The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-06-10
tions, have tried to keep the number of
skilled workmen at minimum by re-
stricting the training of American boys
as apprentices"
County Correspondence.
deferred from last week. ]


Rev. David Bracket delivered the Memorial
sermon at the Centre church last Sunday after
noon. His text was from LIST Kings, 8, A-45.
There was good attendance and good music.
Miss Elva Hasty passed May 29th, Goth and
31st with her mother, Mrs. Louise Hasty. She
returned to her school in Belfast Monday night
800. Mrs. Sarah Gross of Dexter is visiting her
son, Burton Gross, and family. .....W Willie An
drews recently came from Wisconsin to visit
his sisters, Mrs. Fred L. Higgins and Miss
Cora V. Andrews ..... Frank L. Cunningham,
who recently sold his home at the station to
Mr.. Barlow, has bought the home of the late
A. B. Sparrow in Freedom, and will move his
family there this week. We are sorry to have
them leave town. Mrs. Cunningham has been
ill for several months, but is now convalescent,
and her many friends hope that health and
happiness may be with her in her new home.
.... Mrs. Frances Written, who has been the
guest of Mrs. Nelson Gordon for few weeks,
is now with her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Sayward.
... Miss Evelyn c. Higgins has been suffering
with the prevailing distemper, but is improving
now. DR.. A. E. Kilgore of Brooks attends her,.
Mr. and Mrs Will Ward of Fairfield are guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Patterson. 80. Charles B.
Cox has bought Elijah Simpsons matched span
of black colts and is moving to the home he
recently bought in Hermon. :. We are pleased
to announce the Goth birthday anniversary of
our townsman, Joseph Higgins, which occurred
May 18th. Although such rainy day it proved
r,loasant for him He
birthday cards through the mail and entertain
ed several callers, who expressed kind wishes
for his welfare and left tokens of their love
and esteem. Among the gifts we noticed a
beautiful reading glass from his daughter, Mrs.
w. ]. Hunt of Andover Mass This will be
source of enjoyment to him, as his eyesight is
not as keen as it was 80 years ago, although he
uses no glasses about his work He has assist
ed in the spring work and is now helping plant
two acres of potatoes He attends church
regularly, having missed but one service dur
ing the past winter. He has been a devout
Christian all his life and is temperate in eating
drinking, work and recreation. He has been a
subscriber and reader of The Republican Jour-
nal for many years, which no doubt has been
ago Uncle Joseph's birthday anniversary was
observed at the old Center church. Many
friends were present and he received many
letters of congratulation from absent friends
which were read with interest. Enclosed is a
copy of one written by his cousin, Mrs Adelne
(Higgins) Moses, now living in North Gorham,
Maine, which expresses the sentiments of his
many friends today:
NORTH GoRHAM, Nav 25, 1902.
My Dear Cousin Joseph:
understand you are to celebrate your eighty
third birthday May 18th. AS can not be pres
ent,1 will write my congratulations. Although
| would be delighted to be with YOU all on that
happy occasion, as l know it will be, and am
so glad it put in the heart of some one to
have it at the "old Center meeting house"
Only think how many years your dear old faith
er preached there; how many years you have
worshipped there; the many times you have
climbed that Chill and have always lived in
that dear old town, and almost on the same
spot where you first saw the light and am so
thankful that you still live. When l think that
you are the only one of your fathers children
that is living and am the only one of my faith
er's children living I think we ought to be like
brother and sister, more than like cousins We
have outlived most of the friends of our early
years. How often we think of absent and la
menCeu ldceSt OF tHe love WIN winch we cner-
ished them Now all are gone. The silver
hair, indicative of lfe's heightened journey, the
mild glance, mirroring heart brimming with
affections treasures, dearer than the rarest
charms of face and form is the fatheriness
and motherliness which breathe their benedic-
ton upon US from the sequestered hooks of
life. There is really such thing as growing
old gracefully; nothing, however, will prove
such ar ornament to old age as consistent
piety. There is no beauty to be compared with
the beauty of holiness, crowned with this old
age it is always beautiful.
And now, dear cousin, let me congratulate
you on reaching such good old age, and in
the possession of all your faculties. 1 hope
you may live to see many more anniversaries,
and be blessed with health and happiness to
the last and when the end shall come, as come
it must, may it be peaceful calm and painless.
In closing, would say that my husband joins
with me in good wishes for the day, and all
coming days, and would be very glad to be
present with you, and we do hope the day will
be the fairest the sun ever shone upon.
With love to your wife and family,
Lovingly, your
COUSIN ADELINE.