The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-05-30
The California Maine Society
Celebrates Waldo County Night.

Hamlin F. Eaton, former Maine man.
sends copy of the State Societies Reg
lister, printed at Los Angeles, which gives
the report of Waldo County Night by
former Waldo county people:
The Maine Society held splendid re-
union recently with Waldo county the
theme for Renaissance and description:
There was a rally to the "Colors"
when President T. r. CrosWell, standing
upon the flag draped platform, called for
singing of "The Star Spangled Banner. "
The program was in charge OF Judge
F. S. Forbes, whose happy faculty for
keeping the ball rolling and giving 1t now
and then sly push, amounts to positive
genius.
A brief speech was expected from Dr.
Phmmer. once factor in Waldo public
schools. now teacher in Los Angeles,
hut with ready wit he placed himself in
the background and introduced DR.. Ed
wards. the well known authority on Ma
ture Study, who explained the scope OF
the Red Star League.
Waldo County is one of the smaller
divisions in the center of Names south
ern borders, and its chief city. Belfast,
was the theme of DR.. H. l.. Shepherd,
who gave racy and altogether delight
full description of its attractions, its loca-
ton at the head of Penobscot Bay, and
especially of its early history and settle
ment. II had been claimed by the chair
man that the best clans in the world are
TO be found in Belfast Bay, and the very
mention of them evoked from the re-
sponsive audience reminiscent "smacks
half SnDDrpSSed
DIR, Shepherd confirmed the claim and
clinched the assertion by the classic
quotation once rampant in Belfast:
"Wiggle, wiggle, little clam,
How wonder where you am. -
From Danish explorers in 1906 and 1908
down to Cabot in l498 the speaker mark
ed the path whereby Penobscot waters
were made known through sea rovers,
who came and went until l769, when
tbe zeal settlement of Belfast began lie
paid tribute to the old shipbullders, who
were artists in their line, and dwelt at
length upon the exceeding beauty OF the
view commanding penobscot Bay, SAD W
be unexcelled in the world not for eN-
1ensiveness, but for artistic loVehness
compressed into cameo-llke space.
1t was Belfast that started the business
of advertising by means OF photographs
and testimonials, using a Weh-kno"n
patent medicine. 1t proved the greatest
advertising enterprise ever uhdeItaheh
and may be ascribed to lankee shfe"o-
ness. :
Judge Waldo Nj. York entertained IN
his inimitable style with talk upon MS
early experience in Belfast, Wheie lie
went to take examinations TOT ADMISSION
to the bar. He dwelt manly upon the
laws of that time, contrasted with those
of the present, and amuslngly described
certain phraseology in writing OF WIS
These solemn documents always began
an the name of God, Amen!' and were
SIRE to declare that the testator was 81
sound mind, and desired to be decently
inferred. AS will amounted to notnng
until admitted to probate. which might
NE deferred for months, disposal of the
hodv was thus an absurdity. Judge YORK
referred to the custom Of abusing the
LAWYERS on the other side, of the hi
falutin arguments" expected, and noted
other changes to present methoos, Dut
believed that in spite of some faults tine
glorious principles of law got into our
heads" j,
1.-THE Preachers Vacation" poem
from the Lewiston Journal, was read oy
G. C. Thaxter and voted fine sample OF
Waldo county genius.
At the next meeting Washington coun-
ty will be the theme, and if it can snow
men and history and scenery and Things
in general beyond the Yankee smartness
of Waldo-it will pay every "Manlac" to
be present