The Republican journal., 1908-09-10

held at Maple Grove next Sunday with very
interesting program.
| Unclaimed letters remaining in the Belfast
Post Office for the week ending September 7th
Miss G. l.. Coombs Mrs. Goldia M Hopkins
Mrs Hester Leonard, Mrs. Charles Raw. Mrs
M S. White, Frank E. Eveleth, Manfred Ell.
kins Peter G. Innis, l. F. Sawyer, Albert
| Small
| YARMOUTH, Sept. 5th A brilliant meteor
passed over this place last night and two OF
| three men who witnessed its descent to the
earth declared that they heard it hiss, so close
| by was it.
| Mrs Charles F. Shaw saw this meteor and
| called Mr.. Shaw's attention to it. She first
thought it was shooting star, but it changed
direction and finally burst. It was very brill
| ant.
| Mr.. E. c. Pierce of Chicago arrived Tuesday
| to attend to the sale of the George G. Pierce
house on Cedar street, and is at the Windsor
Hotel The house is one of the best built in
the city, is in complete order, and will be sold
furnished or unfurnished. 1t is a great bar
gain for some one.
The public whist party held in Memorial
Hall by John Cochran Chapter, D. A. R.. last
Friday evening was a social success though
there were fewer present than was hoped for.
The hall was prettily decorated with golden
glow, and the punch and "nibble table" was most
effectively banked with pine and the snowy
flowers Miss Isabel and ENERGY CHM and
Mrs. A. NJ Ferguson served the delicious punch
and presided oyer the refreshment table, which
was well patronized.
BASE BALL. The Belfast Locals went to
Castne last Saturday and were defeated. The
score was to a. They played eleven innings
and it was good game from the beginning to
the end. The Belfast players were, Fred John
son, George Frsbee, Will Brown, Cliff Ness,
Gay Holmes, Will johnson, Maurice French,
John Holmes and King Pierce. The two star
plays were the one-hand catch by John Holmes
and the great catch by Fred johnson. There
were seven Harvard men on the Castine team
and they were good players. The Taconnet
Club of Waterville defeated the Y. M. A. in a
lively game on the Congress street grounds
last Monday afternoon by a score of 6 to 2. Up
" tlie eiiS iO|+ 'Nsiiii eAo 'AS
best of it, but in that inning the visitors tied
the score and won out by two over-the fence
home runs. The summary
Taconnet .........O 0 0 0 3 0 3 Go Z 6
Belfast ........... o / 0 0-5 9
Batteries, Herd and Simpson; Brown and
Johnson Two base hit Lothrop. Home runs.
Stobie 2, Loon Double plays, Lothrop to Rob
inson; Robinson to Brown to Cunningham.
First base on balls, by Herd 3, by Brown Hit
by pitched balls, 1ibbetts, Blair. Struck out,
by Herd u, by Brown l. Passed balls, Johnson
2 Time 210. Umpire, Allen.
A FAMILY REUNION IN EAST BELFAST. A
Strout family reunion was held Sept. 5th at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Strout
in East Belfast The weather was all that
could be asked for and the company was a jolly
one The morning was devoted to greetings
and sociabity. Meanwhile a large table was
being spread on the back lawn and at noon a
cheerful company sat down to bountiful din
ner After dinner a pleasant hour was spent
with the cameras-the results being as anus
ing as the occasion. Lawn tennis was the
amusement of the young people for the after
noon the older ones looking on. Fruit punch
was then served on the veranda by Mrs. Twiss.
At seven baked bean supper was served in
the dining room, to which all did justice. The
evening was spent with vocal and instrumental
music. Banjo duets by Edith and Lewellyn
Strout, also by Messrs. Ralph and Lewellyn
Strout with banjo and harmonica, were much
enjoyed Peanuts and candy were served
The out of town guests were Mr.. Fred and
Mrs. Isabelle (Strout) Twiss, Mr.. Ralph E. and
Miss Gertrude Strout of Lawrence Mass, and
Miss Edith L. Strout of Portland, Me. At ten
| the company broke up and wished that next
wear they might meet for another good time
The Lawrence party left Monday morning by
train, accompanied by Miss Mildred Strout fol-
a months visit The company all hope that
before the next reunion Mr.. Twiss will have
invested in a new and stron ger belt.
J THE REPUBLICAN CLUB The Young Mems
| Republican Club had full house at their rooms
in Masonic Temple last Friday evening. The
+ audience included veterans who could not be
swerved hairs breadth from their allegiance
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unexampled prosperity to the nation, and youns
men who are enthused over the recital Of the
achievements of the party in which they nave
enrolled themselves and for which some o
| them will east their first vote this year Inc
! speaker was Hon. B. F. Maher of Augusta o.
whose eloquence we had heard much, and who
! fully sustained the reputation that had pre-
coded him. He was not only eloquent, put ht
was wise witty logical and dramatic. One car
well imagine that sarcasm and lnVectlVe are a
his command in full measure, but he resorted L
neither, using only logic to expose the lnsln
cerity and the fasity of Democratic campaign
utterances. Mr. Littlefield at previous meet
ing had dealt with the Democratic criticism O
the plank in the Republican platform suggest
j mo an amendment to the constitution authorlz
inc the Governor to remove executive ofhclai
who do not perform their duty, and judge
Maher further exposed the absurdlty OF thi
! Democratic bugaboo. New York has such
law on her statute books, and 1t has been en-
forced. but it does not contain the provision Il
the law suggeste for this State, that IN cas-
of the removal of an officer his successor shall
be of the same political party. In New YORK
| Democratic Governor may remove Republlc&l
officials and appoint Democrats IN their place