The Republican Journal 'll. 71. ii M BELFAST, .lmj'RSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1899. NUMBER 4. _

Maine Press Association in Augusta. tion. Sanborn is a House. the Our walking interrogation ing meetings in the Among George in Augusta. But I was going to tell you about the re- PERSONAL. ■V REPUBLICAN journal. point; full of business from the D. Di- Dr. Hill and his wife— soles of his speakers was Prof. Charles Woods, ception. charming They were false prophets who foretold a and I have feet to the crown of his given that adjective consider- Mrs. Sears who has head, and as ready rector of the Maine Agricultural Experi- Augusta Nickerson, been ill, is blizzard as an accompaniment to the annual house, Jan. 21, 1899. When I able thought and have decided it is the cor- :Y THl KSDAY BY to information as to ask it. an j MORNING THE give Robbins— ment who delivered excellent read in rect one—received us in the rapidly recovering. meeting of the Maine Press Association in Station, the by-laws of the Maine Press large parlors, but you all know Robbins, and to his of food, in which where Mayo had his encounter. The house D. Clark left winter great address on the adulteration Association that if I were not for Henry Monday for Key West, Augusta, Jan. 18th and 19th. Better present was tilled with not from the Journal Pub. Co. credit. Tower is well up in of some of the more com- guests, only a iican parliamentary he gave examples two aunual I was liable to be ex- Fla., for short visit. weather than prevailed on those days could meetings press association, but with many other and if there was a “Czar” to and law, cut short mon forms of adulteration sophistica- communicated for or some other prominent not be desired. The air was crisp and clear, heresy, kind persons—Ex.-Governors, Sena- Mrs. Lucy Southworth of Union is visiting j IDE PAPER for Maine Seafar- desultory and pointless chat., we have tion. The talk was illustrated by specimens of an I tors, Representatives, ete ", with their ladies. and under the brilliant sunshine the snow- might epidemic, decided that it behooved relatives in this citv. and Sweet strains of music, floated through the \ j ing People.” very profitable interesting discussions. of adulterated goods, particularly spices, me to show here, and I be- clad landscape sparkled as though powder- up accordingly house from an orchestra which I think be- H. E. McDonald went to New York last half of the time is “fruit” Now, fully frittered away condiments, coff«e, jellies, jams, hooved. to the at it was a ed with diamond dust. Such winter days longed doctor; any rate, in Saturday on business. with idle talk, which should be etc. Then there were the Dingley sits on room the of which had grown uiatiou In City and who are summarily obsequies Augusta the bank of the Kennebec, doorway up County are a delight to all able to breathe Mr. and Mrs. L. W. a few with palms aud other foreigners, which George spent Sunday squelched. Try “points of order” —and in the midst of politics and business dangling her feet iu its waters. Like other the invigorating out-door atmosphere, while must have been several years old and have with Mrs. G.’s relatives in Freeport. ot Journal. next time, Bro. Tower. You will be sus- every one had a word of regret and a word she has her and [ To=Day*s the sunshine brings solace to the shut-ius, places ups downs, though I grown there since the orchestra entered the tained by the chair, no doubt. of Hale the speculation room. Anyhow, the beautiful music came Miss Edith M. Southworth is in Union and the and praise—the episode, think there are more ups aud downs here PAGE 1. lengthening days increasing out of that door and | as to the 2nd District went down stairs and her Dr. and Mrs. ij'itol ...Secret Societies_ who should represent than in most any I ever saw. visiting cousins. H. H. warmth of the sun foretell the coming of place Many wandered about the house as if it owned it. Mi -n in ...Conceru- The was in usual and j f Augusta Thursday morning session held in Congress, and the tinkering of her streets are several more than I never met music Plumer. Our George in The Belfast contingent left home degrees auy that seemed more at j |i Augusta.. spring. the committee room ..Personal .The Fire- judiciary and was de- oiling preparatory to setting the wheels of perpendicular. Hills! such hills; at home than that did. The refreshment room C. Marden and wife visit* 1 Au- ( on the 1 1" m. train and on though Heury ! :.i';-iters in Heal Estate.To p. Wednesday, voted to business. It was voted to can find no fault that it did not receive s' make the legislation iu motion. present the biggest hill here, is the Hon. any | aud Windsor last the *'■•■rtiaml. at Burnham were to find that no one it. If the gusta week, making j arriving glad summer excursion over the new attention; slighted table ! PAGE Washington John F. which the will did | the was not 20 or 30 below Hill, Hill, by way, not have a lame back the next morning, trip by sleigh. mercury degrees the to be county railroad, party strictly con- It was increasingly evident to the way- lead to the State House in the carrying the load it did, it never will. The PAGE 3. zero, Aint what a contrast is the new sta- directiy year George A. Russell, who has been confined jj fined to members of the association aud lasted till about ten when from Gould A Summer their farer in Augusta that Hale could easily 1901, if 1 then adhere to m3’ determination reception o’clock, ; Idyl tion to the one it ; and what an im- the took their to the house some months has hilippines Commission..Trib- replaced ladies. C. W. M. E. guests leave, and I think took by illness, Robbins, Mudgett and ! have been defeated in the caucus had an op- not to allow name to be used. provement in the past, few years in the roll- my nothing else, and thus ended the 36th annual been out and down town. M. N. Rich were chosen as a j PAGE 4. committee of i posing candidate presented himself. Some The street commissioner here has lots of meeting of the Maine Press Associati on ing stock and road-bed on both the branch Hon. :;nary. There was not a I of aud one of the most of its Joseph Williamson was admitted to arrangements. dissenting one lost the their life. But sand and is not afraid to use it on the side- enjoyable histo y. PAGE 5. and main line. Truly the Maine Central opportunity voice or a that the be made Our George. honorary membership in the Maine 30 fast. suggestion trip in the absence of a leader the re-election to walks and so that the as well Genea^ well up with the times. Its equip- crossings, good 1 PAGE (5. keeps in some other direction. It seemed to be logical Society last week. the the United State Senate of a raau who does as the can stand on I News and Notes..Re- officials are first and trains wicked, slippery places. Legislative Horary ment and class, natural and to to Jottings. ’t-ej' Water Vessels. .The Cow- proper thing go Washing- not represent his constituents was a fore- I never felt that it was to dis- Hod. Albert Peirce and Mrs. Peirce of are run with the of clock-work. quite right i When t he Wakes. regularity ton and do all iu our to Jan. Sleeper county power pro- gone conclusion. It was a hitter pill, and criminate against us good ami only Augusta, 24, 1899. Every Tuesday Frankfort were in Belfast Saturday, the ! PAGE 7. at “on time” a short ride people, Arriving Augusta mote the boom that must follow those Regarding the War...News naturally many staunch Republicans refused to swal- allow the other kind to be able to stand on evening interested in agriculture meet guests of Hon. Joseph Williamson. us to the of the Hale Second of the brought portal Augusta this new Seaport the opening of Maine rail way. low it. in their seats iu the ice in the Board of room. These '• Some remained without creepers. Agriculture Mrs. Etta L. Davis returned ialisi Mayor..Mr. Bussell’s House, which has new proprietors, a new by Thursday •a! shipyards. The Side House when the roll was but did not The House is hav- meetings have been christened by some wag traiu a Seamy reno- called, Augusta again opened, evening’s from visit of several weeks u.-ai f armer. landlord, and has undergone a general Last year the constitution of the Maine answer to others been closed for some time. I heard an as the “Buttermilk Social,” and are PAGE 8. their names; absented ing presid- to her daughter in Brooklyn, N. V. vation. For half a century or more this has .< uniy Correspondence. The Press Association was amended so that the and out of the 127 Irishman “Who is the A11- ed over by the genial secretary, McKeene, themselves, Republican enquiring, kapin order of l!u- Churches...Ship N’ewe. been political headquarters during the ses- Augustus Perry, money clerk the meeting of 1900 might be held in if members iu the House 84 voted for House?” and echo answered who has the happy faculty of keeping every -. Deaths. Bangor, only goosty Capen, j sions of the legislature, and the incubator of Belfast post office, has been confined to the aud at morn- Hale. Nickerson of who run the View iu Camden. one good natured aud well entertained. He thought advisable, Thursday Representative Swan- formerly Bay house a few many a scheme. If these old walls could days by illness, but resumed his he State Capitol. ing’s session an invitation to meet in that ville voted under that he The property was recently bought by P. O. calls ou those present fcr remarks, and oc- what stories they would tell. protest, saying duties Tuesday. speak, tells a city was received from the Bangor newspa- voted for Eugene Hale because he was the Vickery and J. F. Hill, and a big pile of casionally story himself. Poultry Monroe has introduced bill raisers will be interested in We are glad to announce that Sheriff pers, and promptly accepted. This is a good nominee of the Republican party. Messrs. money spent on it, and it is now in good con- the story of Nqr- rhe Waldo and Penobscot A of the Frees As- who has been ill since the "preliminary meeting” move and should result in into the dition. The is held and the man who added oak sawdust to his hen ton, quite adjourn- s-Tiety. bringing Hill, Dawson aud Bryant did not vote, Legislature here, sociation had been called for ment of much better, aud is Wednesday Association a number of new members voted for Hale, and Grindle for Sam- consists of eight or ten men from different feed and increased the proportion until it Court,is gaining lias quite Spratt appointed Grindle of but it was over when the from to afternoon, nearly from the eastern and northern sections of uel L. the Democratic nominee. But of the State. After make the was all sawdust He then set a hen ou a day day. committee on ways and Lord, parts they Belfast party arrived. It was a pleasant dozen of her own j place made vacant by the the State. Heretofore, because of its isolat- one vote from Aroostook and one from laws, enactments, etc., they go over to the eggs laying, aud in the us- Ex-Senator Isaac H. Jackson has been •• tative O’Brien of Thomas- surprise to find so many present, but a dis- usal time she hatched ed position, the press of Washington county Knox was given for Hale. Not much State House and adjourn. out eleven woodpeck- quite ill for a few weeks and his condition to have missed the entertain- ers and one appointment has seldom been represented at the mid-win- “unanimity” about that. Then, Thursday The house when we arrived was nearly chicken with a wooden leg. At is still critical. He had the grip and is of Knox has ing read—by C. B. Burleigh of the the last Bryant pre- papers ter meetings. Now, with the Washington morning, the House, amid great applause, full, most of the rooms holding a candidate meeting members of the State Board now suffering from rheumatic fever. n of the selectmen of the Journal on Illustra- Kennebec "Newspaper in can a concurrent for from Mr. district. of Agriculture were present and and 43 tiiat an act county railway operation, they easily unanimously adopted resolve Congress Dingley’s spoke. Frank Varuum of Bangor was in Belfast others, the Pub- tions: Their Value to Reader and I feel certain that if some of them :ng all doings of the said attend the meeting in Bangor, and members offered by Mr. Macowber of Augusta plac- quite step last week, the guest of Capt. N. S. Lord. this date. lisher;” by Liston P Evans of the Piscata- The fish and from the western section of the State can ing Maine squarely on the record in support into his shoes they will not be troubled with ; game laws are occupying a Wednesday they attended the funeral of Observer on "The Publisher’s Wife;” Simpson lias placed the quis come to Bangor as easily as to Augusta. of the Administration aud inviting Presi- corns on account of the shoe not being big | great deal of attention now. It is probable Capt. Wilbur Varuum iu Brooksville. ■an of and H. A. of the Bridgton News $100,000, payable in by Shorey dent McKinley to visit Augusta. As there enough for them. There are many notables ! that game in Waldo county will have to 1 Dr. E. H. formerly with the H. Gay & Co., Boston. on "What Constitutes a Boyington, Country Newspa- ! are 25 Democrats in the House the stopping here, the Governor, the Speaker take its chances with that in other counties ■