The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-09-09
\ Belmont to San Jose.
,,,s in Maine and California Today.

thing to be done will be to tell
Y rbo | am. Greenleaf Kiff of Bel
Y Corner was my father. You will
w. ,,ner that he kept a store there.
l,ed in 1852. l was born in June,
Il, ,onsequently have lived the allotted
score and ten years and am round
,ot my 10th year. l am going to
gol some of my early recollections.
E4o remember my first pair of
y, with red tops. was very proud
! ,boice of them and carried them
and in my arms so they would not
| FINISHED. l also recollect that my
,,.r kept skates to sell and l took a
ard the first time put them on my
4. vent heavenward and the back of
,ssd struck the ice, and from that
have never doubted astronomers
'5..lstions as to the number or stars in
armament. John Carver kept a
~ and tavern. Chas. Black had quite
extensive carriage fac.ory, Uncle
,ar Heal was a shoemaker, VIM. Rust
,.,, and farmer and others recalled
: squire Richards, John P. Ames,
Is,riler Cunningham, Uncle Sam Smith,
|. Norrills, Kimballs, Greers, Cog
s,r3 and John Ames. Squire Richards
I. nv tirst teacher in the winter term
.,booI and seems to me can now
!. that two foot maple ruler l some
-ss came IN contact with. They be-
c. in hat day that sparing the rod
sott the boy.
c.n5r, Corner at this time was quite
raerprsIng business place. The store
s.r trade for long distance. Well l
IgaHec- the spring town meeting in the
r House and the ball games pulled
4 Many a morning in winter | could
l Ok and horse teams with wood,
I,tsr and farm products going to Bel
& and it seems to me now that so at a
was not overrating it. One hun
!, Yards from my home l could go into
/. woods and l don't know where l
.na come out. These things are in the
\. The forests are gone now and
Iy,s are fields of clover and farm pro-
hi; understand great changes have
o., place. Abandoned farms with worn
\ sol. now blossom,as rose. Maine has
kss onward in the march of improve
|g.s and today the old Pine Tree State
Is mace Of honor among the 4S States
OFT great country. Few other States
ne produced greater men than Reed,
he Hale, Dingley, and Littlefield, and l
spl5 mat l saw the light of day in
.Asre.
was ID years old when the Reaper
hat entered our home and took away
| rlulgent good father. The home
sgir0Seu up and the family separated.
a. t8o brothers, both long since gone
their eternal home. was taken to
fHton village to learn the harness
fgs VI d man by the name of Ross.
m became homesick and one night !
IN. 10 get the COW from pasture and
h. not been back to Freedom since.
rgnl was dark and | was very
sglenei and about midnight | saw
hi and knocked at a door. 1t was the
s1e IF Bill Walker, the horse trader.
took me to Belfast the next day.
Fer vas apprenticed to Lowell &
Eig, 5 earn the tinsmith trade. Soon
@3na iiscontenteu and left, going to
Iat4,4n where | began a seafaring
+ ID 1911 l opened store at
I3rh3ran, but sold out in March,
n. and went to North Dakota, settling
niles west of the city of Fargo, where
Engaged in mercantile and farming.
f.2ooer 1911, l disposed of my bust
i@ and went to Los Angeles to spend
4 Tmalnlng years. We have found it
:a'ant to visit different sections of the
sge where climate and surroundings
/ congenial, and IN San Jose, Santa
! Ea valley, we think we have found
most delightful summer climate on
\ Pacific coast. We are close to the
ffsna EXposition. In future letters l
flisI you something Of this wonderful
flsg and also of what we have seen at
Exposition.
must now get back to my early re-
Feehons, The circus came across
fa0ry from Augusta and we kids were
lsca to get sight of the big elephants.
imagine my eyeballs would have made
f@ hat rack pins. Then there was the
fous Fourth Of July celebration at
Eia8t A barefooted boy with rs cents
fny pocket, wendell my way to the
TFStsrting without breakfast; and l
W. IN my mind see that scent sheet of
asSes gingerbread invested in. Oh
Fu5 would now pay so cents for one
vi like it. Then / saw men smoking
e'oots, and of course I wanted to be
E'ay and 2 cents went for cheroots,
my beautiful, glorious Fourth was a
'l0fe, l suppose some of you have
4" some stomach trouble. / did. I had
tents left when l got home from my
|" Fourth of July. l remember Bea-
II q Perry, Cakes Angler, Dinsmore,
"S' The colored barber, Lancaster,
@'man, Henry Parker, Sibley, and