The Republican journal., 1909-02-18
SEARSPORT.

Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mrs. Clifton Ellis is visiting relatives in Bel
fast for two weeks.
Mrs Henry G. Curtis and Miss Mildred E.
Shute were in Bangor Tuesday.
Capt. James c. Gilmore is confined to the
house with an attack of shingles.
Mrs D. S. Goodell and daughter Danny left
Thursday to visit relatives in Allston, Mass
Mr.. and Mrs A. M Ross of Center Lincoln
vile are at the Searsport House for few
days.
F. j. Biather was in town Sunday the guest
of his father A. J. Biather, at the Searsport
House
Mrs S. E. Briggs of Providence, R. l., is the
guest of Mrs. Ella Mowry on North Searsport
avenue.
Miss Guida c. Homer spent Sunday in
Bucksport with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G..
C. Homer
Miss Nellie Bonsey of Surry is visiting her
brother Sidney Bonsey, railway mail clerk, fer
few days.
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Hamilton on
Steamboat avenue.
Manley Foote, who has been confined to the
house with bad cold for the past week, is
able to he out again.
Miss Martha Grinnell left Thursday for Fox
boro, Mass, where she will be the guest of
Mrs George Nickerson.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P Chase of Belfast were in
town Friday, the guests of Capt. and Mrs. H.
g. Curtis on Water street.
Miss Sara E. Brown, assistant teacher of the
Searsport High school, is spending her vaca-
ton at her home in Old Town.
Mrs. Charles B. Richards of Bucksport was
was in town Sunday to attend the funeral of
her uncle, Joseph H. Sweetser.
Bargains in End Hand Automobiles write c.
g. Carley, SO Chestnut street, West Newton,
Mass, for prices and descriptions.
W. H. Tibbetts, principal of the Searsport
High school, which closed Thursday, left Mon
day for Boston on a business trip.
Steamer Bay State landed here Saturday the
largest single freight during agent o. C. At
woods administration of fifteen months.
The Rockland & Rockport Lime Company s
barge No. arrived Friday from Carteret, N.
j., with 1,6OO tons of fertilizer for the A. A. c.
CO. at Mack's Point.
Miss Ethel M. Dodge, teacher of the Gram
mar school, reports the following pupils as not
absent during the term: katherine Dow, DON
aid RUSSELL George Innis, Fred Whittier and
Arche Gilkey.
Superintendent H. G. Curtis of the A. A. C.
Co. at Macks Point has seventy men now en-
ployed and business is rushing Saturday 2, 12S
barrels Of phosphate were shipped over the B.
& A railroad to Northern Maine.
The iron ship Fort George, Capt Fullerton
which sailed from Philadelphia July Goth for
Honolulu and is now overdue, was formerly
commanded by Captains Charles Morse and
Charles C. Mcclure of Searsport.
The committee on the board of trade met
Saturday afternoon, made their report, and
it was voted to organize A committee of
five chosen to frame the bylaws as fol-
lows, H. c. Buzzell, F. A. Nye, o. C. Atwood,
Rev. R. G. Harbutt and E. A. Sargent. Ad-
journed to Saturday, February 10th, at 2 p. M,
when the board will organize.
DoDGE's CORNER. George c. Seavey and
daughter, Miss Sara, visited his brother
Charles at J. E. Marden's last Sunday. -. R.
T. Dodge is confined to the house with severe
cold. Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Mathews attended
the Lincoln memorial exercises in Monroe last
Friday. E. Marden and Mark Ward cut
and hauled their ice last Saturday. 1t was
about 16 inches thick
Grand masked ball at Union Hail. Searsport,
Monday evening, February 22nd, under the
auspices of knyvetta Rebekah Lodge No 125.
Music by the full band. Floor manager H. c.
BuzZell; aids, Guy Leighton, George Sargent,
Myron Parker. Masks at S. M. Webbers on
Main street. This is the event of the season.
Tickets to dance, so cents; spectators 10 cents.
Clam supper so cents per couple.
An alarm of fire Monday afternoon at l
o'clock was caused by the burning of the boat
house of Scott Closson at Pleasant Valley. 1t
was burned to the ground with twenty foot
gasolene launch which he was building, and
that was all planked and ready for ceiling with
all of his tools and the lumber to be used in
the construction of the boat. The fire is sup
posed to have caught from a spark from the
stove while Mr.. Closson was at dinner. Loss
about $50, and no insurance.
in the "reminiscences of Seafarer' in The
Journal of February 18th, the writer states
that the first barkentine built was the Ephraim
Williams in 1857. Mr.. Albert B. Ferguson of
this town states that he was seaman on
board the brig Martha Rogers of Belfast,w which
was commanded by the late Capt. Isaac Board
of the same place. In January, 1885,
they sailed from Wilmington, N. c., for New
Orleans laden with turpentine. During their
stay at New Orleans new barkentine and
new bark both built at Thomaston, arrived and
discharged cargoes of lime at the same dock
where the Martha Rogers was berthed. At
that time the new barkentine was visited by
many people, who were attracted by the new
rig of the vessel. 1.-THE writer recalls seeing
barkentine at the port of Machias loading lum-
Der several years prior to 1857, but does not
remember her name or port of hail Ed Jour
nall
OBITUARY. Joseph Henry Sweetser passed
away at his residence on Nichols street, Feb