The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-05-15
The News of Belfast.

Have you seen those beautiful pansies in
fogg's market? They find ready sale.
Mason Hall are having a wooden building,
to be sheathed with iron, built on Washington
street. to be used for storage.
There will be another of the popular dances
at Seaside Grange hall this, Thursday, even
ing with music by Keyes' orchestra.
The new hotel at Temple Heights has been
leased to A. A. Huntington of Foxcroft, Me-,
who will open it to the public early in June.
Mr.. and Mrs Jesse H. Webber entertained
the Pocahontas Sewing Circle at their home
on Court street last Friday afternoon, and in
the evening a picnic supper was served. with
cards for the members of the family follow
Ing. l. was very pleasant affair.
Grand Chief Templar William /. Sterling of
the International Good Templars of Maine has
announced the appointments of district and
State Deputies. M. J. Dow of Brooks is Dis
trict Deputy for Waldo county, and George E.
Bracket and 7. H. Fernald of Belfast and NJ.
}. Dow of Brooks are State Deputies.
Harland Calderwood, Hugh Wentworth and
Wallace Turner. the three little boys taken to
the State School for Boys in South Portland
May 7th by City Marshal Knowlton were re-
turned here Thursday by the school authori-
ties, the mittimuses having been made out on
the wrong blanks. The error was corrected
and Mr.. Knowlton returned them to the
school last Monday.
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East Belfast was before Judge Knowlton of
the Municipal Court Wednesday morning to
answer to warrant sworn out by Mrs. Eliza
Aldus of East Belfast charging him with kid
mapping her daughter Ethel G., aged Ia years,
The couple away Monday to the near by
woods and were brought back by neighbors
without much trouble. Tuesday they disap-
peared again and Sheriff Cushman and friends
of Mrs. Aldus searched for them. They were
found later in the afternoon and placed in Jail
to await trial Wednesday morning. Hodgdon
C. Buzzell appeared for the State and Ralph l.
Morse for the defence. The charge could not
be maintained, as the girl acknowledged she
was perfectly willing to go. The boy was
placed under $500 to keep the peace, with Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Stevens and Orrie Robbins as
sureties. Judge Knowlton admonished the
couple. telling them not to expect to get off so
easily if they offended again.
THE REVOLT OF THE FARMERS WIFE. The
following from the May number of Harpers
Bazaar was written by a Belfast woman and
contains hint that may prove attractive to
some of our readers: Being greatly interested
in The Revolt of the Farmers Wife, should
practicable. Why IT close the old farm
house for the summer, have the men folks put
up rough board camp in some wooded nook
on the farm, near good water, and with can
vas, coarse cheese cloth screening, outside
rock-bult stove, gypsy kettle, ETC., make for
the whole family long delightful picnic, in
stead of an indoor grind? This arrangement
furnishes pure air. the delights of wildwood
life and freedom from unnecessary labor 1t is
complete change OF scene, and yet near the
house in case of emergency. l shall be glad to
know that even one woman received the hene-
fit which have received from ;nis plan
FIRE ON PHOENIX Row. An alarm was
rung in at As p. m. Monday from box rs by
night watch Mason, who discovered smoke
issuing from the Goldberg store on High
street. The fire department responded quick
ly and by prompt and effective work succeed
ed in averting what might have been a very
disastrous fire. The fire in a blind attic
and in the partitions, and cutting hole through
the roof the interior was deluged with water.
The fire got into the rear part of the building,
which was badly damaged. The stock of
clothing and material was water-soaked and
smoked. The fremen had on seven streams and
at 1920 a m. the ''all-out' was sounded Mr.
Goldberg, the proprietor. went to Bangor Sun
day, leaving the store in charge of his clerk He
was notified of the fire by telephone and return
ed Monday. H was insured with Field & Quinn
by and Wyman for $1,000. The firemen were
unable to tell how or where the fire originated
Mr.. Goldberg, who came to Belfast from Ban
gor, bought the building from Mrs. Caro- B.
Stickney. 1t was formerly owned and occu
pied by George r. Sleeper, who used the rear
portion for carpet room; later by The Pro
gressive Age, and its successor The Belfast
City Press, and until The Colonial Theater was
built, by the Star Theater.
SMALLPOX? DR.. A. G. Young of the State
Board of Health, Augusta, was in Belfast
again last Friday ard in company with Drs
Elmer Small and E. A. Wilson, chairman Of
the city board of health, visited the cases
which were supposed to be smallpox DR.
Young examined five and pronounced them
all smallpox and ordered them placed in quar-
antine. They are on Mayo street, Bayview
extension. High street, River avenue and at
Masons Mills. Three of the patients are
school children attending the Eighth and Ninth
Grades and these rooms have been thoroughly
fumigated and will remain closed this week
and perhaps longer. The city physician DR.. E.
A. Wilson is doing free vaccination and other
physicians have been reasonably busy vaccinat-
ing children. DR.. Young said he would not
advise closing any of the public places or sus
pending the other schools. All the cases are
very mild and people generally have no fear
of it. Many, including at least one physician,
think it is only chickenpox. No cases have
been reported since Friday and none of those
quarantined are visited by physicians In
case one is ne eded provisions have been made
to have local doctor delegated exclusively
for the work, to be paid for by the city As
usual in such cases false reports find circula-
tion; but while it is well to adopt precaution-