The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-02-15

The North church Guild will meet next Mon
day evening with Miss Maude B. Steward,
Court street.
The K B. club have engaged Memorial hall
for a social dance Friday evening, February
23rd. Full particulars later.
The nydrant in front of Elroy Michaels
house, 70 Union street. was lifted by the frost
and Monday afternoon it broke off at the base.
1t was full hour before the water could be
shut off and it rushed under the sidewalk and
along the side of the street to Allyn street and
then to the shore, taking the snow and ice in
its course. The water in the standpipe was
lowered 20 feet in the hour. Thorough repairs
have been made.
Mrs. R. F. Dunton and Miss Sue M. PART
ridge have been made special committee by
the Improvement Society to raise funds to
cancel the debt incurred in moving the Rob-
bins houses at the Muck" Arrangements
have been made with Mr.. Walter ]. Clifford,
manager of the opera house, to have the pic
lures Thursday evening, Feb 18th, under the
auspices of the society, the proceeds to be de-
vided.
PRIMARY ELECTION RETURNS. The returns
of the primary elections held Feb. 5th in the
counties of York. Androscoggin and Waldo
were canvassed by the Governor and Council
Feb 9Th The result in Waldo county was as
follows: For senator, Edgar F. Hanson of Bel
fast, Democrat, 1865; M. ]. Dow of Brooks, Re-
publican, 34S. AS there was but one candidate
for each party those voted for were declared
duly nominated by their respective parties
BELFAST GENERAL HOSPITAL. The certifi-
cate of organization of a corporation to be
known as the Belfast General hospital was re-
corded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds
Feb 7th The purposes of the corporation are
establishing and maintaining hospital for the
sick in the city of Belfast. DR.. Elmer Small is
president; DIR. Eugene L. Stevens. clerk; DR..
Eugene D. Tapley, treasurer; Drs. 7. N. Pear
son of Morrill,, B. E. Larrabee of 1slesboro,
Elmer Small, Eugene L. Stevens and David P.
Flanders of Belfast are directors. Drs. Stevens,
Small, Flanders and Pearson are majority of
the directors.
THE JAIL INSPECTORS REPORT. The annual
report of the Board of Jail Inspectors, made
public Feb. 9Th, scores the condition of the
Bangor institution in no uncertain language.
They then take up the condition of the jails by
counties and found them generally in good
condition. Of the Waldo County Jail they say:
The Jail at Belfast is one of the older ones.
1t has plenty of cell room, but the locks and
furnishings are not as good as they should be.
New locks should be provided and changes
made in the interior for convenience. The
prisoners are allowed considerable freedom.
good discipline and possibly safety. The jail
has wood yard for employment.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The schooner Leora M.
Thurlow, which left Bangor for New York,
Dec. 18th, with a cargo of lumber from the
Stearns Lumber Co., was sighted Wednesday
night, Feb. 7th, by the steamer Chippewa,
anchored in Nantucket sound, four miles off
Handkerchief shoals lghtship, leaking badly
The schooner was released from the ice Thurs
day by the revenue cutter Gresham and towed
into Vineyard Haven. The schooner lost her
starboard anchor, had her bobchains carried
away, and was leaking slightly. After max
ing temporary repairs she will. proceed for
New Haven under her own sail -. Sch EVE B.
Hall discharged cargo of hard pine at this
port for Mathews Bros. and was towed to
Rockand Feb. 7th 90. The steamer Borinquen,
which has been bringing coal to Mack's point,
is in New York loading for Porto Rico, for
which service she was built. The Portland
Press says: "After doing some exceedingly good
work to the eastward, the revenue cutter An
droscoggin returned to Portland Friday noon.
During the six days she was absent from Port
land, the big white ship smashed the ice to
pieces in Belfast, Camden, Rockland and
Thomaston harbors and also did considerable
ice breaking in the harbors and thoroughfares
as far east as Castine". Sch VIM. Rice ar
rived Monday from Weymouth, Mass, with
fertilizer for jackson & Hall, and sch. Alden
Keene from Rockland. The ice and gales
have been very severe on shipping. but most
of our local vessels have been in winter quar-
ters Last Sunday the Revenue cutter Gres-
ham towed the disabled schrs. Annie R. Lewis
Hoboken for Duxbury, and Rhoda Holmes,
Staten Island for Rockland, Me-, into the har-
DOR at frOVlnceLOWn DOM were plCheu up vi
Chatham practically helpless. The Holmes
has sails split and the Lewis is reported leak
ing badly and with rigging gone on one side.
OLD AND NEW BUSINESS METHODS This is
the age of changes and Improvements, not only
in the ways of living but in the ways of doing
business. In the buying and selling of our
grandfather's time it was your wits against
the store keeper, with big advantage on the
latter. A good story illustrating that is told OF
merchant of the Hebrew extraction. at
seems that the Hebrew was going n a vaca-
ton In his absence he left his store in charge
of his son "Ikey." In giving his final instruc.
tons he explained his selling mark, which was
a series of dots-one dot meaning one dollar
and SO on. He was very much delighted or
his return to find much more cash than he ex-
pected. He was at a loss to account for that
until he examined his price tags, then he ex-
claimed, "Got pless does flies" The manner
of doing business has all changed and adver.
Using is one of the chief factors that hat
brought it about. Now-a -days you can senc
your boy or girl to any reputable store witt
the satisfaction of knowing they will get just
the same treatment in regard to prices as yot
would yourself. In fact a two price store ii
a rarity instead of a custom ae it was num-
| Der of wears ago. In view of these facts thu