The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-09-05

Waterville and Hall F. Hoxie of BROOKLYN,
cruise.
That the tide of travel has turned was
fully demonstrated at the Eastern S. 81
Company's wharf last Monday night. AL
the available floor space was covered by
departing visitors and their friends, and
the scene was busy one. After the Rock
land made her landing and secured her
many passengers but little impression was
apparently made on the crowd, many of
whom had staterooms On the Penobscot,
put on to relieve the regular boats, whose
accommodations were sold out weeks in 'ad.
vance. Among the freight to go up Mon
day night was an automobile which was
shipped on the Penobscot.
EXCURSIONS. Orrin J. Dickey, who
spent the summer months in Bangor, where
he was employed as excursion manager for
the Brooksville and Bangor Steamboat
Company, has returned home and will spend
the month OF September in this city in the
excursion business. Mr.. Dickey is soon to
announce an excursion to Togus for the
coming week and others under his personal
conducting to the White Mountains and
klneo These trips are given annually by
MIR. Dickey and are always popular with
the Belfast patrons. The revival of the
Togus excursions will be received with
much favor.
The school committee, at its August meet
ing, accepted the designations of Miss
Beulah PEilbrook, Miss Isabel Towle and
Colby Rackliffe, as teachers Miss Grace
L. Curtis was transferred from the Pitcher
school to the Hayford school. and Ernest
Higgins was elected to the Pitcher school.
Vacancies at the brick school house and
the Head of the Tide are to be filled by the
superintendent and special committee
Miss Towle resigned to accept position in
a Grammar school in Northampton, Mass.
at an increased salary, and Miss Philbrook
and Mr.. Racklitfe are to enter the Univer-
sity of Maine. The fall term of schools
will open Monday Sept 9th.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. There are yari-
Gus warnings that cold weather is near at
hand-indeed we have already had touch
OF It-and the September sale of blankets
announced by James H. Howes, Odd Eel
lows block, seems to be the right thing at
the right time. The sale begins SATURDAY.,
Sept. It'll, and better values than ever will
be offered The deposits in the City Ma
tional Bank of Belfast have passed the
100000 mark and are well on their way to
$500. 1000. See the advt. of William A.
Clark for an illustration of Mrs. Jane Hop
kins' Boy-Proof clothes, sold at Clark's Cor
ner, Belfast. ...See statement of the Sears
port National Bank....A picture of a man
leaving home in the evening, and the best
way to Keep him at home, will be found in
the advt. of earle & Jones' .FredsA. John
son, Masonic Temple, advertises the Memo
Self-Reducing Corsets and some broken lots
OF summer merchandise at clearance prices.
....Carpenters wanted at - Northport ave-
nue.....A large upright piano, in good cor
dltionfor sale at 1925 cash. ...Cliff Cottage,
Swan Lake, very desirable property, is
offered for sale....A slightly used modern
upright piano for sale cheap at The Fashion.
Remington typewriter for sale at this
office. Furnished rooms for rent to
family of two adults. All conveniences for
housekeeping.
A SHORE PARTY. The Lord cottage,
Little River, was the objective point last
Thursday for number of young people
who arrived at various times during the
day, the first delegation going down in the
morning. When the young men of the
party arrived in the evening they RAPIDLY
developed great fondness for the grapha-
phone, which made itself most apparent
from II to a. H., so that there was literally
emo rest for the weary" One of them
demonstrated his ability with the drum, a
talent revived after some years. Friday
morning clam digging expedition was in
order, and the successful laborers talked of
forming Clam Diggers Union to partci-
pate i'll the Labor Day parade, but time to
carry out the plan was lacking. Friday
evening a clam bake and corn roast was in
order and then the party gave their
attention to the making of some photograph
records, in which some familiar phrases
were immOrtalZed and some musical favor
ties rendered by the talented members of
the party. The four original records will
serve as pleasant reminder of the enjoy
able two days. Flye' R. Quimby was one of
the members of the party who contributed
greatly to the enjoyment of the occasion
and his popularity at future gatherings is
assured. The party broke camp Friday
evening and drove to town about 10 80.
The guests of Maurice W. Lord were:
Misses Alice Nj. Nickerson, Katherine c.
and Elizabeth A. Quimby, Helen Doak,
Florence NJ. Hill, Cora S. Morrison, Frances
Rowes, Marian Hazeltine and Marguerite D.
Pilsbury, Flye R. Quimby, Ralph L. Cooper,
and Claude b Roberts. Miss Anne NJ.
acted as chaperone.
STEAMER NOTES. The steamer Camden
of the Eastern Steamship Company will be
from the Boston, Bangor run on
her arrival in Boston Tuesday morning,
Sept 10, and her place will be taken by the
steamer City of Bangor, recently on the
kennebec division. The Camden will be
hauled up at Bath for alterations. The
officers Of the Camden will transfer to the
Bangor, both navigators and engineers, and
the City of Rockland and City of Bangor
will maintain six-trips-a-week schedule
until October, when the four-trip schedule
will go into effect. The last Sunday trip will