The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-12-15

ed. DR.. G. A. Stevens has had the patient
under his medical care.
Don't finish your Christmas buying without
proprietor, has arranged his varied lines of
Christmas goods in his usual artistic style,
making it a real pleasure to look over his dis
play of holiday attractions, as glance at his
windows assures one.
Mr.. F. L Marston, Stockton's civil engineer,
is employed by the J. S. Packard Dredging Co..
to survey the harbor bottom after the digging
has been done by the company's machine to
assure them that no shoal places exist. The
work is progressing finely. Mr.. George Fetch
er and Mr. Eugene Shute are assisting MI.
Marston.
From Cape Jellison piers, the following ship
ping report was given Monday evening: De-
cember 9Th, steamer Millinocket sailed with
paper and potatoes for New York; also schoon-
er Flyaway, with lumber for Boston. Decem-
Der 10th, schooner Celia F. sailed with lumber
for New York. December 9Th, schooner Susie
P. Oliver arrived to "haul up for the winter.
December 18th, steamer Millinocket arrived
with general cargo from New York.
Mr. Charles R. Coombs of Belfast, at the
suggestion .of Rev. A. A. Smith, has kindly
consented to give his most pleasing enter
tainment-a lecture on 1.-THE Songs of the
Olden Times"-for the benefit of the Ladies'
Aid Society. The date will be announced
later, coming, probably, early in January.
III, ,uhola will conclude wit NSocial lOD."
the music beingt furnished by Mr.. C.'s large,
excellent Victor Talking Machine-concert
size Further particulars will be given next
week.
OBITUARY. Capt. Crawford S. Staples passed
to the higher life December 5, 1910. at his
home in Rockland, after wearisome illness of
three years. due to general weakening of the
brain forces He was born in Prospect, now
Stockton Springs, February 10, 1882, the
youngest child of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
ander Staples, and was the last of the large
family of brothers and sister to pass "Over
the River" Early beginning the life of a
sailor he soon rose to the command of vessels,
visiting many foreign lands as a master
mariner, and making Stockton his home. In
1865 he married Mrs. Elmira C. Hartman, who
accompanied him on his long ocean voyages
almost continually, until in 1884 he retired
from sea-going and bought place in Farm
indale, Long Island, N. Y, where they made a
Rockland, Maine. One child blessed this happy
union-Ledru Fan attractive boy who sick
ened and died upon the ocean during one of
the parents lengthy voyages, they bringing
the precious mortal remains after many months
to rest in the Stockton cemetery. This crush-
ing sadness neither parent fully recovered
from, time only assuaging their grief. OF a
quiet disposition, caring little for the hustle of
crowds, Capt. S. found his chief pleasure in
the companionship of wife and close friends, to
whom he was deeply attached. The death of his
companion just SIX months ago he only partially
comprehended, his mind being too enfeebled to
realize the irreparabIe loss he had sustained.
In his dependence he was most tenderly and
assiduously cared for by his stepdaughter,
Mrs. Alice P. Dickey, who for two years watch
ed and waited upon him with true tlial solicit
tude, until the good Fathers call relieved his
burdened mind, his awakening coming in the
Great Beyond in the midst of the dear ones
gone before into the peace of heaven, our
eternal home After funeral services at his
late home in Rockand the body was brought
to Stockton for interment beside wife and son,
Rev. A. A. Smith, the Unversalst minister of
Belfast, offering prayer at the grave None
would recall this good man, true friend and
kind neighbor. to his life of weakness upon
earth To him the change means only bliss.
II know there are no errors
In the great eternal plan,
And all things work together
For the final good of man.
And know when my soul speeds onward
In the grand celestial quest.
shall say as l look earthward,
Whatever is, is best