The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-08
PERRY'S CASH MARKET

| Mr.. and Mrs. George Heating have moved
from Congress street to High street in tho
house owned by Mrs. Fred A. Knowlton. Mrs
Keating's mother.
The Laymen's banquet will be given tomor.
row. Friday, evening in the Baptist church. and
the speakers are to be Arthur S. Head of
| Waterville. secretary of the Laymens Fedora
J lion OF Maine, and c. F. Hosmer, of Kenne
bunk, who is in charge of the community work
in that place. The tickets. which are to be linn
ted to Us may be procured of any member of
the committee: Elvn B. GiIchrest. chairman
Harry W. Clark, Luther A. Hammons T.
Cook, Charles Rhoades, o. E. Frost, C. E, Frost
and A. P Goodhue
WINTER LINGERING" ETC. Last SATURDAY.
there was strong northeast wind BLOWING
ana chill in the air that presaged snow. Dust
swept through the streets in clouds and If w.s
an uncomfortable day outdoors. A little Ibe-
'oie SIX CLOCK In the afternoon snowflakes be-
gan to fall In hesitating, intermittent wav
put soon came thicker and faster. and horne
on the fierce blasts it was difficult to decide
"nether the snow was going up or coming
down. The air was filled with it. Knit for :.
comparatively mild temperature it would have
passed for blizzard of the first order. Tho
storm continued all night, some four or five
lnches OF soft, sticky snow falling. accom-.
panied oy herce northeastern 1t began to
clear ABOUT a. M, Sunday, the sun came out.
tne WIND moderated and the weather vanes
veered to the northwest. By afternoon the
snow had disappeared from the walks and
streets, but lay like white coyerlet on tho
grass, to be melted away by MONDAYS sun.
shine. Snow contains a certain amount of
ammonia and these late snowfalls are termed
Inc poor mans fertilizer land in this case it has
tended to alleviate somewhat the long con.
tinued drouth
STEAMER NOTES. Capt. Ezra W Curtis
senior captain on the Bangor division of the
eastern steamship Corporation, and comman-
oer Oh the Belfast, has decided to retire after
% years of faithful al jealous service. land
make harbor for the remainder of his dsvs
which it is hoped may be manv-at his com.
Portable home on Union street, Camden. Last
summer he went ashore for a vacation. which
he has now decided to make permanent .nd
~,
he will be greatly missed by the travelling
puoiic. he Is the last of the old steamboat
men. Capt. Curtis began his seafaring career
at the age of II years as spare hand or cooks
helper, and had worked his way uo to master
when at the end of eleven years he decided
to give up sail for steam and in 1863 was
quartermaster on the steamer William Tib
belts, plying between Boston and BANGOR He
served as quartermaster, second mate. first
lha'e' second and first pilot on the steamers
katahdin. Cambridge. Lewiston, Penobscot.
City OF Bangor and City of Rockland. and on
the death of Capt. Marcus Pierce was nro-
NOTED to captain and served in that capacitv
on the City of Bangor, City of Rockland.
Ransom b. Fuller, Camden and Belfast. re-
naming the master of the latter until his re-.
| tlrement. The most anxious incident of Can't.
Curtis career was when the steamer Katahdin
nearly went to the bottom in the blizzard of
January. 1886. on the passage to Boston. Capt.
Pierce was the second pilot. Her staunch con-
struction and seaw orthiness was all that saved
the katahdin on that occasion, and after being
out 26 hours she succeeded in getting into
| Portsmouth. The, purser who bore his mart
manfully during that trying time, decided that
shore life was good enough for him after that
! experience. The boats of the Vinalhaven
| and Rockland Steamboat Co. entered on thei,
| spring schedule April first Steamer Cover
nor Bodwell leaves Vinalhaven at a. m. and
p m. daily except Sundays, and returning
leaves Rockland at $50 a. M and $50 o. m
touching at Hurricane each trip. The Vinal-
haven leaves Swans Island at $50 a. m and
return ing leaves Rockland at 80. toucbino a,
North Haven and Stonington each trip: and
until further notice, will make ndinps at Isle
au Haul each trip on Tuesdays and FRIDAYS
weather permitting.