The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-02-20
The Travellers Club will meet with Mrs.

R. F. Dunton, Cedar street, Tuesday 7. Nj.
Feb 25th. Program as given in the year
book Paper, Dante, by Mrs. F. w. Brown;
readings, Giotto, by Mrs. R. F. Dunton;
ACKNOWLEDGMENT by Mrs. c. A. Pills
bury.
At the regular meering of the Improve
ment Society, held Feb. 18th, unanimous
vote of thanks was rendered Mr.. {. H..
Crosby for assistance at the Henderson,
| MacGregor concert, to MIR. John Parker
| for loan of flags, to Mr.. Chas. Eaton for
| loun of furniture and to Miss Hattie White
and ". J. Clifford for fayors received at
| that time.
The portra it of Mrs. P. R. Hazeltine, re-
Gently presented to the Public Library by
her nephew, Henry Williamson Haines of
| Boston, will be a valued addition to the
portraits already hung in the reading room.
| Mrs. Harriet H. Hazeltne, who was the
daughter of Hon. William D. William
| son of Bangor, died in Boston December
IL, 1884, aged 70 years, and at her death
the bequest of $40, 900 mentioned in her hus-
| bands will to build and maintain library
| at Belfast, became available In a note to
the library announcing the gift of the pic
ture, Mr.. Haines mentioned the fact that
the portrait had been in the possession OF
| his mother, Mrs. Caroline j. Chapman,
| who recently died at the advanced age OF
SO Years The picture has been put in COM
plete repair and is handsomely framed.
| Mrs. Iazeltine was interested in the pro-
| posed bequest of her husband as is evil
| denced by the fact that she urged his build
ing the library before his death. This
makes the gift most fitting and appr pirate.
| FRESH FISH The fish famine to the
westward, due to the severe weather which
prevented the fishermen from pursuing
| their arduous and haZ irdouS calling, was
felt in our local markets 1t was welcome
sight, therefore, last Thursday afternoon to
see the trim little schooner commanded by
Capt. John Simpson, making port with a
cargo of fresh fish Late in the afternoon
she was off the steamboat wharf and the
upper harbor was filled with floating ice,
but she made her way through it and Fri
day morning was berthed on the upper side
of Lewis wharf with 5000 pounds of fresh
ly caught cod and pollock. The latter fish
were large, weighing from to IL pounds,
and hearing several buyers call them blue
fish The journal man enquired why that
name was given them, and was told that
when baked or fried they could hardly be
distinguished from bluefish and were often
served at hotels and restaurants by that
name. Capt Henry Gilman, an old fisher
man, said he could not testify as to that,
but had learned on fishing trip to Nova
Scotia that as cOrned fish they have nc
equal. The pollock went like hot cakes
aud two men had all they could do weighing
and dressing fish for waiting customers.
SCOTCH SONG RECITAL. The Musicale
Recital under the auspices of the Improve
ment Society drew a large audience in the
Opera House Wednesday evening, Feb
18th Miss Eleanor b. MacGresor of Port
land read a carefully prepared aud inter
esting paper on Scotch songs and their orr
gin, bringing out some new facts about thu
old favorites. Mr.. Thomas Henderson O.
Portland and Mr.. Charles II. Crosby o
!, this city assisted her, giving some of thu
songs referred to vocally and with the flute
Mr. Henderson's fine voice is perfect!
adapted to the songs of his "ain countree'
and his rendering of them was one of thu
musical treats of the season. Mr.. Crosb!
also added much to the enjoyment OF tn
evening. The program was as follows:
Sketch, Scotch Songs and their Origin,
, Miss E. b. MacGrego
} Vocal. My Ain Wee Thing.
Mr.. Thomas Henderson
Flute and Piano. G bae se i Ny ~ s Satng
Mr.. Crosby and Miss MacGregO
po.aor so,cs I Come Ger the Stream, Charlie
Pastoral Songs, Bonnie Ny Hsn bcos A~a'
, Mr.. Henderson
Flute Solo, Robin Adair. MIR. C. II. Cr0sD.
Mrs. j. w. Wheeler, AccOmpanist.
Mr. Crosby and Miss MacGrego
E,u,e and piano a John Anderson My Joe,
flu'e anu iaho' b The Campbells are COmini
Mr. Crosby and Miss MacGregO
National Airs, Is LAIRD Of Of e coetps '
, Mr.. Henderson
, Flute and Piano, Aud Lang Syne,
Mr.. Crosby and Miss MacGregor
Music for the hop which followed tn
concert was most acceptably furnished b.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Wheeler, and dancing
was enjoyed until 11.3O.