The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-04-05

were in Augusta last Thursday on q pleasure
| trip and called on friends at the State House.
Belfast lady who recently visited tie
Ward bakery in Boston was much impressed
with the cleanliness in every department and
the provision made for the health and COM
tort OF the employees. A. A. Howes Co.
have been selling Wards bread and cake for
several years, with steady increase of GUS
TONER'S
FROM SUBSCRIBERS. A Massachusetts, sub.
scrlber in renewing his subscription to The
journal says: at is now 46 years since took
IT, though had read it for years before thai:
but Tor political reasons had not subscribed,
though always liked Mr.. Simpson personally
and knew the paper was tar superior to The
Age What l started to say was that the pa.
per was never more welcome than now, or
more interesting. Sorry that the city election
went as it did. Makes me almost ashamed
but it cannot be helped. "A Minneapolis.
Mimi, subscriber says: Il read in The Jour-
nal few weeks ago of one of your subscribe
ers taking your paper for 40 years. I can tell
the same story, almost. have taken it for
either 80 or 40 years. and when it does not ar
rive just on tims begin to question our post
man. 1t surely is a first class paper in every
particular"
Boy ScoUTs.. At the meeting of the Boy
Scouts last Thursday evening there was good
attendance and it was voted to make the first
hike of the spring season April 7th, from this
city to the coal pockets in Searsport. 1t is
expected that nearly all the members of the
Troop will take part in this trip. Some twelve
members of the Troop will also appear in the
two nights of the Belfast Band Minstres.
Russell Knox was elected to membership and
will be the chairman of the next meeting.
The program for this. Thursday. evening will
be as follows: Some Historic Places in Belfast,
by Edwin Morse; How the President, Vice
President, Senators and Congressman are
elected. and their terms of office, by Tolford
Durham; How to Build Campfire. by Orland
Orchard; Building a Fireplace. by Donald
Knowlton; Stories by Charles Robbins, John
Canning. Nathan Read, Thomas Knight.
Murray Keene and Ralph McCabe. The debate
Electric Cars" Rudolph Cassens and Kenneth
Colcord Tor the affirm alive and Frank Downes
and Wallace Pendleton for the negative.
A FAIR, SUPPER AND DANCE. The Auxiliary
Sewing Circle of A. E. Clark camp, S. of ".
held fair. supper and dance in Memorial
Hall last Thursday afternoon and evening I'M
der the direction of Mrs Edith A. Danforth,
president and chairman of the committee. The
fancy work table was in charge of Mrs Eva P.
Gordon and Mrs. Lillian 2. Parsons. This table
had gifts from Anderson Auxiliary of Rock
land and Appomattox Auxiliary of Brunswick.
Mrs. A C. Mosman had charge of the bag and
cap table; Mrs. Rose York and Mrs. Nina D,
Cook of the aprons; Mrs. Georgia W. Juan of
the ice cream; Mrs. Samuel Robinson of the
grab bag; Miss Ora Danforth of the home
made candy table. The guess doll. Hulda, was
won by Ethel Fowler; the quilt by Mrs. Stella
Young; the sofa pillows by Mrs. Blanche Bick-
ford and Velma Hallowell; and the angel
cake. the gift of Mrs. Charles O. Connell,
by Alex. Hanson. Mrs. Ada Robbins was
chairman of the supper committee and was as
sisted by Mrs. Ethel S. Whiting and Mrs. Win
ME S. Ames; Mrs. Juan had charge of the
dance. The committees, few in number. did
excellent work. particularly the chairmen, and
all the departments were very well patronized.
The supper was delicious and abundant in
quantity. The dance was we'll attended and
very enjoyable. Mrs. Ethel M. Toward of
WaterviIle, Division President of the State. S.
of V. Auxiliary. came to attend the fair ana
was the guest of Mrs. Nina D. Cook. The
decorations were in flags and red, white and
blue bunting. About $85 were taken and the
expenses were not large.
BOARDED BY A BRITISH CRUISER Mrs.
Harry Page of Bucksport, formerly Miss Ella
Erskine we'll known in Belfast, writes an in
terestlng account of recent experience of
her father, Capt. George Erskine, of the
schooner Melbourne P Smith. He is at Or.
ange City. Texas, waiting to load lumber for
Las Palmas. Canary Islands. He has made
the trip once before this winter and on the
return, in about mid ocean, his wife, who is
with him, the outline of steamer but
forgot It until they noticed its approach.
With his glass Capt. Erskine saw that it was
battleship, headed for them, and as it came
nearer he read the code signals, 'Haul-to or
take the consequence This was followed by
shot across the stern of his vessel and anoth.
er across the bow. Of course he hauled to.
and Immediately a boat with Ia men and
officers came from the battleship. Can't. Err
skine shook hands with them and thew said of
course he knew is was war times and they
would like to see his papers, etc. 1t was an
English battleship and they were in search of
people who had beer. suffering from German
raider which had been in the vicinity a few
days before, sinking all the vessels they could
find. and they thought that Capt. Erskine
might have some of the survivors, Capt.
Erskine called his wife to meet the officers
and she said they we're fine lot of men. As
soon as they had seen the schooners papers
they signalled the ship and the reply came for
the schooner to proceed on har voyage. Capt.
Erskine dipped his flag to the ship, which re-
turned the courtesy. Mrs. Erskine does not
care to go on another voyage and is coming
home from Texas. She will visit in New York
and stop for few days at Wesleyan College,
Middletown. Conn where her son Maurice is
a student. then go to New Haven, where she
will board until Capt. Erskine comes home.