The Republican journal., 1922-07-20

Mrs. Sumner C. Pattee held the first of
a summer series of children's dancing les
sons in Searsport last Tuesday. In the
class are a number of the children of
summer residents.
Charles Greene of Searsport, connect
ed for some time with the management
of Dreamland Theatre, has severed his
connection Herewith, and his pianist,
Mrs. Henry Smith of this city, resigned
at the same time.
Lynwood B. Thompson, who recently
sold his residence at the corner OF Miller
and Court streets to Colby A Rackliff
and has been stopping with Mrs. Thomp-
sons parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred How
ard, has leased the Hazeltine house at the
corner of Court and Franklin streets and
will occupy it.
Ding Clifford pulled another good pub
licity stunt last Saturday when pc
destrians followed up the footprints
on the sidewalks and found they
led to the Colonial to see Robinson
Crusoe. Just what he will do next is
matter of conjecture, but Ding says that
is the stuff that pulls them in and we
guess he was right, for they were jam
med to the stage at the evening perfor-
nance.
POOR'S MILLS. There will be an en-
tertainment at the hall Tuesday evening,
July 25th, when there will be sale of
fancy articles, also ice cream and cake.
....Nettie Brown has been visiting Mrs.
Luella Brown the past two weeks. Little
Miss Ora Rogers has been visiting Marian
Woods the past week, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Levi Rogers spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Wood. Oscar Wentworth lost his
horse from lockjaw last week.. The
farmers in this vicinity have nearly all
commenced haying.. Mrs. Irwin Wood
has returned home from North Haven.
A sum of money was taken from the
house of Irwin Jackson recently.
Mrs. Margaret j. Wade of New York,
who is entertaining her sister and son,
Mrs. Jordan and l.. Bruce Jordan and her
brothers, Robert S. and Frank Kelley of
New York at her home on Northport av =
nue., observed her birthday anniversary
last Wednesday evening. A delicious
dinner was served at charmingly ap-
pointed table with covers laid for twelve.
Sweet peas in abundance were used in
the dining room. Among the guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hartman of New
York and Mr.. and Mrs James S. Harri
man of Belfast. Mrs. Wade has done
great amount of work to restore this
beautiful estate to its original condition
The America-La France was called out
on false alarm from box % at the cor
ner of Main and Congress streets about
noon Thursday and again a p. IN. Fri
day by an opening on the automatic
alarm. The engine was taken up Miller
and over Congress to Main street, but To-
Gated the trouble. The engine was called
out Sunday afternoon to the Armory,
which was found to be filled with smoke,
the result of a smouldering fire IN the
furnace. Sunday at 7.30 p. m. it was
called to the Dutch tenement house on
Washington street, occupied by Lewis
Smith and family. Monday morning the
chiefs call was sounded for a chimney
fire in the Ward house on Waldo avenue
ST. SWITHIN'S DAY. Saturday was
ST. Swithin's day and one of the most
beautiful of the season, in fact, an ideal
day in every respect. 1t is supposed that
July 18th governs the weather for forty
days and the best we can do is to hope it
may. The Boston Globe evidently has
no faith in the old saint as it irrevereLtly
says of his day: "For the flies and the
mosquitoes, let this be ST. Swathms
DayP The Boston Herald devotes a
great deal of space to him, saying: ION
the negative side, there is the investiga
tion made by persistent Englishman of
the last century who examined the ta-
bles OF rainfall at Greenwich (Eng) OBJ
servatory for period of 20 year. This
cbeck-up showed that ST. Swithin lost
the handicap weather race every year
out of the 20. In fact, most every year
of the 20, when 1t rained on ST. Swithin's
day, there were more fair days than
rainy in the 40 days following, and Vice
versa. Those backing the legend were
out of luck all the way. Coming down
to modern times, the record is equally dis
astrous Last year tabs were kept on
the weather for 40 days after July 18th,
which was wet day. By the legend,
there should have been 40 wet days. But
the score, at the 40th day, read: Dry days,
25; wet days, Is. Not much of a show
ing even in this uncertain New England
climate, where nobody knows what the
weather man has up his sleeve. The
weather man, incidently, is not ''soid'
on ST. Swlthin. He refuses to admit
that St. Swithn OF the legend have any
influence on his weather. just what
does influence his weather maybe he does
not know himself But you can't get
him excited about ST. Swithin in July,
any more than you can about the ground
hog in February. But this is another
year-the 950th since the legend 60. un-
derway. Maybe ST. Swithin will over
come the weather handicap. We shall
see what we shall see."