The Portland daily press., 1889-06-21

suggestion of their faithful and energetic
| pastor, Rev. j. III. Nelsonl collection was
| Immediately taken up; and the church was
| the treasury The late Hon. Fred A. pike
| of Calais, made In his will beQuest of SfOO0
| to aid in the building of the church. and Mrs.
Pike presented to the church beside other
| aid, large beautiful colored window. as a
| memorial of her husband.
The annual meeting of the Washington
County BlDle Society was held on Thursday
afternoon, and the old board of officers re-
eiecteu, VIZ; Rev. Charles G. McCully, pres
%on,S l%aent, Sat present moderator of the State
XS19,h!ggTegational No, Conference) Rev. Charles
~ ~ niltler, secretary, and Peter Z. Vose, for
tne twenty-third time, treasurer. The treas
9rer reported cash on hand, $5o0.9S, and BIZ
pies In the several repositories amounting to
AT least $500 worth of Bibles have been
sold during the past year, and $125 donated.
| The travelling agent of the society received
| about $3.50 during the time he was employed,
and as he was minister-ready for all good
| works and with no lazy bones in his body,
| he was kept at work preaching on the Sab
bath wherever he CHANGED to be--assisting
| in Sunday schools, holding prayer meetings
| In the school houses, visiting the sick, etc.
| He was sent for three weeks to the logging
camps, on and near the st. Croix waters
| with good results.
| Among the good things said by the pastor
| at the church dedication were, Until now
| the church has been in the contribution box,
| now the contribution box is in the church,
and will doubtless come around frequently
| to make your acquaintance"
hed Beach is growing, prosperous,
| pretty, finely located village, with beautiful
natural surroundings. | was informed that
the granite works there gave employment to
about Is men, and that during the past year
| $4,000 barrels of ground and caicined plaster
had been shipped from the plaster mills.
Its locality is historically interesting.
1 fl.A rfx - IL
away is the New Brunswick shore, with
Chancook Mountains in the near. back
| ground, the loftiest hills Down East In
| the midst Of the river, just opposite Red
Beach, Is set the pretty island ancently
ed by the bogus, pretended French name of
| 'Douchet Island.' On it is now a u, S.
| light house. Here in the year 1904 came
| Pierre du CAST the Sieur de Mouts, in his
vessels from France, containing 20 or more
men, plloted by Samuel Champlain, for
whom Lake Champlain in New York is
| named.
| Here they made settlement, but frequent
deaths among the settlers within a year or
| two broke 1t up. A little village soon grew
up. The dwelling of their leader was FIN
lshed with panel work." long covered ways
| were built, where the officers ecould assem-
pe for amusement in stormy weather; gar
| dens were made and a little chapel was
| built, rooted with shingles, in which was
doubtless held the first Protestant worship
| within the limits of the now United States.
| Among the companions of the chief were
| gentiemen-POutrincour D'0rville and Les
carbot, the historian of the expedition and
the conductor of their worship. On now
| level little field on the main land, within the
| limits of Re Beach. they sOwed rye, which
| when they reaped it they found to be as
'falr, big and weighty as in France" The
bold headland little farther up the river
was doubtless, IN honor OF one OF the gentle
men named above, called DOrville's Head,
| now vulgarized into Devils Head" But as
this Is not the DEVILS country, hope to see
the day when his ill-savored name shall
cease to be applied to any OF the beautiful
| spots in this eastern land. But was forci-
bly, reminded while at Red Beach that am
advancing somewhat in age when met with
young bearded man whom / found to be
grandson of young lady who was pupil
| OF mine in school | taught there As years
| ago; ana with the gray-hared deacon Of the
| church whom remember well as one of the
| little boys in the same school.
1t Is reported that the Persian ambassador
| 10 this country says his master would like to
visit the United States If there were any
| rulers here OF sufficiently high rank to wei
come him. OF fcourse
Our ruler Is by far
Greater than Persian Shah.
Bnt if he could be made acquainted with the
TACT that President Harrison is a lineal des-
cendant of King Powhattan and his daugh-
ter Poccahontas, the stuck-up fellow.might be
induced to come.
1t is to be hoped however that Uncle Sam
10 that case will refuse to lay his car fare
and hotel expenses. p. E.V.
New Clcucester.
The closing exercises of the Stevens school
were held Tuesday evening, June 18th, at
the Town Hall. This is boarding and day
school for young ladies, and has been in sue
cessful operation for two years. The walls
of the hall were prettily decorated with the
paintings and drawings of the pupils, and
some excellent work was exhibited. AS
these were not graduation exercises, they
were pleasantly enlvened by tableaux and
studies in gesture, in which the young ladies
did much credit to their teacher, Miss Laugh
ton of Lewiston.
The duulb-hell drill to the music of The an
vi chorus, was model of precision. The
French essay, by Miss Curtis Of New Glou-
cester, though perhaps not generally under
stood and appreciated by the audience, gave.
evidence of fine scholarship. The rendering
OF How the old horse won the bet," by
MISS kil0y OF FTeeport, was very spiiited
aud gave the listeners much pleasure. The
ta6leau, in which Miss Humphrey of Var
mouth persopated Helen Of Troy, was Iiv-
ing picture, which those who saw will not
soon forget, and in all respects the following
programme was well carried out.
Piano Duet
Mrs. Merrill aud Miss Foss.
How the Old Horse Won the Bet. ........ Holmes
Miss Kilby.
Song-Hapry Birds Hoist
Miss Humphrey.
French Essay-La Literature Francaise......
Miss Curtis.
Dumb-bell Drill. ...........-..........,..
The Rescue (from Christie Johnson;
Miss Laughton. ' ''''''
Piano Solo-La Jolie abeIte..................
Miss Pendlston.
Song..........., ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Selected
Miss Griffin.
Mrs. Berry.
Miss Foss.
Living Tableaux illustrating Tsnnyson's
Dream OF Fair Women. .......-.... -.
1-Helen of Troy. 4-Jephtha's Daughter.
2-lphigenia B.
ns-cleopaira, o-Joan of Arc.
Piano Duet-I Purtan. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Misses Foss and Pendleton.
Peggy aud the Low Back Car. ....Loyer
Miss Laughton.
stqiy in Gesture by eight young ladies ......
Expectation. Sorrow
Farewell. Dance of the Muses..
There will b. no full graduation before
1890 The advanced class in French, having
completed the special course in that language
and satisfactorily passed public examina-
tion, will receive certificates of graduation
in the special department of French.
The follow ing are the graduates of the
French course: Grace Eleanor Curtis, An
gle May Dunton. Emma Osborne Kilby,
Ilortense Fogg, Margaret Ellen Merrill.
Fryeburg.
Twu aged citizens of this town, Mr.. Asa
Osgood and Mrs. Betsy Macmillan. died of
the infirmities of age on Sunday, within a
short time of each other. They were old
neighbors, who had both lived more than
four score years. They were buried in the
same cemetery on Tuesday The funeral
services of Mrs. Macmillan took place in the
morning and were conducted by Rev. NJ.
Greenhalgh, a former pastor of the Method
ist church. The services Of Mr.. 0sgood in
the afternoon, were conducted by Rev. B.
N. Stone Of the New church.
Crops, particularly the potato, are in a
promising condition. The yield of cultivated
strawberries will be very small. One gentle
man reports that he shall gather this season
only 20 quarts, in the place of five bushels
last year Most of his best vines are killed
on account of the mild weather and those
which survived appear stinted in both plant
and berry.
Some of our people have been in attend
ance at :he Congregational Conference in
Portland this week.
1t is reported that the Oxford County Rec
ord has been sold. and that its publication
here will cease after this week The print
ing Office will remain in Fryeburg.
Corham.