The Republican journal., 1918-08-15

on for appendicitis at the Tapley Hospi
tai Aug 18th.
The French bowling team at Ward.
alley with Keen, French, Jellison, Nor.
ton and Hatch in the lineup are anxiou,
for games with any fast team that ma,
apply.
Manley o. Wilson, who recently sole
his farm in Poor's Mills to Burnham
parties, has bought the Clarence E.
Wyman place on upper High street and
will move there this fall.
NORTH BELFAST. There will be ser
vices at the church next Sunday evening
at 7.30 o'clock. Please notice the change
Of time. The service will pertain to the
war, the subject being ECHOES from the
Field" There will be special music.
Dean, the elder son of Mrs. Warren W.
Knowlton, who enlisted some time ago in
the Navy, and has been at home the past
season acting as chauffeur for Charles
Bradbury, received orders Saturday to
report at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New
York, and left by train Monday morning.
Interested Belfast parties have received
the announcement of the marriage of
Miss Natalie Maude Pottle, formerly of
Belfast, and Seymour Gray of Fall River,
Mass, which will take place at IL M,
low OF ct ho Ho, E hnr
father, Nathaniel j. Pottle, at Howard,
R. l.
John A. David of Pittsburg, Pa, the
new master of the Belfast High school,
arrived last Thursday for a conference
with Supt E. E. Roderick and Mr.. Louis
J. West of Winterport in relation to mat
tiers pertaining to the school. He also
remained over Friday to select rent and
practically decided to take he Chase
house on Court street, recently occupied
by Walter C. Shaw and family.
The bandstand on the Court street side
of school common was demolished Mon
day at the order of the City Government.
1t was originally built and kept in repair
for many years by the Belfast Improve
ment Society. In later years the City
Government assumed this responsibility.
Since so many of the Band members
have been called to the colors, the public
concerts have been given up and the
stand has become useless.
SCARLET FEVER. Mayor C. w. Wes-
colt and children, who are quarantined
with scarlet fever. are gaining and able
to be up about the house. Street Com
missioner George Weymouth is in quar-
antine with the fever at his home on
Cedar street, and Miss Frances Chase at
her home on Church street, under the
care of Mrs. katherine Hills. Robert w.
Rollins is still in quarantine at the Garlic
ton home on Congress street. There
have been cases reported for the past
three months, but not so many as at the
cry of the Board of Health reported Mrs.
Henry M. Staples her little daughter
and Miss Agnes Gray as the latest cases
quarantined.
Roger Payne, the "Hobo Philosopher,
who is on a 10000 mile hike from San
Francisco, Calf, arrived in Belfast
Tuesday on his way to Bar Harbor. From
there he will return South, going first
through the White Mountains and the
Adirondacks. He is very interesting
and claims to have B. A. and L. L. B.
degrees from Cambridge, England. He
is native of England, but came to this
country where he was employed for some
time as building contractor in Los An
geles. His health failed and he began to
reason that it was as easy to work one
day and rest six as it was to work six
and rest one. He says he never asks for
food or shelter and always manages tc
earn more than he spends. He claims te
support himself on 40 cents per day, in
vested mainly in bread, fruit, vegetables,
etc. He has a fund of entertaining stories
to tell of his own philosophy, road ex'
periences, etc. He is fond of the life ane
rarely meets with anything but kindness