The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-02-19
Belmont's Centenary.



owns of old Waldo County, becomes
.,rominent this year in the historic annals
the State from the fact that on Feb
-,,orv 5th the town observed very quietly,
AMI so quietly that many of her own
,si3ents were not aware of the impor-
,,r event. the one hundredth anniver-
L' 'r, If the Incorporation of the town.
Tqis town is one of seven, together
...'e one Maine city, which this year will
g+ the privilege of observing the one
.sn1redth anniversary and while her cit
ms lave made no plans to observe the
Of this week, there is in considera-
-.,r for a coming date in midsummer.
.,,,s for centennial observation of the
INF rtant date.
be convinced that Belmont is an
.-,,a7t town, one doesn't have to con-
.- he chronicles of history, nor even
I wealth of tradition and folklore
...rfss which abound among the natives.
These. to be sure, are interesting in
Ell way-yes, intensely so to many of
. INIT of far more interest to the aver
.- tourist is stroll through the old
-5,ls and bypaths of Belmont, when one
L.sfn- time to daWdle and dream and
. 4ay is one of the Summers best.
mated in the southern part of Waldo
,,rt1. Belfast and Northport bound it
,hi east; Lincolnville on the south;
l,-rH on the north and Searsmont on
.-. vest The town has an area of TO-
nh acres of rolling lands, fertile and
c.5ipi. but having neither high hills nor
4 alleys. Its rock is generally gran
.r M character, while the soil is usually
s,st loam with some sand. Its forests
4 opposed of spruce, oak, birch and
qar. and the principal occupation is
IL # agriculture. with leading crops of
4 md potatoes.
A FARMING TOWN.
g4.aOnt is a little farming town, a
.-1 of Belfast, having a great many
-a farms. including many owned by
t eOple, and located six miles from
.an line to the Maine Pond, one of
most attractive sheets of water in
rs is three miles in circumference,
..a IN outlet in the Gross and Green
..-sns and affording excellent water
.N-r Tor lumber and stave mills, while
auad in summer offers favorite re-
. far Belfast people, whose pretty
e..r homes adorn its shores and
.. attractive ice fields in winter offer
mort for a big fleet of ice boats
own was settieu III i90' anu was
9art of the Green Plantation. 1t
rue 202nd town incorporated, under
Il ut February 5, 1914. In the year
five northern half was divided and
rated under me name ol NORTH.
snn1l;,,,r 10 Non and Of tb;S
n we're LOST and a few of the
-rs have VET descendants in the
-o have ALWAYS made their homes
While Belmont has lost in her
.I..7 sha has vastly increased her
... valuation and that of personal
-, far while in 1850 her popula-
4S6 it "a TO-DAY but 335. a per
nj which went TO the town of
.,It "A, 1880 the number was 6S6
- derraas. of one-haIf in the
..ja In 1850 the estates were
yea DIG and TODAY thew have a
..a. of Sl07. 1856.
.,e.n has Ionp Drided Itself on the
.lses and has some Of the best
.. d, 3he country towns of Maine,
er advanced pnnIls have the adj
..s of HIGH school instruction in
.Ioofs of the gdioining citv of Bel
The town has five schoolbouses
-rG wear liberal appropriation is
rn,ard the forward movement in
ZION The schools are under the
-.. sntendencv of Edmund Brewster
10 school committee is composed of
Fred Greer. Ross Beckwith and
rorse.
rn,,,ct, oD,.,.,7,r,on
'''+'-'''i- 0''''f'-''A'f' wv
one society or ASSOCIATION exists
i"Wnn ana that is Mystic orange,
us OF Husinandry, an INSTITUTION
crealt 10 the toWn ana ID
large percentage OF me mem
are among the most aetlVe clti-
he Selectmeh Oh me town are
h, ANDREWS T. X. howard
Il. Clement, with George a.
1fii a. clerk Inc town IS al
1"lIl 5aa,l W. W.
and Fred A, Mariner at the lat
-la rsDacitv of tostmasters and
70 service is gwen via The Belfast