The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-10-28

Rev. A. M. Cox will preach in Silver Harvest
Grange hall. Waldo, Sunday, October 31st, at
2.30 p m. local time. All are invited to attend
There will be a meeting of the Improvement
Society at the home of Mrs. Fred w. Pote next
Monday at 2-30 p. m. A full attendance is re-
quested to act on matters of Importance.
Captain Thomas G. Bartlett fell down stairs
at his home on Primrose Hill last Sunday
morning and broke one rib and injured two
others. His many friends extend sympathy
and hope for an early recovery.
The Waldo County Veteran Association will
meet with E. M Billings Post, Monroe, Novem-
Der 4th. If stormy that day, the next fair day.
We hope to meet goodly number of the COM
rades on that day.-A. Stinson, Secy.
The rummage sale in the store in The
Journal building has done a good business.
finding ready market for goodly quantity of
secondhand clothing. The sale was in charge
of Mrs. Charles E. Johnson and Mrs. Charles
H. Crosby of the Universalist Aid.
Miss Lucy A. Cochran of this city is the for
tunate possessor of some silver spoons made
by Paul Revere. Miss Cochrans great-prand-
father was friend of the Reveres and it was
through this friendship that Paul Revere made
these spoons for him. They are plain and sim
pie in design and bear the initials P. R.
HALLOWEEN WHIST. The ladies of the Uni
versalist Social Aid will give public whist
party in Memorial Hall tomorrow. Friday.
evening. There will be food sale at 7.3O and
bridge playing will begin at 8 clock witch
will be present to look into the future for all
who wish. The refreshments and score cards
will be appropriate to Halloween and favors
will be given. Tickets are on sale at the CITY
Drug Store for IS cents, including refresh
ments. The public is cordially invited
The preparations for the sale of Christmas
stamps by the Waldo county Red Cross Divi-
sion are well in hand and the places where
they will be on sale will be given next week.
first order of 10000 has been placed and the
sale will begin about the middle of November.
The net proceeds will be used for anti tuber-
culosis work in our own State and it is hoped
our citizens will avail themselves of this easy
means of helping in the national effort to
stamp out the terrible white plague" Every
stamp sold is a bullet in the warfare
STEAMER NOTES. Calvin Austin, president
and general manager of the Eastern Steamship
company, made an inspection of the landings
of the company on the bay and river last week
and as a result of his visit to Belfast the wharf
here is to be rebuilt, enlarged and general i'm
provements made on the buildings. The work
will begin next spring and be completed
before the winter The carpenters had finish
ed work on the company's buildings at Sears
port, and President Austin expressed himself
as pleased with the new conditions there. The
new waiting room, which includes roomy and
neat office, is IS by SIS feet in dimensions and is
built on about the same plan as the new wait
ing room at Bar Harbor. The freight sheds
much freight as formerly, for in addition to
the old shed, which is 35 by so feet, and which
has been thoroughly repaired, an additional
shed of as by IS feet has been built this sum-
mer. Shipments of freight from Searsport
have increased greatly, especially the ship
facilities and larger amount of room are abso-
lutely necessary. The wharf at Searsport was
rebuilt and the extension increased its length
by about 10 feet. At Winterport new
wharf was built this summer and an extension
of 80 feet made. The wharf buildings at Win
terport are also new. AS noted in another col
umn the Camden is to be the winter boat on
d
rest the unfounded report that the turbines
Belfast and Camden will be withdrawn from
this route in 1911. They were built for the
route and have come to stay.
THE CHAUTAUQUA SOCIETY HALL IN THE
GROVE" This society is an organization of all
C. L. S. C. graduates. The October meeting,
which is the annual meeting, was held at the
home of Mrs. C. A. Hubbard, Thursday after
noon, October 21st, with a large attendance.
The membership includes representatives of
all the C. L. S. c. graduate classes from the
year 1885 to 1909, with the exception of few
years. This year two graduates of the 19o9,
the Dante class, and one member OF the class
of 1895, were received into the membership OF
this Society of the Hall in the Grove" The
report of the Secretary for the year proved
that instructive and interesting meetings had
been held each month from October to July.
The course of special study was the country of
Switzerland and it's people, their government,
customs and education. After the business OF
this meeting an interesting program was given
which included quotations, music, reading OF
letters from absent members, reading the
origin of the word "Chautauqua" and "The
Chautauqua Legend; paper describing Wis
it to Kineo and Moosehead Lake; sketch of
the Dante" class of 1909; reports from the
1909 Recognition Day and the c. L. S. G. ban
ouet at the Chautauqua Assembly in New
York, given by two of the members who were
present at the Assembly. At six p m. the
"Chautauqua Feast" was announced This
consists of bountiful supply of appetizing vi
ands. The place cards bore the name, class,
wear and motto of each guest. The officers of
this society for the coming year are as follows:
President, Mrs. May Robertson; vice president,
Miss Isabel CHM; secretary and treasurer, Miss
L.. A, Cochran Meetings are held the first
Thursday in each month. The next meeting
will be held with Mrs. May Robertson, Cross
street Thursday afternoon, November 4th.