays Off week.
The friends of Capt G. L. Field called at
his home, No. Union street, last Thurs
day to celebrate his 61st birthday About
% guests were present and he was present
ed as a token of esteem with a fine meer-
schaum pipe. Capt. Henry Staples made
the presentation speech. A treat was pro-
vided and the evening was pleasantly spen
socially, with cards, music, etc
Unity is already making preparations for
her centennial celebration, which will be
Oh June 22nd. President Chase of Bates
College and several other Unity 'boys"
who have made their mark will speak.
Mrs. S. j. Stevens of Troy was asked to
write poem for the occasion, but much as
she would like to comply with the request,
time and strength will not permit.
An appeal comes from a Washington,
D. c., botaniSt to save the wild flowers in
Belfast and vicinity. 1t seems to be the
fad to gather them not for study but to pick
them roots and all; so that they have been
exterminated in places where they grew in
abundance two years ago. Some of our
rarest orchids blossom in June and the Bel
fast botanists wish to bring this note of
warning to the attention of those who care
lessly destroy this most interesting of our
wild flowers.
FISH FACTS. Capt. E. II. Colby arrived
May 18th from Saddleback with HOO pounds
of fresh fish, mostly paddock. The had
dock were very scarce until last week
when two large schools appeared on the
coast. Moore has a supply of fresh
scallops, the first in the market for the
season. Leo NJ. Sargent caught II good
sized trout and salmon at Swan Lake last
Thursday, and they were exhibited at
Stephenson Il Perkins market the next
day. go. Arthur Gray arrived May sd in
sloop Jennette with a small catch of cod
and paddock. Three of the fish weighed
lis pounds.
George F. Mayhem may well be classed
among the progressive farmers of Belfast.
His farm is at Gurney's Mills, in the north
part of the town, and consists of As acres,
all recently under cultivation and capable
of tillage 1t is divided into moving, till
ing and pasturage, and the land is rotated
between the three at short intervals. Mr.
Mayhem recently bought city milk rout.
and now has herd of 10 fine looking cows
in which the Jersey and HoIstein blood
predominates. He applies modern meth
DDS to the handling of his milk and uses
every precaution to insure purity and
cleanliness He also owns another farm of
go acres which has good wood lot, large
pasture and fertile fields.
l. NJ. Cottrell has bought of the Belfast
Fuel & Hay Co. the steamer Florence,
which has been laying in Dyer's dock since
last season. The first report was that he
would use her with the schooner P NJ
Bonney. which lays alongside, to run ex-
cursions; but Mr.. Cottrell says he will
break the steamer up and sell the machin-
cry, ETC., for what it will bring. The
Florence was built at Brewer by the Bar
bours in 1882, and has been built upon and
heightened until she bears no resemblance
to the original craft. She has seen variety
Of service and went out of commission af-
ter an unsuccessful attempt to establish a
route between Belfast and landings down
Reach.
BLAZING CHARIOT. People living
along the road near Mason's Mills witness
ed novel spectacle late SATURDAY. evening