The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-11-23
Willis Fletcher has entered the store of
u. F. Stephenson to clerk during the winter.

thanksgiving day, Nov. 30, 1916, will be OBJ
served by the employees of the Belfast post
office as follows: General delivery open one
hour after arrival of each train mail. The
rural carriers will be excused for the day and
the city carriers excused at 12. noon. Austin
W. keating, P. M.
The Children's Hour. which was so success
full last winter at the Peirce schoolbouse on
Saturday afternoons, under the auspices of
Miss Annie L. Barr. librarian of the Belfast
Free Library, is to be continued this season
and Miss Barr is now making up list of
story -telers and their subjects The sessions
last winter were greatly enjoyed by the chill
dren who attended and were both interesting
and instructive. Some day we hope to have
the library building enlarged so that it may
include children's room, and thus bring them
in closer touch with the good literature suited
to their needs in our Free Library,
THE SEWING SCHOOL The Girls Sewing
School under the auspices of the Associated
Charities. with Mrs. Charles M. Craig in
charge, will open next Saturday afternoon in
the Peirce school building, where it was held
years ago by the Non Partisan W. C. 7. Alli-
ance, and was successful from the start, but
was finally discontinued because of inability
to secure superintendent. 1t is for girls of
all ages, the little ones making patchwork or
dolls clothes while the older ones are instruct
ed in cutting garments and sewing. There is
no fund for carrying on the school, the ladies
who assist volunteer their services and ma
teral is contributed and the children take
home the garments they make. This year, as
before, there is call for ladies to assist in the
WORK and for material, which will be thank
fully received by Mrs. Craig for use at the
opening of the school,
AN ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY. Miss Florence
M. Cross. 26 Church street, gave a most de-
lightful party last Friday evening in honor of
Freedom. Lunch was served at 6 o. m. The
color scheme was pink and white, beautiful
bunch of pink carnations forming the CENTER
piece, while single carnations were used as
favors and the napkins were also decorated
with this flower. The place cards, designed
by Miss Cross, were double folders tied with
pink ribbon and on the front were automobile
goggles, with the lenses SO cut that they could
be raised. On them was written in gold paint:
"Look through these and see what you will
see" and in doing so the guests were surpris-
ed to read the names of Arthur Pitcher Samp-
son Of Bath and Miss Winnifred Alice Dodge
of Freedom; and beautiful ring tied in the
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story. After shower of congratulations and
best wishes the hostess served grape fruit
cocktail. Waldorf salad. celery. hot rolls,
snow pudding, assorted cake, cocoa and after
dinner mints. Miss Dodge was surprised by a
gift of an arts and crafts tray from Mrs Mel
win Parker and family. The other guests
were Mrs. Perley S. Cross of Freedom, Mrs.
Ray F. Neal of Waldo, Mrs l.. B. Thompson
Misses Alberta Farnham, Esther F. Evans and
Phebe A. Cross. Miss Dodge is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. D. W, Dodge of Freedom,
is graduate of Freedom Academy and of
Wheaton College, is we'll known in musical
circles and a teacher of music in her home
town. She is very popular with young and
old. Mr.. Sampson is the son of Mr., and Mrs,
w. II. Sampson of Bath, is a graduate of the
Morse High school and is employed in the Of
fee of the Bath Iron Works. He is well and
favorably known in Freedom, where he has
frequently visited. No date has been an
nounced for the wedding. OF those present at
the announcement Mrs. and Misses Florence
and Phebe Cross. Mrs. Neal and Miss Evans
are graduates of Freedom Academy.
A TALK ON BEES. About thirty members of
the Unitarian Alliance met last Thursday after
noon with Mrs. Maria W. Knowlton, Congress
street, and after brief business session were
entertained by Mrs. William S. Simpson of
Fairfield with a most interesting talk on bees,
For many years Mrs. Simpson has assisted her
husband in caring for bees at their attractive
home, has followed closely their habits and
customs, and her talk was not only scientific
but practical. She told first of the origin of
the bees, their written history dating back to
the 18th century, of the various kinds in
cluding the Italian with their extremely long
sting. which enables them to gather the nectar
from the red clover; and of the German bee,
the most common in America. 1t was this
grades in the hives, the Queen, the Drones and
the Workers and the habits of each are entire
ly different. She told of the organism of each
and of what is known as 1.-THE spirit of the
hive" The average life Of bee is five or six
weeks, but the queen has been known to live
four or five years and will sometimes lay as
many as 5000 eggs in day. She has COM
pound stinger but never uses it except on an
other queen and that is certain death to both
Generally speaking bees will not sting except
in self defence, for it means the end of honey
gathering and life to them. There are from
5000 to 10000 bees in colony. Mrs. Simp-
son described the nectar and the honey and
how they were obtained by the bees. The
workers make the wax. ventilate the hives,
gather the honey, make the cells and scatter
the pollen of the flowers, and prepare sort
of mucilage which they use for various pur-
poses. Their usual method of defence is their
sting, but a snail having invaded hive and
the bees finding themselves unable to sting
him to cath as they do bugs and insects,
Theoretically sealed him in their mucilage. Bees
show almost human instn ct in their swarming
led by their queen. Their worst enemies are
feas, moths, Dads and mice. Mrs. Simpson
interspersed her descriptions, etc, with poetry
and quotations, including some from Aristotle
and Virgil, At the close of the talk Mrs.
Simpson was given rising vote of thanks.
Miss Maude E. Barker read from Word and
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