The Republican journal., 1885-11-19

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ton to the labor about as well anything farm
er has to sell. Apples go now every boat from
Prospect to different places. The writer has sent
off a load. mostly Harveys, with one barrel Bald
wins. BEANS potatoes, &c. to Wakefield, ten miles
/ back of Boston. 1t would seem to farmer here
that was the place to get every thing cheap but the
prices are better If you escape the commission
man.. H. C. Partridge and Mott Gould have been
to Bluehlll and the former bought two Galloway
bull calves and the latter Galloway heifer calf
and Southdown buck, all good stock. -. Rev Mr.
Day preached his last sermon for the season last
| Sunday at the Marsh school house. His services
nave given general satisfaction. Clarendon Gross
| mas completed his new house and moved in The
mouse has neat finish on the outside and is paint
ed with the fashionable paint
| BURNHAM. Rev. j. washburn preached at the
Dodge school house last Sunday and Rev Mr.
Baker at the Mount The meetings at the village
still continue and much interest is manifested. ..
Mrs Rachel Cushman and family contemplate NOV
Ing to Unity. Mr.. Suel Cole has moved into the
| house with Mr.. Ezekiel Doe...... Mr.. W. Shaw is
repaintfng his house. Rev. T. Is. kimba is very
i'll with Brghts disease and can live but few
! days.. Mrs. Ellen Written is very sick with
! consumption miss Ada Dodge is quite sick
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school opened Monday last under the instruction
| OF Mr.. George Stevens, of Troy. Miss NJ. Lillian
| Dodge left Friday morning for lsesboro, where
she is to teach.... Miss Clara Weed is on the sick
The school at the head of the pond opened
! Monday under the instruction of Mr.. James Ames,
of Unity Mr.. Aonzo Dodge, who has been at
! Idaho for a number of years, has returned to this
place Mr.. Joshua Trask has a new house in
! of Mrs
is erecting a new barn Mr. vivaldi Reynolds is
| putting addition TO his house.
| JACKSON. Mr. and Mrs. j. NJ. Larrabee cele.
brsted the tenth anniversary of their welded life
on the evening of the 18th inst. by tin wedding
John Mckinley, Amos Hatch, Z. Z. Morton
and f. W Wright have had wells sunk in the
lodges near their buildings by the wcll-drls that
have been III operation in this vicinity during the
fall. E A. Carpenter, who has recently had deep
well bored in his barnyard for the accommodation
! of his stock has got to have another one sunk as
the water from this one is unfit for use The
seams in the lodges it is supposed. are filled with
the liquids from the barnyard.. Last Thursday
evening Miss Susie Roberts had her wrist dislocat.
Ell by being thrown from carriage The driver,
in the darkness did not see a heavy express wagon
coming in the opposite direction and a collision en-.
Z
erts was riding. Fortunately no further damage
was done except TO the carriage and harness which
had the appearance of having ''been to the wars
1.-The following officers of Geo. L. Bracket
Lodge, l. o. of &. T. were installed last Thursday
evening by Deputy NJ. ;. stiles, Jr. w q. T., Her.
bert Z. Chase, ". Y. T., Miss Ora Norton w 5.
Lincoln Il. Hatch; W. y. :, Hattie Parkhurst; "
F. $, Abbot Warren W t, Lura johnson; ". NJ,
/ nlt4
Chap, + II. Brown; /. O., Moses ktmball; o. G.,
Fred TASTY; r. IT, :. Bertha Warren; L. II. S,
Kate Warren The membership of this lodge at
the opening Of the present quarter is ninety; it was
Instituted ten years last May and is considered
one Of the strongest lodges in the county.
BROOKS. The revival meetings continue to pros
per wonderfully under the faithful ministraton of
NJ Bailey's praying band. The meetings have
been held both afternoon and evening for some
three weeks and it i believed that much good has
resulted therefrom The local Christian element
has been strengthened and large number of con.
versions are reported. Last Sunday evening the
house was crowded to It's utmost capacity and some
even could not gain admittance. There were near
/ ly seventy testimonies given during the public
/ meeting and an interesting special meeting for IN.
/ quirers held at the close Mr.. Bailey himself
| was present and took prominent part in the eN-
ercises. If the work done in Brooks is a sample
of what the band is doing the entire Christian Gle
ment of the state IS under a deep debt of obligation
to them for their generous ana faithful efforts to
advance the cause of morally, religion and human
lily. Mrs. Joseph Lang nee Almcda Sinclair died
! quite suddenly last week. The funeral services
were held at Union church last Wednesday, Rey'e
! David Bracket and II. II Small Officiating. Me
/ Kinney son, of Clinton collected some four hun
| bred lambs IN this vicinity last week, paving from
! two to three dollars a head. Svyira Lang lost
/ her only COW last week. The indications were
| poison but how the animal obtained it IS not
1 known..... VIII Lane Of this town is Il finc pen
man, and evidently possesses some of the skill in
this direction which characterized his uncle Nelson
/ Rich, who for many years was teacher Of pen
manship- We wonder why Will does not start a
writing school u c. Ham is teaching school at
West Brooks. He also has two writing schools,
one at Jackson village and one at the Knowles
! school house.
STOCKTON. The repairs on the church are SLOW
ly progressing IA bout dozen carpenters are at
work at the Point -. The boys had cunning
match Friday and Saturday, ending with m oyster
supper few wild ducks were inyei5 led into
dangerous places, ana a dozen or two squirrels
bit the dust beyond this the excitement didn't run
/ high, except that al Amcs got the advantage Of a
misguided partridge Capt. Everett Staples and
wife and daughter are expected home every day
! Capt. Horace has taken the ship james Treat
| has bought and moved into the c.. S. Fletcher
! house, and Capt. Isaac Griffin has moved into
| Capt. Robert Hichborns old house,. Maggie
staples ana her mother and Harry's wife are keep
| ng house in Mrs Cordeia Ellis house. Mrs. E. is
| just now home for short visit. The wife of
Sami c. Griffin of Boston, was brought here to his
old home for burial on Thursday last. She died on
the ninth inst. OF pneumonia followed by dropsy
of the lungs and limbs. He intends to dispose of
their property there and come here to reside. She
was the adopted daughter of Haskell Field, (form-
erly of Swanville) and sister to Mrs. Maggie Per
kinS and Mrs. Rose Heath of Sandy Point. She
/ leaves no children. Having had services at their
home 10y DR. Miner passage of scripture was
real ami prayer offered at the grave 10y Capt.
1 Robert Hichborn, whose well known honesty of
1 heart, added to the deep sympathy he expressed,
made his services Of special value TO the btrcaycd
friends....Aunt Susan HichDorn is quite sick and
has constant watchers. Chas. Bridges Is slowly
recovering. His case is no longer hopeless, but
cry promising. His arms have been entirely
paralyzed, but he Is regainins their control. His
wife is medium and has doctnred him, he Directing
1 MI others.
WINTLRPoRr. Mrs. Emma Brown, formerly
Miss Emma Snow of Winterport, died quite sud
denly at her home in Portsmouth n II. last week
I leaving husband and an infant three weeks old.
Her brother, Mr.. George SNOW, started for Ports
mouth on saturday morning TO attend her funeral
Mr.. George Laurcntson formerly of this place
but recently doing business in Lynn, Mass. was
/ buried gu Tuesday last...-Mr Ehen Shaw of
/ Orlando Fla in town last week. He recently
lost his wife and brought her to Beverly, Mass
for burial and has now returned to his home in
/ Florida. The w II. c. gave Hued Corn supper
and dance last Thursday evening for the benefit of
the G, A. r., and they had very pleasant time.
The village schools closed last week. . The SprOul
house which bought by Or. Fellows last sum
mer has been put in thorough repair, the outside
of the building handsomely painted, the inside
newly papered, painted and furnished, nice fur
mace put In and every thing in good shape. The
Dr. aud his family took possession last Tuesday
- The family of MIR. ii. 7. Sanborn went to Ban
gOr for the winter last week.. Rev. A. A. Lewis
Is spending week in Boston. Mr. Isaac Davis
left for Orlando, Fla. Wednesday last Mrs
! mil and Etia Fol