The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-06

The Boy Scouts will not hold their meeting
this week owing to the absence of the Scout
master. Rev. David L. Wilson, who is to attend |
the Congregational Conference, Friday, at
Standpoint,
A Maine song, 1.-THE Country Fairs" COM
posed by Kennebec county woman, Mrs. |
Lillian Louise Weber of Clinton, has been |
published by a music publishing house of |
Washington. D. C.
That, 'Its just what the doctor ordered"
you will truly believe if you go to see 1.-THE
Moon Girl" You will surely laugh and then
laugh some more until you really. forget you
ever had an ache or pain. A good laugh does
you good, and 1.-THE Moon Grip is certainly
full of them. The date is June and 8, Friday
and Saturday nights only. at The Colonial
Theatre. Reserved seat sale at theatre box
office Thursday. Special matinee Saturday;
Children 10 cents.
We have received from the publishers the
revised 1912 edition of the RAND. Mentally in
dexed county and railroad pocket map and
shoppers guide of Maine, showing all railroads,
! cities, towns, villages, post offices, lakes,
rivers, etc. These maps have been published
| annually for the last thirty-six years, with
constantly increasing sales, which now amount
to over three million copies per year. They
are sold everywhere by leading booksellers,
newsdealers and statoners.
| ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM BAwL. Grown ups
often forget that children must play to be
happy, and boy forbidden to play ball must
of necessity be miserable. Here is the ex-
perience of bright little boy who lives in q
| neighborhood where there are few children.
When he went out to play the other day his
mamma said Don't play in the street am
afraid of teams and autos" From the street
he went to neighborng lawn, but it's owner
| objected because of possible injury to the soft
turf, and sent him off. He went to the drive.
way between the two houses, but the neighbor
on the other side stopped his play there for
fear of broken windows. Finding no place to
play on the ground he made for fiat roof
near byonly to meet with a most decided COM
| mand to get off and keep off.
| IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PARK. At the regu-
| lar meeting of the Improvement Society, June
| 3rd, Mr.. E. R. Pierce, chairman of the special
committee on the Park, gave the following re-
| port The committee have superintendent the
| construction of 1865 feet of extension to the
| semi-circular beds near the entrance have
| transplanted wagon loads of phlex, lilies, etc..
contributed by Mr.. Pierce, Mrs. Joseph TYLER
| and Miss Maude Gammons; have set out 9
evergreen trees, the gift of Ralph D. Shute
golden glow and striped grass, around the water
! tank and woodbine at the pavilion. The COM
| mittee was also instrumental in having repairs
made on the park roads. A vote of thanks was
extended to Melvin Clark for one days labor
and for the use of his team in this special
work. 1t was voted to repair the society's
oven and the steps from the pavilion to the
shore.
PHOENIX Row. In 1928 a brick block of six
stores was built on High street and given the
| name of Phoenix Row. 1.-The first tenants of
the six stores were as follows: No. l, John An
gier; No. 8, Foss & Lothrop; No. 5, Benjamin
| Hazeltine; No. Z, Peter II. Smith; No. 8, John
S. kimbal; No. II. James Langwortty In
the third story of No. was Phoenix hall.
Under one of the corners Of Phoenix Row was
deposited box containing among other arti-
cles a bottle of brandy, a copy of the first
newspaper published here, and several coins.''
Willamson's History says that this block was
completed and occupied in the fall of 1923, but
| tablet placed on the front bore this inscrip-
ton: phoenix Row, A. D., 1924" Three
stores remain of the original block. and Mr.
Charles N. Black, the present owner of the
property, has had the tablet retouched by P.
A. Sanborn and placed in the center of the
block, thus retaining an historical landmark
PUPILS RECITAL. The recital of the piano
pupils of Miss Amy E. Stoddard, postponed
| from May 18th, was given last Saturday even
ing. All the children were present, specially
} dressed for the occasion. Following is the
program:
Humoreske, Dvorak
Miss Rena Cunningham and Miss Stoddard
Dolls Dance, Kugele
Geneva Stephenson
March of the Giants, Bugbee
| Ben Parker
Gondoa Ride, Sartorio
Doris Patterson
Mazurka, N. Won Wilm
Edna Curtis
| A Twilight Idyl, Schneider
| Ruth Redman
Under the Leaves, Schneider
Lillian Dexter
Leisure Thoughts, Garland
Blanche Jennys
Hearts Ideal, Schiller
| Alice Sanborn
| Evening Chimes, Heine
Mary Hayes
The Mountaineer's Call, Spaulding
Margaret Craig
Spring Song Mendelssohn
| Doris Roberts
Impromptu in A flat, Schubert
| Mabel Craig