The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-10

High.
The meeting of the Improvement Society
was postponed from last Monday to next Mon
day. It will meet with Miss Maude E. Barker
The Boston Globe of Tuesday says: GAS a
result of the government embargo upon hay
from New York, Michigan and Pennsylvania,
the price has advanced 81 ton in most New
England cities"
Following are the unclaimed letters for the
week ending December 7th Henry S. Auth, j..
R. Bryant, B. A. Carter, Capt. Calvin Rich,
Sawyer B. Smith, Frank Santos, c. F. Smith,
Capt. S. H. Weed.
The j. KS had pleasant meeting last Tues
day evening with Mrs. Leslie C. Follett. Christ
mas fancy work was the order of the evening
and the young ladies spent most satisfactory,
as we'll as enjoyable, evening.
John Cochran Chapter, D. A. R., will meet
next Monday evening with Mrs. George W..
Stoddard. The roll-call will be answered by
names of Boston Revolutionary patriots, and
the subject of the evening is The Boston Tea
Party.
The Young Mems Association will be re-
organized and will open the rooms on Phoenix
Row, which have been closed during Novem-
Der and December, January LIST. Some
changes will be made in the arrangement
of the rooms and pool table will be added.
The next meeting of Seaside Chautauqua
Circle will be held with Mrs E. P. Frost, High
oft A
Roll-call, name some Dutch Proverb lesson
chapters nine and ten of the book, Foundations
of Modern Europe and magazine topic,
"Story of the Peace Movement" Program
same as last week.
FARMERS INSTITUTE AT THoRNDIKE. A
farmers institute will be held in Harvest
Moon Grange Hall, Thorndike, Friday, Deem
Der 18TH at 1890 a. and 1.30 p. This
meeting will be addressed by some of our best
State speakers, and a special effort is being
made to make it an interesting and instructive
meeting A large attendance of farmers is de-
sired.
Many of our readers no doubt are familiar
with the history of the Red Cross stamp, issued
by the society of that name to aid in the
movement against tuberculosis, the great
White Plague. The stamps sell at one cent
each and the proceeds in each State go toward
tuberculosis work in that State. M. 7. Wood
cock & Son have the stamps for sale at their
book store You can help good work by
buying these stamps.
Surprise parties seem to be the order of the
- ~ fnr hat Is q
accepted time for such festivities Last week
about thirty of the friends of Mrs. Earl Tai
bot called to help celebrate her birthday, bring
ing with them a handsome parlor lamp Inns
was presented to Mrs. Talbot by her father-ln-
law Ezra Talbot, the recipient responding
gracefully to the presentation speech. The
evening was spent with music and games and
refreshments were served. Another surprise
party was serenade to Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Burgess soon after their marriage. The sere-
naders after their serenade were invited into
the house, and dancing, refreshments and
general good time followed.
The Searsport cat which likes hot dough
nuts, coffee and cream and Roquefort cheese
suggests mention of Belfast cat which is
very fond of salads all kinds-and salad dress
ing, particularly mayonaise. Given bowl IN
which salad dressing has been mixed she will
leave it as clean as though it had been thor
oughly washed This pussy also likes ginger
bread, cake, candy and nuts All cats, we be-
lieve, like asparagus, but one particular cat OF
a number of these feline pets would tease for
it when it was on the table. It is generally
accepted that catnip is specially attractive to
all cats, but we have known pussles that
turned up their noses at it, so to speak. In
this connection one is led to wonder how cats
tell the time of day If you are in the habit OF
feeding them at certain times they will almost
invariably be found waiting at the hour for
their food
The Orpheus Musical Club will meet with
Miss Amy E. Stoddard, Wednesday afternoon,
December 18th. Following is the program;
Duet,
Ben Parker and Mary Hayes
A Ride on the Rocking Horse, hlenzI
Margaret Craig
Little Romance, Schumann
Mabel Craig
Sunbeam Waltz, Read
Annette Holt
The Flytrap, Bughee
Played and sung by Madeline Coombs
On Guard Duty, Necke
Hazel Bradstreet
Golden Strand, Leblefre
Hazel Keyes
Sweet Williams Ball, Bugbee
Mildred Arnold
The program will be followed by lesson on
List by Miss Stoddard with review questions
on Handel, Bach and Wagner.
A TRIO OF TUGS The Knickerbooker Co. S
tug Britannia arrived here last Friday to go on
Gilchrest's marine railway to find and stop
leak She was hauled out Tuesday and part OF
the copper stripped off to get at the leak She
will be laid up at Bucksport Tor the winter
The tug E. D. Haley formerly the Stella) left
Belfast more than month ago to have her
boiler put in before returning here for the
finishing touches The boiler was not put in
until last week, and the Haley is expected here
daily An up-river paper says that the tug
when finished will be as good as new, but we
take exceptions to that. She will be better
than when new She is five feet longer, has
one foot more freeboard and the material used
in rebuilding her was of the best. The tug
Charlie Lawrence, of the same fleet as the
Britannia and E. d. Haley, arrived at this port
Monday and will receive quite extensive re-
,;., OF c;lobrest's She is 10 feet longer and