The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-09-20
South MontviIIe Club of SO


The Dale meeting was held Aug. goth;
The weather was blazing hot. Old Sol
had been hiding behind Nimbus all sum
mer till week before the said import
ant event, but during said week -, ne
nightly outshone his former self. The
cali for the meeting had no mention OF
"rain or shine.'' The meeting would
have come off in deluge or in a
drought that parches the corn on the
stalk in the field. OF course every
weatherwise one of the Dale and some
otherwise said the coming of the CHIEF
of the clan would bring drencher, but
the drencher was of the kind told in
court by "Hot Griddles" of a man SO
cross eyed that when he cried the tears
ran down his back. Substitute cross
grain for cross-eyes and sweat for tears
and you have the analogy at the Dale
meeting. In fact the heat was so In
tense that the great centre lamp in
Grange Hall, usually necessary fo1
both heat and light of an August even
ing. fairly drove the attendants to open
ground under the great elms in front OF
the church, lanterns being strung on
ropes. the granite steps of the meeting
house being used for rostrum and The
entry for the Banneret's orchestra; and
right here at the outset let me state
how sanity and great he looked behind
the box. spectacles elevated on his clear
brow. the very personifcation OF "sweet-
ness and light" such as Sir Matthew
Arnold could not have imagined when he
coined the expression. His music too
was like the rapture of the skies and the
harmony of heaven, when the morning
stars sing for joy. Sacred songs; wal
songs. home and childhood melodies
tloated out of his cloister crib on the
night air with magic sweetness in
etfable. Even grandfather's clock tick
! ed out it's ninety years to the stately
| march of music that seemed to make 1t
proud in the pathos of hoary age,
AS soon as the lanterns were hung,
amid a suspense that suggested that
| the presiding officer was going to be
| buug-some aspirants for his place
were hung a little later-he raped fo1
silence and said III the first place there
| must be an election. That important
duty never takes a back seat in the
Dale annual meeting (and they are all
annuals) but is first in order. 1t has to
| be settled and settled right before any
| thing else is given passing consldera-
| ton. The illustrious Grand Duke OF
South Ridge, G. F. Conner, had for two
days been trying to run the President
off the track for a reelection by asking
him, first. to commit himself on the
question of his candidacy, then falling
of that, by urging him to announce
that he would not be candidate: but
the President was dumb as an oyster
on both points. He asked the various
titled and landed gentlemen present II
they were candidates, and RECEIVING
their uniformly negative replies he
was landed again in the office, Grand
Duke Conner making the nomination,
after humbly stating that his own high
est aspiration was to be Wee PRESIDENT,
in which desire he was gratitied. Mrs.
c. F. Conner was made temporary sec
rotary and the Duke of tie Dale, {. +.
Adams, was made the secretary for the
ensuing year, our ancient and Illus
trious Secretary, the Marquis of East
Ridge, B. F. Knowles, being absent,
and understood to wish to retire be-
cause of poor health. His Chief, to
| whom he has been staunch support,
will miss his familiar voice and ready
pen greatly. The Earl of Carriers bury,
George F. Randall, thought to be elect
ed Treasurer again without first having
reported on last years finances, but the
| presiding officer insisted that his can
| didacy should not be put to vote be-
| fore his report was in and accepted
! When he found that formality could
not be lodged, the report came In
| straight as chalk line test for a snap,
showing balance in the treasury, too
| then he got his election easy. Just like
rhol 1rr,n Va ic g hnnnCt
as the hills, but they don't like to have
him assume that they know it in the
premises. | might add delicately that
a little heat was engendered between
the president and treasurer over that
matter, the latter rising and stating
that he was not afraid of the former;
then the former said to the latter,
Come up here on the westinghouse
STEP" which the latter did; then they
allowed that neither was afraid of the
other: then Franklin said that George
was at liberty to go back to his seat
whenever he should so feel disposed,
and George having known that all the
while, was forthwith disposed to do so.
The sudden clearing of tempests in the
Dale meetings is a most interesting
phenomenon. White squalls, green
squalls and black squalls, with thunder
and lightning, all 60 the same way; such
is the controlling element of peace in
the Dale.
The election being over all new
corners, of whom the number was quite
large, were made honorary members.
Herewith is handed you list of some
present, both regular and honorary
members: Edwin A. Dinslow, Geo. W.
Prescott, George E. Ring, Mrs. Geo. E.
Ring, w. E. Prescott, J. W. Prescott,
Frank E. Stover Helen f. Ring, Pearl
NJ. Oxton, Ruby Howes, Charles Leighr,
Mary A. Martin, Minnie Prescott, Geo.
d. Gerald, Clinton, Me-, Lena Mae
Griffin, Eta A. Pease, Enoch E. Pease,
Eddie L. Moore, Eden Pease, A. L..
Pease, Everett Prescott, Edwin G..
Martin, Ralph K. Howes, George E..
Colby, c. c. Randall, Maurice L. Hart,
Pearl Ring, Irving G. Ring, James E..
Lovett. Orren W. Ripley, Sherman,
Me-, Eva F. Ripley, Ida Eastman Az
GRILL, Taunton, Mass, Mrs. G. A. Mar
tin, Gertrude S. Colby, Helen A. Colby,
A. V. Martin, Ethel H. Adams, John
@. Adams, Daniel E. Little, Edwin A.
Adams, Bernard o. Newhall W. E.
knowlton, Vida M. Clement, Vena M.
Randall, c. T. Randall, c. F. Conner,
M. A. Conner, Mrs. w. H. Slower, Mrs
Caro- E. Heating, Rockland, Me-, Mrs.
c. M. Howes, Liberty, Me-, Olive Ran