The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-03-09
ANOTHER "rAsr SIDE" VIEW.


To THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL: The
readers Of The Journal would naturally in
fer from the letter of the Rev. VIM. Vaughan
in your last issue that the property owners
along the proposed line of the railroad in
East Belfast are opposed to the road as laid
out The writer, as an old resident and
property owner of that section, protests,
and believes that large majority of the
property owners along the shore road stren-
uously object to being put in that false light
by the reverend gentleman. We are Just
as proud of our shores and beautiful bay"
and "gentle slOping fields" as Mr.. Vaughan.
but the sentimental stage of this question
has passed. We have had our gentle slop-
ing fields, shores and beautiful bay for more
than half century, and have seen our
young people leave us year after year.
Now, why, I would ask, do they leave their
childhood homes? Is it from choice? No.
Mr.. Editor, you and know why. We know
that when they arrive ut the age of man and
womanhOOd they are forced to leave the
homes they love SO we'll and go out into the
world among strangers to hustle for liv-
ing. They find that to live independent Of
the bounty of their fellows they need some
thing more nOurishing than "beautifuI
bays. shores and "gently slipping fields"
o nseQuently you will find natives of old
elfast scattered all over this broad land,
and mostly at the railroad centres. Now l
say to President Cram (and firmly be-
lieve that l am voicing large majority of
a nl4
come on with your Jonah swallowing cor
poration and we are ready to meet you in
spirit of fair play, fully believing that if you
do take "the best we have" you will be will
ling to pay for it, and we will be willing to
sacrifice something for the sake of our
native city of Belfast. And to our neigh
bors to the north of us we would extend the
"glad hand" and say to them, in the lull be-
tween haying and harvest, come down and
see us and bring your families and stand
with us on the shore and sniff the salt sea
breezes as they are waited up the noble Pc
nObscot bay and be convinced that brother
Vaughan voices the true sentiments of us
all in his praises of beautiful Belfast bay,
A. c. RANK.
DcldSt, MdICA ., 1SuO.
SWANvILLE CENTER.
Joshua Littlefeld met with an accident
while splitting wood. He cut his forehead
and ear. Misses Louisa and Mary Cum
bingham, who have been in Maiden, Mass,
with their sister for several months, re-
turned home Thursday..... Kneeland
and Mrs. Beal attended the Veterans AS
ISOLATION in Monroe and report grand
time. Freeman Clark and LleWellyn
Knowlton are cutting wood for Ephraim
Littlefeld. Il. W. Clements and wife of
Monroe were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
II. P. White Friday....S. Belle Maddocks
is visiting friends in Thorndike.. :. Harry
Cunningham has gone to Maiden, Mass, to
visit his aunt. VIM. Clements was in
Monroe one day last week visiting relatives.
.:.,.Alfred Maddocks, who has been on the
sick list, is better. Chester Curtis was at
home Sunday from Belfast. . Charles
Grant and family of Frankfort were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Llewellyn Knowl-
ton Sunday. Nearly every family in
town has had some member sick with bad
colds. Ray Robertson visited his cousins
at Mt. Waldo Sunday. Mrs. Emma Gun
bingham has returned from visit in
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