The Portland daily press., 1874-06-23
Pennington Letter.

To the Editor of the Press:
l12 FARMINGToN, June %, 1874
s CROP PROSPECTS.
Vegetation in this vicinity has fine appear
ance, owing to the beautiful rains with which
grain look splendidly, and the grass crop, our
main stay, venture to say has not looked bet
ter for many years; although in some localities
our farmers complain of their grass having been
winter killed, yet majority will raise larger
crop than last year. Apple trees also were
fairly loaded with blossoms, and the favorable
weather since gives promise OF a large fruit
crop.
ial REMARKABLE CASE.
Two years ago young man in New Vineyard,
named Henry M. Greenleaf, about 10 years of
age, had stroke of palsy. which left the lower
part of the body entirely helpless. This case
has puzzled many physicians, as Mr.. Greenleaf
is in perfect health above the part of the body
paralyzed, and has a good appetite, but move
ments of the bowels have to be performed daily
by injections. If, when lying in bed, person
accidentally hits the bedstead, his legs will con
tract and bend nearly double, requiring strong
man to straighten them. He oft an sits up in
chair, but has to be tied in like ba0y He
passes away the time in reading, writing, etc.
Jan any OF our lledrueu puySlSidHS eA pidtu,
through your columns, the cause of this?
Z go va AN OLD VETERAN.
Mrs. Abigail Hathaway of Temps. about
whom the PRESS was furnished an item year
ago, still lives, aud bids fair to do so for mapy
years to come. She will be 100 years old July
Sd, next. She is living with her grandson,
John Farmer, upon the same farm, and near
the same where she and her husband COM
menced housekeeping, in log house in the
wilderness, nearly eighty years ago. Mrs. II.
has one ''girl'' living-only y We RS old. The
old lady intends to celebrate her centennial by
a reunion of her relatives and friends on her
that a person seeing der would not call her over
70 years old; that all her faculties are well pre-
served, with the exception that after convers-
ing some twenty minutes she is apt to repeat
her conversation, or parts of it.
EDUCATIONAL.
For some unavoidable reason the decennial
and graduation exercises of our Normal School
have been changed from July I'd and Sd to the
LIST and I'd. The address by Rev. DIR. Hill, ex-
President of the Harvard University, will be
delivered Wednesday evening, after which the
alumni will hold social reunion. Thursday
forenoon the alumni hold meeting, when the
history of the past ten years of the school will
be given by Profs. Kelsey, Woodbury. and
Rounds Graduation exercises take place in
the afternoon The graduating class numbers
fifteen. a Ai l
The Wendell Institute closed its Spring term
Thursday last, by public examinations at the
schoel-room that day and the day before. No
extended report of these exercises need be
given. Suffice it to say they were up to the
high standard of the school. Friday evening
public exhibition and exercises of graduation
occurred at the Old South Church. The church
was crowded, and with the exception of a
tediously long programme the exercises were
very good Four young ladies and one gentle
man graduated from this institution this term,
but on account of sickness but three were able
to be present Fine essays were read by three
graduates The names of the graduating class
are Misses Mittie B. Fairbanks, Florence M.
Goodrich Addie L. Tuck, Pennington; Julia
Holt, Wilton; Mr. Arthur Titcomb, Farming
ton.
The cheese factories in this county are now
in active operation.
A fine hearse, costing $3.50, has just been
purchased in Massachusetts by this town.
Work on Messrs. Abbott & Belcher's slate
quarry is going on finely. hear they intend
~ have it fairly opened by the last of July.