The Republican journal., 1907-02-07
The public schools were closed Tuesday

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on account of the storm.
There will be dance in Equity Grange
hall, Wednesday evening, Feb 18th, with
| music by Reyes orchestra.
Comet Grange. Swanville, held a very in
terestlng meeting last Monday evening
| The first and second degrees were con-
ferred on two candidates, the new officers
doing fine work. 1t was the first night they
had filled the chairs There was a large at
tendance and good program
SHIPPING ITEMS. Capt. Jerry 0. Hayes
OF sch. Pendleton Brothers is at home for a
few days while his vessel is dischargng at
Perth Amboy. He has had quite an ex-
perience since his last visit here. His yes
sci was one of the many that went ashore in
Mobile bay in hurricane and was got off
with some difficulty. On the voyage from
Brunswick he fell in with the barkentine
Francis of the Pendlet0n Bros fleet in a
crippled condition after collision with a
steamer off Diamond shoals and lowed her
inside the capes. The main part of the
hull OF sch. Helen B. Crosby, wrecked on
Inner Bay lodges, was towed into Rockland
last week and beached in north cove. An
other part of the wreck was reported
ashore on White Island head and tug was
sent after it,, Sch Harold C. Beecher,
Capt. Ralph W. Pattershall, Stockton
Springs for Santiago, Cuba, with potatoes,
shipped crew at Rockland last week and
sailed from that port Jan. 31st. :. The light
on Pumpkin island, Eggemoggin reach, was
discontinued Jan. Goth, as navigation there
was closed by ice. 1t will be lighted as
soon as the reach is again navigable. i.
Capt. Israel Snow has returned to Rock
land from Portsmouth Beach, IN c., to
which place he was called in connection
with the loss of the schooner John |. Snow.
The schooner is a total loss and the hull
was sold at auction.
A WAR RELIC. The Journal was shown
last week an interesting relic of the Civil
war and which has quite history. 1t is a
charm with a ring for attachment to a
watch chain and was evidently made from
silver quarter of dollar which had been
ground smooth to permit of placing in
Scriptions on it. On one side is ''P. Colson
of Winterport, Co. l. 4th Me. Vols,' and on
the other list of the battles in which he
was engaged. The different styles of en-
craving would indicate that these names
were added from time to time. They are as
follows: 2nd Bull Run, Chantilly, Mono
cacy, Fredericksburg, Chancellorville, Get
tysburg, Mapping Heights, Keley's Ford,
Brandy Station, Locust Grove. The charm
was lost in battle down south and recently
came into the possession of Portland man,
who wrote to Winterport to ascertain the
address of the owner. The Colson family
had moved away from Winterport and
Prentiss Colson, the owner of the charm,
was killed by train in this city seven
years ago. Col. Fred Atwood interested
himself in the matter and located the sur
viving brothers, Herbert II. and Albert P.
Colson of Belfast The latter who has the
charm in his possession, lives at 11S Waldo
avenue.
AT the meeting of the Charming League
held last Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
George W. Stoddard, paper on "Modern
Novels and Novelists," written by Mrs
Arthur |. Brown, was read by Miss Char
lotte W. Colburn. 1t dealt in comprehen-
sive manner with the leading American and
English writer's of fiction in recent times.
Mrs. Stoddard read paper on ''Novels and
Noveists, Ancient and MODERN" in which
she reviewed the rise of the novel and its
makers from the earliest times. Under the
head of Religious Intelligence" Miss Caro-
line E. White read extracts compiled by
Miss Inez E. Crawford, dealing with the
proposed Fellowship Sunday" an anniver-
sary recommended by the American Uni
tartan association for the advancement of
the work of the denomination. Letters
from William Charming Brown on the same
subject were also read. The quotations by
the members were from Dickens The
next meeting will be ON Feb. IA. Subject,
Native Hymns; quotations from Whittier.
OVER A HALF CENTURY YOUNG. A man
is just as old as he feels. Referring to a
certain aged man it is said Of him that he is
'eighty years young" What a glorious
life. He has seen tallow dips, kerosene and
gas supplanted by electric lights primitive
methods of communication and travel give
way TO wire and wireless telegraphy and
sixty miles an hour express trains make the