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Library of Congress1901

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 23, 1901

JAKES WESTS AWAKENING I The horse lumpered coming up the hill there was no doubt about that only if the driving had been a little more careful the accident might never have happened But James West and his friend were both marketmerry and upon this occasion the special prov idence that usually attended them was absent for after lumpering the horse started olf leaving the two to pick themselves up from the hard road as best they could James AVest as proprietor of the rapidly vanishing horse and trap was first on his feet Palk AAhere be you to AVe must follow on sharp heres me with a broken shoulder But Palk having less at stake was more bewildered And heres me with me brains beat out I be goin to sit in t hedge But the rneare be gone along I tell you shell be doing herself or some one else a mischief Pick up this cushion aud come along Now Henry Palk was the last man to leave his friend in the lurch and as his senses cleared his wonted energy and goodwill returned Come along then tis you be biden about As to the meare she knows

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Library of Congress1903

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 23, 1903

NEWS OF THE WEEK Maine Mattehs Forest Commis sioner Edgar E Ring is now engaged in making official visits to tlie wild land i counties of the State for the purpose of making arrangements with suitable persons to act as tire wardens under the j provisions of the new law passed by the legislature the past winter This law provides that he shall thoroughly police the timber lands in tbe unorganiztd townships of the State so as to protect them from tires Wardens will he eu1 gaged at S2 per day for such time as they may he actually employed and as sistants may be summoned at any time who shall be paid 15 cents an hour tori the service renderedThe State lays j claim to the oldest twins living in New England and probably in tlie l nited States The Maine twins are Calebs j Haskell one of the most prominent I citizens of New Gloucester and Mis 1 Judith P Bradbury who is now living j in Box bury Mass They were born in j New Gloucester August 1 1M4 iheir parents Caleb and Judith Collins lias1 keli had twelve children of whom ten I grew to maturity

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Library of Congress1904

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 23, 1904

CONCERNING CALIFORNIA OBSERVATIONS AFTER FIFTY YEARS RESIDENCE IN THE GOLDEN STATE To the Editor of The Journal Your reporter wished me to give him an interview as a representative from California I am very sorry that my time is so limited I cannot do so but I have been so warmly received by the old friends of fifty years ago and their descendants that I cannot refrain from sending you this communication hop ing it may be of some interest to your numerous readers California has an extent of nearly ten degrees from north to south and as it extends from N W to S E its length is about SOO miles with an average width of 225 miles Its productions climate and scenery are more varied than on the Atlantic side of the continent You will notice in the very heart of this great State the Sacramento Valley drained by the Sac ramento river from the north and the San Joaquin river from the south This valley is more than 400 miles long and fifty miles wide and comprises 12SOO OOP acres It is enclosed on the north by the Siskiyou mountains on the east by the Sierra Nevada

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Library of Congress1905

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 23, 1905

A RACE THAT WAS NOT TO THE SWIFT Capn Joshua Grindle Spins a Yarn to Show That It Doesnt Alters Pay to Be So Darned Fast When a group of downeast coaster captaius begin to brag of the fast pas sages they have made steamboats seem slow for while some of the old lumber bookers can sail like pirates the skip pers love to exaggerate and in a brag ging match none will he outdone by the others In a shipbrokers office in Ban gor the other day the chairs were all occupied and the convention was ready to discuss anything from freights to the Bibleand settle it too No set of men possess such a wonderful fund of mis information on subjects generally out side their calling as these mariners of Maiue and nothing could be more en tertaining than one of their smoke talks where the most astonishing state ments and fantastic theories are launch ed with tremendous emphasis into an atmosphere redolent of tobacco and tar Someone had been telling of bow the old schooner John T Williams had run away from the whole eastbound fleet and made the passage from Boston to Bangor in such and

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Library of Congress1905

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 23, 1905

LETTER FROM FLORIDA r The Hotel Royal I oinciana Maine Per sonals etc Special correspondence of The Journal Palm Beach Fla March 121905 One of the first questions which the visitor to Palm Beach asks and one that is never tiring to the traveler is that as to the size and dimensions of the Hotel Royal Poinciana and it may surprise some of my northern friends to learn of the size of this enormous hostelry The usual questions are How many will it accommodate How long is the building How many rooms does it contain In reply were most interesting The exhibits in fruit and vegetable lines were as fine as it was possible to have them and while Florida has been visited by a severe freeze they did not seem to be materi ally affected One of the largest catches of Spanish mackerel made here in a long time was that of yesterday when the fishermen who were out with nets captured a school in which there were thousands and they were dragged to the shore by the barrel Just previous to this catch a large ninefoot shark had been killed and pulled out on the shore and the

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