The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-07-14

| Tie concert and ball given by Goodwin's
orchestra last Friday night was very we'll
attended, although time and weather con-
dti0tis we're rather uufavnrable to its sue
cess. Every number on the program was
danced vita The greatest enthusiasm and
the hours went merrily on until early morn
ing. The opening coucprt was well re-
ceivcd and consisted OF the following selec-
tionS Schottisc!e, Jack in the Box, AL
len; March, The Burning Of Rome, PAUL ;
Overture, The Golden Eagle, Losey.
Miss Grace L. Dow has invested some of
her earnings as ID school teacher in yoke
OF handy oxen for the farm She has not
yet signtied her intention Of driving them,
but when she was IL little tot and lived at
the farm with her grandparents she made
pets of some calves in the orchard in front
of the house and made them perfectly
handy so that they could be yoked and
driven anywhere They were kept for
oxen on the farm and were the handleSt
pair ever raised there.
/ At town meeting Tuesday it was voted
I to establish a high school with four year S
course of study and it was also voted that
the school board should provide suitable
quarters for the same. Propositions look
J ing to the purchase of building tor tenn
/ porary Accommodations for one of the schools
were voted down, and it is evident that
nothing but new schoolhouse suited to
our needs W i'll satisfy the people, and that
| temporary eXpedients will not be adopted.
Our schools should be thoroughly modern
| lied and Brooks made the educational
center that it should be.
| Following are the officers of Happy Val
| ley Chapter, O. f. S., recently installed by
Mahlon Patterson, Grand Patron: Mrs.
| W. P; Mrs. A. Emma Dow, w. A. NJ
Forest Roberts, Secretary; f. c. Tasker,
| Treasurer; Rev. E. E. Colburn, Chaplain
| John H. Gordon, Marshal; Miss May Nc
| Taggart, ConductreSs; Mrs. Frances A.
| Merritt, Associate Conductress; Mrs. Ellen
| Kilgore, Ada; Mrs. Frances Rolfe, Ruth
Mrs. Josephine Fogg, Esther; Mrs. Martha
A. Lane, Martha; Mrs. Grace Tasker,
Electa; Mrs. Ella Gordon, Warder; Otis
w. Lane, Sentinel Mrs. Lena Jones.
Organst.
The Brooks Base Ball team gave their
| Old rivals, the Monroes, good drubbine
| Saturday on the home grounds, winning by
| the decisive score of - tO4. From the first
their superiority was evident and for five
| innings it looked as if it would be a shut
| out but a little let-up by Miller in the
| fifth inning and batting rally by the
Monroe boys brought in four scores, SO that
at the end of the game the score stood - to
in our favor. Co nsiderable dissatisfac.
ton was caused by umpire Webber's de
| cisiOns but, with one exception there was
| no possible chance for complaint. Captain
Webber's sturdy team of ball-tossers met
| their second defeat of the season in Sears
port July 4, losing to the locals by the ex-
tremely close score of Ito 6. At the begin
ming of the 9Th inning the score stood 5 to 2,
in our favor. Then, just as victory was be-
ginning to be a certainty, an accident hap
pened to Miller and he was compelled to
leave the box. During the next inning
the Searsports succeeded in tying the
score, to 6. Then Fisher was put in the
box and held our opponents until the 10Th
inning, when Nickerson by a long drive to
left field succeeded in "circling the sacks''
and clinched the game for Searsport.
Doubtless return game will soon be
played.