The Republican journal., 1913-07-17
Annals OF Belfast tor Half a
Century.
Ely AN OLD SETTLER
(Hon. VIM. G. Crosby.)
CHAPTER XIII. 1889. }

grees below zero at s o'clock in the
morning. at zero at noon, and IL degrees
below at nine in the evening. Mrs.
Phoebe Sager issued her Last Call" to
her customers, as she was ITO leave
Belfast in ten days positively" it would
have been better for her, if there is
profit in length of days, had her ten
days notice been ten years.
On the 21st of January the Waldo
Democrat, after a lingering sickness Of
forty five numbers, died and ''gave no
sign" On the sixth day of February
the Republican Journal, White and
Rowe, Publishers, rose from it's ashes.
The publishers announced in their pros
pectus that the political character of the
paper was to be decidedly democratic
and that it would never hesitate to pro-
pagate republican sentiment. What
would the Republican Journal of this day
and the Progressive Age say, in view
of the modern definitions of the terms
democrat and republican, to sailing under
such flag!
On the morning of February goth two
wooden buildings on Main street, on the
site of the brick stores now occupied by
E. and L. Robbins and Robert F. Clark,
We're burned; they were occupied on the
first floor as stores, on the second as
lawyers offices. A small building just
southerly Of them, occupied as a shoe
makers shop, was torn down to stop
the progress of the fire in that direction.
A brick store occupied by Peter Osgood
and Company standing on the site of the
store occupied by Albert c. Burgess,
was the barrier in the other direction.
The "town pump" was out of order at
the time; had it not been the fire would
have been confined, probably, to the
store where it originated. The only
other building in town burned this year
was the house of Shepherd B. Blanch-
ard, near the easterly line of the town;
the fire occurred in the morning of De-
cember 30th.
The inauguration of President Jack
son, which occurred on the fourth of
of cannon, ringing the bell, patronizing
the bar of the Eagle Hotel, and other
testimonials of rejoicing. Although
there were but seventy-nine who voted
for him in November previous, when the
dark cloud Of coffin handbills" lowered
in the east, there were hosts of devotees
to hail the rising SUM-
The corporators named in the Act in
cooperating the waldo Agricultural So
ciety" met at the Court House March
9th and organized by the election of
Ebenezer Everett, ESQ.,, of Montville as
President, and the late James White,
ESQ.,, of this place as Secretary. Hon..
Ralph C. johnson is the only one of the
corporators who is now living.
On the Sth of April newspaper called
the Maine Farmer and Political Register
made its appearance. In dimensions
and typographical execution it was
about the same as the Journal tAen was.
Ber iamin F. Bond and Edward Palmer
were its publishers Mr.. Bond was a
of Hallowell and by trade printer.
He came here from Castine, where he
haG been the publisher of the Eastern
An e1ican, which died on his hands. He
sold his interest in the Farm
err TO MIR. Palmer August 18th and
went to Bluehll, where he COM
menced the publication of a newspaper
called the Bluehill Beacon and Hancock
Cour ty Journal, which lived nearly two
wears. He then removed to Boston and
died many years ago. Mr.. Palmer con-
tnued to publish the Farmer until Octo-
Der $50 VIXEN its publication was sus-
pended. He is a brother of our fellow
citizen Charles Palmer, Esq After
retiring from the business of publishing,
he was for awhile a clergyman; since
then he has devoted most of his time to
various reformatory movements and
published several essays treating of the
same and kindred subjects, which have
been widely circulated. The views ad-
vanced in them have not always been IN
unison with popular sentiment; but the
lucid argument and earnest sincerity
with which he has endeavored to enforce
them reflect credit alike on his head and
heart. He is now residing in New
York.
On the same day that the Maine
Farmer appeared, David and Asa East
man, sons of Hon. Thomas Eastman of
Palermo, announced to the public that
they had taken the Eagle Hotel, succeed
ing tt omas Picka-d, its late landlord.
Under their administration the hotel was
kept to the satisfaction of the public,
but as an almost necessary consequence
without any great profit to themselves;
the custom of the place at that time
was not sufficiently large TO create
demand for the rooms of 'circumambi-
ent construction" from which their
predecessor anticipated, but failed, pro-
baby. to realize handsome revenue.
The market price at this time of some
of our nroducts was as follows: butter II