The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-10-18

ECdii surety NoM IOrh
October is to have two full moons al
November five Thursdays.
Mr.. W. j. Ryan will very soon make his
annual tour throughout the State and ex-
poets to call upon you shortly with the
issue of the Old Farmers Almanac for 1907,
and the Maine Farmers Almanac for 1907.
MIR. Ryan is thoroughly reliable and is
laboring in the interest of worthy cause
the betterment of the condition of the
blind Throughout the State he has a
large list of patrons who look forward to
his annual visit in order that they may be
supplied with the peoples favorite
Amanacs.
The HUNTERS. Messrs. c. c. Kemp and
Mr. Carter of Boston and E. II. Mcdonald
of this city have gone to the Freese camps,
- miles above Katahdin Iron Works, in
quest of big game. .... ALBERT Farrar of
! Northport and Laforest AlenWOod Of Bel
mont go to Norcross this week for hunt
ing trip of three weeks. Arthur Read of
Portland and his brother Norman Read of
this city left Monday for Ingalls, Siding, on
hunting trip....The Belfast Deer Hunt
ers, who for many years past have taken to
the wood each fall after big game, departed
yesterday for their happy hunting grounds
with headquarters at Stacyville. The party
consisted of Judge George E. johnson, r. F.
Dunton, Esq, and Charles P. Hazeltine....
Arrivals of deer at Bangor: Oct 9th, G. A.
Leavitt, Belfast, 10th, &. A. West. Frank
fort, -. b. Smith, Belfast, l ]. R, Mitch
ell, Searsport, /; 18th, Horace Chenery. .;
Mrs. Chenery, !.
THE MATHEWS BROS. PLANT. Improve
ments are still in progress at the Mathews
Bros. woodworking plant. The wooden
awning in front has been taken down, there
by giving more light on the first floor, and
an addition has been built on in which to
handle lumber for the large planer. The
ground in front has been nicely graded
and grading has been done elsewhere about
the buildings, adding greatly to the appear
ance of the plant. Two of the old buildings,
the one formerly used for the glazing de-
partment and the other as a dry house, will
be torn down or removed. The new store
house, 56x92 feet and five stories high, does
away with the use of several outside build
ings and with the piling of lumber out of
doors. Teams can drive directly into this
building to unload and finished work for
shipment can be loaded under cover. An
is feet elevator takes lumber to any floor
where it is needed and the work of hand
ling material is made much easier. The
glazing room is in the new building and is
equipped with all the modern improve
lnents. The plant as a whole is a credit to
the place and to the efficient and energetic
manager, Mr.. O. E. Frost,
STEAMER NOTES. The steamer Ruth,
now on the Bangor and Brooksvile route
in place of the fremont, hauled off for i'm
provements, may be placed on the Bangor
and Bar Harbor run next season, in re-
spouse to requests from residents along this
route. The Ruth has 425 horse power and
an estimated speed of about II knots. We
were msnformed last week as to the Bos-
ton boat, reported as at Boston Wednesday
noon, detained by the storm. She left that
morning and arrived here in the afternoon
about the same time as the boat from up
river The Bangor Commercial says: cal
| though nothing official has been announced,
it is understood on good authority that the
Eastern Steamship Co. plans to build an
other boat for the Boston Bangor service
and work OIL the new craft will be COM
menced az soon as the steamer Camden,
now building in Bath, is completed. If
such is the case, it means that the company
intends to keep the Bangor line right up to
date as far as equipment is concerned and
it is also reported that the company plans
to have three-boat schedule between this
city and Boston in operation before long"
THE SQUIRRELS AGAIN The fact that
those welcome invaders of our city, the
gray squirrels, are particularly tame this
fall was stated by a lover of the little ami
mails and several incidents witnessed re-
Gently bear out the statement. A young
lady who stopped to speak to one of the
little fellows seated on a fence near the
| sidewalk was somewhat startled when he
jumped onto her shoulder and sat up with
an inquirng expression on his face. A
chocolate almond which happened to be
handy was offered the visitor, who returned
to the fence to enjoy the dainty. In another
part of the town on the same day an in
quisitive member of the squirrel family was
apparently much disappointed at the con-
tents of candy box which had a most at
tractive rattle, and which he quite insisted
on investigating. Mr.. and Mrs. Squirrel,
and, in fact, the whole squirrel family, are
now busily engaged in putting in their win
ter's supplies and many of them make
regular round of visits, reaping harvest
of nuts at each place and burying them as
fast as they are offered and as long as the
patience of the donor holds out. They are
wise enough not to confine their attentions
to any one family, or neighborhood, and it
sometimes happens that person describes
the bright tricks of his particular pet to
friend living in another part of the town,
| only to find that the friends visitor has the
same winning ways and the same peculiari-
ties of appearance. sour squirrel" has be-
come very common family institution, and
there is every reason to believe that it may
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