The Republican journal., 1909-11-18
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.


deer recently.
The Universalist Social Aid will meet with
Mrs G. A. Leavitt. East Belfast, this, Thurs
3ay. afternoon at o'clock.
The Old Farmers Almanac for 1910 has been
secured from the publishers, William Ware &
Co., Boston, This is No. 11S.
The Ladies Aid of Trinity Reformed church,
East Belfast, will meet this, Thursday, after
noon at 2 o'clock with Mrs Frank L. Towle.
The Improvement Society at its meeting
with Mrs. F. w. Pote last Monday acknowledge
I'd the gift of purple lilac tree, to be planted
IN the Park.
snow buntings were seen in this vicinity
November 18th. The snow must be on the way
Though the present warm weather gives no
adieation of it.
he trustees of the Waldo County Agricul-
tlral Society will! meet in the courthouse,
this Thursday, evening at 7.30 o'clock A
III. attendance is desired.
LOST. A small Bar Harbor souvenir purse
VAS tUst last week either on the street or
Vagsever The Journal local reporter may have
called. Will the finder please return it to this
7fse?
Among other interesting matter unavoidedly
5aserred until next week is an article on the
Save trade in 1S45 from our Searsport CORE
.a.aient, and an article on "Orcharding With
OFT apital"
j. would seem to be very poor business
aaragement for a concern that claims to be
making over "A per cent on its working capital
Z, at off paying its taxes until after the time
when . discount was allowed.
While many trees have shed their leaves, and
other foliage has lost its rich autumnal tints
sri now sere and brown the lilac trees are
d sseeh and green as in sprngtime, and many
e. Il. Z lawns still retain their verdure.
Ir IS one of the indications of the approach
Q. the holiday season when you see on sale the
1-.aen candy manufactured by C. F. Thomp-
sJ- 1, Co. This is pure candy, freshly made,
81 it is preferred by many to the higher pric-
ed candies.
some very pretty post cards are for sale
Swing the log cabin on Beaver Tail. The
interior of this little cabin has been made very
4.traetive and Messrs. Cunningham and Gard
rer seem to be taking great deal of "solid
t.gfort" there.
LAST week the auxiliary, Mallard, Capt LIE.
1y combs, took load of potatoes, apples and
.rher produce to Vinalhaven, returning to this
po7t Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Charles H.
combs, who went down on the Castine We'd
20 ny friends to stop over and he came home
70 ne Mallard.
The large apple crop this season has devel-
oqed a new industry, the making of apple bar
res, and those who have engaged in it have
found it difficult to supply the demand Flour
barrels have sold as high 80 cents piece
but the new barrels are preferred,a the apples
are cleaner and present better appearance.
In time, no doubt, boxes will take the place of
barrels.
he work shop at the jail was completed last
week, 1t is one-story wooden building, SIS
by 70 feet, shingled, and the north side paper
el 1t will afford working space for manufac-
'-rlng wood in stormy weather and storage for
prepared wood. There are not many inmates
Of the jail at present who were sentenced to
aard labor, but others find the exercise an
agreeable change from continued confinement.
At the annual meeting of the Liberty and
leltast Telephone & Telegraph Co. the follow
ng officers were elected: President, L. C.
Morse; vice president, John Vickery; secretary,
C. H. Smith; treasurer, j. C. Carey; directors,
j. Walker, Herman Merriam; j. F. Marden,
j II. Cilley, Frank Cushman and ]. J. Glenn
erts. At a directors meeting j. c. Carey was
-aysen business manager, and James H. Cilley
W. chosen collector.
Ak the close of banking hours last FRIDAY
attegnoon the work of moving the books, pa
1e-- etc, of the City National bank from the
ling so long occupied at the corner of
Mann and Beaver streets to the new building
vas begun and continued well into the night
4rlrday morning, work was begun on the
ICONS vacated by the bank, which are to be re-.
n'-eled and improved for their occupancy by
y j. Locke & Son, jewellers
TIE PoCAHoNTAs BALL. The annual ball of
0=.eola tribe, Daughters of Pocahontas, given
" he Belfast Opera House last Thursday
ng was brilliant affair and largely at
ended. Keyes' orchestra of five pieces fur
led music. At $50 p. m. the costumed
2-0cers marched onto the floor from the stage,
Oh was set to resemble woodland scene,
die warriors appearing as though coming from
m depths of forest. Then the dance was
or The star performers, though all did well
their parts, were Orrin J. Dickey as the Snake
and Master Oscar Healey as the Papoose.
The Snake dance, successfully given last year,
vas repeated this year by request and with
even greater success. 1t may well be doubted
whether the original Red Men ever had more
agile and graceful dancer than Mr.. Dickey.
Tins dance in all its varied features was fol-
owed with great interest by the spectators
and the final wind-up when the dancers after
mad whirl humbled themselves before the
snake was most exciting. Charles E. Sher-
man was floor director and Clarence E. Hall
and Jesse H. Weber, aids. Ice cream was
served at intermisson by Robbins & Arey.