The Republican journal., 1905-06-15
The members of Harvest Moon Grange.

23d, to which the public are cordially invit-
ed Admission fee sets. At the close of the
entertainment ice cream and cake will be
for sale in the dining room.
Jos. Williamson ESQ.,, of Augusta was in
the city Thursday on business. Mr.. Will
hanson thinks of publishing the second
volume of the History Of Belfast. written
by his father, the late Hon. Joseph Will
hanson, and which would complete the
records of our city for 100 years. 1t is an
expensive undertaking, however, as it is
proposed to have the second volume uni
form in all respects with the first, and SUBJ
scriptions for at least 400 copies would be
needed to ensure against financial loss. The
first volume of the history was published al
loss to the author, aside from the time he
gave to research and composition, and he
did not expect any pecuniary reward for
the second. Both of were largely labor
love for his native city.
FISH FACTS. Leander Morse while fish
ing for founders off the Condor shore last
week dropped a cod line over, thinking he
might catch pollock, but soon had bite
and pulled in fair sized Goldfish. The
propagation of the oyster IN Maine waters
is again receiving attention. There was
shipped to Portland the past week 20 bar
rels of the oyster seed of which the most
| will be sent to York Beach where they will
| be planted under the direction OF A. X.
Nickerson, Maine fish commissioner, and
| the developments will be watched closely.
....Swan Lake fishermen report poor luck
the first of the week. The l.e. Weather condi-
tons were favorable, but the fish were shy.
lone day last week Monhegan harbor
was filed with fishing boats from all along
the coast and they all reported fish very
scarce and prices very low.
A "MEss OF TROUT" Arthur |. Brown
spent Wednesday night, June It'll, at his
| home here on his return from fishing trip
in the vicinity of Mt. Katahdin with Judge
Chase of Bluehill, returning to Augusta
! Thursday morning. We shall not under
take to give statistics of the trout taken III
two days by these sportsmen lest it be
taken as a ''fish story but the string
| brought home by Mr.. Brown for distribu-
ton among his friends was enough to ex-
cite to envy the most successful of our local
| fishermen. The trout were not large, run
ming quite uniform in size and under foot
in length-just the size to fit the frying pan
and tempt the appetite. 1t was not wan
ton slaughter of the speckled beauties, for
all that were caught were placed where
they would do the most good-eaten by the
| fishermen and inmates of neighhorng
camps or brought home. Most of the fish
were taken with bait, but Judge Chase,
who is an ardent fly fisherman, made a ca st
with three flies and at once struck a fish on
each, which broke his leader and disappear
ed Many of our citizens who had trout for
| breakfast last Thursday morning are hop
ing that Mr.. Brown will repeat the trip in
the near future.
A HOLIDAY AND Busy DAY. Last Sat
urday was busy day in more senses than
one. AS d holiday it was observed by buck
board rides and ball games, and the stores
all reported good sales One division of the
Grammar School visited Swan Lake, and
members of the Sth grade enjoyed buck
board ride to Stockton Springs, where, under
the guidance of Orrin j. Dickey, the eXcur-
sion manager, they inspected the operations
of the Northern Maine Seaport railway
The three ball games during the day were
all won by the local teaps. In the principal
game, at the fair grounds. B. II. S. VS..
| Vinalhaven High, the score was to 8 in
| favor of Belfast. In the game between
Swanville and East Belfast, the latter won
by a score of II to Is. In the Searsport and
Belfast game, played here, the score was IS
to 4 in favor of Belfast. In the evening the
returning blackboard parties made music
with tin horns and class yells Don Robbins
gave song and dance on Phoenix Row be
fore a good-sized crowd; and so many peo-
pie were on the streets that Belfast had a
decidedly cititied appearance. The stores,
as is usual on Saturday evening, kept open
late and did good business.
A New CLOTHING FACTORY. The new
building on Church street, to be occupied as
a clothing factory by Selwyn Thompson, is
nearing completion. Its construction ne
cessitated the removal of two landmarks
the Haraden house, one of the oldest dwell
lings in the city, and tall and stately elm.
HC iCHloSlUS VI bllS llC0 w DIS q WI n VI
some difficulty. 1t was first Invested of its
branches, one by one. and then the trunk
was felled across the lot where the house
had stood. This was as child's play COM
pared with the task of removing the stump
and roots, which called for much ingenuity,
gunpowder, dynamite and main strength,
The new building, an extension of one
owned and formerly occupied by Mr..
Thompson, has a front of 43a feet and a
depth of 45 feet, and with the old part gives
a total frontage of 70 feet. The buildings
are two stories high. The work roOm, which
will occupy the whole of the second story
in the addition, is lathed and plastered and
is well lighted. The first floor is ceied with
Carolina pine and will be used as packing
room. Mr. ThOmpSOn'S office will be in the
northerly end of the Old building. Mr.
Thompson has been occupying the second
floor in the Coliseum for some time, but
will move to his new quarters when they
are ready. j. G. Aborn was the master
STEAMER NOTES. Beginning today June
18th, the Silver Star on the Islesboro-Cas-
tine route will make two trips daily. The
steamer will leave Brook sville at 80 a. IN. !;
Castine, Z; Ryder's Cove, s; Lime Kiln, $50;
arriving at Belfast at 9 Is and leaving at
n E., =.