The Republican journal., 1916-04-13

At the April business meeting Of the Wo-
mans Club Monday afternoon A1. Giles G.
Abbott, Mrs. Ben Hazsltine and Mrs. s. A.
Parker were made nominating committee to
report at the annual meeting in May 4 list of
officers for the coming year. It was voted to
close the club room from April 18th to May
1st when it will be thoroughly renovated. and
Mrs. John o Black. who has charge Of the tea
room, will take a vacation during this time.
nal had a call last Thursday from ex-Sheriff
s. q. Norton. He has been on the sick list
and this was his second visit to town since he
began to mend. Mrs. Norton is still an in
valid, because of injuries received by fall,
and has been obliged to give up butter maxi
ing and the milk from their herd of six COWS
now goes to the creamery. Mr.. Norton has
always kept sheep and is usually one of the
first in this section to market spring lambs.
He has two now. one that will weigh IS
pounds, dressed. One of his COWS recently
! gave birth to twin calves that are 80 exactly
| alike that it is impossible to tell them apart
This was true Of former twin calves, except
that one had a small white spot ON the tail.
Twin calves are not common and those men,
toned. which were born on his farm at Little
River. are the only ones from Mr.. Nortons
herds during his many years of farming.
| AN APRIL Snow STORM. The noon weather
report of last Saturday said: "Fair tonight and
tomorrow" but Sunday morning the early
risers looked out upon a landscape covered
with two or three inches of damp snow that
chung to the limbs and twigs of the trees,
making beautiful. but wintry scene. The
snow was then coming down in large flakes,
and it continued to snow all day. The surface
of the ground was not frozen, and the tenn
perature was above freezing, and much of the
snow melted as it fell or settled down so the
amount that fell could not be easily determined,
but it must have approximated IL inches. A
few sleighs were about during the day, and
Monday morning some teams were in from the
country on runners, but must have found it
hard travelling on their return as the sun
melted the snow rapidly and inNthe afternoon
the streets were like rivers The snow must
have surprised the birds who had Just come
from the Sunny South on their annual miera-
ton. This late snow acted as poultice in
drawing the frost from the ground, and is also
fertilizer, and now that it is out of the sky
we may look for warmer weather and better
conditions under foot.
FROM SUBSCRIBERS. In sending his 47th
subscription an Ames, Iowa, subscriber writes:
The journal is welcome visitor each Sa,ur-
day, but very few are left of those with whom
l was acquainted. l am most interested in the
Monroe news. Some of the farmers here are
ploughing. 1t has been the warmest March |
have ever known" William F, Runnels,
treasurer of Albert Russell & Sons Company,
Newburyport, Mass, writes: II am enclosing
you a check for subscription to your valuable
weekly visitor, which I'd miss if it failed to
arrive on time. Twenty five years ago had
many friends and acquaintance in Waldo
county and 1 regret the absence from your
columns of many familiar Names l was adj
mitted to the bar in Belfast in 1883. but drift.
ed into foundry and manufacturing business
and politics. My faith er is still practicing law
IN Searsport at 81 years old. Col. Fogler and
Judge Williamson, two of the members of the
Bar Committee which officiated at nv admis.
sion, are dead-as are many others of my
early friends; but The Journal still continues
its regular visits, and although I've never had
the personal pleasure of the editors acquaint-
ance, l hope the paper will continue these
visits for many years to come" In another
column We print an article commendatory of
Mr.. Runnells as legislator from Practical
Politics, Journal of American Statecraft,
published weekly in Boston. 1t will of course
interest the friends of Mr.. kunnels in this Sec
ton, and it places him in the list of Waldo
county boys who have made good.