The Republican journal., 1914-02-12

And the trees leave out
And summer is here
We sing and shout
CELIA MABEL NICKERsoN.
S1anvlle Maine.
Business is rushing at the Coe-Mortimer
liant and the shipments are larger than ever
t.fore. Trains are coming and going at all
hours of the day and night.
Mrs Augustus Myrick, formerly of Belfast.
,bose home is now in Massachusetts, recently
fell on the ice, breaking her hip. Her address
Is franklin Co. Hospital. Greenfield. Mass.
Aleer F. Wellman and Thomas Woodbury..
who have been employed in the Leonard &
garrows factory, left Saturday for Auburn,
where they have like employment
There will be public card party under the
..,soices of the Sons of Veterans in Memorial
Hall next Monday evening. A cordial invita-
non is extended to all who enjoy the game.
admission Is cents.
The next meeting of Seaside Chautauqua
circle will be held with Mrs. Lewis F. Cannon,
lsCongress street, Monday afternoon February
kOlt-cai SuIreuI ENeutSs ASSSoh AAoAAi
,hapter one of the c. L. S. c. book. ''Studies in
The Poetry of Italy" All members are re-
3,lested to be present as some matters of busi-
ness will come before this meeting
An examination of candidates for Teachers
State Certificates of Elementary Grade will be
held on Saturday, February 18th, at the Bel
fast High school, 8 a. m. to IL M, and l to p.
7 Candidates desiring to take this examina-
ton and who have not already applied should
amply at once for the preliminary application
hanks, which will be sent on request to the
State superintendent of Public Schools, Au-
g4sra Maine.
Wallace Palmer of T lorndike has one of the
~est herd of Jersey cows in Waldo county.
From 10 cows during December he received
f, tollowing results: The net gain per day
s.ss "a 10. The total cost of feed per day was
26 The daily profit from each cow was
CENTS Mr.. Palmer is member OF the
-..qtvilla Cow Test Association. The testing
.f.ee by the agricultural students of Free
Academy under the supervision of R. P.
ehall, principal.
sr,lers. number of English sparrows having
.a-p up their winter quarters in his hen
use. where they share the rations of the
.-rs They made their way in through the
-. she's of the wire netting and when Mr..
!Iecomb enters the building show little con-
Germ, but when the cat appears they make a
lastly exit, only to return when the cat has
gone.
The NORTH CHURCH GUILD. Miss Annie V.
Field pleasantly entertained the Guild of the
North Congregational church last Monday
evening for Mrs Haraden S. Pearl, who with
Mr. Pearl is her guest for the week. There
9as large attendance of members and the
=vening was spent very enjoyaby with needle
work. Mrs Pearl was introduced by Miss
Anne NJ. Kittredge, the president of the guild.
The work committee distributed number of
pieces to be completed in preparation for the
May fete, when it is planned to make special
feature of table of babies and children's
things The next meeting will be held with
Miss Amy E. Stoddard, Monday evening, Feb.
23rd.
A REPLY TO THE MAYOR. There was good
audience in the Opera House last Friday even
iay to listen to DR.. G. C. Kilgore in reply to
speech of the mayor a few evenings before
Is m the same stage, and he had the close at
reltion of his audience throughout. The may
-r WAS very much in evidence, facing the au-
lence from table in front of the stage, but
-l4 organized gang who Kissed and otherwise
1sturbed Republican meeting held in the
pera House few years ago not on
a4ad and many Of them are said to have seen
rn. error Of their ways. DR. Kilgore told ONE
7gs about the mayor that are, or should be,
matters Of common knowledge. He did not
.aslrt to mud singing or personal abuse. but
=ttted plain facts in a business-like way, and
aust nave made it evident to the unprecedented
carer that the present mayor should not be
emitted to perpetuate further his one-man
ty government.
A VISIT TO EDISON. Fred D. Jones and Roy
Flngwood returned last Saturday from a trip
10 Boston and New York and visit to the Ed
son factory in Orange, New Jersey, when
they had the honor, and pleasure, of meeting
Thomas A. Edison, the greatest inventor of
VIC age. lhey met the W lzdfd III his private
Office, and after a pleasant call were shown
over the factory. which occupies over 80 acres,
and were then taken in Mr.. Edisons limousine
20 the Millionaire Country Club. where they
iunched with F. K. Dolbeer, one of the impor-
tant officials of the company. They also visit
ed the Knickerbocker building in New York
where the records are made, met number of
the artists and heard an orchestra which was
making record. At the Orange plant they
VISITED the moving pictures department in
which the talking movies are tried out and
perfected. Altogether it was never-to-be
forgotten experience. The Edison plant at
orange employs 1000 hands and has monthly
payroll of 100000.