The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-07-04

o'clock so as to march to the church in body and
occupy the front seats during the service. All
parents Of small children who would care to
have their children baptized are invited to i'm
prove the opportunity of the Baptismal service
at this time. Even though not church members
at present. parents are earnestly urged to thus
recognize the christian birthright of their chill
dren in this Holy Sacrament.
The Auto Rest and Tea Room, W. A. Griffin,
proprietor, which is situated about half way
between the villages of Stockton Springs and
Searsport opened about three weeks ago and is
doing good business in spite of the pnfavor-
able weather at the start. A first class line of
sandwiches, salads, cakes, doughnuts, pies and
ice. cream find a ready sale and are much APP
preciated by the many automobile travellers
Parties out for an evening pleasure drive find
lunch at Griffin's Auto Rest one of the de-
lights of the trip. The food is cooked and
daintily served by the pioprietors daughters
and all who partake are sure to be well
pleased. The place, situated as it is on such
an automobile thoroughfare, and being the
only Tea Room of the kind in the vicinity is
SURELY great convenien ce to auto travellers.
Mrs. Sumner Chadbourne Pattee, nee Miss
Lillian Mowry, gave an afternoon bridge last
Saturday in honor of her guest, DR.. Loretta
Cummns of Brookline. The guests filled four
tables and Miss Florence Colcord having
score of 2OO4 was high line. receiving dainty
chafing-dish apron. Miss Lou Leib, whose
score was something like 200, was given
TOW drum buffet lunch was served during
the playing, Miss Elizabeth Havener of Wor-
cester, dipping punch. The guests were Miss
Katherine Miss Marjorie and Miss Doris Treat
of New York, Miss Rebecca Ross, Miss Mabel
Griffin, Miss Lucy A. Sargent, Miss Harriet
Erskine, Mrs. Oliver C. Atwood, Miss Jessie
Nickerson, Miss Harriet Roustone, Mrs. S. L.
Fairchild, Miss Lieb and Miss Colcord. Mrs.
Pattee was assisted by her mother, Mrs. Ella
Mowry in introducing her guest. Some very de-
lightful music was rendered during the after
noon by the Misses Treat, violinist and pianist.
NORTH SEARsPoRT. Mr.. and Mrs A. Stin-
son attended the meeting of the Waldo Coun-
ty Veteran association in South Newburgh,
June 9th, and report the time of their
lives. Miss Reed of Belfast is visiting at
the old homestead in this place......F E.
Stinson is builing an addition to his store,
which he very much needs. :. MIR. and Mrs.
Craig of Bangor are visiting Mrs Craig's
mother, Mrs. Stone of this place. Parties
are occupying the Carter cottage at the head
of the lake. -. A. Stinson's cottage is for rent
or for sale. Call at the store... A. Stinson
met with bad accident last Saturday while at
work near VIM. J. Matthews on F. E. Stin-
sons cottage. staging gave away, letting
him fall backward, striking on his head and
| shoulders. A large iron bar came down point
first entering the arm near the elbow joint
and severing large vein. Quick work saved
him from bleeding to death. Mr.. S. wishes to
express his thanks to Mr.. and especially to
Mrs. Matthews for services rendered. He is
doing well at this date, July 1st
| DR. AMELIA FORD Wins SPELLING BEE. We
clip the following from the Milwaukee, Wis,
Free Press:
| DR.. Amelia Ford. professor of history, won
the spelling bee" in which the faculty of
Milwaukee Downer college took part in the col
lege chapel last night, and was awarded book
of Broken Words" by W. W. Wight, president
of board of trustees, who acted as arbitrator
The word guerrilla proved Miss Ford's
stumbling block. For nearly fifteen minutes
Teacher" Wight shot such words as "diastasi-
/ metry, "isogonlostat, esthogenous" and
"diacathodic at her, and quick as flash she
spelled them correctly. Then, suddenly, came
"guerrlia,' and after hesitating a moment,
! Miss Ford spelled it guerilla" The letters
had no sooner passed her lips than she realized
her mistake, but it was too late. She was given
enthusiastic applause she stepped from the
rostrum.
Miss Ellen c. Sabin, president of the college,
was forced to leave the platform while three
of her instructors remained. Miss Sabin MISS
ed on the word "eleemosynary." Miss Sabin
eSSayed to spell the word, beginning ''eele''
and then gave up amid laughter and applause
from the audience for the attempt she had
made.
Here are some of the words that the educa-
tors came cropper' on:
galop February eleemosynary
SkeWer otfertory iSoSceleS
foible promssory pseudonym
adage sumptuouS guerrilla
license frlcaSSee wheel
The chapel resounded with shreks of girlish
laughter by one the staid professors
were spelled down simple words, some of
them of only one syllable. The plan at first
followed had the ''cass" divided into two sec
tons, one under the leadership of President
Sabin, and with Miss Ford in charge of the
other. When member of one team failed to
spell word correctly and a member of the
other spelled it correctly, the leader of the
winning team privileged to choose mem
Der of the opposing, the object being to get all
the mhers on one team. 1t soon became
evident that nothing would be accomplished in
this manner, and the familiar plan of "spelling
down" was begun.
Before Mr. Wight had gone around the circle
once, six of the instructors had "fallen out" on
the words promissory, enthusiasm, isosceles,
license. discrepitude and February. Five more
went on the next round on the words fricassee
stratagem, anaesthetic, anemone and coterie
Pseudonym, hippopotamus, eleemosynary and
idiosyncracy proved too much for four Others
and ecstacy and italicize left Miss Ford alone
Miss Ford is native of Searsport, the only
daughter of Mrs. Charlotte Butnam Ford, and
the only educator from Searsport with Phi. D.
Miss Ford has been connected with the Mil
waukee- Downer college for three years.
MONROE.
Miss Marian johnson and Master Joseph
Johnson from Bangor are guests of Charles
Conants family and other friends Victor
Durham has been in Gardiner two weeks Wis
iting at the home of E. M. Dolloff .. Geneva
Curtis has gone to Massachusetts to visit