The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-12-19
The NEWS OF BELFAST.

hit NEWS OF BELFAST.
The grocery and provision stores will
close at II o'clock Christmas.
The Ladies' Aid of East Northport will
have supper tomorrow, Friday, night, at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs Charles O. Dickey.
The game receipts at Bangor last Satur.
day included one deer for F. F. Perkins of
Standpoint and S. j. Crockett of Frankfort,
Walter E. Quimby, Center Belmont
(Chenery farm) took first premium in class
2, dairy prints, at the recent Maine State
Dairy Conference.
The steamer Bay State, which arrived
| here last Saturday morning from Boston,
did not go up river farther than Winter
port.
| "A subscriber in Connectlcut writes: "The
Journal has come to our home so many
years we now class it as among the neces.
| sites."
The public schools closed Friday for the
usual Christmas vacation of three weeks
| In some of the schools there were exercises
and small trees
The town clock has been on a strike
that is to say, it has struck striking. 1t had
been dumb for some time, but last Sunday
morning at O'Clock it struck and then
folded its hands, as it were.
The Alliance of the First Parish church
| (Unitaran) will meet with Mrs. George W.
Stoddard this, Thursday, afternoon at 230
O'Clock. Quotations from Dickens. A full
attendance is desired.
Washington Hose Company held its an
nual meeting Dec. 14th and re elected its
officers. The company will give its con-
cert and bali Jan. 3Oth and has engaged
Pullen's orchestra of Bangor for tue oc-
cason.
sbon't forget the dinner to be given by the
ladies of the Methodist church in Memorial
Hall next Saturday, Dec. 21st. The menu
will consist of boiled dinner, baked beans,
escoloped CLANS, coffee, doughnuts and
varied desserts.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the Bel
fast post Office for the week ending Dee.
14th; Miss Louisa Marcomer, II. Nj.
Brown, Rahman Cerbasi, J. W. Dana, Geo
Foss, L. 0. Colder, F. d. Hooper, Walter II.
Robbins, Guy TAFT, j. j. Walker.
The J. KS held an afternoon session last
| Thursday and met Monday evening with
! Mrs. Howard l.. Whitten. having a most
enjoyable session. Plans were discussed
for the clubs Christmas celebration, which
will be held with Miss Helen Bird Dec 26th
The journal will 90 to press one day
earlier than usual next week, to enable its
employees to have Christmas day. Matter
for publication should be sent in not later
| than Monday, and as much earlier as pos
sible. The Office will be closed Christmas
| day.
| The Pine Tree Circle of Kings Daughters
met at Is Bay View street, Dec. 9th. The
business of the meeting consisted in count
ng the beans in a bottle, for which guesses
! had been sold on an outline quilt. The
number was 666 and the nearest guess was
667, by Miss Hattie Mariner.
Last Thursday afternoon A. K. Braey
got his left hand caught in the irregular
moulder in Mathews Bros mill. The first
and third fingers were cut off and the other
fingers crushed. He had the hand dressed
At once and is doing as we'll as could be ex-
pected. 1t is hoped to save the remaining
fingers.
The High school basket ball team defeat
ed the lslesboro locals last Friday night by
score of so to H. The boys were royalty
treated on the island, and were naturally
pleased with Their decisive victory. The
Belfast High will play the team from the
Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield Friday
night at the Opera House.
Many readers of The Journal will be in
terested in "The Verse and the Vessel
Builder an idyl of Maine, on the 9th
page James Webster of Castne, Gather of
O. r. Webster of this city, now retired,
was noted vessel builder in his day and
was we'll known along the Maine coast
| Locally he was known as a frequent Wri-
ter of verses, mainly chronicles of home
events, and of which he has large cole G.
tion
The Unitarian parish is preparing for an
| entertainment and dance for the children
Of the Sunday school, to be held in Memo
rial hail Christmas night Mr.. and Mrs.
j. W. Wheeler of Boston have been engaged
to furnish music for the dancing. Mrs.
Bancroft Fl. Conant, Miss Charlotte W.
Colburn, Mrs. Albert M. Carter, Mrs.
George |. Keating, Miss 1nez E. Crawford,
Miss Maude f. Barker and Miss Jennie
C. Whiddon are the committee on arrange
ments.
HULLo SANTA! At the store of Fred A !.
johnson the little people can tell their
wants to Santa Claus, as a telephone has
= been installed with some difficulty connect
ing directly with his headquarters at the
North Pole. Already large number of
children have been in and Santa's pack
will doubtless contain the much -wished-for
dolies, Teddy bears and other p!aythings.
One small boy said he didn't believe there
was Santa until he talked with him, and
The Journal representative was convinced
of his reality after brief conversation.