The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-11-29

| the mouth of Goose river have blown down.
Quite a fleet of launches, two sloops and a
cat boat are hauled out at the Duplex Roller
| BuShing Co.'s. The Blaisdell launch has
been covered with canvass, and the two big
| launches, the Mamma and Natawa, have been
rooted over. The boat shop is nearing
completion. 1t has had new windows put
in the roof and sides and the whole building
covered with heavy roofing paper. The
front end and two sides of the ground floor
have been fioored over and in the center a
track will be laid extending to low water
mark on which launches may be hauled out
! for repair and new ones set atioat. The
| building will be equipped with electric
| lights.
BASKETBALL. An interesting game of
basketball was played in the Belfast Opera
House last Friday evening between the b.
FL. S. and Rockport High teams. At first
! things went the way of the home team. the
score standing to in their favor when
! the whistle blew at the end of the first half.
! During the second half, however, Rockport
woke up in great shape and the final score
was "A to 90 in favor of the visitors. There
was quite a bit of trough housing" espec-
! tally in the second half, and numerous fouls
were called The attendance was not very
large, as the High school dance attracted
many of the devOtees of the game, but the
! spectators were enthusiastic, and made
themselves heard. The Rockport boys came
through by team, stayed at the Windsor
Friday night and returned saturday morn
ing
SHIPPING ITEMS The List of Mer-
chant vessels of the United States for 1906
has been issued by the Bureau of NavIga-
ton, Department Of Commerce and Labor
and The journal is indebted 10 commission
er f. T. Chamberlain for copy. The
journal has "A nearly complete set OF these
lists from 1877 and finds them very useful
for reference. .Schs. Cattawamkeag and
Nile have chartered to load potatoes at
Stockton Springs for New York at Is cents
per bag Sch. Brigadier has chartered to
load cut granite at Somes Sound for New
York, at 8. 40 per ton. Sch. John |. Snow
has chartered, to load laths at JonesbOro
for New York at 500, lump sum, loaded
and discharged. The fOur-maSted
schooner William J. Lermond was sold at
public auction in Baltimore last week to
F.. S. Pendleton of New York for S10,250.
| The Lermond is 1877 tons net and was
| built at ThomastOn in 1885 Sch. Sarah
L. Davis, Capt. WEIGH, arrived at Bangor
Monday, from. Weymouth, with phosphate.
| She will probably load lumber there. Sch.
Ira B. Elems arrived last week from Bar
rem Island with fertilizer for Fred S. Jack
son and began discharging Monday at
| Lewis wharf.
| CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. We hear that an
attempt is to be made to revive the Belfast
| Humane Society, which has been dormant
| for some time. The difficulty seems to be
the securing of an agent who will look after
cases requiring attention. Probably few
| people know how severe the laws are
against any form of cruelty to animals. They
are very stringent. Here is one section
| section "a chapter 125:
Every person who cruelty over-drives,
| oyer-loads, or Over-works, who tOrments.
| fortunes, mains, wounds or deprIveS OIL
| necessary Sustenance, or who cruelty DeatS,
mutilates or kills any horse OR other animal,
or causes the same to be done, or having the
charge or custody thereof, as owner or
otherwise, unnecessarily fails to provlde
such animal with proper food, drink, shell
! ter and protection from the weather every
person, owning or having the charge or
custody of any animal, who knowingly ana
Wilfully authorizes or permits the same TO
suffer tortures or cruelty and every owner,
driver, possessor or person having me
custody Of an old, MANNED, disabled or dis
eased animal, who cruelty works the same
when unfit for labor, or who cruelty
abandons such animal; and every person
who carries or causes to be carried, or mas
| the care of, in or upon car or other venice
or otherwise, any animal in a cruel or IN
human manner, shall for every such oHense
be punished by imprisonment IN jan noS
| exceeding one year, or by fine OF not less
than five, and not exceeding two hundreu
| dollars.
Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, police ofncer'
constable, or agent specially appointed Is
qualified to institute proceedings against
any person found breaking this law. Peopie
owning animals sometimes think they are
theirs to do with as they please, but this is
far from true. They may kill them out
eight by the least painful method, but they
nav not torment, torture, MAIN, wound OF
leprive of proper sustenance: Inc ID" IL
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