The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1922-04-06

oOhH tanning, was DclOic ouusc Oigue
X. Chapman of the Municipal Court
Tuesday, charged with assault and bat
tery on his wife and children and also Tor
drunkenness. No one appeared against
him on the former, but on the latter he
was sen 'enced to thirty days in Jail.
When teachers of q school will get up
entertainments for funds to buy new
seats for the scholars, that they may be
more efficient and comfortable, it shows
that their hearts are in the right place.
So the teachers of the Peirce school have
made arrangements with the manage
ment of the Colonial to present the can
tata the meeting of the Nations" next
Saturday afternoon at $50 They hope
that the citizens will respond literally.
With one exception and that from one
who does not care for vaudeville every
one who saw the show at the Colonial
Theatre on Wednesday, March 29th, said
it was the best show that had been seen
in our city for years. The new policy of
presenting vaudeville on Wednesdays at
this popular playhouse has met with ap
proval, and many are the compliments
paid Manager Clifford for the classy man.
ner in which they are presented.
The Richardson Babbidge wedding an
nounced recently to take place Wednes-
day, April 18th, at the home Of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry A.
Babbidge, Dark Harbor, will be held at
"a Miller street in this city, where the
family are spending the winter. The
change was made on account of Mr.. Bab-
bidge's business, which will keep him
here longer than anticipated. 1t is also
probable that the date of the wedding
will be changed to Tuesday, April llth,
on account of the sailing time of the Bos-
ton steamer
Landlocked salmon and square-taled
trout from the State Hatchery in Bel
grade have been distributed in Waldo
County as folows:-Landlocked salmon
in Randall lake, Brooks, 1000; in Mixer
pond, Knox and Morrill,, 1000. Square
tailed trout, in Whitten brook, Monroe
and Winterport, 10000; Larrabee brook,
Monroe 10000; Mug brook, Monroe, l0,-
900; Windermere lake. Unity, 10000;
Westman's stream, Monroe. l0,9 900; Ellis
stream, Waldo, 10, 600; Cobb stream, Mon
roe, 10000; Marsh stream, Monroe, 10,-
900; Dead stream, Swanvilie, 10. 600; Pas
sawaukee stream, Morrill,, 10000.
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist
Church will have sale in the church
vestry next Friday afternoon, when
cooked food, candy, aprons, slips for
house plants and ice cream will be on
sale. In the evening the play, Leave
it to Polly" will be given by the Diligent
Club al o'clock. The cast is as follows:
Chamberlain; Bedelia Kitten, her sister,
ElOrepca Paroopc. nctouio HARDING IN
structor, Verna Hasty; AnLie, the maid,
Ruth Robertson; Juniors in the Tracy
school, Theora Gross. Margaret Lowell,
Ferne Orchard, Kathleen Chamberlain,
Lucena Herrick, lone Judkins, Pauline
Stackpole.
A. l.. T. Cummings, the agricultural
editor at the University of Maine, was
the guest Monday evening of the Belfast
Teachers Club at an open meeting in the
Universalist vestry. In the audience
were a number who had heard Mr.. Cum
mings' recent talk on the same subject
before the Unitarian Alliance at the home
o. Mrs. S. S. l.. Shute, thus extending
the speaker a rare compliment After
brief and entertaining remarks by Supt.
Edward E. Roderick on the Frenais Ca
madam, ETC., Mr.. Cummings was intro
duced. tie expressed MS surprise that
he was recalled to Belfast, particularly
so soon, but also intimated that it was a
pleasure to meet our people. He also
took occasion to speak in the highes
terms of the ability and excellent work a
Belf asst young lady. Miss Alfredo Ellis is
doing throughout the State as assistant
club leader at the University of Maine
Extension Department. Then came
most delightful talk on the French Cana
dian, introducing a rapid run of bright
and witty anecdotes and sayings. He
read several of his original selections,
which he had adapted to the dialect from
amusing Incidents picked up from every
where including one from Belfast A
brief sketch of the life of DR.. w. d.
Drummond, known as the French Cana
dian poet, was followed by the reading
of several of his best known selections,
both grave and gay 1t was an evening
well spent and very much enjoyed.