The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-12-30

The Improvement Society will meet with
Mrs. F. W. Pote next Monday at 23O p. M
There has been one death from diphtheria,
Daniel K. son of Ernest H. and Orilla A.
(Young) Harvey, aged 9 years. Complaint has
been made to the board of health that the
quarantine is not observed where this disease
exists. The laws in regard to the matter are
stringent and should be enforced
The annual meeting of the Waldo County
Agricultural Society will be held at the court
house in this city Saturday, January 18th.
Plans for the August fair. which will outdo
anything ever held in the past in this city, will
/ be presented by the trustees and it is desired
! that there should be large attendance The
tar last fall was success in all ways and it is
desired to make this the banner year The
dates selected by the trustees for another year
are August 10th, 18th and 18th.
CONCERNING CALENDARS. About year
ago Everybodys Magazine published very
ingenious and carefully thought out plan for
new calendar devised by Mr.. Thos B. Dins-
more of this city, by which the New Year
would always begin with Monday, January LIST,
and every month and every week would begin
with Monday, and the holidays would always
come on the same day of the week. This would
be brought about by having 70 weeks days in
week, 6 weeks or 80 days in month and IL
months in year. The 73d week would not be
reckoned in any month, but would occur at the
end of the 18th month and be called and light
ly observed as Holiday" or year End Week"
he Il -, T ! H. llo,l
this week. The advantages of this change are
very clearly set forth in dainty little booklet
which Mr.. Dinsmore has had printed for dis
tribution among his friends: :. A. S. Heal,
Bridge street, Belfast, has some very hand
some calendars bearing landscapes in colors.
Mr.. Heal does monumental work of every de-
scription and his plant is equipped with the
latest Improvements, such a polishing mill,
air compressor, cutting machine and pneumatic
tools for carving and lettering. He has the
best stone in the country and can give you the
best job obtainable for your money. -. Calen-
dars have been received from C. R. Dunton,
general agent of the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company, 189 Exchange street,
Bangor; Wild & Stevens, printers rollers,
STEAMER NOTES Capt. BENZ. R. Arey of
Brooksville has bought the route of the
steamer Silver Star between Belfast, Islesboro,
Castine and Brooksville and will take posses
sion January LIST. The Silver Star will then be
withdrawn and the steamer Anna Belle will be
placed on the route. The Silver Star has
+ ried the mail between Belfast and Islesboro and
the service will be continued by the Anna Belle.
| The Silver Star is owned by the Pendleton
Brothers, who have maintained her the
route for many years. What disposition will
! be made of the steamer is not known at this
writing Capt Arey is well known and popular
steamer we'll fitted for the service she is to
perform :. The Eastern steamship company
makes good showing. For the eleven months
from January LIST to November Goth, 1909, the
increased net earnings over the same period in
1908 were sos, 321 The steel steamship Cal
vim Austin of the Eastern Steamship Co.'S fleet,
| which has recently been thoroughly overhauled
for winter services on the Boston Portland-St.
John route, has been provided with a complete
wireless telegraph equipment. The Calvin
Austin is the first ship of this fleet to have the
wireless, but it is the intention of the company
to install the service on other ships of the line
as fast as possible. .. The Eastern Steamship
Co.'S. steamer Governor Cobb left Boston De-
cember oath for the south. She is chartered to
run during the winter between Key West and
| Havana