The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-11-05

The w. 7. c. U. will meet with Miss Eller
rockingham tomorrow, Friday, afternoon a
2.3O. AS special plans are to be discussed ;
full attendance is reou ested.
Miss ENERGY CHM delightfully."- entertained I
number of young lady friends at her home las
cy Dress and merry and enjoyable evening
was spent.
Through a misunderstanding our item last
week concerning the purchase of the Hilton
store by Capt John w. Jones was incomplete
For some years Capt. Jones has had to rent g
building for storage and has not had sufficient
room for his hardware business in his present
location. He will build an addition of 40 or sc
feet to the Hilton store in the spring, and whe1
the improvements are completed will move his
business there. Until then he will continue
business at the old stand, using the Hiltor
store for storage.
THE CONCERT OF NATIONS. Thursday anc
Friday evenings, Nov 10Th and GOTH are the
dates decided upon by the committee for the
Concert of Nations, which will undoubtedly
test the full seating capacity of the Opera
House. The parts have all been assigned ano
much rehearsing is going for the occasion
! and several specialties will be introduced. The
High school orchestra will furnish music foi
the entertainment. A program giving full par
ticulars will be widely circulated week in
advance, both in town and the adjoining towns
feature of the entertainment will be the APP
pearance of the famous "Uncle Josh Perkins
Orchestra from Huekleberry Corner, composed
of the following members: Uncle Josh, Amos
Doolittle, Zeke Burdock, Cy Spruceby, Sam
Hasbin, Lish Crockett, Silas Wayback, Aaron
Horribly, Hiram Mossback, Uriah Turniptop,
Hezekiah P Bean, and Prof Sousa Uptertime,
director The next rehearsal will be on Friday
night and all members are requested to be pres
ent as the roll will be called preparatory to as
signing seats.
HALLowE' EN- SUPPER AND PARTY. The mem
bers of the Epworth League of the Methodist
Episcopal church gave very unique supper and
party in Memorial Hall last Friday evening in
keeping with Halloween traditions The sup
per differed from the usual ones by being on
the lunch counter or market plan. Each pat
ron procured tickets for whatever edbles they
wished and after cashing them in at the diff
ferent departments, took their supper to some
of the several tables, conveniently arranged
and appropriately decorated. about: the hall.
The tickets We're in charge of Miss c. Lillian
Spinney and Miss Mildred NJ Mason. Misses
Clo11 cbo11 PI1tb ray
out the plates and necessary cutlery, and those
in charge of the different departments were as
follows: scalloped clans and baked beans,
Misses Emma Frost and Laura Bowden; coffee,
Misses EVE Hall and Abbie Thorndike; salads
and sandwiches, Misses Alice Written and
Laurena Macomber; pies, Misses Elizabeth
Chamberlain and Ethel Rogers; cakes, Miss
Pauline Ray and Evelyn Robinson. Mrs. John
Dow was head waitress and was ably assisted.
Mrs. A. E. Luce, and Miss Bessie Robinson
presided over the candy table, where pop
corn balls were also on SALE After supper,
Halloween games were enjoyed in the room,
which was especially decorated with Jack'o-
lanterns, black cats and witches. Apples were
bobbed for, and number of the approved
'.stunts" were carried out. The stage was
ranged as a witches den, draped in black and
white, and decorated with black cats, moons,
and witches galore. Here was ensconced
mysterious old witch who dealt out fortunes to
those interested in the future. Miss c. Lii
Ian Spinney acted the part of seer to per-
lection. A pocket book, ring and button
were hidden about the room, and the merry
company searched for them industriously.
Rev A. E. Luce, the finder of the pocket-book,
may expect riches in the near future. Miss
Laura Bowden, who found the ring, may look
forward to a happy marriage, while the finding
of the button, denoting single blessedness, was
not reported, Miss Sabina Morey had charge
of the arrangements for the affair, which were
carried out to perfection.
SHIPPING ITEMS. After one of the longest
periods of depression ever known, vessel own
ers report that conditions in the freight ton
mage market are beginning to improve. Rates
are advancing and there is demand for YES
sells. The schooner J, Holmes Birdsall has just
been chartered to load cargo of 22OO tons of
coal at Philadelphia for Boston at 70 cents per
ton, an advance OF ~ cents a ton over recent
rates Articles have been opened for the
schooner Governor Powers, which has been ly-
ing in Portland harbor for the past four weeks,
for coal port, where she will load for Porto
Rico After discharging there she will sail for
port north of Cape Hatteras. Sch. Margaret
Thomas sailed from Boston, Oct. 9th, with her
Christmas cargo for the inhabitants of Rio ia
neiro For II years Capt. Baano has made one
trip each year to the Brazilian capital, carrying
out apples, pears and ice. Slowed in the holds
are 1882 barrels of apples, 200 half barrels of
pears, 500 tons of ice, 10000 feet of white pine
lumber, so barrels of gasoene and 1000 fiber
discs. -. The Camden Herald reports the frame
pretty well up for the three-masted schooner
E. l.. Bean is building in the Bean yard, and
hopes to see more vessels built there next sea-
son.. Sch Harold C. Beecher is reported in
the NJ Y Herald clearing from Pascagoula,
Oct Goth, for Havana. There is only one Harold
C. Beecher in the government list and she is at
this port awaiting repairs. .....A fve-masted
schooner building in Percy & SmaiPs yard, Bath,
for the Palmer fleet, will be launched Nov. 10th
and commanded by Captain o. W. Clark, for
merlv of sch. Rebecca Palmer. Length, 3O3.1
feet; beam, 4S9 feet; depth, 22.4 feet; gross
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