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• Laboring for improvement of morals; telegraph wire stretched; ...

  Jun 16
  June 21, 1850 Elder Kellock, a Baptist clergyman, recently from Augusta, Me., has been preaching here with much favor. He is laboring for the ...
  

• Doctrine that Earth is hollow; aborted journey to Pike's Peak; ...

  Jun 02
  Belfsat - June 8, 1831 A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he ...
  

• A discouraged organ grinder; last of the 10 cent suppers; a ...

  May 19
  May 25, 1882 Swan & Sibley Bros. are introducing a new commodity here, as will be seen by their advertisement in another column. It is called ...
  

• City charter prepared for town meeting; handsomest lot of ...

  May 05
  May 5, 1830 An adjourned meeting of the Universalists in this town, will be held at the Court House on Saturday next, at 7 o'clock P. M. This ...
  

• Lobster markets, circus advertisements mark coming of spring

  Apr 21
  April 23, 1858 Signs of Spring.—Lobster markets have been opened at the corners of the streets, and voices of one hand organ and a hurdygurdy have ...
  

• Cradle sales double in summer and fall; 25 cents per log towed ...

  Apr 07
  April 8, 1841 Counterfeit silver coin is in circulation to considerable extent in this vicinity. April 12, 1861 Why is it? A furniture dealer in ...
  

• Severe freshet dislodges ice, overthrows Wescott stream dam ...

  Mar 24
  March 29, 1838 There will be a Methodist Quarterly meeting held at the Methodist Chapel, in this place, commencing on Saturday afternoon next. A ...
  

• Good seed potatoes; a sportsmen's gun club; the Ladies' Circle ...

  Mar 10
  March 11, 1842 We love a good potato, and we can tell a good potatoe, (after munching it), and more than all, we believe we have got as good ...
  

• Popular alarm over a comet; Dolly, the skating horse; first ...

  Feb 17
  Feb. 23, 1832 We find that there has been considerable speculation, and no little popular alarm excited of late amongst us, on the subject of a ...
  

• Three prisoners escape; small pox confined; mail horse slewed ...

  Feb 03
  Feb. 4, 1853 A “subscriber” has a notion of going to Australia, and wants us to publish information concerning that country. We certainly remember ...
  

• Cheaper than a doctor's bill; night watch needed; a remarkable ...

  Jun 09
  June 13, 1845 People in our cities, who are preparing for their summer pleasure jaunts, will find Belfast to be at least one of the most beautiful ...
  

• Phenix Saloon's new soda fountain; a liberally patronized ...

  May 26
  May 28, 1840 The Fruit trees we never knew so densly blown in our life. By our exchange papers we learn it is so in other parts of the country. ...
  

• Mysterious entries of stores; militia enrollment completed; a ...

  May 12
  May 13, 1875 Private night watchmen are now in order. B. Frog makes his voice heard at evening now, and Mrs. F. responds with her melancholy ...
  

• A heavenly phenomenon; a heavy loss of pigs; a witches' march ...

  Apr 28
  May 5, 1854 Levee.—The Ladies of the Methodist society held a levee at Pierce's Hall on Monday evening, the proceeds of which amounted to a ...
  

• Good fish from Col. Thompson; bell ringing not so fashionable; ...

  Apr 14
  April 18, 1833 A wild Turkey was recently killed at the foot of Mount Tom—an insurmountable argument against the assertions of naturalists that ...
  

• Cobwebby throats; a disappointing lecture; the late Rheumatic ...

  Mar 31
  April 2, 1852 City or no City?—We hope all interested in this question will be at the town meeting on Saturday, as there are indications that the ...
  

• Sickness on the east side; Billy's window decorations; ...

  Mar 17
  March 20, 1884 A robin was seen in this city last Thursday morning, but he was a very sick looking bird. Mr. Crockett, who is going into the ...
  

• Reformation of the most rapid kind; profitable mutton; a ...

  Feb 24
  Feb. 28, 1851 We learn that in the eastern section of the state large contracts are being made for juniper for vessel building, and for railroad ...
  

• Build more snow plows; a masquerade ball at Peavy's hall; ...

  Feb 10
  Feb. 12, 1903 Complaint is made of boys throwing snow balls on the streets. The practice should be stopped before trouble arises. The Belfast post ...
  

• Channel opened through harbor ice; falling bodies on ice ...

  Jan 28
  Jan. 30, 1846 The mate of the brig Wampanoag, Capt. Patterson, of Belfast, which was recently lost near Turks Island, was also on board the Comet, ...