The Republican journal., 1913-06-19
ne of Belfast tor Half a
Century.


.r run VINO reaoe'h' hor ,ha' 'he
lD' failed Of interpretation for lack
F' ',..nb In December of this year
s+anleg became landlord of the
, Hotel. Mr.. Sleeper who had been
'~ ",,3 having left it the month previ-
; 4 rsmoved to his house at the cor
'f7olrch and Spring streets.
!, ,orparative quiet of our little viii
y ,.s corrupted several times dur
=. season by the steam whistle. On
,s # May the steamboat Maine, un-
..rpaud of Captain Daniel Lunt,
sar re- appearance. She continued
:. hiring the summer between Bath
iic.srpori touching at this and other
,or tne route. The steam brig New
;. FAINT Rogers, touched here one or
IN her passage to Eastport,
',.:rost Patent, Capt. Porter, the
=. .t. pelrce, bound to the same
, .e at least the Waterville,
:. .asuI of our friend of the year
...rg. .It. Cram.
the first time a store was
,s pete voted exclusively to the
a. oods." Francis A. Bowers
..-r.a re.or; the store was in No.
hiding, now occupied by
-g,4- Mcdonald. Mr.. Bowers
iofea- option a few years after he
r.r oI-iness.
,n. s Of May another "Grand
.gsr, wing animals, the largest
.-,s- aV-iled the United States"
,r,s By a Museum of Wax
mes aaie its appearance and eX-
t4;la rear of the Eagle Hotel;
ag. was heralded by any quantity
we!teang and show-bills. The
az van was a humbug with
n aiGgs than any ever seen flying in
sa-liz, except the Museum. "
gsra Washington" who might have
service as a scare-crow in a corn
the Goddess of Liberty" with
0s lrle to port and bust worthy
r7-a-r Of triplets, Lafayette"
IS g- On his face like baboon,
oz-r naval heroes, Queen Caro-
b5-zsmi, and several celebrated
les made up the contents of the
sen The whole affair was an
guG T such ridiculous dimensions
l good people and their cousins
tn country, who might well have
gsrr-l IN feeling indignant, could
a.s7 lad make the most fun posi-
E +, Hence the mirthful chaos
U Glart through our streets for
ISIS srs lights.
==F no celebration of the Fourth
r.s place but there was at
which a large number of
participated. 1t was es-
mere were fifteen hundred
ut. The Grafton was de-
lam j. Farley, Esq. of
.0 Will be remembered by
the most eloquent advo-
r addressed jury in this
as the year when Lafay-
lt.ae; he came no farther
and was there in the latter
Among the sentiments
lELer table on the above
-e following: Lafayette:
-- ar north to see him, not
him."
ai landmarks, which had
-a been precious in the sight
-s- -1 Gown to the sea in ships.
aoard, " to use their own
the night of July seven
. g very severe gale the
+le~s which stood near the
the bridge and had been
IS 3 landmark for seamen
arDor were blown down.
mail stage running week
.r Ween this place and Au.
Augusta every Wednes-
md arriving here at even
.-@ sane day, and returning the
-'E he tri-weekly stage from
.as running, leaving Portland
15 d. m. of one day and arriv-
-,- Il ID m. of the next; the stage
-'=-H the two place was S5.621-2.
W. a' 4al Spring meeting, March
IT. the Town Hall, the first
"i 1eu there, Rufus B. Allyne,
W Smith and Samuel Gordon were
u 2esctmen, Herman Abbott,
-efh, and Thomas Marshall,
sIryr At the annual Fall meet
VIZ afgest number of ballots thrown
any candidate was 132. Ralph C.
'0a. Esq, was elected Representa-
census of tie inhabitants was
u ~ -'eeember; whole number 2, 839,
@s an Increase of S13 within the
'lA9 i've years. There were then
-"5Ilag houses within half mile
's lower bridge.
number of deaths in town during
'Faf was seventy-six; forty-five of
VINO He'd were children under four
81 age. This unusual mortality
caused by the prevalence of a flux
ever or dysentery. Nearly one
" our population were attacked bv
'''77se within six weeks. Among
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