The Republican journal., 1907-10-31
thanksgiving Day, November 2Sth.

Thanksgiving Day, November 2sth.
The Eastern Steamship Co. is offering re-
Iced fares-Belfast to Boston, 1928.
The Improvement Society will meet with
Mrs F. ". Pote Monday, Nov. 4th, at go
IN.
The fall and winter term of sewing school,
begin Saturday afternoon, Nov. End, in
council room, Memorial Building.
There will be a Is cent supper and social
Trinity Reformed church, East Belfast,
morrow, Friday, evening. Supper will be
we'd at O'Clock.
" F. Bean, who spent the summer at his
home in this city, contributed So to the
Htrk Improvement fund before his depar-
re for the west.
The journal has received from the pub
hers, William Ware & Co., Boston, the
i Farmers Almanac for 1908. This is
No. 116,and it appears in its familiar yellow
yer.
We have received from the Bracket
rintery a copy of the booklet of the Travel
rs Club of this city. containing their
-ogram for 1907-190S, list of officers, etc.
Is a very neat piece of work.
\ Schenectady, New York. subscriber
rites: 81 have not had The Journal for
liz last few months and missed it so much.
cannot get along without it. l long to
ar from the dear old town and friends of
aldo county,"
Unclaimed letters remaining in the Bel
-lst post Office for the week ending Oct &c:
'iss Achsia A. Basford g letters,) Mrs.
l,6bert Emery, Mrs, Mary E. More, Miss
2Iaud Smith, Mrs Eva Wentworth, Mrs n.
White, O. J. Barton, DR.. j. F. Harris.
VETERANS MEETING. The Waldo Coun-
d.. Veteran Association will meet with f.
H. Billings Post, Monroe, Nov. 9TH. If
.ormy, the next fair day. The post will
-urni8h beans, brown bread and coffee.
The comrades out of town will bring pastry.
Lorenz Jones, Sec'y.
We have received a remittance from
Joseph Higgins of Th0rndike for his sub
,cription to The Journal, which he has
aiken regularly for many years. He is past
lightly years of age and lifelong resident
If Waldo county. We tender him our best
wishes for his continued health and pros
gerity.
The ladies of the Trinity Reformed
church of East Belfast will hold fair in
Memorial hall, Wednesday, Nov. Goth.
There will be farce, "Freezng a Mother
in-Law", and other entertainment by local
talent. Useful things and homemade candy
will be for sale. There will be a corner
grocery store table.
The Maine Farmers Almanac for 1905
has been received from the publishers,
Charles f. Nash & Son, Augusta, and is
the same indispensable year book it has
ever been. 1t is interesting to note that
three of the principal holidays of 1908 fall
on Saturday Washington's birthday,
February 22nd Memorial day, May 3oth,
and Independence day, July 4th.
The many checks received at this Office on
subscription account testify to the in
creasing use of the excellent banking facili-
ties offered by our local banks, whose de-
posts are growing rapidly as people realize
the advantages offered by bank account.
Checks are largely taking the place of ex-
press orders, postal orders and registered
letters.
. We are indebted to Hon. Fred Atwood of
Winterport for the opportunity to repro
duee in fac-simile the enrolment of that
town in 1868. 1t is document of local and
historical interest Capt. A. b. Bean, long
CT nd iply hot A
Crocker, Machias man, is also dead. Dr.
Hunter is living and practicng his profess
sion in Machias. Many of those whose
names appear in the list have Joined the
silent majority, as might be expected after
lapse of nearly fifty years.
Some years ago when it was proposed to
establish second shoe factory here
movement was also on foot to secure
creamery, and The journal quoted the re-
mark of business man that creamery
would be worth more to Belfast than an
other shoe factory. There were some ex-
ceptons to that opinion at the time, but no
one will now question the fact that the
creamery has been of great benefit not only
to Belfast but to Waldo County.
Mess1s. r. F. Dunton, George E. johnson
and c. P. HaZeltine returned from their
hunting trip last Saturday evening. AS in
former seasons their headquarters were at
Stacyville. They brought home deer shot
by Mr.. Hazeltine and bear shot by Mr..
Dunton. The bear was killed late Friday
afternoon, the last day of their stay in camp.
1t is young bear, fat, and with fur in fine
condition. Bear meat strongly resembles
pork, and as this bear was shot on beech
nut ridge the meat should be specially good.
PooR's MILLS. Mrs. Russell Cross
entertained the Benevolent Club last Fri
day Afternoon and evening. 1t will meet
this, Thursday, afternoon with Mrs. A. K.
jackson. Mrs. o. A. Wade re-
turned home from Hartford, Connecticut,
last Friday. S. Wentworth has rented
Mrs. Geneva Wentworth's house and will
move his family this week. .Noyes Went
worth has sold his farm in North Belfast
and will stop with Mrs. o. A. Wade this
winter. Mrs. Fred johnson called on
friends last week. Miss Jennie Under
wood of Fayette was the guest of Wales
Miller recently. She was on her way to
New Jersey, accompanied by Mrs. Wescott.
Charles Waterman has flock Of pullets,
hot bod hal 10 l.,