The Republican journal., 1911-12-21

Yesterday We entered upon the ,short,.t
days Of the year. From Dec. 10th to Dec. 24th
inclusive. the days are the same length 8
hours and s minutes-and according to the
calendar winter begins Dec sd.
The remains of John Avery. who died De-
18th, were taken to Corinth for lnterment IN
Friday mornings train. Mr.. Averys uncle
Frank Hooper of Castine. came to Belfast
Thursday and made arrangements for him 70
be taken to Corinth, where his people were
buried.
The Journal recently advertised the loss of
bunch Of keys and they were returned to the
owner few hours after the paper was issued
Last week we advertised the loss of fox fur
piece and Saturday morning it was brought tn
the Office, having been picked up by Fred
Wadlin of East Northport, who saw the ad-
vertisement in The Journal. Advertising in
The Journal pays
Don't forget the all-day shoot Christmas dav
at the grounds of the Belfast Gun Club. It il
open to everybody. and everybody is invited
30 bring along your gum and if you don't own
gun, borrow one. Shooting will begin at 10
q. m. 1t is expected there will be some infer.
esting matches. including one by three MEN,
bers OF the old gun club and three of the .kids"
Tor a box Of cigars Betting has already be-
gun on this event and Weshe will hold the
stakes, if some one can be found to hold Wesba
STEAMER NOTES. The Boston Chamber of
Commerce has protested against the Eastern
Steamship old IN
burden to traffic, and says it will hand control
OF the whole steamship business along the
coast to the New Haven road. The matter is
attracting good deal of attention and obi. |
torial comment. The steamer Belfast of the |
Eastern 5. s. Co. made special trip from Bos.
ton last Thursday night to clean up the freight. |
She arrived here about a. M Friday. and nro.
ceeded up river. leaving Bangor that after
noon direct for Boston The Rockland took
the place of the Stockton on the Bucksport
and Camden route last week while the latter
was on the railway at Camden to be got ready
for the winter service
SHIPPING ITEMS. We are indebted to Can't.
W. 5. Devereaux for fine photograph of
the steam pilot boat New York of the port
of New York. This handsome and able
looking craft is another reminder of the
changes which have been taking place in
the maritime world. The sailing crafts in the
pilot service have given place to steam. and
the change is unquestionably for the better.
The New York is $40 tons gross, 3O1 net. is 1856
feet long, 70 feet beam and 10 feet deep. She
was built at Wilmington, D. c., in 1897. The
fishing schooner 7. M. Nicholson, Can't. Lester
Gllley, cleared from Bucksport December 14th
Tor Newfoundland for a cargo of herring.
This is her second trip for herring, she having
returned December 7th with a full cargo, 500
barrels Sch. Mary Langdon arrived at Bos.
ton December 18th, Al days from Rockport,
Me-, a voyage of 1856 miles. Her AVERAGE
speed was about three and half miles day.
The stock of provisions had to be replenished
dozen times, more or less. The Langdon
was built at Thomaston sixteen years before
the Civil War began, and ever since then she
has been engaged in the coastwise trade.
Inc big steel ship Acme has been chartered by
Morse Brothers of Bath to bring to that port
the largest cargo of lumber ever carried around
Cape Horn in a sailing craft She loaded at
Tacoma 2,90O,OO0 feet of lumber and sailed
from there September 21st. She is expected
to arrive at New York about February LIST,
and will discharge part of her cargo there and
then will be towed to Bath. The cargo in
eludes large quantity of ship timber The
Acme, with sister ship, the Astral, was built
at Bath in 1901 for the Standard Oil Company,
and is 1872 feet long and 1888 tons gross. -.
The Belfast sch. Rosa E., Capt. Fitz W. Pat
terson, Jr., is not the only schooner which is
engaged IL transportation of freight in Pc
nobscot bay that has a female crew. The
Bucksport schooner Lula, Capt. Frank Lowell,
has for crew himself, Mrs. Lowell and daugh-
ter. They have made many trips this season
from Bucksport to Camden and Rockland.