The Republican journal., 1914-12-24

The following telephones have been installed:
D. Faunce Woodcock. res. 1921; Miss Alice
Condor. res. 246.5: Wyman Saxon. res. SA-3.
The local office of the New England Tele-
phone Co. was closed between IL and p. m.
last Tuesday in respect to Gen. Thomas Sher-
win. former president of the company and
later chairman of the board of directors, who
died Dec 10th in Boston.
Mr.. Lee Cahill and sister, Miss Margaret.
and Marthon Doak returned Thursday from a
hunting trip in the vicinity of Moosehead Lake.
they brought three deer, one of which was
given Ralph Guthrie. Mr.. and Miss Cahill left
Friday for their home in Kalamazoo, Mich.
It is said that George L. Trip, the progress
sive Houlton farmer who recently bought the
Boulter farm of Horace Chenery, will make
extensive improvements on the place and will
also lay out number of house lots and build
several houses on the land for rent.
Two men from the upper part of the town
went cunning last week. One was a fine
marksman, the other, who had not been gun
ing for years. not to be outdone by his fellow
man came home with the same number of rab-
bits, even if he did find dead one under a
tree.
There will be q Unitari an parish party in
Memorial hall Tuesday evening, Dec. 18th,
with supper at o'clock. The supper will be
followed be the children's hour and dancing at
So'clock, with music by McKeen's orchestra
The party is e iven at this time in order to in
clude the young people who are at home for
the holidays.
The days begin to lengtben day after to-
morrow.--Portland Press. Dec. 18th.
Not so. The days are 8 hours and 81 min
utes long from Dec. 18th to Dec. oath, in
elusive. and on the 24th, and for the two days
following, are one minute longer, and for the
three next days following another minute is
added, and the last day of the month is 9hours
and Sd minutes long.
The meeting of the Alliance of the Unitarian
church last Tn ursday at the home of Mrs. Eu-
gene L. Stevens was largely attended and all
present greatly enjoyed the very able and in
teresting paper by Mrs James C. Durham on
The Plays of Bjornson. the great Norwegian
dramatist, which she recently read before the
Womans Club. Mrs. W. j. Dorman gave in.
teresting Religious Intelligence,
The next meeting of John Cochran Chapter,
D. A. R., will be held jan 4th in the Womans
Club room and Misses Isabel and ENERGY CHM
will have paper on the Arts and Crafts of
Long Ago and of Today; the roll call will be
answered by the names of famous artists, and
the poem. "Seventy-Six." by Bryant, will be
read by Mrs. B. o. Norton. A special feature
will be an exhibit of heirlooms by the mem
bers, with a brief description of each.
Thomas H. Marshall Circle, Ladies of the G.
A. R, will give t he following program next
Tuesday at their regular meeting: War March,
Mrs. Minnie Gay; Luther's Cradle Hymn, Mrs
Legend of the Christ Child. Mrs. Lulie Mich
OILS; hymn, Silent Night. Mrs. Mcdonald and
Mrs. Gay; story on Christmas, Mrs. Julia Nc
Keen; Bible story, Mrs. Nettie Merithew; trio,
Santa Claus will come tonight. Mrs. Alice
Burgess, Mrs Frisbee and Mrs. Mcdonald
The class in educational psychology will not
meet during the vacation. The next meeting
will be in the High school building on Jan, End
and Prof Pierce of the University of Maine
will be present and give an address. There are
now eight in the class, the High school teach
ers, Zenas D. Hartshorn, principal of the gram
mar school. Miss Grace A. Lord of the grade
schools, Ernest Higgins of the Morrill, High
school and Supt W. B. Woodbury.. The class
is reading The Learning Process by Colvin, and
two chapters are assigned for each lesson, and
Prof Pierce discusses the lesson with the
49,
FROM THE LAW COURT. the following re-
scripts in Waldo county cases have been re-
ceived from the Law Court: The Wamesit Ma
tional Bank of Lowell, Mass, VS.. Deliah Rip
ley of Searsmont and Rose Merriam of Sears
mont, each for $500 assigned notes. In both
cases the rescript is report discharged to be
entered nonsuit without prejudice below" ....
B. O. Norton OF Belfast VS.. John w. Hobbs of
Brooks, the horse case tried at the September
term of the S. ]. Court with verdict for the
plaintiff for s101.49, the rescript is dismiss
ed from the law docket. Settled below.
State VS.. John Tweedie of Thorndike, for
search and seizure, tried at the September
term of the S. ]. court with verdict of gull
ty, exceptions overrued for want of prose-
cution. Judgment for the State"