The Republican journal., 1909-12-09

" ~ eheiih yoo Aoi 81 uOlIlR, ana
Will bless you evermore.
FLORIDA oranges, 20 for a quarter" were
displayed in the store windows last week.
The county commissioners were in session
Monday, engaged in general routine business.
The public schools will close December 18th
for the holidays and resume sessions January
End.
The boys say they have had skating but it
must have been on very shallow ponds. No
sleghing to date.
There will be masquerade ball in Peayev's
hall Tuesday evening, December 18th with
music by Keyes' orchestra
The Unversalist Social Aid will meet with
Mrs Eugene L. Cook Miller street this.
Thursday, afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Belfast Savings bank declared dividend
No. SO, December 6th at the rate of per cent.
Total dividends paid to depostors to date ST.
1874, 1866.
Among the arrivals at Bangor December LIST
from the big woods We're Victor Larraoee and
Alonzo Nickerson of Belfast with two deer
each.
At the meeting of the Belfast Improvement
Society last Monday Mrs. F. w. Pote reported
that the white lilac tree donated to the park
by Mrs. Helen A. Carter would be planted this
week
Leroy Coombs has built an extension on his
boat shop and is getting ready to set up 30
foot speed launch for c. A. Turner of New
York, summer resident of Dark Harbor Mr.
Coombs also has two 49, foot cruisers to build,
The poverty social held in the Baptist YES
try last Friday evening by the Young Ladies,
Social Union was great success as promo
ter of mirth and the harvesting of pennies.
An entertainment, games and music made the
evening very enjoyable one.
Tomorrow, Friday, evening the Seniors of
the Belfast High school will present in the
Opera House the play entitled "Union Depot
for Day" The class will be assisted by some
of our best local talent and there are nearly
one hundred characters in the cast. The play
will be well staged and delightful evenings
entertainment is assured.
PooR's MILLS. Mr.. and Mrs Winfield Carver
of Vinalhaven are visiting at W. A. Banks.
O. L. Wentworth shot fine deer Thanksgiving
day, near home =. Horace Wentworth return
ed from Burnham last week with adeer At
the last social the ladies presented the drama
Glow the Story Grew" This week, Tuesday,
they presented the "Pull Back" H H.
Wentworth and o. L. Wentworth returned
from Orland Monday.
Saturday afternoon, December 18th, the
Ladies Aid of the Methodist church will have
on sale, in the Journal building, next to B. D.
Fields store, good supply of homemade
pies-mince, apple. squash, pumpkin, mock
cherry etc. They will also offer for sale some
nice aprons,so that when you buy pie for the
Sunday dinner you may buy an apron to wear
while serving it. The sale will begin at 23O
and continue through the afternoon and even
ing. The Aid solcits the patronage of the
public.
Thomas H. Marshall Circle, Ladies of the g.
A. R., at their recent meeting gave Mrs. Julia
A. Mckeen a most delightful birthday recep-
ton and several tokens of their regard. 1t
was a complete surprise to Mrs. McKeen.
Mrs. d. H, Strout, in behalf of the Circle, pre-
scented Mrs. Mckeen, who has been their treas
urer for many years, with fountain pen, two
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bouquet of beautiful pinks Mrs. McKeen
was delighted with the gifts and with the
thought that prompted them.
The popular play,"Th Union Depot" which
has been presented so successfully in other
Maine cities, will be given in Belfast Opera
House Friday evening, December 10th, under
the auspices of the Senior class of the Belfast
High school. The cast will include the Senior
class and many other Belfast young people.
Miss Beers of the Beck Entertainment Bureau
of Boston arrived in Belfast Monday morning
and has the affair in charge, and her efforts,
combined with the hearty cooperation of Bel
fasts local talent, will insure the success of
the play
The alarm of fire from box 25 at p. m.
Saturday was for fire in the basement of Ma
sonic Temple. Some cotton waste used by the
painters that had been placed in closet I'M
der the stairway leading from the Main street
entrance of F. A. Johnson's store caught by
spontaneous combustion but did not break into
a blaze. 1t burned hole about the size of a
silver dollar on some paper on which the waste
was laid. W. H. Clifford noticed the smoke
first and notified C. F. Swift, and they looked
over their own premises and those of ID. T. Pal
mer before locating the incpient fire. The
fremen promptly hand and admin
istered small dose of water. No damage
The "all out" sounded at $40
STEAMER NOTES. northeast gale Thanks
giving week held up the coastwise steamers
and last week the conditions were the same
The Eastern Steamship Co.'s steamer Belfast
which left Bangor Wednesday morning, was
held at Rockland until Thursday night, ano
the City of Bangor which arrived at Bangor
Wednesday morning from Boston remained
there until Saturday. The fremont, Capt
Barbour, made her last trip from Bangor te
Manset last Saturday. The service will be re-
sumed in the spring when it is expected te
have larger and faster steamer on the route
$50. The City of Bangor left here last Satur-
day for Boston on her last trip for the season
The service is now performed by the turbine
steamer Belfast, making two trips week.
A FAMILY BURYING GROUND. Sunday, De-
cember 18th, was a remarkably warm and beau
tiful day. Except for the leafiess branches OF
the trees one rambling through the fields ano
woods would have imagined the day to have