The Republican journal., 1914-10-01

The regular meeting Of tn W0ns6ss Clul
viii be held next Monday afternoon 1t thei
club room.
Messrs. Charles r. Thompson and Ban. n
Mudgstt left yesterday IN their car for Ii,
Maine woods on hunting trip.
The regular monthly meetinr of ~.
Woman's Hospital Aid will Be held next Mon.
day at ESQ p. m. with Mrs. Adelbert Mil,ett.
Bernes 0. Norton has bought the house or
Spring street known a the Angler house and
owned by Mrs. Nina Moore, and will take
possession AZ soon a. repairs and improve.
ments can be made.
That blueberries were very abundant this
season was evident, and We are told that I,erov
Morse of Belmont delivered seven tons Of
these berries at the canning factory of L. P.
True in Hope We do not understand that Mr..
Morse claimed to have picked them all him.
self.
The Socialists have rented the Knowlton
hall on High street. formerly occupied bv the
Spiritualists society. and will hold reonl.r
weekly lectures. beginning Tuesday evening.
Oct. 9Th. at $50 o'clock. The Socialist organ
ization 10 something more than a political
party seeking to elect good men" to office II
is worldwide movement. unlimited in its
scope Of action. whose chief aim is the estah-
lishment Of universal peace through the Law.
of universal brotherhood. Come to our meet !.
ings and learn for yourself what the social;st
movement Of America and the world stands
for in this crisis Of the worlds affairs. when
all elements seem at war. Remember the
date, Tuesday evening. Oct. 9Th.
A series of popular Sunday evening services
will begin sin the Congregational church ono
week from the coming Sunday at 7.s0, when
section of the Belfast Band, with Mr.. Charles
F. Hammons. as soloist, will give a sacred
program. Sunday, Oct. 18th, illustrated views
Of the present war in Europe will be given. A
chorus is in process of formation and will
give its first concert early in November. The
services will be kept up during the winter, or
as long as there seems to be popular interest
in them. The general program includes in
strumental concerts of sacred music rectals
by the chorus, and illustrated lectures of re-
ligious and current history, through arrange
ment with Underwood & Underwood, probably
the most notable firm for the collection of
photographs in the world. Brief addresses
will be given by the pastor of the church.
A G. A. R. PICNIC. The second of the three
ncncs of Thomas H. Marshall Circle, Ladies
of the G. A. R, took place at the Towle cot
tages in East Belfast last Thursday, The
Pendleton log bungalow nearby was also placed
at their disposal, and was resorted to BY the
comrades for smoke talk Thirty-three
guests, were present. At the dinner hour
Mrs, Frank L. Towle made cordial address of
welcome. The clans were steamed and eaten
on the shore. but the corn and an abundance of
other good things were served at the cottage
1t was very enjoyable occasion despite the
Other cottages on the shore
were visited and with jokes and stories the
afternoon was pleasantly passed. Tle third
of these enjoyable outings which was to have
been held yesterday with Mr.. and Mrs E, O.
Pendleton has been indefinitely postponed be-
cause of the cold weateer
FIRE IN EAST NoRTHPoRT. The Wayside
1np formerly the Penobscot House, at Browns
Corner, Northport, was totally destroyed by
fire in the small hours of Friday morning, Sept
10Th. There was no one in the house, as the
recent tenants had moved out and the owner
Mrs. Sarah J. Nealley, formerly of Belfast
was absent. The Belfast fire department was
not called for as the fire was we'll underway
when discovered, and the building could not
have been saved. Residents in the vicinity
had to look after their own homes, and all the
wells are very low and the stream near the
Inn was completely dry. The heavy fog was
great protection as it kept the roofs SO damp
that they did not ignite readily from falling
sparks. The house was built by Fred Benner
Of Northport in the COS, when a boom was on
did not get the patronage expected and has
since changed hands several times. Its re-
cent owner, Mrs. Neatly, had rented part of it
and had spent the summers there and the
winters in Stockton Springs with relatives
The house and furnishings were a total loss.
Pattee & Son, Belfast.
AN AFTERNOON FIRE ALARM. The fire alarm
sounds at an announcement time for
The journal man to go to fire, but last Satur.
day afternoon about o'clock when walking
Up Main street. and just below the hardware
store of Mason & Hall, the whistle at Mathews
Bros, mill sounded what he called %, although
else said it was 5. lit really was S.
as Chief Shute, who had been notified of the
ire by telephone, considering the location
dangerous ordered the out-of- town signal as a
more general alarm.I Then as people began
20 move down the street, most of them quite
eisurely. and he heard the word shoe fact. nv.
ne followed on. Quite bunch stopped on the
corner of Pleasant street. The shoe factory
vas shut down for the usual half holiday and
here was no sign Of life, fire or smoke in the
building, or beyond Following the crowd.
when the farther end of the factory was reach-
ID two-story white house opposite seemed to
,e the center of interest, though there was
snly little smoke curling up from the chin.
rev and there seemed to be nothing doing in
IF out of the premises. First to arrive on the
scene was Chief Shute in an auto; little later
,ame Horace Cnenery in his auto truck with