The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-08-01
According to the almanac dog days began
July 25th and will continue until Sept 9Th.

making trip to Quebec, Montreal and the
Saguenay river, joining the personally con-
Quoted party which is being arranged by
Editor c. w. Robbins of the Old Town
Enterprise. Mr.. and Mrs. Robbins have
accompanied a party annually for twelve
years, and fortunate indeed are those who
take such a trip with Mr.. Robbins as the
conductor of the party.
| When the news came of the recent fire in
RockpOrt it was feared that the lime COM
pany would not rebuild and that the town,
aside from the immediate loss, would lose
this important industry. We are glad to
learn from theCamden Herald that the Eells
Lime Co. have crew of men already at
work clearing away the ruins of the fire and
will rebuild their wharves and sheds at
once, ana doubtless will increase their facil-
tiles for the manufacture of the superior
, quality of lime for which they are noted
Gan Appreciatlve Summer Visitor,
writes as follows: "The Saturday night
dances at Dirigo Hall, Searsmont, furnish
pleasant evening each week. With the hall
presenting its usual attractive appearance
and a good orchestra, the high standard of
excellence established in the past is fully
sustained, if not surpassed, this season. The
| well known managers, the Misses Knight
| and McCorriSon deserve much credit for
giving the public an opportunity to enjoy,
as nearly as possible, all that pertains too
we'll arranged private dance"
William NJ R andall is building the foun-
| dation for laying house for his hens at his
newly established poultry farm in East Bel
| fast. The new building will be 220x20 feet.
| He now has a chicken house 130X16 feet,
and an incubator cellar with feed stable
above. He has now on hand 1900 chickens,
and is shipping broilers to Boston by every
boat lie Matched out 2,7G0 chickens this
spring. His stock includes some high
priced thoroughbred barred Plymouth
Rocks, and thoroughbred Rhode Island
Reds. He is raising his own feed, having
| five acres in oats, 1900 head of cabbage, and
| field of mangle wurtzelS that should pro-
duce 500 bushels.
Two UNUSUAL VISITORS, Richard A
| Power and Harold B. Chase, two Portland
| High school students, were in town last
| Friday Ell route to Bangor on a walking
tour. They left Portland last Tuesday
morning and reached Bath that evening
The next night found them in Waldoboro,
| and on Thursday night they arrived in
Rockland. They got as far as Belfast Fri
day night and then walked to Bangor dur
| ing Saturday Both Power and Chase are
about II years OF age, of average build and
weight. They are clad in the Portland
| High school blue cadet uniforms. They
! have been newspaper carriers in Portland
| for some years and are fully accustomed to
long tramps, having taken a trip through
| the White Mountains last season They
carried no luggage except a canteen for
water and were clothed as lightly as posi-
| Bile. After a rest on Sunday and Monday
they started from Bangor Tuesday morning
on their return to Portland, taking as a
route the road leading through Waterville |
and Lew iStun.
EXCURSIONS. Wednesday afternoon, July |
24th, Messrs 4. a. HoWes and VIM B. |
Swan invited Their friends to make an eX- |
curson on the steamer CaStine. The first |
intention was to go to Stockton and then |
around lslesboro; but instead the steamer |
| went down the western shore, stopping at |
the Battery, where some % were added to |
| the party, then proceeded down the bay |
through Gilkey's Harbor and around Isles
boro and home. The moonlight excursion |
advertised for the evening was given up as |
the weather was unfavorabe; and rain
storm prevented the excursion Thursday to |
Einalhaven via Camden Friday the Meth
odist Sunday school was to have made an
excursion to Dirigo Butter ISand) in the |
steamer Castine, but the wind was south
east fog and rain prevailed, and the trip |
was postponed. Sunday the Castine took
large party to Crescent Beach to partake of |
one of landlord Smiths famous shore din
ners. 1t was beautiful day, with the wind !
northwest, and the excursion was very en- |
joyable. Monday the Castine made an ex-
cursion to Bar Harbor from Castine The |
excursion to Camden and Vinalhayeu,
postponed from last week, will take place |
tomorrow, Friday. leaving Lewis wharf at
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SHIPPING ITEMS The Gardiner Reporter
journal publishes an item concerning the |
finding by the men at work on ID government
dredge near Deadman'S Island, California
of the hull of the old bark Adelaide Cooper,
lost near that spot in southeast galetwenty-
five years ago. Richard H. Colburn of Long
Beach, Calf, who sent the item to the Re-
porter journal, thinks the vessel was built |
in Pittston, now Randolph, about 1850, and
she is described as "a 12OO-ton boat" A )
government list for 1877 gives the bark AIDE
laide Cooper, 1925 tons net, hailing port,
San Francisco. The earlier lists did not |
give the year when built or state where
built, but there was no other Adelaide Coop
er in the list then, or later .... The Casco
Shipbuilding Company, Portland, Me-, will
launch August 18th the first fOur-m asted |
schooner ever built within the boundaries |
of that city. This craft is 10 feet long, 373 |
feet beam, and 133 feet deep. She has been
on the stocks two or three years because of |
the financial troubles of her builder, w. H. |
Read, who will be recalled as the unsuccess-
full promoter of shipyards in Belfast, Rock
land and Bath. ....Sch. Harriet Rogers was |
taken out on GilchreSt's marine railway last |
Friday. She is 81 tons net and was built at |
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