The Republican journal., 1909-12-09

The Young Ladies' Social Union Of the Bsp-
fist Church will have Christmas sale Of fancy
articles. aprons and home made candy Satur-
day afternoon, December 18th, in the church
vestry. The patronage of the public is solicit
ed.
Peter F. WEIGH was passing along Court
street the other day as the cutters were being
cleaned on the former Washburn house and
stopped to say that he had helped to slate the
roof 81 years ago. He recalled the fact that
the states were laid on over the shingles and
said that that was done on number of build
ings in Belfast at that time.
A large audience attended the Helen Rev.
nold's Trio entertainment in the Opera House
last Thursday evening. Seldom have instru-
mental musicians given such entire satisfac-
ton in Belfast 1t was one of the daintiest
and most artistic programmes we have had the
pleasure of listening to in years and our must
cal people were unanimous in their praise.
Every person enough interested in the Won
ders of geology to notice the smoothness and
beauty of the quartz pebbles on the sea shore,
some time picked up an unusually kpretty
specimen and taken it home to admire. One
of our friends recently brought home from
neighboring brook one of these pebbles,
nearly as large as a hens egg, SO perfectly
round and smooth that one could hardly be-
lieve it to have been shaped by the forces Of
nature instead of by artificial means. The
Debhle is proDol1ncod our;os;+,, H., ~ 80.
have seen it, as it is said that perfectly
round bit of quartz is rarely found
SHIPPING ITEMS. The little schooner Fancy.
which has been at this port, and in litigation, a
year or more, and is now owned by George A.
Glichrest was taken out on the marine railway
last week for calking, ETC. Mr. Gichrest talks
OF making an auxiliary of her. Sch Charlie
and Willie has chartered to load box boards at
this port for Chelsea, Mass, at So 25 per M.
Sch. Evie b. Hall has chartered to load paving
at Frankfort for New York . The last VOYAGE
of well-known American square rigger was
completed December End, when the ship joseph
B. Thomas arrived at New York from Tacoma.
She is soon to be converted into a coal barge
The Thomas was built at Thomaston Maine. in
1882. -. The 105-year- two-masted schooner
Polly was sold Dec cmber Sd to J. H. Weldon of
Dighton, Mass, for about 81, 600 by Capt Wal
ter V. Spencer, The Polly was at one time
owned by Capt. George F. Ryan and sailed out
of this port. Capt. Ryan took her to Amesburv.
Mass, where she was built in 1905, when an
anniversary celebration was held there The
sixmaster Ruth f. Merrill sailed from Port
land at noon November Both, and As hours later
was inside of Cape Henry and had taken tow
for Baltimore, arriving there on Friday morn
ing, December Sd. The Merrill has made many
fine runs to and from Portland, but this last
trip eclipses them all....Sch. N. E. Aver:
lumber laden, Bangor for New York, was at
this port two days last week, sailing Saturday
on her last trip of the season. On her return
she will haul up here for the winter The tug
Walter Ross, which has been laid up at Bucks
port for some time, is at this port for repairs at
Gilchrests marine railway. The Ross is 16
tons net and was built at Philadelphia in 1867
-. The big six-masted schooner George W.
Wells, which arrived at Baltimore December
Sd, made the run down the coast in the record
breaking time of thirty nine hours. The en-
tire time from port to port. including towage
up the Chesapeake, was seventy-two hours.
The Wells reeled off thirteen knots an hour be-
fore northerly gale. Schooner Mary A.
Hall, which grounded just inside of Cape Fear
bar December End while bound to Wilmington
N. c., from Jacksonville, was foated and lowed
into port December Sd. The three-masted
schooner Georgetta Lawrence sailed from
Portsmouth, N. H., harbor November 23d and
has just been reported at Rockland. The Law
renee is bound from New York for Bucksport
with COAL. George A. Gilchrest has bought the
stone sloop Ida May, and she was towed to this
port from Rockland Monday. She is So tons
net and was built at Gloucester in 1856.