The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-07-06

Thursday, July 18th. There will be boat
| ing on the lake, swinging, playing ball, etc.
All friends are invited. Fare for round
trip, adults SIS cents; children under u
years. 45 cents.
Harry Fielding's Own Company begins
an engagement of three nights at the Bel
fast Opera House this, Thursday, evening
with the play of "Young America" Friday,
(souvenir night,) East Lynn. Saturday
1.-The Soldiers Sweetheart" Pleasing speci-
alties each night between the acts. The
leading lady, Miss Pauline Fielding, is high
ly praised by the press, and she is supported
by an excellent company. Seats are now on
sale at the box office.
The steamer City of Rockland which ar
rived at this port last Sunday morning
from Boston, had the largest passenger list
of the season. It is estimated that $50 peO-
pie landed here, many of them bound for
interior towns. As there were no trains or
stages the Belfast Livery Co. had busy
day of it, sending teams into the country in
every direction with the vacationists. Had
it not been rainin the livery company's
teams would have all been out, and the
transportation problem would have been
difficult one.
BUILDING AND REPAIRS. Elisha Sher-
man has Thoroughly repaired, painted and
improved his house on High street. The
improvements include new platform at
the front entrance. The Dickey Bros. are
building a two story house on Bayview
street on the site of the one they bought
last year of O. r. Webster go. Frank Lam
caster has had his store on Main street re-
paired, including new stills. Mr.. Lancaster
is the oldest business man in this city, and
is at his store daily. The Duplex Roller
Bushing Co. has fitted up what was the D.
Lane Office building for storage and paint
shop.
4 panorama which was transformed into
a Venetian picture was noticed in the bay
one evening last week. \ fishing boat, a
black Sloop, was lazily floating in with the
tide, while around her at various distances
were moving energetic little launches or
more eisurely rowboats. AS the sunset
colors deepened, the reflection transformed
the grimy sail of the SloCp into a crimson
aud gold wonder, and the little boats, which
now surrounded her closely, might, in the
twilight, have been mistaken for the siene
boats Of Venice. The background of calm
blue water, dyed here and there by the
vivid sky, and the bluer haze in the back
ground, all lent their aid to the illusion and
helped to bring d "litte Italy" into Belfast
bay.
EXCURSIONS. The excursion on the steam
er Golden Rod to Rockla on sunday was
given up owing to the rain.... Dickey'S eX-
cursion to Togus last week carried oven forty
persons, and that to Stockton on Thursday
afternoon was largely attended,. Future
excursions will be those to Good Will Farm
and Togus this month. The Belfast Band
excursion to Bangor on Saturday, July Sth,
will be one of the events Of the season. The
steamer will leave Lewis wharf at six o'clock
promptly and reach Bangor in time to see
the street parade, returning at seven in the
evening. This trip costs but S1.25, includ-
ing admission to the circus. 1t will be a
pleasant sail up the river and the band will
furnish music both ways. The steamer
Castine will make her trip to Bangor some
Sunday later and next Sunday will prob
ably go to Crescent Beach with sail through
Dark Harbor.. Orrin j. Dckey, the local
excursion manager, has opened an Office
next door to the American Express Office in
the Harris block on Main street.
A Coon SEND OFF. The steamboat
wharf was the scene of plenty of excite
ment on Wednesday afternoon, June 2Sth,
when the friends Of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
| f. Read gathered to see them off on their
! wedding trip. Mr.. and Mrs. Read eluded
their pursuers in one particular and sue
ceeded in arriving at the wharf in an ordi-
nary carriage, while the gaily decorated
hack carried down some of their friends.
The energetic young people fell upon a
trunk marked with initials that exactly cor
responded to those they were looking ior,
/ and were more than a little surprised when
the strange young man who owned il
thanked them for their kindness in deco
rating it, but informed them that he was
not married. StickerS fastened to the suit
cases and proclaimng to the world ''We are
Just married." and uncounted quantities of
IlCt, CoDlclll anu ~ NClo uiN LHCll WI n,
| however, and if anyone on the boat failed
to realize that bridal party was present
it certainly wasn't the fault of Mr.. and Mrs.
Reads friends.
THAT PUNCH BOWL STORY. The Jour.
nal of June 18th contained an article from
an exchange on what was said to have been
"four barrel punch BOWL" but now doing
duty as a watering trough in Pickering
square, Bangor. George G. Wells, who was
the Belfast agent for the Sanford line OF
steamers at the time, says that the story az
told is incorrect from beginning to end
The article in question was designed orig
nally for watering trough and was bought
by George U. White for shipment to horse
man in Massachusetts,. In attempting t.
put it aboard the steamer here it broke
through the gang plank but did not go over
board. Mr. White then abandoned it and
Mr.. Wells bought it for Capt. c. B. San
ford and it was taken up river on the steam
er Cambridge, addressed to c. B. Sanford
Some one marked punch bowl'' on it, anC
this may have suggested its use in that Ca
pacity. But the quarry at Bangor" the
presentation ceremonies, and the story Of
raising the bowl from the bottom of the