The Republican journal., 1907-07-04


The Republican Journal.
BELFAST. THURSDAY, JULY 4. 1907.
Published Every Thursday ty the
Republican Journal Publishing Go.
CHARLES A P1LsBuRy. { pus; pe.tof MANAGER nnd
SUBSCRIPTION TERMs-In advanee, $500 a
year; sl.o0 for six months; so cents for three
months.
ADVERTISING TERMs-For enc square, one
inch length in column, so cents for one week and
% cents for each subsequent insertion.
This is the Glorious Fourth, and so
forth.
The American Cultivator of last week
reported "butter prices strong" Better
that than strong butter.
June 2sth was an excellent sample of
what summer day should be. Pity we
could not have had more of them.
Another evidence of the backward
ness of the season is that the sea SER
pent has not yet been reported off the
Maine coast
The Pennsylvania Democrats in State
convention last week refused to endorse
Brvan's candidacy for the Presidential
nomination.
Bath is to celebrate the Ter-Century
of American shipping, and The Bath
Anvil reported subscriptions last week
TO the amount of $1,000.
Portland will not celebrate today.
Having invested 100000 IN water
district it does not feel like spending
money for fireworks, etc.
Cotton Seed Crushers Busy is the
caption of an article i'll the Jacksonville
Metropolis. That means OF course
full supply of Gmported) pure olive Oil.
The sturgis deputies are busy in many
parts of the State, much to the dlssatls-
faction of the Democratic organs, who
predicted-and hoped fora return to
the Bangor plan.
Potatoes hf We taken a slump and
Maine tubers were quoted in the Bos-
ton market last week at 30 to 40 cents.
Hot weather and the increasing supply
of new potatoes brought down the price
of the old ones.
Joshua Rice of Cove, Pa, was an in
veterate fisherman. He made spe-
cialtv of bass, and has caught fully CO.,
900 in his life. The other night he had
a fever. and in his delirium he was
haunted by the ghosts OF these $4,000
fish. and so badly frightened that he
died.-Atchison Globe.
1t ought to be some consolation TO
know that our Swan Lake fishermen
The Bath Anvil kicks vigorously at
the invasion of Sagadahoc county by
four Sturgis deputies. 1t says 1t is
F'unjustjfable and outrageous, as un-
necessary from an enforcement point
of view as it is a gratuitous slap IN the
face for the estimable sheriff who has
been doing all that could be done to
prevent the illegal sale of liquor IN
Sagadahoc county,
1t is announced that work is to begin
at once on the new lighthouse at Isle
au Haut, for which Congress appropri-
ated $4,000. It will be located on Rob
inson's Point at the western entrance
to Isle au Haut thoroughfare, and will
be equipped with fog bell. 1t will be
quite an addition to the picturesque
features of this island, now mainly an
exclusive summer resort.
Hon. W. I. Haines Of Waterville and
Hon. B. NJ Fernald Of Poland, candi-
dates for governor, have accepted lnvl-
tations to participate in the excursion
of the Maine Sportsman's Fish and
Game Association to kineo, and it is
expected that there will be something
doing in the political line, as well as
with the fish lines, with the governor
ship as a prize.
DR.. G. Langtry Crockett of Thomas
ton is too positive a man not to have
made enemies, and now, unmindful of
the Scriptural phrase, ooh that
mine adversary had written book"
he has gone and done it. The book will
be published by the j. K. Waters Com
pany of Boston, July 18th, under the
title of. ''The Plunderer, a Political
Story of Maine" The publishers say
it is founded on facts, exposes the pi-