The Republican journal., 1910-11-10
The News of Belfast.

The Woman's Auxiliary of the North church
will meet at Mrs. Fred W. Browns, Cedar
street, Wednesday, November 10th.
BUSINESS CHANGES. Walter H. Richards,
who for some years has had and 10 cent
store in the Coliseum building. has leased the
store in Masonic Temple recently vacated by
D. P. Palmer, and has moved his stock of
goods there, Miles S. Jellison will engage in
the clothing business in the store vacated by
Mr.. Richards. He had previously manufac-
tured for the J. B. Pearson Co. of Boston in
the Knowton building, opposite the railway
station, now occupied by the Estabrooks Shirt
Mfg Co., but the Boston concern wanted to in
crease their business and needing a larger
building moved to Thomaston. MIR. Jelison is
one of our most successful clothing manufac-
turers and will employ quite number of
people. AS many changes are to be made in
the building it is not probable he will be able
to start before the first of December Herbert
E. Bradman has moved his grocery business
from the Lancaster store OH Main street, next
below the Coliseum, to what was formerly the
Daniel Lane office, at the foot of Main street.
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not to do SO at present. W. H. Mcintosh has
sold his interest in the grocery business of
Mcintosh & Perry to his partner, l. L. Perry,
and will leave next week for New York. After
spending two or three weeks there he will go
south for the winter.
The GRAY SQUIRRELS. Complaints are being
daily received at the office of the Commission
ers of Inland Fisheries and Game of damage to
corn fields by gray squirrels, and it is said that
the matter of amending the law providing for
a close time on them will be brought to the at
tention Of the Legislature early in the session.
1.-THE scarcity this year of the usual food Of
these squirrels-beechnuts and acorns-is
thought to account for their apparently sud-
denly developed liking for the farmers corn, "
says slip from the Office of the commission
ers. But squirrels and chipmunks have always
been fond of green corn. There are many
well-fed and made much OF, and we have heard
of no damage done by them that would war
rant their determination. In this connection
the following communication from M. A. Gree
ley to the Ellsworth American is of intere st:
There seems to be a general impression that
the presence of gray squirrels, the return OF
which to Ellsworth after absence of several
years was mentioned in The American few
weeks ago, should not be encouraged, as they
are thought to be natural enemies of birds.
This is a great mistake, for the park COM
missioners of Boston, who do everything to
cultivate bird life, also feed the gray squirrels
and in all the parks, well in private
grounds in the suburbs, birds and gray squir-
rels live in the same tree on the friendiest
terms.
1t, is also said, on how good authority dc
not know, that gray squirrels cannot live
through the winter without help in regions
such as this, where the white oak acorn does
not grow However that may be, very lean
gray squirrel appeared one cold winters day on
the ledge of second-story window at oul
| house, and attracted attention by clawing al
the pane. He ate the peanuts we put out, and
the next day and every day after, at exactly
the same hour, he came with three friends.
Finding that nuts were an expensive diet
for colony of hungry squirrels, we expert
mented with different foods, and found that
they especially liked bits of cold brownbreao
or corncake and small pieces of apple and car.
rot. They never failed to come until the snow
had melted and buds had started in the woods
and before another fall they had been shot, but
that was before a wise and kindly Legislature
had protected them.
These squirrels showed no disposition to gel
into the house or do any mischief, like theil
cousins, the red squirrels. which are nearer re.
lated to rats and somewhat like them in theil
habits.
am sure that any one who will provide fooG
for the gray squirrels, out of the way of cats
will be amply repaid by the beauty and grace
full antics of the little guests.