The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-09-30

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John Smalley who had been in the WaldoI
County Hospital since last June for medica
treatment, left there last Sunday and will spend
some time with his sister, Mrs. Carter in Bay
View street.
About D. m. Monday there was a circle
around the electric light in post office square
in which were all the prismatic colors as in a
rainbow. like effect was noted some weeks
ago, produced, of course, by moisture in the
air.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert P Chase. who hsd been
at their cottage" Rocky Point" Pitchers Pond'
for several weeks, came in last Sunday night.
and Mr. and Mrs. Irving 7. Dlnsmore and
daughter, Miss Ruth, who spent the weekend
there, also returned. ,----
William Lower the well know clarnetest,
who has been in this vicinity for the past two
wears. coming here from New York, will leave
soon for California, where he will join his wife.
who is member of one of the big moving pic
ture film companies Mr.. Lower will devote
his time in the West wholly to music.
WEST BELFAST. Mrs. Fred Toothaker is
visiting in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. ...
Quite number in this vicinity went to Union
last week to the fair. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Shell
don and Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Wood went In
Mr.. Sheldon's auto. Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Kimball drove over and back Wednesday. Mr..
Toothaker, Carrie Newcomb and Mabel Miller
i his auto Charles Simmons took Ray Dyer.
Harold Hayford and Eddie Littlefield Thurs
day. Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Newcomb are en-
pertaining her mother, Mrs. Rachel Glunt, and
her brother and wife, Russell Glunt. from Al
tona, airs Hattie Walton visited her
sister, Mrs Eva Hartman. last week.. Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Marsh and Mrs. Eta Brown
spent Sunday with Everett Banks and sister.
THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. The September
meeting of the school committee was held last
Monday evening. Edward R. Pierce asked
for permission to cut down two trees between
his lot and the PIERCE school grounds and his
request was granted. 1t was voted to make
the salary of Herbert L. Bucklin, janitor of
the Schools $55 per month. 1t was voted to
keep the schools open October 18th, Column
bus Day. The matter of arranging for the
transportation of the children at Pearl Brook
Farm to the Poor's Mills school was left with
Supt w. B. Woodbury.. In the Brick primary
room, East Belfast, there are only q seats and
"a pupils, with no floor space for additional
seats, and it was voted to place the overflow IN
the Mcclellan and White schools, taking pupils
nearest these buildings 1t was voted that
pupils taking the bookkeeping course in the
High school should buy their own working
outfits. Supt. Woodbury. reported SO pupils
registered in the first years work in the Nc
Lellan school, and the need for an extra
teacher.
STILL MORE WEATHER. Two line gales in
one month is two too many, and adds another
record to phenomenal season. The regular
line gale was just on time. Sept. 2lst. and was
sufficiently lively one. accompanied by rain
that washed the roads badly and did lots of
minor damage. But that was as nothing COM
pared with the storm that set in last Sunday.
The morning was overcast and about 10 o'clock
it began to rain and later in the day the rain
came down in torrents accompanied by high
wind that soon increased to q gale and continu-
ed to rage after the rain had ceased and the
stars had peeped out from a sky Of flying
clouds. The gale ragged all day Sunday and fall
ing trees and branches put the electric and
telephone wires out of commission and
the electric lights were "of agin. on agin"
many times. The first break of the electric
wires was said to have been caused by the
falling of tree on Northport avenue; but
wherever the breaks, repairs were quickly
maze and the service was not seriously inter.
rupted, Mr.. Hopkins, the local manager OF
the Penobscot Bay Electric Co. says it was the
worst wind storm in his experience A big
tree between the johnson homestead on Prim-
rose hill and the residence Of DR.. o. S. Wick
cry blew down and falling on the Vickery
house broke the ornamental railing around
the top and dam aged the side of the house. A
large limb Ct tree fell upon the roof of the
house in the rear of the Congregational
church, causing some damage. One of the
beautiful elm trees on the lawn of Hon. A. G.
Burgess was uprooted in the wind Sunday,
taking with it large part of the lawn. 1t
was a very handsome tree and is great loss
large limb on an elm on the or ounds of Chas
E. Ovens residence on Cedar street was also
broken off. This same tree, which is very
old one. lost linn b in the gale of Sept. 2lst.
One of the big trees on the grounds of Thos'
B. Dinsmore, Church street. was broken, and
one in front of the residence of Col. H. E.
Mcdonald badly damaged. There were minor
damages 'too numerous to MENTION" and
streets and lawns were sire wn with debris On
the water front few boats broke from their
mornings, but no serious loss or damage is re-
ported. The telephone people had lots of
trouble and Monday morning four out of the
five trunk lines to Bangor were out of commits
sion and only one line to Rockland and Port
land was working. Apples were blown from
the trees and corn blown fiat adding to the
many troubles of the far mers in this abnormal
season. What next?