The Republican journal., 1884-07-31

WINTERPoRT. Quarterly meeting services were
held in the NJ. f. Church on SATURDAY evening and
Sunday. Rev. l.. l.. Hanscom of Bucksport pre-
sided in place of the p Z. and Rev A. A. Lewis
supplied the pulpit at Bucksport.. Rev. Mr.. Har-
dy, of Sandy Point exchanged last Sunday with
Rev. Mr.. Pettengi. The Catholics of Winter
port and vicinity made an excursion 10 Rockport
last Thursday They had a large company and
good time....A goodly number assembled on the
wharf on Monday morning armed and equipped
with BASKETS shawls, etc all ready for the Handel
excursion, but the excursion boat failed to put in
an appearance and they got left, and il wasn't
very wet day either. However they have only to
wait until next Monday when there is to he grand
excursion on the katahdin under the auspices of
the United Fellowship with calcium lights fire
works, band and negro concerts and all the modern
improvements. The Indians who have been
camping on our shores for a week or two past havo
eparted for other watering places. "A. p. Baker,
Esq, cashier OF the Merchants Bank at Bangor
and his wife were in town Sunday the guests OF
Capt Lyman Wiswell. -. Mrs. Abbe Sanger and
Mrs. Mamie Morrell are visiting their parents, Mr.
and Mrs Isaiah Deane =. The father and mother
of DR.. A. L. Fellows are paying him visit Mr..
Henry Folsom is spending few weeks in town.
PROSPECT Mrs. Collins and her son and dau gh.
ter, of Lawrence, Mass, are visiting at her moth
ers, Mrs. Augustus Burdeen.. Rev. Mr. Hans
come will preach every other Sunday at the Marsh
school house. Next Sunday is meeting day..
Farmers are finishing up their having with the
good hay weather. Hay makes quick in the sun
this year, and is well rpened =. Prospect cuts
about 100 tons of salt hay and farmers will begin
this week. The tides right and the moon wants
to be in apogee In oden times the salt hay in
town cut with hand scythe, and it took
good man to swing scythe all day on the marsh
Some of the crew usually broke their scythe stone
during the day and had to go to the store at night
to get new one, and they always took jug to get
it in. Now the hay is cut, raked and hauled Off
with horses. Bog shoes used on the horses,
and they soon get accustomed to them. NJ H.
Haley has good piece, the Ok Bow, and will have
room to put the hay In his new barn this year. S.
S. Trevett has the Island to cut. The Mcdaniel
Marsh is good piece, with stout grass on most Of
It,. B. NJ. Eames is up from Brooksville, cutting
his hay. Miss Carrie Grant will begin her school
in district No. next Monday. Prospect has
more dealers in dressed meat than any town in the
county. i. F. Gould dresses a number of head
weekly, furnishing parties in Belfast and Sears
port and shipping to Boston. J. II. Littlefeld
dresses mutton, lambs and veas for the Boston
market He keeps quite a sheep ranch on the west
ern slope OF Mes Mountain. H. L. Clifford dresses
veal calves for the Boston market. Nathaniel Lit
teheld runs meat cart on a good route and dress
es one or two head Of cattle per week, besides
lambs. Daniel Herman runs cart on the Ferry
and Sandy Point route, dressing quite a number of
head of cattle and lambs yearly.