The Republican journal., 1907-04-04
Several obituaries received too late for

Several obituaries received too late fol
this issue will be published next week.
The SHAY breakfast" of last year proved
so successful that the Ladies' Circle of the
North church will repeat the experiment
this year, and will again serve breakfast
in the church veStries on May Day morn.
ing.
The S. G. and T. B. whist club met with
Miss Gladys Carter last Saturday evening
A very pleasant evening was spent, during
which dainty refreshments were served
The first prizes were won by Miss Mande
Holmes and Fred Tibbetts, and the boobies
by Miss Florence Kimbal and Miss Gladys
Carter The next meeting will be with Miss
Maude and Fair Holmes at Citypoint.
STEAMER NOTES. The boats of the
Vinalhaven & Rockland Steamboat Co.
entered on their spring arrangement April
1st. Steamer Governor BOdwell leaves
Vinalhaven at a. m. and 2 p. m. for Hurri-
cane and Rockland, and leaves Rockland
for Hurricane and Vinalhaven at 9 80 a. m
and p. m. The Vinalhaven leaves Swans
Island at AS a. m. for Stonington, North
Haven, and Rockland, and leaves Rockland
for the return trip at 80 p. m. She will
make landings at Isle au Haul each way on
Tuesdays and Fridays. Otherwise than this,
the trips are daily, except Sundays. :. The
crew at the Bath Iron Works have begun
bending the beams for the new Eastern
Steamship Company's turbine the City of
Belfast. The keel is laid and lot of the
material for the craft has arrived. The
Winter Harbor Transportation Co. has Sc
cured Corners Bros steamer Mascot for two
months to go on the route between Bar Har-
Dor and South Gouldsboro. formerly covered
by the steamer Marjorie, which was con-
demned by steamboat inspectors short
time ago on account of trouble with her
boiler. The Mascot has been chartered for
two months, and will run on the route until
the Schoodic, the new steamer building at
Portland, is in readiness for use.
IT WAS A SUCCESS. The annual Uni
versalist Easter sale, supper and entertain
ment, came off in Memorial Hall Wednesday,
March 9th, and was, as usual, an unquali-
fed success. The candy, fancy, apron and
"grab" tables were all well patronized, the
supper tables were filled, and all the seats
in the hall were occupied during the novel
which followed the supper.
Twenty people were dressed to represent
popular books, the titles of which were
given on neat little catalogues distributed
among the audience. The books represent
ed were as follows
Running Water. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Mason
The Stoddard Lectures. StOddard
Inc FIRST NlOlln. ................. F0therglll
Dear Daughter Dorothy ...-......P lympton
L ne III: ...'.......'.. MOTIFS
Ye Lyttle Salem Made. ...........M ackie
The Story of Liberty. .................C Coffin
The MaSquerader. .....-..........T hurston
| oe,D .'...'...' ''''........ Burns
Little Mitchell. .......................M Morley
An Old Fashioned Girl. Acott
Inc CrlslS.. ..,............. Churchill
Melody. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Richards
Little Women. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. AlcOtt
Uncle Toms Cabin. Stowe
COOK Book. ...............L Lincoln
Looking Backward. ................Be lamy
Mr.. C. S. Bickford was the librarian and
Introduced each book in a happy manner,
md the appropriate music, tableaux or reci-
ations were all excellent. The first'sbo
vas a piano solo; the Stoddard lectures
we're represented by some fine stereopticon
news 1.-THE First Violin" was presented by
Miss Hazel Doak, who gave delightful
olo the fourth book was recitation by
little Dorothy Smith land so on through the
list, each book being represented in diff
erent way till the last book, which sent the
audience home laughing.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Among the Ellsworth
ea captains who left last week to Join their
,esSels, which have been hauled up at the
for the winter, were Capt. We'll
ington c. Bellatty, of the Myronus, Capt.
4. w. Hutchings, of the Melissa Trask,
Japt. j. w. Jordan, of the Wesley Abbott,
nd Capt. Edward Dodge, who for many
ears has sailed the schooner Nellie Grant
nut this season will take command of the
ulia Francis, all going to New York Capt.
" P. Woodward of the Henrietta A. Whit
ley, who went to Newport, and Capt. Cliff
Fullerton of the Loduskia to Boston. Sew
raj of the Ellsworth vessels are chartered
o bring cement to Ellsworth for the dam.
Capt Fred L.DOw and Capt.Allen McIsaac
f I. NJ. Nicholson's fleet left Buckspolt
asst week to join their vessels. :. The barge
edith which loaded potatoes the past week
It Cape JelisOn pier took on about $4,000
acks which was the largest cargo yet ship
led from the Cape. The. steamer Mohawk
allied March 9th for New York with 1910
acks of potatoes from Carter & Corey.
i. G. Calderwood of North Haven, owner of
he sch. Collins Howes, Jr., which sank sew
raj months ago outside Rockland break
water while being t0wed into port, believes
hat he can raise the schooner and is max
ng preparations for the attempt. >. Sch
Iollie Rhodes is chartered to load stone at
3reen Island for New York at $1.3O....
last Thursday the steamer W. G. Butman
owed into Rockland the bow of the schoon-
# Helen B. Crosby, which has been lying
lear the breakwater since it was rescued
~ Capt Gilbert. Sch. Good Intent, for
nerly owned at this port and now hailing
rom ROckland, arrived here last week to
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