The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-12-27
WINTER BOUND.

WINTER BOUND.
Around me, to the far horizons rim,
The snowdrifts lie in spOtless purity
But all day long dream of violet dim,
And of anemOne.
The million silences forever sing;
The winds of winter lift their organ notes
But all day long l sigh for f1ame-struck
And for the song-thrilled throat.
All day see the sunlight on the plain;
know that winters patient peace IS best ;
But NV poor heart goes mad for April rain,
And SpTingtide's wild unrest!
Edward Wilbur Mason in National Maya
zine for January.
The office over the drug store of Poor u
Son, now occupied by S. G. Maddox, is for
rent, with possession Jan. LIST.
1t is expected that Mrs. Harrison Lee OF
the w. C. T. u, of whom: mention was
made last week, will be in Belfast Jan. 3rd.
RAISING THE RENT. The Postoffice De-
partment has issued new orders in regard
to box rents, the purpose being to have uni
form charges all over the United States, and
to govern prices by population. Hereafter
no lock box will be rented for less than 60
cents a quarter. In this city that will be
the charge for the smallest boxes, the new
er and larger boxes will be 70 cents quar-
ter, and The Journal, which has the only
large box rented on the lower tier, Will
have to pay 81 quarter. AS recently an
nounced box holders will receive notice ten
DAYS before the close of each quarter to pay
the rent for the next quarter, and II the
rent is not paid on or before the first day OF
the new quarter the box will be declared
vacant
CHILDREN's PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION.
A meeting of the Children's Protective
Association will be held in the office OF the
superintendent of schools at 10 a. m. today,
Dec 9th, to see if the corporation will vote
to wind up it's affairs. The association was
incorporated in February last for the pur-
pose of Offering to orphan and other girls
without homes chance to secure such
training as will enable them to become self
supporting. The work was Intended Tor
the benefit of girls between the ages OF IA
and II, for whom there is now no instltu'
tional home The officers of the assocla-
ton are: President, Mrs. Jennie Myers;
vice president, Rev. D. L. Wilson clerk,
Miss Emily F. Miller; treasurer, Herbert
e. Ellis; trustees, Revs E. S. Philbrook, }.
W. Hatch, A. A. Smith, Harry Lutz and
Mrs. C. A, Pilsbury; legal adviser, John K.
Dunton.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The Boston Herald of
Thursday last had this item: ''Dashing
down the coast before fair wind, with all
sails set, fleet of q lumber-laden
schooners from Maine ports and Provinces
arrived in port yesterday, bringing in fully
81, 100000 feet of lumber. 1t was the larg-
in this port in a single day. The vessels
had been tied up for weeks by the success
sion of gales which have swept the coast,
and the past As hours have been the only
| fair opportunity they have had for making
up the lost time" The Bangor News sug-
gests that the capacity of this fleet is near
er ., 700, 600 feet than $4,000, 900 feet. Sch.
Ainslie brought coal from New York to
Rockla land and has chartered to load lumber
at Stockton for New York. .Amcng local
charters are the following: Sch Metinic,
cut granite at Bluehill for New York sch.
William Bisbee, cut granite at Somes Sound
for New York; sch. Annie K. Lewis,
random granite at Crotch Island, Stoning-
| ton, for New London, Conn.,; sch. Marion
| n. Cobb, bridge stone at Webb's Cove,
Stonington, for New York. Among recent
charters are the following: Sch. Samuel ID.
Hubbard, South Amboy to Searsport, coal,
9Oc; sch. Brigadier, Carteret to Stockton,
fertilizer, S15O; sch. Annie B. Mitchell,
| Perth Amboy to Portland, clay, 81 net
schs. Winfield S. Schuster and Augustus
Babcock, Port Arthur to New DIRK, asphalt,
| s. 50, loaded and discharged.
| STEAMER NOTES. The turbine steamer
to built at Bath for the Eastern Steamship
CO., Of which mention was made last week
will be d sister ship of the Camden now III
process of construction and will be named
| Belfast. At least a gentleman of this city
was so informed by an official OF the COM
pany. A like promise was made when the
keel for the City of Rockland was laid, but
it was not kept. We believe, however, it is
a sure thing this time. The Bay State
left here last Thursday for Boston at the
usual time, but put into Portland that night
because of the dense fog prevailing and re-
NAMED there until Friday afternoon. She
then proceeded to Boston and arrived back
here Sunday morning. The steamers Ire.
mont and Stockton (late M. & NJ will soon
be launched from Gilchrest's marine rail.
way. The fremont will be better boat in
every respect than at any time since she
first launched, and Mr. l. L. Wilband, fore
man of the yard, is receiving many cOmpli'
ments on the manner in which he has car
ried out rather difficult job. The main
deck and everything on it was raised about
two feet forward and something less aft
giving the boat additional freeb0ard and
maintaining the shear. The new sponsors
are SO shaped that there is no shoulder fol
the seas to strike against and the stern is as
fine as racing yachts. The boat ought to
be both ADLER and faster than ever before.
The Stockton has been given new keel.
which will strengthen her materially, and
has been sheathed with galvanized iron for
some distance above the water line, which
would indicate that she is to be the winter
boat on the Bucksport and Camden route
.... The Eastern Steamship Co.'s steamer
Gov Cobb, which arrived at st. John, n
| b.. Dec DIST, from Boston and Maine ports