The Republican journal., 1912-02-29


day his house was burned.
! The regular monthly business meet;ng ~
the Woman's Hospital Aid will be held Nth
Mrs. E. A. Wilson. Franklin street. Fr;dav.
! March LIST, at 2 p m.
Seaside Hose company have decided to have
their annual ball March 18th and it will be
given in Seaside grange hall, with music by
Kendalls orchestra of Skowhegan.
Castle North. K. o. X. A.. will meet in pri-
vate conclave in the North church vestry to-
morrow. Friday, evening at Z o'clock, sharp.
Every member is urged to report, as matters
of interest are to come up.
| The regular monthly supper, under the aus
pices of the Ladies' Circle of East Northport,
will be held this. Thursday, evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Mark S. Mendall.
cordial invitation is extended to the public.
The gale and rough water on the bay last
Thursday prevented the steamer Anna Belle
from making her trip from Brooksville. Gas.
tine and Islesboro, and the Stockton from
Bucksport could not make her trip to Camden.
The alarm from box IA, corner of Northport
avenue and Allyn street. at 4.40 a. m. Monday
was for smoking stove in what is known as
| the Mcfarland house on High street. The fire
department responded but water was not
turned on.
number of the members of the Baptist
Young Ladies' Social Union called last Mon
day evening at the home of Miss Flora E.
Rich to present her with a sum of money in
gold, to be applied to the furnishing of her
new home in Whitman, Mass social hour
was spent and homemade candy was served.
The public supper given last Friday by the
ladies' of the Universalst church and parish
was largely attended and the supper in guam
tity and quality all that could be desired. Miss
Julia M. Perry had entertained thmbe
party during the afternoon and had table re-
served for her guests at the supper.
One of our local seafarers on reading that
during last weeks storm the wind in New
York attained a maximum velocity of Sc miles
an hour expressed his disbelief in most en-
phatic terms. why" said he. nothing could
stand before it. have experienced a wind of
50 miles an hour and l want you to under
stand it was blowing some.'
Beauty, the Scotch collie, owned by Miss
Martha Knowlton, died last Sunday, much to
the grief Of her owner and the family. MISS
Knowlton had owned Beauty for IL years and
the dog was intelligent beyond the average OF
her kind. She could 60 in bathing, play ball,
tag, hide and seek, and shared their ice cream
ano goodies.
The harbor and bay are entirely free from
ice and there is very little ice along the shores.
The recent heavy rain and succeeding sum
shiny days have measurably decreased the
heavy snow fall of Jan. 5th and bare spots are
beginning to show in the roads, P. S. Since
the foregoing was written there has been a
heavy fail of snow.
The mill tary whist party in Memorial hall
this, Thursday evening, the fifth of the series
started early in the season, will be under the
direction of Mrs. Albert c. Burgess, Mrs. Geo.
A. Quimby and Mrs. James II. Howes, with
Mrs. William B. Swan, Mrs Ada H. Swan and
Miss Caroline E. White hostesses. Ralph II.
playing will begin at 7.30.
A BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT. The mock trial
held in the vestry of the Universalist church
last Monday evening under the auspices and
for the benefit of the Sunday school attracted
an audience that filled the room to the doors
Judge George E. johnson to have presid-
ei, but Judge Wayland Knowlton was substi-
tuted and presided with proper dignity. M. W.
Lord officiated clerk, Sheriff Jenkins as
sheriff, and G. G. Abbott was crier and deputy
sheriff. The case on trial was an action brought
! by Birdie Evangene Truelove { E. S. Pitcher)
against Amos Ezekiel Smith (Ansel Packard)
to recover $4,000 for breach of promise to
marry. Fred W. Brown. Esq. appeared for the
plaintiff and Frank l. Wilson for the defend
ant. S. G. Swift as DIR. Cutanslasher and
Samuel Pninney Detective Burns were
called by the plaintiff to testify as to the
mental anguish and physical decentralization
of the lady in the DR.. L. W. Ham
mons, German nerve specialist, and Rev.
A. A. Blair, minister were called by the
defence to prove that it was case of
blackmail 1t developed from the evidence
that both parties had recently been married
ana CndC tne sui was Drought lOr spite. Judge
Knowlton, Sheriff Jenkins and Lawyer Brown
were as natural as life in their parts and the
others took theirs with credit. Birdie E. True
love was a real darling. Her makeup was
something immense in size and style and her
coquettish ways pleased the ladies as we'll as
the men. The grace with which she handled
her large green veil. party bag and dress skirt
excited the admiration and laughter of the au-
dience. AS usual in such cases she drew on
the sympathy of the jury. Messrs. S. A. Park
er, C. A. Hubbard, Charles Woods, Selwyn
Thompson, Melvin Parker and A. Perry
Coombs, who promptly returned a verdict
against the law and evidence, finding the
defendant, guilty. with damages assessed at
$4,000 and costs of both SUITS Mrs. E. P
Frost rendered most effectively Two soprano
solos and Mr.. H. A. Drinkwater a trombone
solo, both accompanied by Mrs. Louise D.
Beckwith