The Portland daily press., 1889-07-31
How An Old Saying Proved True In
the Case Of a Bethel Man.
The Downfall of a Young Man who
Once Wore the Red Jersey.
How Cal Fogg Rode the Trick Mule
at Yarmouth.
Crav,


There is prospect of fair potato crop in
this vicinity.
The sweet corn crop promises to be large
Mr.. Walter Leighton has made good
progress with his new house.
Mr.. Frank L. Clark anticipates building a
new shop on the site of the old shop recently
occupied by his father. 1t will probably be
used for the Post Office
Mr.. Elmer Osgood contemplates building a
house this fall.
We understand that Misses Bickford and
Brown will not assist Mr.. Hunt at the
Pennell Institute at the fall term.
Messrs. Morrell & Doughty have written
$4,000 worth of life assurance policies for
the Massachusetts Mutual in this town the
past ten months.
Mr.. Guile an invalid and his wife who
have spent several summers in this town,
are at present quartered at the Hotel Parker.
The Mountain View House is having a
liberal patronage this summer.
DR.. Geo. III. Bailey was in town recently
to investigate supposed case of the
CHAMBERS. 1t proved to be chronic case of
the catarrh
Mr.. Manchester's three year old gelding,
l W lNOu ANOU mduO q qudl tCI vi OuI bIdCk ldSb
Saturday in 40 seconds, which is very good
considering the break he made.
MIR. Hale'S four year old showed his usual
| fine gait.
MIR. HAMLET drove MI. Elmer Osgood's
black PAGER the last half of a mile in 1.1S2.
| The account of the Edwards-Jillson affair
| given in some Of the Portland papers on the
10th inst. appears to be Mr. Jillson's side of
the story In justice to Mr.. Edwards and
| his sons present their version of it. Mr..
L Iii m In for. khn1 . Il
inst for the purpose of taking the pauper
| Bella Carpenter away to work for him. Not
having. a permit from the selectmen Mr.
Edwards objected and ordered him from the
barn. Jillson replied that he could handle a
half dozen like Edwards, the language being
literally interspersed with oaths, and adj
| vanced to take Carpenter, who by the way
| Is weak minded. Edwards stepped between
the two and Jillson attempted to push him
aside which resulted in the latter being
thrown heavily to the floor From this fall
Jillson received wound in the head.
| Frank and Charles, sons of Edwards senior,
hearing a disturbance at the barn went there
to ascertain the cause; when they arrived
Jillson was in the act of striking the father,
Frank grasped him by the wrist and advised
him to leave the barn as they did not wish
to have any trouble. Jillson then started
for his carriage and upon reaching it turned
saying he had come to take Carpenter and
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again. Edwerds Intercepted him, Jillson
clinched again falling underneath. Edwards
holding him down until he promised to go
away. Frank and Charles assert that they
did not strike Jillson at all, and the father
corroborates this statement. The seectmen
uphold Mr.. Edwards In his doings. He has
appealed the case and will undoubted get q
decision favorable to him next time.
Kezar Falls.
A sALvATIoNIsT GOES WRONG.
Miss Eva and Miss Florence Garner have
gone to Peaks Island to spend their summer
vacation.
III. B. Mills is closing out his business in
view of removing his family to Boston where
he will seek employment.
Mrs. Nathan Currier is spending her vaca-
ton, previous to the opening of the fall term
of the Piper school in which she has been
engaged for another year, ON the breezy
heights Of Merrilps Hill. where she is study
inglpainting under the instruction of Miss
Ida Merrill.
Wednesday of this week has been set as
the day for Sunday school excursion to Sc
bago Lake. The attendance of Sunday
school scholars will probably be unusually
large upon this occasion.
Several young ladies from this place have
returned to Fryeburg again this season to
wait upon the tables during the assembly of
the Chautauquans at that place.
day last despatch from her old home in
Springfield, Mass, to come at once as her
sister was not expected to live.
young man by the name of Clark, who,
a year or two since was in the ranks of the
Salvation Army, in company with one Capt.
Austin, was arrested last Friday by Sheriff
Stacy upon the charge of his having stolen
some gold coin from p. I. Wadsworth for
whom he had been at work. Clark was
taken before Justice Wadsworth and plead
ed guilty to stealing the sum of $11 and con-
sequently was required to give bonds for his
appearance at next term of the Supreme
court in October. Clark obtained permits
sion to come over into York County upon
the pretence of seeing e. T. Gentleman, Esq.
and the sheriff has not seen him since.
The Pillsbury Bros. and their company
gave reception to their friends in this vi
clnlty on Wednesday evening, July Oath, at
their summer house on High street. The
house and its surrounding grounds were il
Illuminated to the brightness of MONDAY, so
that from its eminence on the hill through
the darkness of that overcast summer eve
ming it looked an enchanting spectacle of
scenic beauty. Freedom Cornet Band first
entertained the guests with concert upon
the green in front of the house, after which
the company repaired to the parlors. where
at the piano amateur performers and vocal
lists from among the guests of the house, dis
coursed Sung and instrumental music La
ter in the evening the conviviality and en-
joyment of the gentlemen were promoted by
beer and cigars which they enjoyed out on
the cool veranda, while the ladies within
were equally well entertained.
Bethel.
AN OLD SIGN PROVED TRUE.
telegraph despatch was received Mon
day at 5 p. m. from New York CT the sudden
death of Lucious Stiles, formerly of Bethel,
but for several years past clerk in store
known as the A. T. Stewart wholesale store,
New York. His remains will be brought to
Bethel in charge of Pinckney Burnham, clerk
in the same store. In this connection a cir
cumstance worthy of note is that cousin of
the deceased living in Bethel, while on ride
up to his fathers house in Newry, fell in
company with two other teams. AS the
teams went along it was noticed that two of
the horses were white and the other black.
The old saying came at once to his mind that
two black and one white horses are, accord
ing to the old saying, sign of funeral in
the family. The cousin remarked this to his