The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-03-18


members Of the Universalist sewing circle 1t
her home on Court street. Wednesday after
noon, March 10th.
W. K. Morrison & Co., of Minneapolis. MIMI,
had an advertisement occupying page and a
half in the Minneapolis Tribune announcing
new hardware store. There was music, re-
Treatments and souven irs for the ladies'.
We have received a copy Of the Bucksport
Times. published weekly at Bucksport by W.
T. and Charlotte Lance. w. T. Lance editor
Charlotte Lance associate editor. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lance were formerly of this city and re-
Gently went to Bucksport and bought the job
printing Office of R. P. Hartman. They are
practical printers as we'll as experienced in the
newspaper business and have gotten out an 8.
page paper which fully covers the home news
and carrie liberal amountof local advertising
The Journal wishes success to this new conner
| in the Maine newspaper field.
BIRCH POND CAMP. For some years DR.. G.
; C. Kilgore of this city has owned camp at
! North Pond. Smithfeld, where he has sent his
patients for outdoor treatment. and which
has also been conducted as a boys summer
school, Mr.. Frank B. Condor. who has spent
his summer vacations there for several
years, and his brother, Arthur M. Condor,
have now bought the camp and will open it
this season for tourists and already have par
ties booked to arrive June LIST from B ,ston
and Waterville. 1t is most attractive place,
with an abundance of shade trees, but free
from dampness. good fishing. power boats,
| rowboats, canoes and swimming RATS, tennis
court and ball field. The camp has telephone
connection and an auto road will be completed
for use this season. The accommodations con-
sists of two large cottages and five tent cot
tages, land Mr.. Arthur Condor began work Mon
day on six more. Mr.. Frank B. Condor left
last Monday for Bermuda, where he will spend
six weeks, and will then return to the camp.
The many friends of the Messrs. Condor wish
them much success in their undertaking.
TALK ON BIRDS The Woman's Alliance
of the Unitarian church met Thursday after
noon, March 18th, with Mrs. James S. Harri-
man, Park street, and after the business ses-
sion Mrs. John H. Quimby read the Religious
luleluSeHCe. MIS- TdHh VOOuCOCh, WHO WAS
to have had paper on Bird Lore, was unable
to prepare it because of illness and the pastor,
Rev. Arthur E. Wilson, who is bird lover,
gave very interesting talk on our native
birds, of which he had been student for
seven years. He began with the junket, to US
; the snow bird, and took up the chickadee.
Phoebe and wood pewee, giving their calls and
notes to perfection. He spoke of the sparrows,
the warblers. owls, larks, and oven bird, the
red-winged blackbird and numerous others,
noting their peculiarites, etc. The next meet
| ing will be held in the parsonage on Church
street, March Is, and will be the annual BUSH
ness meeting. A nominating commit
! tee, composed of Miss Annie M Bean, Mrs.
James c. Durham and Mrs. James H, Howes,
was appointed by the president, Miss Colhurn,
/ At that time, Mrs. Giles G. Abbott will give
paper on The Awakened East.
/ A NoTE FROM CALIFORNIA In a personal
note dated LosAngeles, Calf, March 5th Mrs.
| Selwyn Thompson says: 81 have been looking
| for a rose to send you since we reached
/ the Pacific coast but they are about as scarce
! here as "hen's teeth" and that is mighty
scarce. Why, l supposed roses grew every
where. but find like many other things, they
are just painted that way to "lure the travel
| Ter on We arrived here March LIST, but l
would not like to live here. Of course there are
many, many beautiful homes outside the city
center, where it would be nice to live if you
were a millionaire, l liked San Diego much
better. We visited the exposition, and the
! buildings are certainly beautiful and artistic,
but did not see the crowd l expected. River
side is the place for me, with its wide streets,
| cleanliness and orange groves. l would like to
live there, but they tell me it is so hot in sum-
mer. So many, many orange groves every
| where there. l have not visited Pasadena yet
but will later, also Santa Barbara and Frisco
We took trip into Mexico and you could buy
81 worth free of duty, but over that you had
to pay the full duty. 1t was a small settle
ment sandy hill called Havana, but not
| spelled that way. We came here to the Hote
! Plymouth last night and arewith Mrs.J )hnson
| Mrs Knowlton and Louise, so We will prob
ably have game before we take our depart
ure. Mr.. T. is reading The Journal and we
have had one occasionally and sad things have
| happened since our coming away. 1t is time
4 to go to dinner, sol will enclose my rose tc
you"