The Republican journal., 1912-10-24

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places OF business wired for electricity by the
Penobscot Bay Electric Co. that local dealer.
notice great falling off in the sale Of ,an,n,
and chimneys.
Austin W. Pease of Portland was in Relfost
Oct. 18th to present plans for the prosnec+iv.
school building on the common. Onlv tbrea
members of the school committee and suner;r.
tendent Woodbury. were present.
H. E. and W. o. Colby of Belfast have boue,ht
out Wibur's Cafe and will open for bns;ress
there the last of this week. They will run
hrst-class restaurant and will, no doubt do .
fine business. H. E. Colby has manv friends
in town. having been employed as meat enter
In Beedy's market The brothers will rim ~
place under the name of Colby's Cafe.-Cam-
den Herald.
The metal powder tank from the battlesh;n
Maine. which Commander Putnam of Thomas
H. Marshall post, G. A. R., secured has been
given a good position in Memorial hall II
bears the following inscription: powder tank:
relic of the Battleship Maine, memorial of the
tragedy of Havana harbor"
Hollis Nj. Lamb, son of the late Caleb Lamb
of Belmont, was in town Monday and Tuesday
representing the Parker Broom COMPANY Of
Lisbon Falls, of which he is a member. He
placed several orders in this city and one in
his home town. He is bright. enterprising
young man and his many friends in this vicin.
ity wish him success.
The next Getting of Seaside Chautauoua
Circle will be held with Mrs. Charles Rhoades.
No % High street, Monday afternoon, Octo
Der 2Sth. Lesson: chapters five, six and seven
from the c. L. S. c., book, "Social Progress in
Contemporary Europe" roll call, quotations
from the Songs of Roland" paper, the Medi-
aeval Guilds; reading. 1.-THE Cry of the Chill
dren;" sketch of "Attila, the Hum" paper.
"Charlemagne;" song 1.-THE Watch on the
Rhine"
The CITY NATIONAL BANK INCREASES ITS
CAPITAL. At meeting of the stockholders of
The City National Bank Oct. 10th, it was voted
to increase the capital stock from 100000 to
100000. The new stock will be offered the
present stockholders at S120 per share, plus So
accrued dividend to Nov. 18th, the stock to be
paid for on or before Nov. 18th. This increase
of capital, with the additional stockholders
liability, will add SsS0O0 to the present guar
anty behind deposits, making total RESPONSE
bility of over S24O00O. The deposits are now
$1,600,000 and are increasing at rate of $500
600 yearly.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The three. masted schoon-
er James Slater, Capt. George A. Gilchrest.
lumber laden for Boston, towed down from
Bangor last Saturday and anchored in the har-
hnr 70 A j
Tuesday and the schooner will sail the first
chance. -. The schooner Clarence H. Venner
began dscharging coal for the Belfast Fuel &
Co. at Lewis wharf at noon Oct 18th, and the
work was not finished until Sunday afternoon
AS she took up the whole front of the wharf the
steamers Annie Belle and Stockton had to
make their landings last week at Marshall's
wharf, next below. The schooner Hiram
Lowell, Capt. Albert Colt, with good fare of
about 1000 quintal large cod arrived at Bucks
port last Saturday morning. All were report
ed well but fish scarce
Visitors FROM THE U. of M. About twenty
of the University of Maine students, agricul-
tural course, accompanied by Prof. VIM. F.
Schoppe and an assistant, left Orono last Sat-
urday morning by train for Pittsfeld, where
the greater part of the day was srent in in
speeding the plant of the Pittsfield Poultry
Co. They took the afternoon train for Bel
fast and on arrival were met at the station by
buckboards and driven to Mr. Chenery's camp
on the shore of Tilden Pond, where hot sup
per awaited them and everything was done for
their comfort. Some of the party were quar-
tered in Mr.. c. r. Coombs camp near by and
Prof Schoppe and his assistant were lodged at
the farm house. Sunday was spent in inspect
ing Mr.. Chenerys large farm, and Monday
morning they were taken in automobiles to
Pearl Brook Farm, where Mr.. Smith had lust
| finished harvesting IL acres of tobacco, and
after looking this model farm over they visit
ed the Ferguson Poultry Farm on Northport
avenue. leaving at 2 80 p. m. on the steamer
Stockton for Orono. The boys were loud in
their praise of Mr.. Chenery's hospitality. A
more extended report is given in another col
umn.
APPLE PACKING DEMoNsTR AT IONS A. K.
Gardner, State Hortculturist, and his assist
ant H. P. Sweetser, gave an apple-packing
demonstration at the home of W. E. Cunning
ham, Wednesday afternoon, Oct, 18th, to
very interested crowd of between forty and
fifty people. All the different styles of box
packing and grading were shown and discussed
The surrounding towns of Belmont. Searsmont
Northport and Swanville were well represent
ed, and one man, more enthusiastic than the
rest, came all the way from Pittsfeld, Som
erset county, to be present at the demonstra-
ton, and expressed himself we'll repaid for his
trip. Belfast was we'll represented. The fruit
show proved to be pleasing feature of the
day. Among those who exhibited fruit were
E. A. Robertson of Swanville, 8 varieties; Au.
relius Pitcher, Northport, one variety; w. E.
Cunningham, varieties; W. M. Hodsdon, Bel
fast, 15 varieties; ]. H. Elms, Belfast, varie-
ties; Charles R. Coombs, Belfast, 10 varieties:
Leroy McCorrison, one variety. They were
all very fine specimens. The interest mani
tested goes to prove that fruit culture is on the
increase each year and that the farmers are be-
ginning to realize that fruit is their best crop
and that it pays to cultivate and spray their
orchards SO as to get tn. best results Mr..
Cunningham wishes to thank all those who
helped in any way to make the day pleasant
and profitable.