The Republican journal., 1888-03-22

| 'her terHi. ms VIII DC the largest number that
has ever attended the Seminary. A new boarding
house Is being prepared for the increased number
OF students that are expected and the Town Hall
has been obtained to be used at certain hours of
the day for classes. The Seminary is In very
prosperous condition.
PENoBsCoT. Mr. Benjamin l.. Condor lost 4
very valuable horse last Sunday, from injuries re
ceived the day before. MIR. George Wescott's
horse became frightened and dashed directly across
the track while trotting on Wight's pond, both ami.
mails being at full speed. Mr.. Condon's horse was
thrown violently on the ice and the sleigh badly
damaged. Mr. Wescott's horse was also quite
| seriously injured.
| MORRILL,. Alvin knowlton and Herbert Rowe
left town, March 18th for Montana. Dispatches
from Michigan to Mr.. George sheldon, announce
the death Of his daughter, Mrs Susie Paul :. The
Ladies Sewing Circle meets at the Grange Hall
| this Thursday evening. picnic supper will be
| seryed... Methodist Quarterly meeting at the
church next Sunday. Presiding Elder Osgood will
be present.....D o. Bowen is at Augusta attend.
Ing the quarterly meeting of the Board of Trustees
Maine Insane Hospital.
| SOUTH MoNTNILLE. The main topics of CONVEX
saion now are fast horses and railroad Haley
ing Wednesday evening Liberty to talk railroad.
We understand the railroad route is from Camden
| to Liberty. Mrs. Emma Tasker will visit at
Centre Montville and Freedom some two weeks,
and will then go to Boston Her household goods
went to Boston last week. Alden Black who has
been confined to his bed for a long time, is very
| low. VIM. b. Morse is sick and has been obliged
to keep indoors for the last three weeks. Mrs.
Arietta Gilman has gone 10 Lewiston and has had
| a cancer removed from her breast ...Austn Mar
rincr, wife and daughter and John Miller, wife and
daughter of Lincolnvile Centre, have been visit.
ing relatives here, this weck.....C. \. Cram has
been appointed administrator Of the estate of A. H.
Cram. late of Montville.
FREEpoM. \ correspondent OF the kcnncbcc
journal writes under date OF March 10Th
Twenty years ago this town gave over 100 demo
cratic majority. Two wears ago it was less than
40 Just after the war, rum was sold in several
places as openly As molasSes, and more freely.
One may judge of the moral and social condition
of tho place under such circumstances. The better
element of the Democratic party determined to
deem the town from It's fallen state, and united
with the Republicans on local affairs. and routed
the powers that were; rum WAS utterly banishcd
from our midst, and our village has clean
ord as any IN the county. The old hydra headed
element comes up each spring, but is usually fore
ed lack by the friends of good order This spring
The reform democrats and Republicans elected
their Clerk, Moderator, first Selectman and Treas
urer the opposition electing the rest: >electnen,
&c, u. W. Dodge ii q. Barlow. +. Il. Bradstreet;
CLERK, u. Is. johnson; Treasurer, ". S. Fuller; s.
5. Committee, &. ID. Wentworth. The most signiii-
cant feature of our town meeting was to see the
chairman Of the lecture bureau appointed by the
Third Congressional District Prohibition Conycn-
tion, held at Watervile, jan B. heartily working
with the rum element to overthrow the good work
OF those who have done more for the temperance
cause than these selfstylcd prohibitonists
ever hope to do at least by their present methods.
One prominent citizen hit the prohibitlonis;s A
hard blow when he said to the gentleman in ques-
ton Frank we always know where 10 find voH
prohibitionists.'
Monroe. one of our citizens says hc is going
to light up with gas He intends 10 collect the
political gas floating around and ,uln it to some
practical use Miss Hattie Moulton of Prospect
| was in town last week visiting her mother, Mrs.
Nelson Curtis. Miss Ida Coson and Mrs Maria
Moody have responded to the call Of the Death
Angel since last we wrote. Mrs. susan Clark IS
| rapidly recovering from her illness >. Henry X.
| Dawson is suffering with shock which has
paray zet the nerves of the face. With GOOD care
he Mill come round all right soon.... Miss ,>ora
I.ufkin is stopping in Belfast for the present.
Miss Flora TWomblv has been sick for some time
-.....t alvin Nealley is of the students at the
Burksport seminary The masked ball last week
was not ,cry successful affair. dumb supper
sociahle was given by the G.. A. X. last Friday
evening. The proceeds Will he Aicvocd To the
memorial fund. The ground is frozen To depth
Of nearly FIVE feet. This is probably tie reason
why cellars have been cold the past WINTER.
The seighins is about gone and bad weather is at
hand John Srattard and wife have gone 10
Boston to attend their daughters wedding .. Bees
in this section are wntering poorly especially
those Wintereu ONT q Mr. T. Haley
has bought another IIolsein bull from River side
stock Farm Go, Barre Plains, Mass. Gold med
a! 1914 herd book bred at Hillside stock Farm
New Milford Ct. He has also procured the sta
lion Abbott, sired bv Tattler, he by Pilot Jr dam
by Mamhrino Chief. Abbott is the sire of kitte
Abbott, record , 20 at ys:c last fall, ando Il mum
Der OF others in the 30 list Capt. y +. Woodnin
has two promising Ben Morris colts that he is
breaking and a number Of others from the same
horse may be seen in this section ...Lcio and
Patchen boy are wintering finely. Mr.. Willard
Twomhly would like 10 better Iol>ten calf
six months old than the one he has He is Ger
tainiya monster for his age .One of traders
squash fall into box full Mrs. Abbie Twomblv
starts for her home in Minnesota this week
More water is needed to start the mills up for the
spring saving.
PROSPECT. Mr.. S. :. Trevet has made ,0Os lbs
of butter and cheese from two cows and two heif
crs the past year. His market is Frankfort, near
the granite quarry. Mrs. Trevett knows how to
make good butter from many years of experience.
Mrs. Ella NJ Littlciield leads all in getting mp
and entertaining the large company Of Il people
at her residence last Tuesday evening. Every.
body sat down to one of the good suppers She
knows so well how to prepare. All kinds Of plays
were entered into and enjoyed. Besides the other
good things, apples, oranges ami peanuts were
generously supplied. Our New York settlement
correspondent writes that F. l.. Ward entertained
one cvenin. last week party of about 80 friends
The evening was spent in li,enin. to music by the
ClaIk's orchestra, rectatons, etc, and an oyster
supper prepared by Mrs. Ward was partaken of.
MAUD Dutch is visiting her grandfather, Mr.
George Pendleton. Irving Clark is slowly re
covering from quite severe illness IF. l.. Ward
is attending the high school at Prospect Marsh
wish the fellow who got my iacknifc town meet
ing day to cut votes would forward tie same to
the writer Il should have reported that j. f.
Libby was elected treasurer last week. Mr. Lib.
by served 10 years first selecman and treasurer
and as town clerk longer. This year he declined to
serve as first selectman His past services for the
town have been highly appreciated and many re-
greet his refusal to serve longer he was centrally
located and understood all the wants of the town
....Prospect has IS old maids. Their standing in
the community is about follows: Four never
intend to marry; are opposed to all mankind
from child up. but would marry 4 are jolly fat
good hearted Old maids that never worry about
anything; stingy old mai,- who have .c-
cumulated quite sum of money and although
they find fault with all the men would accent a
good offer; , are the best of nurses in sickness
but will run at the sight of man aud seem
frightened One is to DC married soon and she
seems to smile the most of any of them. All have
was the birthday party Of Capt Robert Hichiorn.
Thursday was the SOth birthday of Capt. H., and
his friends and neighbors to the number of thirty
five got up little surprise panty for the OCCASION
arriving at his pleasant home about : 30 p. NJ and
departing mt 10 r. NJ, after spending very enjoy
able evening. An easy chair, gift from his broth
ers and sisters, was presented by :. A. Rendeil
Esq, who In the of his remarks said he
hoped the recipient would take time to sit in it,
Capt Hichborn made an appropriate response. 4
gentleman present In writing to of the party at
which he was present, says: Capt. IIichborn is a
| remarkable man. During the past winter he has
cut In tho woods and hauled out about twenty
cords OF wood and he remarked to me that he had
never done work in his liPo H.. ,,naS Il,