The Republican journal., 1907-03-14

The HOSPITAL FAIR. Among the novel
ties at the fair for the Hospital this veal
will be found booth containing dolls con
tributed by the different hospitals in New
England, among which are Old Town, St
Barnabas, Portland, Hartford, Conn.,, Dan
bury, Conn, Rockland, Me-, Montpelier
VT, Boston City Hospital, New Haven
Conn, Newport, r. l., Maine General
Portland, Lewiston, ETC., dressed in the
uniforms of the hospitals sending them
This booth will be in charge of one of the
nurses in uniform. Then the booth of the
baskets from the tribe of Passamaquoddy
Indians will be of surprising beauty. We
wish also to again speak of the Vaudeville
| show for this, Thursday, evening, as it will
be well worthy of "Keiths" best efforts. In
Difference to very generally expressed
wish, ball tickets for ladies in costume will
be 80 cents.
| AN ENJOYABLE LECTURE. A large at
| tendance of the members and invited guests
| in Seaside Grange hall last Friday evening
made an audience that any man might he
proud to address. The occasion was Il lee
ture by II. NJ. Fairbanks of Boston upon
"The History and Development of the Tele-
| phone" The lecture was one of the finest
ever delivered in Belfast and dealt with the
discovery of the telephone by Prof Bell in
1875, its subsequent growth, the countless
| uses to which the telephone has been put,
and told how it has become necessity in
| the lives of Americans. Mr.. Fairbanks
| spoke of the cost of construction and main
| tenance of modern Office equipment and of
the difficulties that the linemen have to
overcome. So much has the telephone in
dustry grown that 800, 900 miles of lines are
now operated by the New England Tel. &
| Tel. Co. alone. They stretch across rivers.
| through swamps, under bays and surmount
| mountains, and marvellous feats of engineer
| ing skill have been required to furnish ser
vice to distant cities and villages. The tele-
| phone, the lecturer said, has been found of
| invaluable assistance in the dispatching of
trains, in directing the movements of great
armies and in warning the farmer of coming
storms and furnishing him means of Sc
curing the highest market value for his
products. The last government report
| showed that $23, 100000 was added to the
| wealth of the farmers of the United States
| by the use of the telephone. The lecturer
said that 80 per cent. of the business of the
| United States was done by telephone, and
that if general suspension of all the tele-
phone systems for one week were to occur
a great financial crash would follow. The
| facts about the telephone were told in Or
binary, non-scientifc language, and with
the 1875 excellent stereoptcon views Of won
derful beauty and clearness brought every
point home. Mr.. Fairbanks will lecture
| again in Belfast tomorrow, Friday, under
the auspices of the managers of the Hos
pital Fair.
| STEAMER NoTEs. The tug Ralph Ross
arrived here Tuesday afternoon to assist
the steamer City of Rockland in getting out
of the harbor. The Ross broke the ice a
short distance above the wharf and then
| took the big boat in tow, taking her out into
the stream and swinging her until she
headed down the harbor, when the tow line
was cast off and the Rockland proceeded
under her own steam. She took large
|
800 barrels of apples, leatherboard, ETC.
Searsport telephoned that there was large
freight there and the Rockland went over
and took it aboard and proceeded from
there down the western bay. Friday the
Castine and Islesboro boats,-the Golden
! Rod and Silver Star-Were unable to reach
the wharf and landed their passengers on
| AI,oi 1N1,t ha nrn
senger was heard complaining at having to
pay fare and then walk. Another in as
sisting a lady across a weak place in the
ice got in himself, and went to bed in a
Belfast boarding house until his clothing
was dried. Saturday the island boats
again landed their passengers on the ice
Saturday the steamer ROckland, which has
been ice bound at Bucksport, succeeded in
breaking her way through the ice jam at
Odoms ledge and could have continued to
Belfast, as she had got through the worst of
the ice, but returned TO Buckspor5 with the
intention of resuming her regular trips
Monday. The City of Rockland did not
leave Boston, having been again withdrawn
on account of the ice. The MOnhegan ar
rived from Rockland about noon Sunday,
making her way through the ice without
difficulty and after landing freight here
proceeded up river. She returned in the
afternoon and left again for Portland via
Rockland. 1t: was ALI clear water then in,
abe bay outside of the monument, which
holds the ice in. The officers of the Monhe-
gan reported that the ice conditions at Rock
land were worse than at any time this win