The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-11-06

/ TAI OH. w nave Deen pfCnlDlteQ the
use of water for sprnking the streets,
watering the lawns or washing vehicles.
Everything is dry, the pressure in the
pipes is low, and of late special measures
have been adopted to guard against the
breaking out of fires. Sir liar conditions
exist in Kansas and Oklahoma, and as a
result all kinds of feed have advanced
from so to IS per cent. ii price. Cattle
and horses have been rushed to the mar
ket and farmers, instead of selling hay
are buying it, while others are doing
their best to conserve their feed in slos,
hoping to weather the season through.
The above portion of this letter was
mainly written during the prevalence of
the drouth 1t was laid aside to be finish
ed and mailed, but the opportunity to
do it seemed to fail Some weeks ago
the rains began to fall and to a remark
able extent vegetation began to revive.
The lawns began to look green, grass
sprung up as if by magic, and we have
been favored with partial second crop of
hay; but the season was too far gone for
he rains to be of any benefit to the corn,
hay or potato crops. At the present
time, however, there is good supply of
fall potatoes, and with the rye and wheat
growths of winter there will be consid-
cradle feed for stock.
Some two months since we had very
serious fire on the public square, occa-
sioning very serious losses. After many
wears of agitation over the location Of
new Court House the building is practl-
cally complete and an ornament to the
city and credit to the county. At the
State fair recently Green county took
the premium for the agricultural and
horticultural display. Springfield recent
ly voted down the proposition IN favor of
a commission form of government.
note in The Journal some recent
Ellis, loyal wife and devoted mother;
Mr.. Lendal 7. Shales, an honest and up
right business man; Miss Emily NJ Hall
of Winterport, whose portrait was so
admirably published in The Journal, the
work of my dear friend, Rev. j. A.
t.ockhart, l am sure; and Rev. j, P.
Simonton, an old-time friend and class
mate. Forty-two years ago last spring,
with some ten others, he and | joined
the East Maine Conference on probation
in Dexter, Maine With the exception
of meeting HIM on conference occasions,
| never saw much of him, as our fields
were far apart. | do not think | ever
heard him preach. We were of different
tastes and habits, but he was a loyal
man, an earnest worker, and genial
companion. His decease, so far as | re-
member, leaves but two members of the
class of 1871, Rev. J. A. L. Rich of the
Southern New England Conference and
the writer The rest have passed on to
that bourne whence no traveller re-
Turns" Thanks to kind Providence |
have plenty of work to do to keep me
busy six days in every week and strength
| to do it, and if | should live to the age of
my father and mother, grandmother,
uncles and aunts, | may yet work on for
twenty years or more; but no one of us
can tell. Last October my salesman,
who had been with me for nearly eight
years, went home on Saturday night APP
parently better than usual. At 7.15 the
next morning his head fell forward and
he was gone.
There is, however, more satisfaction in
work than idleness. sometimes wish
| had more leisure than have, but am
confident that get more satisfaction out
of every days work than would out of
every days idleness. Our dear friend
Miss Pratt of Montville, Maine, one of
my first Maine acquaintances, writes US
that the fields and woods of Maine are
beautiful beyond description this fall, and
that our dear friends, Mr.. and Mrs. C. A.
Hubbard, are taking much pleasure in
drives through the country. They were
so busy when 1 last knew them that
can hardly think of them as otherwise
than as busy as ever. 1t is pleasure
today to think of the many happy hours