The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-03-25

school closed on Thursday, March 18th. for .
two weeks vacation. The public schools Of the
town are also closed for two weeks vacation
Jerry E. Hayes and crew of linemen began
Wednesday to hang q cable OF 120 wires from
the Central Telephone Office to Mayo street,
on Church street and Northport avenue. This
dispaces many single lines
The ladies' in charge of the Associated
Charities sewing school solicit gifts of money
or material for garments. The school meets
every Friday from $50 to s p. M. and two
ladies from each church society will have
charge.
Last Sunday morning the ground was cover
ed with snow, but by neon it had all disappear
ed. The temperature was above 40 all day.
There was very little wind and intermittent
sunshine. Tuesday morning the ground was
again GOV cred with snow, which disappeared
before noon and the day was bright and beauti.
full.
Robert Chase, elected assessor for three
years at the March meeting of the city govern
ment. has resigned because of recent trouble
with his eyes, and George Weymouth. reflect
ed as inspector of buildings has also resigned.
The vacancies will be filled at the April meet
ing. The tax collector. night watchmen. police,
park superintendent and city electrician will
also be elected at the April meeting.
Fenton Tomlinson, President of the Saco
Valley Canning Co, was In Belfast March 18th
and 18th in the interest of the business of the
company in this vicinity. The company has
had All offer to move their plant to New
Hampshire and Mr. Tomlnson consulted Mr..
Evans, who is President of the Farmers
Union of Maine, on the chance of the farmers
in this vicinity being able, and willing, to fur
nish sufficient acreage of corn to enable the
company to remain here. Those interested
should see Mr.. Evans.
Oscar B, Abbott, who was born in Spring.
field, Maine, and who spent twenty odd wears
a railroad man in Chicago and came east
again to his old home in Maine. was in Belfast
March 18th. He is at present shipping agent
in Boston for the Maine Farmers Union.
Every farmer who intends shipping any fruit
or vegetables to Boston or New York markets
should see Mr.. Abbott and talk with him on
the causes of the poor trade and prices of to-
day. Though he admits other causes for the
depression as. for instance, the prevalence of
the foot and mouth disease, which has inter-
ferred greatly with the orders for Maine hay,
he asserts that the failure of the Maine far
mers to grade their products, and to ship only
their best fruit, has been one great cause for
the falling off of the sales in the past few
years. Grade, and then grade" seems to be
his watchword. He will talk what we call
"blue streak and every word is full of mean.
ing.
THE UNIvERsALIsT SALE AND ENTERTAIN
MENT. The annual Easter sale and entertain
ment of the Ladies of the Universalist church
will be held in Memorial Hall, Tuesday and
Wednesday, March Both and 31st. 1t will
open Tuesday afternoon with a sale. The
various booths will be made to represent some
of the State buildings at the Panama EXPOSE
ton, and the articles on sale will be the pro.
duction of that particular State, as cotton
goods from cotton producing State, flowers
from California, etc. The sale will include
practical and fancy articles, home cooking,
flowers, candy, etc. A prominent feature will
be Belfast's first cat show, and cherry color
ed feline will be exhibited for the first time
At six o'clock there will be supper, followed
by musical entertainment; admission to both
35 cents. Wednesday the sale will be con-
tinued, and at 8 o'clock there will be Tom
Thumb '. edding, participated in by about 40
young boys and girls. Special wedding suits
are being made and the affair promises to be
one of the prettiest local events of the sea
son. A musical program will follow and the
admi ssion to both will be Is cents
SHIPPING ITEMS. While very little tonnage
is owned at this port today The Journal goes
to many seafarers to whom news of the recent
advance IN offshore and coastwise freghts will
be most welcome. Among recent charters are
those of the five-masters Cora F. Cressy and
Oakley C. Curtis at about 81 Is on coal from
Norfolk to Rio Janiero. The outlook for the
smaller sized coastwise vessels is also more
promising and it is believed that business for
the three masters will be quite etive the COM
ing summer. Already quite a little call for
vessels to load stone to the eastward of New
York is noted and it is believed that in few
weeks cOHSlueIdDiS ACTIVITY VIII UeVelOp In the
lumber carrying trade. Several vessels have
lately been chartered to load lumber at Liver
pool and Nova Scotia ports for New York.
The schooner Jane Palmer recently made a
reco I'd round trip from Newport News to Port
land, Maine, in 9 days and IL hours, which it is
said is faster that the steam golfers do on the
average The Palmer carried full cargo of
coal Sch. Margaret M. Ford has been char
| tered to carry lumber from a Gulf port to
Genoa at $50, and sch. Orleans, Boston to the
Gold Coast, with -four and rum, SIT 900 and
port charges.
MRS. H. P ADAMS HoNoRED AT DINNER.
Mrs Hannah P. Adams of this city is spending
the winter in California, and the Pasadena
Star of March 18th gives the following report
of dinner given in observance of her birthday:
The years most elaborate dinner party at
Hotel Maryland was given in the grill Satur-
day evening. 1t was surprise affair in honor
of the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Hannah
p. Adams Mrs. Theodore A. Dodge of Paris
was the hostess. There were thirty. five guests
Decorations were most elaborate. The tables
we're set in the form of hollow square, and
the middle OF the square was occupied by
beautiful little sunken garden, perfect in every
detail. There even were little lakes, with gold
fish swimming in them. The tables were COW
cred with a profusion of flowers, vioets for
the most part Over the chair of the guest of
honor was canopy made of violets and roses
AS Mrs. Adams entered she was presented
with an American Beauty rose by each guest,
To the stem of each was attached pretty sem
timent, most of them original with the writer.
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