The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-10-22
The ladies' of the Unitarian Parish are plan
ming for fair and sale, to be held Dec. End.

The w. T. c. U. will meet tomorrow, Fri
day, afternoon with Mrs. Peavey, Condor
street.
Fifteen yearling trout from the hatchery at
Orland were placed in Megunticook lake last
week.
citizen who keeps line-a-day book re-
ports that from June LIST to October 18TH
there are Just fourteen entries indicating rain
or showers during the day. 1t is unnecessary
to state that this is a very unusual record.
The Travellers Club will meet with the
Misses Field, Primrose Hill, Tuesday, Oct 27th
at 2.3O p. m. Program paper, Michael Angelo,
by Miss Nellie Hopkins; readings, Sonnets of
Michael Angelo, by Mrs. c. M. Craig; Vittoria
Coonna by Miss c. M. CUTTER. -
1t is generally admitted that this is gener-
ton of poor spoilers, but not many people can
equal the little Belfast boy whose forte lies in
another direction. When his mother inquired
recently on his return from school, how he got
along with his lessons, he informed her that he
.missed six words out of ive!"
Unclaimed letters remaining in the Belfast
post office for the week ending Oct. Goth (:
Mrs Theodore Allen, Mrs. Frank E. Baker,
VIM. Bonney, Linwood Burkett, Ralph Brown
B. A. Downing, Ernest Higgins, Hattie F.
Knowlton, Isaac Meservey, Archie Robinson,
w. V. Tasker.
An attractive and unique Halloween supper
is being planned by the members of the Ep-
worth League of the Methodist Church, to be
given in Memorial Hall Friday, Oct 30, at p.
m. social with games and tricks appropriate
to the Halloween season will be enjoyed at the
close of the supper. The public is invited.
The iron keel weighing tons taken from
the sloop yacht Mallard preparatory to making
her an auxiliary craft will be used in the con-
struction of big soop by A. M. Pendleton and
and has been taken from the Roller Bushing
premises to the shore near the Macomber boat
shop, where the work will be done. Mr.. Pen
dleton is getting out material at his mill
in Thorndike and will begin work in the spring.
Mr.. Charles f. Stevens brought to The Jour
nal office Tuesday very curious specimen of
fungus growth elm branch which had
laid the floor of his shop Main street.
He reports that about twenty clusters de-
veloped and as many more We're brushed off.
The cluster on our desk is beautiful in color
ing and form and contains about 200 fully
developed fungi and many abortiyes on
base of about two inches. The largest growth
is of an inch in diameter
The mail service has recently been so
changed that the Citypoint office receives and
nj Int
mail goes out in the morning and is received at
night. The patrons of the office are seriously
Inconvenience by this arrangement and
petition is in circulation and will be sent to
Washington, asking that the former service
be resumed. The mails were formerly the
same as those in town, with the exception of
the three o'clock mail out, which they did not
have.
The next meeting of Seaside Chautauqua
Circle will be with Mrs. E. P. Frost, No. AZ
High street, Monday afternoon, Oct. 26th.
Roll-ca name of some western author and a
quotation from his writings. Lesson, from
magazine Search Questions and from the
book Foundations of Modern Europe" chap
ter three. Program: a sketch of William
Brewster and William Bradford; paper, The
Pilgrims in Amsterdam, Social life of the Pill
grims in Leyden, when, why and how the Pill
grims emgrated; question, In what respects
has Holland influenced the world?
Nearly everyone took advantage of the IN
usual weather Sunday and spent some
part of the day out of doors. The Park was
the mecca for many pedestrians, and Hiram
dale falls, now unusually low, attracted a
number to that vicinity. There many
promenaders down Northport avenue, and
other roads leading out into the country We're
well patronized. Many were out driving, and
autos were numerous. large proportion of the
shore and pond cottages were open for the
whole or part of the day and only the rapidly
falling leaves and the scared fields reminded
one that, according to the calendar, ''the
melancholy days are come"
Leroy A. Coombs designed speed launch
for the Fairbanks Co. of Bangor which was
named the Fairbanks b. and proved great
success The launch was 35 feet long and could
make 20 miles hour. The Fairbanks Com
pany recently sold the Fairbanks b. to
wealthy summer resident Of Bar Harbor and it
is said she showed her stern to the fastest
power boats owned at this fashionable resort
Now the Fairbanks Co. have contracted with
Mr. Coombs to build them speed launch 40
feet long on the same lines as the 'B' and she
will be given rs horse power engine. Mr.
Coombs will build the boat here and have it
ready for the installation of the engine early
in the spring.
SHIPPING ITEMS Capt. W. G. Kneeland is
master of schooner Tofa, bound from New
York to Fernandlna, with cargo of COAL there
to load lumber for Noank, Ct, where the
schooner is owned. This is the 49th vessel
Capt. Kneeland has been in since he was boy
of H. and the 10Th he has been in as captain.
He is nearly go years old and will soon COM
plete half century of ea-going. 80. Schs
Scotia and Marie Saunders arrived at Frank
fort last week to load stone for New York;.
Capt. Albert Wiley of Wiscasset has succeeded
Capt John Farrow in sch. William H. Clifford,
which has been laid up at Portsmouth, N. H.
" Capt. Morton Whitaker, for more than 40
years master mariner and well known on the
New England coast, died Oct. 18th at his home
in Ellsworth of Brights disease aged CT. The
last vessel he commanded was the schooner
Lavolta of Ellsworth. Sch Edward Stewart
Eridau fro,,o Nax,, Vorl with fertilizer