The Republican journal., 1909-09-02
: NEWS OF BELFAST,

ostb was the last Saturday half holi-
''s' ,Se shoe factory for the season.
uomep's Hospital Aid will meet in
lp i, Building, Friday, September srd, at
rill be dance in Peavey's hall to-
lns'' Friday, night with music by Cunning
y orchestra
have been reported in the bay, and
laD Il IS rather late for them they would
ps,+tiiy welcomed.
1,,proyement Society will hold its reg
..sting with Mrs. F. W. Pote Monday,
amer 9Th at 2.30 P. M.
r-oeery and provision stores will close
,1ock Wednesday, September 9Th, for
- but will open for the evening.
Macomber installed an engine in a
far Dr. G. C. Kilgore, which has been
Nv rail to Belgrade for use on the lake
W. r. Mace. The launch is new one and
= canopy top
team Yacht Priscilla with her owner,
rrancis Walters of Baltimore, and a
- oi guests on board was in port for two
las, week She was bound west after a
re along the coast.
g. iqequalities of taxation are strikingly il
..,a6 by the fact that a house assessed for
~, was sold for $500 after being on the
lot for several years., while house that
.,s.essed for 81 1000 has been sold for 81, 100.
q4s Emery Hill Concrete company of Fair
.usxpects to begin work soon on an order
,0O blocks to be used in the construction
,o4ato house at Burnham. The building
j. 5s g,x40 feet and constructed entirely of
slgete,
r,s contract for building the new fish hatch
--s house and stable at Camden has been
r,73sa TO j. f. Hartman of Randolph, who
- the lowest of four bidders. Mr. Hartman
:, .irssdy built fv e fish hatcheries for the
,.,,s His bid was $2,s75.
1r- friend Ed Clements has sent us copies of
/ A, Oklahoma City daily papers, from which
raN appear that the West continues to
-,r and prosper despite the back fire started
s+bs ection In personal note Mr. Glenn
,-y saws: The weather is hot and the cotton
4ee Good luck to the old Journal"
Is a newly welded couple were going on
seo, The Boston boat one afternoon last week
+4ir Young lady friends showered them with
7t1a sweet peas. Some of the flowers fell
rq9 a Gminutive colored porter who was
r.1rg his way aboard with dress suit case
ssca hand He looked up, grinned, and ex-
,hme5. 81 Sc bride!"
The aootlng season opened September list,
yea The .aw went off of ducks. From then
mil The .rst of December they can be killed.
The sv does not go off partridge, woodcocks
md some other game birds until September
lnn from hich time they can be shot until
Dscertsr lst. Ducks are said to be very
l1nstous in this vicinity. 1t is reported that
seeE vj be very plentiful the coming fall.
Su1erasendent A. J. Knowlton conducted
Hgr school room August 9th. There was
one candidate for a superintendent certif-
ate suc SIX for teachers; one each from Isles
bore Brooks, Waldo, Monroe, and two from
Stockton springs. The papers were forward
ID iumellately to State Supt. Payson Smith
md ~ ID he returned about the middle of next
DECEMBER.
That wonderful wizard, Luther Burbank, in
vented the "Wonderberry," and thousands of
IeoFs ought seed. The Lawrence Gazette
ays, Having examined the marvellous Won
dsbegry the Gazette is of the opinion that
The only wonder about it is that berry of
that -lze can be as nasty as it is, and contain
s NAM leeds as it does. "-Atchinson Kansas
Globe
Several Belfast people bought these seeds,
niT-14er now that they did so. The seeds
came ~ and the plants bore fruit according to
3Dr bat the berries are pronounced taste
ea a- worthless.
5tt1- bangor fair last Thursday John Ward
va -ll the famous sire, Alclayone, were
iawr lie stretch to harness. John Ward,
'u'eo and others of Mr.. Chenery's string
YER the Boston boat last Saturday on their
'al &eadville to take part in the races
5a- lat our Belfast horses did not make
as- moving at Bangor is said to be due to
3es-' rack They have been trained on
raes where there is good footing, but at
als1 was said to be like trotting over a
love ed.
4Ha East BRIDGE" The other day the
lf5l was raised as to the location of the
'fs'e7 end of the lower, then known as the
AS bridge, built in 1906, partly carried away
q a heavy northwest squall'' in 1880, rebuilt
nd opened to the public in 1882. Williamsons
history avs of this bridge: "The terminus on
De western side was near the house of Capt
'AtaH o. Alden, from which Pleasant street
aen eEtended to a point nearly opposite the
'Aed Johnson house. The eastern terminus
as ear that of the lower bridge" AS the
-aen house must have faced the street when
uA' i is evident that the terminus of the
ridge was south of the house. At low water
lie sIamps of the old piles are visible in the
4S On the east side and their range would
4a'cae where the western end reached the
iora
iaE - HooL COMMITTEE. The regular meet
got the school committee was held last Mon
'y evening. Physical and Commercial Geog-
iN5 mas been added to the first year in the
AgHsh Course. The educational require
sll' Of the State in regard to the provision
u personal work in Physics and Chemistry in
le high School were discussed The school
'AS room and apparatus for this work. The
s"ei II new assistant in the Head of the