The Republican journal., 1914-01-08

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Eliza Otis, 10, Clarendon. ll5.
There was quite tempest IN our VII
lage teapot early in April occasioned by
| the announcement that our time honoreo
field pieces-our "brazen war-dogs
were to be transferred to the arsenal at
! Bangor, by order of the Governor ana
Council. They were removed from the
/ clubhouse to the wharf to be transport
ed on the steamer of the next morning.
During the night they were converted
into flying artillery; and when the sun
rose the next morning it shone on the
places they occupied when it went down,
but not on them. The pertinacity with
which they chung to the locality they had
known for forty years led to revocation
of the military order for their removal,
and on the 26th they resumed their old
position in the clubhouse.
The next local excitement was the ex-
animation before Magistrates of Samuel
and John j. Jewell, father and son. on
the charge of having murdered one John
N. Cousins, at Monroe on the 18th OF
April They were bound over and had
their trial before the Supreme Court at
it's next term in July. Samuel was &C.
Quilted on the ground of insanity; John
j. was convicted of marslaughter and
sentenced to seven years hard labor IN
the State Prison. The prosecution was
conducted by Attorney General Tallman
and County Attorney Goldman; the eoun-
sci for the prisoners were Messrs. Abbot
and Howes.
The bell was hung in the belfry of the
| Universalist Meeting house and rung for
the first time on the 18th of May; its
weight 1927 pounds.
The first day of July was not quite up
to the memorable Fourth, yet was the
commencement of an era interesting
alike to US, locally, and the nation at
large the "three cent postage law
went into operation.
Contrary to all precedent, rain began
! VA
the Fourth and continued through the
day. Guns were fired and bells rung, to
| the contrary Notwithstanding; but the
consumption of India crackers and the
expenditure of breath on that musical
/ instrument the tish-horn were exceed
| ngly limited. The parade OF the Fan
TASTES was deferred until the next even
ing, Saturday, and the exhibition of
Fireworks until the next Monday even
ing. The old field-pieces and the Belfast
Brass Band furnished the accompaniment
on the occasion.
The public musical entertainments of
this wear, were not numerous. Ihayer's
company of Sable Harmonists gave two
concerts at City Hall in July, and the
Portland Harmonious gave one in No
vember. There may have been others,
but they are not remembered.
Raymond and Company's Menagerie,
with Herr Dreisbach and ''Hideralgo the
Lion Tanner, were here on exhibition
on the 5th of August. Some of the pro-
prietors of white skirts who attended
the exhibition remember that it was on
Waldo Avenue, on clayey ground, and
that there was heavy shower in the
night proceeding.
The old Burying Ground on High street,
the first ever occupied on the west side
of the river, was abandoned and the re-
moval of its tenants to Grove Cemetery
commenced in August. Its site is now
occupied by dwelling houses.
In the last week OF this month Signor
Devote exhibited his band of trained
birds and white mice at City Hall. A
Diorama of the funeral of Napoleon was
on exhibition at the same place in Sep
TENDER.
The annual Show and Fair of the Agri- |
cultural Society was held on the 9th and
9th of October. The attendance was
unusually large. There was meeting
OF the Society at the Unitarian Church
in the evening and ball at City Hall.
The "Maiiie Law, whose growls had
been heard in the distance, began to
s'show it's teeth" in this locality early in
August; several of our townsmen were
badly bitten. In December came off the
ARRAY at Frankfort on board the Steamer
Boston, which will be remembered by
many still living. 1t grew out OF an at
tempt to seize certain liquors on board
the boat, which attempt was forcibly re-
sisted by the crew. 1t was matter of
no local Importance to US, save that on
the arrival of the boat at our wharf the
parties charged with violating the laws
of the land were arrested and the pre-
Iiminary hearing was had before magis-
trates here. Some of the accused par
ties were discharged by the magistrates
and others were bound over to court. At
the hearing before the Court some of
them were convicted and others acquitted.
The extensive improvements made by
MIR. Hiram E. PIERCE at the mouth of
Goose River, and the erecting of the
new bridge across it, just completed. nat