The Republican journal., 1912-12-26

| ~ '0Soi business OF the Western
Union Telegraph Co. The same operators will
be employed and the business continued -.
before.
on account OF the northeast snowstorm the
steamer Belfast did not leave Boston Tuesd.u
night, but sailed at D. m. vesterdov for
Penobscot river ports, and will leave IN ha,
return trip as soon after her arrival at Winter
port as possible, Thursday.
Owing to the small attendance at the reou.
lar meeting of the North church Guild held
last Monday night at the parsonage speciaI
meeting was called for next Monday n;obt
when it is hoped there will be large attend.
ance, as business of importance will be trans.
acted.
.. Titherington has moved his machine shon
from the former D. Lane building to the brass
foundry building on Federal street The bni,d.
ing vacated will nc W be fitted up for offices for
the Consumers Fuel Co. and c. E. MCINTYRE
very convenient location for both parties
At special meeting last week of Washing.
ton Hose company, l. T. Clough and Henry
Brown, committee on hall and music, were in
structed to hire the Belfast opera house for
Jan. oath, and Keyes full orchestra for music.
Roscoe Arey will cater at intermission.
The next meeting of Seaside Chautauuua
Circle will be with Mrs c. A. Hubbard, No. 4
Park street, Monday afternoon, December 3Oth.
The lesson will be chapter five from the C. l..
S. c. book, 1.-The Spirit of French Letters"
Roll-call. select quotations. A full attendance
is desired
SHIPPING ITEMS. A lighter from Rockland
stepped the three masts in the schooner Fred
erick Roessner last Friday. The schooner,
which had been laying in the dock, was hauled
into the stream and the lighter laid alongside
The first mast was step ed about a. M and
they were all in place before p. m. 1t would
have taken several days to do the work by
setting up and shifting shears .. Sch Flora
| Condor discharged cargo of coal at Lubec
last week and was loading lumber at Machias
| Dec. 10th .. The Portland Company has con-
tracted to build another porgie steamer for H.
c. Sickler and 7 c. Meadows of New York,
which is to cost S95 600 and will be the largest
boat of the kind the Atlantic coast The
| nun VIII pt bulII ny the toUD- Duttef 20.
of Rockland and is to be delivered at the Port
land Co. by May Is. The new steamer will
measure 176 feet in length, 26 feet beam, 1923
feet deep, and her engines will be 900 horse
power.
CHRISTMAS AT THE GIRLS HOME. The la
dies of the Unitarian Alliance provided a
Christmas tree for the inmates of the Girls
Home on Northport avenue, and it was we'll
laden with gifts from Belfast people, and con.
tributions including severa. money gifts, came
by mail and express from all over the State At
a T. yesterday the exercises began, the lit
tie girls furnishing an entertainment with Miss
Carrie M. Greenlaw pianist. The little
ones made gifts to one another, their own Sc
lections and it a very happy occasion for
all concerned. The exercises were as follows:
song, Wake, Wake Children, by the children
recitation, Santa Claus Petition, Bessie Allen
recitation, Hurrah for Old Santa Claus, Bertha
Hannin; dialogue, Bellies Christmas Lesson,
Bertha Allen, Alberta Allen, Hazel Reynolds,
Mile Whitcomb, Mildred French with Georgia
Knight as Santa Claus; recitation, My Stock
ing, Martha Allen; song, Little Children Can
You Tell the children; Two Little Christmas
Dolls, Jane Tuttie and Irva Allen; song Why
do Bells at Christmas Ring, Georgia Knight
and Mildred French; recitation, Christmas Day
Has Come at Last, Mile Whitcomb; song,
Santa Claus Birds, Georgia Knight and AL
berta Allen; Kitty's Christmas. Florence Nc
Neil; song, Santa Claus Has Come to Town, the
children.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. earle & Jones make
two interesting announcements this week.
Their 9th annual cent sale will open Jan 9th
at O'Clock and continue 9 days. 1t will be
a real bargain sale. Beginning Friday, Dec.
9th, Garlic G. Jones will make a great reduc-
ton on winter coats, suits, dresses and skirts.
The sale will include 25 heavy winter coats at
just one half price and liberal discount on all
coats. suits, dresses and skirts. -. James H.
Howes, Odd Fellows block extends the sea
sons greetings to his many patrons during the
year drawing to close, and wishes them
one and all Happy, Prosperous New Year.
See announcement of the grand New Years
opening, Jan. 6, 1918, of Bliss Business COL
lege, Lewiston. Send for the handsome illus
trated catalogue. Annual meeting of stock
holders of the City National bank at 10 a. M.
Jan. 18th -. Annual meeting of stockholders
of the Searsport National bank at D. M JAM
14th .. Mrs Simon Jeison and family publish
a card of thanks. Mr.. and Mrs. Warren B.
Pierce publish card of thanks. Mr.. and
Mrs. Freeman 7. Wentworth publish card of
thanks There were large sales of Hole
proofs at The Dnsmore Store for Christmas
gifts and if the sizes were not right or diff
ferent color or weight is wanted they will be
exchanged to your satisfaction. -. See ap-
pointments of DR.. E. H. Boyington, eye spe-
ciaist.
COLLEGE Boys FRANKS. The students from
the University of Maine. who recently visited
some of the farms in this vicinity and were
guests over night of Mr.. Horace Chenery at
his camp on the shore of Tilden Pond, devoted
the evening to play; and, some of the party
declared, had 1.-The time of their lives" We
supposed everyone had heard of the snipe and
bag trick, which has been played upon green
horns for several generations; but some one
has said that sucker is born every minute
sometimes twins that there is apparently