The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-09-01

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Another chance for lobster dinner. Sum
day. September 4th. The steamer Castine
will make an excursion from Searsport, Bel
fast. Temple Heights and Camden to Crescent
Beach, leaving Searsport at SIS a. m. Belfast
Lewis wharf, at 9, Temple Heights, $40, Cam.
den at II. arriving at Crescent Beach at 1873
p. m. Returning will leave Crescent Beach at
p. M. Camden at 430, arriving in Belfast at
and searsport at $50 p. N. Fare for the
round trip, SO cents.
PooR's MILLS. The entertainment given at
the hall last week was a success financially
and the club wishes to thank the outside help for
SO kindly assisting on the program. :. Misses
Florence and Hazel Gray and Miss Western,
who have been visiting at Mrs. Charles Woods,
returned to Arlington, Mass. last Sunday
Mrs. Henry Wentworth went to Boston last
week, returning Sunday. Mrs. Annabell I'm
derwood returned home from Sunset last Sat.
urday. -. Mr.. Freeman W. Shepard is visiting
his old friends here. Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
Shea and two sons of Boston, Mass, are visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wentworth
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encampment of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie will be held at Atlantic City September
19-24th. Delegates from Belfast and vicinity
will leave here Saturday. September 18th, and
join the excursion that leaves Portland Sunday
noon. The cost of tickets from Portland to
Atlantic City, for transportation only, will be
$l465, with reasonable state room and hotel
rates and stop over privileges Mrs. F. N.
Slavery of Belfast, Mr.. and lrs. F. L. Palmer
of Monroe, Mr.. and Mrs. F'S Walls of Vinal-
haven and Mr.. and Mrs. W. R. Tarbox of Frye
burg will be in the party.
A CITYpoINT PICNIC. The pine grove owned
by Mr.. Charles French at Citypoint was the
scene on Saturday of very enjoyable picnic,
when about fifty of the Citypoint people met
there for days outing and recreation No
pains had been spared to make the place at
tractive, and hammocks and swings hung in
vitingly among the trees, while long table
stood ready for its burden of good things
which the Citypoint ladies were sure to pro-
vide, and smaller table was conveniently
placed for a serving table. Mr.. French had
volunteered to bake beans for the picnic in the
ground in the od-time fashion, and the result
was most satisfactory. Mr.. Frank P. Blodgett
was present and after the dinner photograph
ed the tables and the group of smiling faces
surrounding them. The picture tells very
plainly that the dinner success and the
good things appreciated. Remarks were made
by Rev. ]. W. Vaughan and others, and an ap-
propriate and pleasing recitation was given by
Mrs. Vaughan. All who were present voted
the picnic one of those good times to be long
and happily remembered.
NORTH BELFAST. Fred A. Holmes has bought
the George U. White place. He owns two
valuable water powers on the same river. He
has also bought a gasolene engine which he
uses in connection with his business . Hatch
Bros. have begun work on their contract for
10000 fertilizer barrels for the Coe- Mortimer
company. What might have been serious
fire but for the prompt action of the citizens
and passers-by occurred in the house of C. W.
Johnson one day last week. The flames were
discovered bursting forth from the partition
surrounding the chimney, but were quickly
quenched with small loss. .... Mrs. Hattie A.
Kurdish is visiting relatives in Massachusetts
and Rhode Island. ... Mrs. Helen Stephenson
and family of Lawrence, Mass, are visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Wiley Miss
Avis Webster of Boston is visiting relatives
and friends III this vicinity. .... Earl White of
Melrose, Mass, is visiting his boy friends of
the village. -. Capt. E. W. Wiley attended the
annual reunion of the sth Maine Regiment
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church is advancing as rapidly as possible.
The evening service will be held there next
Sunday, to which all are cordially invited 80.
Mrs A. T. Beckwith and daughter Virgie visit
ed her father in Windsor last week :. Mr. W.
A. Mason is suffering from broken clavicle,
the result of falling from bicycle. Mrs.
Mary Bowers of Bellows Falls, VT, sister of
the late w. E. Mitchell, is visiting Mrs. E. A.
Mitchell.
A PoPILIsT ADDRESS. A small audience of
men, women and children assembled on upper
school house common last Monday evening to
listen to lecture by John W. Brown of Surry,
the Populist candidate for Congressman from
the Third Maine District. A little after the
appointed hour, 7.30 o'clock, the speaker, ac-
companied by Rufus C. Barton of Belfast, ap-
peared on the band stand. In introducing the
speaker Mr.. Barton said that Belfast was ex-
tremely fortunate in having Populst Club,
which meets every Friday evening in Knowl-
tons hall on High street, and that it gave him
much pleasure to present the able speaker of
the evening. Mr.. Brown assumed at the be-
ginning that he was addressing class of very
poor wage earners and said it was to champion
their rights that he came to Belfast and that
his discourse would have no bearing on his
porsonal prospects. He declared that all have
right to live and then charged that the capt.
talists of the country are the Cause of poverty
and of all the ills the aborer has to contend with
He pictured John D. Rockefeller before the
United States Supreme Court, holding him up
as an example of the capitalists whom he ac-
cused of all sins even to murder, and declared
that the laboring class paid for his trial and
fine. The benefits derived from public roads
and public schools were discussed and the pub
lie ownership of transportation lines, mills
factories, ETC., advocated. passing auto
furnished his most apt illustration of class
prejudice and brought forth his most enthusi-
astic applause. He severely criticised the Re-
publican and Democratic parties and extolled
the Populist party as the only hope of the la.