The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-12-21
SEARSPORT.

I0e SedIspOIt I1OuSS ouuudy.
The schools in town closed Friday for the
holiday vacation of two weeks.
"A Roach and family moved to Caribou
Wednesday, where they will reside.
Leon Blake is at home from the Castine
Normal school for two weeks vacation.
Miss F. E. Smith visited friends and rela-
tives in Bangor and Bucksport last week.
Sch. Northland, Capt. Saunders, finished dis
charging Thursday and sailed for Norfolk.
Mrs Clifton Whittum left Monday to spend
Christmas with relatives in Waltham, Mass.
Ralph Felker has moved here from Thomas
ton and has employment in Pixies cooper shop
Capt. Amos Nichols returned Thursday from
hunting trip at Sebec Lake, bringing two
deer.
Schooner Lulu, Capt. Lowell, arrived Friday
from Buc ksport with barrel heads for Pike
Bros
Clifford Staples of Stockton Springs has
been off the route the past two weeks, having
cut his foot.
Miss 0. ]. Lawrence has gone to Boston, to
spend the winter with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
G. Sheldon.
Steamer Borinquen arrived Monday from
Norfolk with 1856 tons of coal to the Penob-
scot Coal Co.
Mrs. Valerie LaChapelle of Bath is the guesa
of her daughter Mrs. "Antonio Croce. on
Leach street.
Mr.. and Mrs John B. Black are spending the
winter with Mr.. and Mrs. F. l. Mortland on the
Mortland road.
We are indebted to Gordon & Mcclure of
Utica, N. Y, for a very unique and pretty cal
endar of 1912.
Two crates of coon cats were shipped from
here last week. one to New Orleans, the other
to Boise, Idaho.
Harry Bangs, attorney at law has moved
from the Leach block to the Staples building
on Main street.
Snow fell Saturday and Sunday. but not
enough for sleighing. The roads are soft and
the travelling very bad.
Mrs. N. D. Halves. who spent the summer
and fail in town. returned to her nome III
Watham, Mass, Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. c. H. Mckinney, daughter
Katherine and son Reginald, returned Saturday
from weeks visit in Boston.
W. F. Runnells made flying visit to his
parents last Saturday returning to his home IN
Newburyport, Mass, Monday.
Steamer Kennebec, Capt. Wainwright, finish
ed QlScnarRlng at Lne TeuoDsCoI Sodi uoch
Thursday and sailed for Norfolk.
NJ A. Cook will make 20 per cent discount
on all Christmas goods Monday, December
25th. Mail orders promptly filled.
Miss Hadassa Wentworth, who has been visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. A. T. shute, on water street,
returned to her home in Albion Friday.
Miss Emily Ross arrived Monday from
Hackettstown, N. j., to spend Chris tmas with
and rc &
l. w. Wentworths as colonies of bees on the
Mount Ephrt i'm road were out taking fly
Mondays Tuesday and Wednesday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Allen of Orange, N. j.,
are receiving congratulations on the birth,
December 14th, of a son, John Merrithew
Allen.
R. E. Sargent, night Waterman at the A. A.
C. Co. at Mack's Point, is taking two weeks
vacation ana George E. Carr is supplying his
place.
Miss Winifred Nichols arrived Saturday
from Bridgewater, Mass, to spend the hol
days with her grandmother, Mrs B. F. Pendle
ton, Park
Miss Harriet SWEET, who has been in East
Knox the past few weeks, called there by the
illness and death of her mother, returned home
Saturday
The following pupils of the Nichols school
were not absent one-haf day during the fall
term of fourteen weeks: Flora Closson, Fran
ces Closson Frances Rogers and Cecil Worces-
ter.
Capt Isaac Carver of the U. S. collier Brutus
arrived last week from Charleston, 5. C.. to
spend Christmas with his mother, Mrs. Eliza
beth C. Carver, on Navy street, while his ship
is having a set of of new boilers put in.
Miss Lillian G. Runnes, who has been
spending several weeks at home during the
illness of her mother, Mrs. w. G. 7. Runnells,
returned to Melrose, Mass, Monday to resume
her duties as teacher in the High school.
The windows of nearly all the stores are
attractively arranged with Christmas goods
and novelties. Those of Clement & Adams
are unusually fine in their dress Vt Christmas
green. with numerous notwithstanding off the
seasonable goods.
The four masted steel ship Acme of Bath,
commanded by Capt. jeremiah c. Park, for
mer well known deep water shipmaster of
Searsport, sailed from Tacoma Sept. 81, with
100000 feet of lumber, the largest lumber
ing vessel. Of this amount about 100000
feet will be discharged at Bath, the remainder
will be discharged in New York.
A good time is planning for the children of
the Methodist Sunday school, especially for
the members of the cradle roll and primary
department. The date is next Monday after
noon, the exercises to begin at o'clock. The
mothers of the children in the cradle-roll are
invited to accompany their children.
Christmas tree will be provided, rich in the
fruitage of Christmas tide. Santa Claus it
is expected will find time to look in upon the
festive scene. brief program will precede
the distribution of presents
The services at the Congregational thurch
next Sunday, both morning and evening, are to
be special in observance of the Christmas
festival. variety of music is being prepared
by the choir. During the morning service ap-
propriate carols and anthems will be rendered
In the evening carols and sacred cantata en-
titled 1.-The Hope of the World" by P. A.
Schneider will be rendered. The offerings of
both the morning and evening services will be
for the "choir fund" All seats are free and
all will be welcome.
Last Saturday afternoon Miss Edna Carter
was given a tin shower by her girl friends at
the home of Miss Maud Smith, the reason
being obvious. 1t came complete surprise
to Miss Edna, who supposed the girls had gath.
cred simply for sewing. When she was
asked to pick up piece of thread on the
floor she traced it to the dining room and found
it attached to a clothes basket full of mysteri-
GUS looking packages. The basket was drag
gee INTO the sitting room and presented to the
owner with appropriate, original verses by
Miss Smith Those present were Miss Annie