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

Friday nights train will bring home for
the holidays number of young people who
are away at school and college. Among the
| expected arrivals are Misses Alice P. Poor.
Wellesley 'O8. Cora S. Morrison and Eliza
beth A. Quimby, Wellesley 'O9, Katherine
Z. Quimby and Miss EthOla W. Frost from
the New England Conservatory of Music.
Boston, Miss Helen Doak from the School
OF Design, Providence, and Miss Frances
moves from Mt. Ida SchOo, West Newton.
Mrs. Charles Haycock of Eastport,
| formerly Miss Jean Thompson of this city.
daughter of Hon. VIM P. Thompson, has
| been seriously i'll for some months and last
week Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Thompson and
Mrs. Haycock's brother, Mr. Carroll A.
Thompson was called to Eastport. Miss
Lulu Fl. Littlefeld, ira ned nurse, has
been In attendance for some time. Later
reports are more favorable and there are
hopes that she may recover. Messrs. w. P.
and Carroll A. Thompson arrived home
Monday evening.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. r.. W, Hersev of
San Jose, Cal, has been granted "a permit
Dy the forest bureau of the forest service to
occupy right-of-way on the Stanislaus
hat!"na! reserve and to cor Struct thereon a
transmission line for transmitting electric
lty for commercial purposes The line will
De located about twenty miles southwest
OF Sonora. The line will furnish electrici-
ty to the towns of Toulumue, Soulsbyyille.
Confidence and Carter.
Mr.. Hersey is a native If this city. the
oldest son of Col. Philo Hersey, and the
many friends of the family will be inter-
ested in the announcement that he is at the
head of this big enterprise.
DR.. c. d. Smead of Logan, New York. at
tended the recent Maine State Dairy con-
Terence in Auburn, and in communication
TO the Tribune Farmer says of former
"eli-kn0wn citizen of Belfast: "The vener-
able pioneer farmer and dairyman K, w.
Ellis of Embden, Me-, was then called upon
for talk on clover. All people of Maine.
ana everybody else, love to hear MIR. Ellis
talk, Tor he always talks sense and from
farmers standpoint, after years of practical
experience. When Brother Ellis is called
to the other shore there will be universal
mourning in the State of Maine. He fills
place in Names agriculture that it will be
hard to tird another man to fill. He is al.
ways present at every meeting, ALWAYS
ready to do his part for the uplifting of the
cause he is laboring for, honored by all who
knew him. from child to college professor.
All seek his advice, knowing they will get
it straight
How many of The Journal readers know
that Hon. L. NJ. Staples of Washington.
lawyer and legislator, is also an enterpris-
Ing and forehanded farmer? Not many we
should say. John A. McAllister, in writ
lngto the RockIand Opinion of a visit to
! the home of Mr.. Staples, says: "Last fall,
he put in his cellar $50 bushels of POTATOES.
l75 bushels of turnips, and any quantity of
beets, parsnips. cabbage and carrots. He
packed in barrels 1000 bushels of apples
Tor shipment to the market. He raised n
bushels of beans, and threshed out 220
bushels of oats. l counted in the pens
under his stable, II hogs. He also does
considerable i'll the line of raising poul-
try. While | was at Washington he broke
up 80 acres OF land in one field on his home
farm. He keeps six men at WORK most Of
time aud has two yoke of oxen" For use
In his Journeys about the State he keeps in
his stables eight fine blooded horses. MIR
McAlilster says of his visit: 81 remained
some three weeks, and enjoyed the best
time | ever had in my life. Mr.. Staples
and his charming wife are most hospitabe,
and have rare faculty Of making their
guests pass their time pleasantly"