The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-04-13

lraolng at store that gives long credit, is
ike a champagne expenditure on a beer in
come you have to pay fancy price for what
you get, because the other fellow don't nav. At
ferrys Market you get your goods at living
prices, because everybody paws
| The Belfast Gun Club will have shoot Oh
the Bradbury grounds April 10TH Patriots Day
A substantially made martin house was no.
t'eed on Charles R. Coombs' work table and
Mr. Coombs remarked that it was made for
double purpose, but the chief motive was to
attract the martins and bluebirds to his Or
chard that they might destroy the worms and
insects that are injurious to the trees. This
will be the sixth bird house in the orchard.
The Belfast fire department has been invited
to attend and participate in the open muster
OF the F. M. Smith Veteran Firemen's associa-
ton of South Hadley Falls, Mass. on Saturday,
June 18th. Eight hundred and fifty dollars
will be given in prizes, divided as follows:
First, $500; second, 5000; third, sl25; fourth,
500; fifth, s75; SIXTH $50. New England
League rules will govern.
| Mr.. J. d. Webster of Waldo called at The
Journal office to change his address from R. F.
d. to q, although he remains in Waldo. He
said he had moved from the home where he
mad lived seventy-fve years, originally his
fathers, Stillman Webster's, to the John San
born place at Sanborn Mills. Mr.. Webster will
be 81 next June. He built the buildings on the
home place and regretted leaving there, but
moved to be near his children, and will en-
deavor to be contented in his new home
NORTH BELFAST. Rev Charles E. Walsh of
Bangor Seminary preached in the church last
Sunday, morning and evening. Our people
were so favorably impressed with him that
efforts are being made to secure his services
for year. He was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. u Hatch while here Fred A. Holmes is
| doing rushing business at his mill, running
day and night. He is saving large quantities
OF slaves and heads, for which he has contracts
with Cape Cod parties. He is also saving di-
mension lumber for local parties.
The annual meeting of the stockholders Of
the Pythlan Building Association was held
| tuesday afternoon, April 18th. The following
directors were elected: R. F. Dunton, c. J.
Pattee, Sanford Howard. NJ R. Knowlton,
Dexter I. Guptill, E. P. Frost, William H. Hall
and James c. Durham. The two last named
were elected to fill the vacancies caused by
the deaths of Fred G. White and Henry Sta
pies. Ralph H. Howes was elected president,
Clifford j. Pattee, treasurer, and John S. David
son, clerk. The regular reports were read and
accepted. The treasurer's report showed the
association to be in most satisfactory fnan-
cial condition
SHIPPING ITEMS. The arrival of the British
bark Skoda at Key West the other day recalls
patent medicine company of that name which
had a, brief existence in this city some years
ago. like company. under the same name,
was organized in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and
the bark in question was built in that province
by the promoters of the company. The medi-
cine company went out of business long ago.
but the bark Skoda still sails the seas. :. The
tug Walter Ross is receiving new boiler and
extensive repairs at the Bath Iron Works The
Hugh Ross has been in commission all winter,
with headquarters at Bucksport . The dredg-
ing fleet which wintered at Stockton has sailed
for Providence in tow of the tugs j. S. Packard
and Howell. having completed the work in Stock
ton harbor. where channel 25 feet deep has
been dredged for 5000 feet Sch. F. C. Pen
dleton was in port last week from Islesboro to
take aboard chain from the Gilchrest yard.
Her colors were half -masted the day of L. N.
Pendleton's funeral. Sch. Charlotte T. Sibley
has sailed from Frankfort with granite for
New York.. The overdue schooner j. Man
chester Haynes was towed into Boston harhor
April 7th by the cutter Gresham, 80 days out
from Brunswick, Ga, after being blown to
Canaries and then to Cape Sable. All on board
had suffered from hunger, thirst and exhaus-
ton. April LIST the fishing schooner Hortense
fell in with the Haynes on the northeastern
part OF Georges, and supplied her with kero-
sene, provisions and water, but when she
reached port there was scarcely bit of food
and not drop of fresh water aboard and the
decks were nearly awash. The supply of coal
gave out and the crew had to cut up hard pine
to keep the donkey engine running. The
deckioad had been carried away and the cabins
flooded and the schooner was leaking badly -.
On the Sd page will be found the changes of
masters of vessels at the Searsport custom
house sixty years ago, reported by our Sears
port correspondent. Sch Harold c. Beecher,
Capt. Ralph w. Pattershall, sailed from New
York April 9th for Belfast with cement for
he sardine plant.
"Do some one thing better than any one else
can do it, says Emerson; land though you
build your house in the depths of the forest,
the world will blaze path to your. door," At
81 Main street the people have found that they
can buy honest goods at living prices. Perry's
Market.