The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-02-11

we copy an interesting article on the birds O.
Florida by Basil H. Newell of this city, who il
spending the winter in Florida.
3 Miss Juliet A. Wiggin was the hostess o.
the Fortnightly Auction Club last Saturday af-
ternoon. delicious supper was served at o
m. followed by homemade confectionery, for
which the hostess is famous. Later the greater
part of the club adjourned to the Opera House
Tor the pictures. This club meets for study
every other week and will meet next Saturday
with Mrs j. w. Jones. The subject is Norway
The item in our Searsport correspondence
asst week concerning the squirrels that came
from the woods and carried the frozen apples
from the ground into a tree and impaled them
! on the twigs for future use, recalls the work
OF the semi tame squirrels in this city last
tall. when apples and pears were ripe. The
squirrels much preferred the pears, and if they
DID not find sufficient number on the ground
went into the trees and bit off the stems. let.
ting the pears fall. Then they knawed into
them to get the seeds.
FLORIDA WEATHER. In personal note from
Dayuona, Florida. Miss R. T. Newell says. 1--WE
are having very warm and beautiful weather.
but had heavy thunder shower last night.
which is the second one since we have been
here-and they are phase of the "good OLD
SIMMER time which never appeals to me
But the air is delightfully."- clear TODAY and
everything looks clean and bright. hope Won
are all we'll and enjoying the winter. Conf
dentially will tell you that big snow drift
out here in the yard would look good to me-
and II Sue or Amy wish to send me box of
snow by express will gladly pay the charges
on it,
CROSBY ANNALS OF BELFAST. The results
OF the canvass of the city recently made by
Miss Theodore Newell to procure advance
orders for the Annals of Belfast in book form
INDICATE that there is general desire to own
Tue oook Notices are now being mailed to
persons away from Belfast likely to be inter-
| ested in the public alton, and if the same on.
couragement Is met with out of town, work
Will negln at once. Orders for the volume. or
any information of local interest that might
be incorporated in foot-notes to the Annals
may be sent to Mrs. James C, Durham. Rel.
fast. or Mr.. Alfred Johnson SO Monmouth St
Brookline, Mass.
FEEDING THE BIRDS. AT Crosby Place Mr..
Chenery keeps a supply of bird food always
accesslble.and among the daily feathered visit.
ors are number of robins who are ST ending
ehe winter with US. The English sparrows
"hicn used to frequent Church street opposite
The Journal office, often alighting on the stay
Z rods of the <bo
! doves, attracted by the grain loaded on teams
, at Fleld's grocery store, have not been seen of
late. The doves seem to have made their
headquarters at the Opera House block. and
the sparrows have either disappeared or be-
come Mr.. Chenery's boarders At another
place in the neighborhood where attemnts
nave been made to feed the birds the prav
squirrels help themselves to everything put
out and run about as in summer time. P s..
The sparrows have returned and were much
in evidence. Monday.
FIRE IN EAST BELFAST, Wednesday niobt
Feb. Sd, what was known as the William Trim
house on the back road to Searsport was burn-
ed to the ground. Mrs. L. E. Bassick, who
owned and had been occupying the place. had
finished moving her effects to the Charles
Knox house, short distance this side, about
~ p. M AT about IL 80 a. m. Norman Sta
pies discovered fire coming from the house and
one OF the two barns and telephoned to the F..
N. slavery house to notify Mrs. Bassick and
also called Chief Engineer Shute of the fire
department, who at once went over with sew
eral firemen but could render no assistance az
the buildings were then all in flames. Mrs.
Bassick had bought the Knox house the week
| before of the Mabel Knox estate. At a fire
| inquest held by the municipal officers last
Thursday evening Mrs. Bassick said that she
had left in the house three beds, some chairs,
ETC., and narlor stove with fire in it. and
that there was about half ton of hay in the
barn. Estimated value of buildings. $500
total loss; $1,OOU insurance. Estimated value
OF contents. 500; total loss; no insurance,
Cause of fire unknown. At the same time an
inquest was held on the fire at the Juliette
Ames place in the Board Landing District, The
Ames buildings were estimated at $500: total
loss; $500 insurance. Estimated value of con.
tents. 5000; no insurance. Cause of fire. cauph,
around chimney.
| WINTER STEAMBoATING. The storm last
week upset the schedules of most of the coast.
wise steamers. The steamer Belfast which
left this port Feb LIST for Boston went nc
farther than Rockland and was held there
until Thursday, when she proceeded, arriving
here on the return trip last Saturday morning
The failure of the boat to make her repula,
trips caused great inconvenie zee and some loss
to our marketmen and others, but could no,
be avoided as the boats used on this route are
not designed to cope with winter gales. MANY
years ago, when the coastwse steamers were
all side-wheelers. but with less top hampe,
were better seaboats than the present boats
it was often suggested that a seagoinR pro
pelIer should be used for the winter service
but the steamboat men of that day alway
maintained that propelers could not be used
on this route as there was not sufficient depth
Of water. Yet the present boats. larger than
any ever before used. are propellers. A flush
deck propeller that could face any ordin ~
storm might be used to advantage on this
route in the winter and as the winter trave, is
light she need have only limited accomm Ia
tions for passengers, or none at all. At other
times she could be used to relieve the congss-
ton of freight at the Boston end, which II
quite frequent. even when the boats are m ,k-
| inc daily trina ! II not noadod IN %h;. ...A