The Republican journal., 1910-10-13


Of the church 1t Mason's Mills next Friday
evening at the home of Mrs. K. B. Stephenson
Admission. Is cents Ice cream VIII be on
SALE
Tolford, the little son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
=. Durham, while playing in his 1atners mill
last Saturday morning caught MS myers IN
the moulding machine He escaped with cuts
in the flesh of one finger on the right and two
on the left hand. The wounds were dressed at
| the Waldo County Hospital.
Mrs. A. L. Roche of Castine was brought to
the Waldo County Hospital last Thursday at
a. M, and Miss Sarah Stinson OF Surry,
pupil at the Castine Normal school, came Fri
day. Both were medical cases and are making
rapid improvement.
At the last meeting of the Maine Dairymen's
Association it was voted to hold series OF IN
stitutes in each county in the State. Speakers
are to discuss special questions and display
of dairy products is to be held and ribbons
given the best A meeting will be held at
Morning Light Grange hall, Monroe, November
4th.
PooRs MILLS We are sorry to learn OF the
illness of Leslie Payson, who is sick in the hos
pital in Hartford, Conn. with typhoid fever.
He will come home to his father. Mr.. S. A.
Payson, as soon as he is able Miss lsaphene
Patterson of Worcester, Mass. was recent
guest of Mrs j. F. Sheldon -. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Davis of Lynn, Mass visited at Mr..
and Mrs. Roersons recently ..Carle Cole
visited his mother the first of the week. Mrs.
Cole has sold her colt, Brown Braden, at
fancy price to party from away.
Belfast teachers are planning to attend the
convention of the Maine Teachers Association
to be held at Bangor Thursday and Friday, Oc-
tober 9th and 28th. The session this year
will cover but two days instead Of three days
as formerly. The general meeting will be
held Thursday afternoon, when Mr.. Smith and
Mrs. Richards will speak. Among the speak
ers of interest, who will be heard during the
session, are Dr. Clifford of Brookline, Mass.
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York City,
State Superintendent of Schools Payson Smith
and Mrs. Laura E. Richards of Gardiner.
STEAMER NOTES. The steamer Golden Rod
was withdrawn from the Belfast, lslesboro,
Castine and Brooksville route Monday and IS
on the marine railway at Camden undergoing
general overhaulng and preparing for the win.
ter SERVICE The steamer Castine is supplying
her place on the route. -. Capt. Guy W. Ben
nett, who had been two weeks vacatlon,
resumed his position captain OF the steam
er Stockton last Thursday morning 1.-The
contract to build two boats for the Boothbay
division of the Eastern Steamship Co. has been
awarded to William McKie of East Boston.
The boats will be 129 feet long on the water
line, 20 feet beam and with speed OF Ia knots.
go. The steamer Governor Cobb of the East
ern Steamship Company, after being overhaul
ed and cleaned at East Boston, will leave for
Knights Key, Fla, the goth of this month to
run between that point and Havana, the same
as she did last winter. The Calvin Austin will
take her place out of Boston.
The POTATO MARKET. The American Guilt
vator of October 9Th says: "The potato market
is in bad shape this week, owing to large sup
plies and to the poor quality of good share OF
the receipts. The prevalence OF rot in the
northern shipping sections has caused many
holders to unload in order to avoid further
loss from this cause and the Boston market is
over supplied. The quotation generally given
is rs cents per two bushel bag, but stock in
doubtful condition is slow of sale and will not
command this figure. In fact the market fof
low grade stock is rather unsettled and hard to
quote, but sound potatoes certainly bring the
price stated New York advices of the 7th
report light offerings and little buying. The
Packer says: "On the docks Maine sacked stock
sold at 81 to SIPS per 165-pound bag. Maine
shippers were holding up the price and sent
quotations of $1.70 to $175, delivered in New
York, but there were no sales. In the yards
all kinds of prices ruled, with the bulk of the
sales at SLIPS to $1.65 per 100 pounds from the
cars. Boston was offering the bulk stock de-
livered here at 46 to Soc bushel, but no quo
tations came from Maine of less than 81 to 57c."
MISS FERGUsoN's OPENING. Last Saturday
was an ideal day for fall opening and before
8 O'Clock Miss Ferguson's millinery parlor was
thronged with eager buyers. Her most ex-
pensive hats were among those that sold early.
There were regular customers present from
window was in white, with several of the most
attractive styles in this falls creations and
the newest ideas in garniture, including ribbons,
flowers, new feathers and buckles. Among the
"swelr hats was a mushroom shape covered
plain with gold tapestry cloth, its only orna-
mentation gilt cord at the base of the crown
and cord and tassel holding large black
willow plume. hat admired by everybody
was large picture shape covered with black
velvet, with crown band Of willow tips and
three large willow plumes. Another of the
fall novelties was silk beaver with black
under brim and brass colored upper brim and
crown, ornamented only with brass colored
plumes and large black velvet ribbon bow.
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