The Portland daily press., 1889-05-13
MAINE TOW MS.
Cumberland Centre.
GREEDY INSTITUTE ALUMNI.

Cumberland Centre.
GREEDY INSTITUTE ALUMNI.
Farmers are busy about their planting,
while some are. hoeing their early peas
The lawn tennis club are getting ready for
the summer campaign.
The spring term at the Institute closed
Thursday, the examinations, reflect credit
on the part of scholars as well as teachers.
Some of the young lady students at the
Institute, and some who have been 10 times
ument of Eliphalet Greedy, through whose
liberality the Institute was founded.
Mr.. Levi II. Morrill, of West Cumberland
has for some time been at work on a corn
husker of his own invention, which he
thinks will knock them all.
The exercises at the commencement of
Greedy Institute were very interesting,
After the exercises at Greedy Institute Fri
Day, goodly number. Of Alumni wendell
per had been provided by the ladies of the
association, and after the annual business
meeting OF the association the reunion closed
at late hour, the members having voted it a
good tlme,, with wish that more of the
fSa ,iadt Oh past years especially those Of
point to join in these reunions.
Brunswick.
The PeJepscot Lodge, /. o. o. f., Thursday
night dedicated their new banquet and drill
hall in Odd Fellows Block, being assisted by
about 30 members of the Androscoggin
Lodge OF Auburn. The exercises consisted
OF banquet and an entertainment of vocal
ana Instrumental music. The hall Is one of
the finest banquet halls ia the State and has
seating capacity of 500.
Mr.. j. w. Crafford has completed the
school census of the village district and finds
az Americans and 695 Canadian school chill
dren, gain of "a over last year.
The young men who ride bicycles in this
town have formed the Pejepscot Bicycle
Club, electing Ernest L. Gedney, captain:
George Hubbard and Nathan Pierce. lieu
tenants M. Tenney, standard bearer, and
JAS. Hubbard, bugler. There are about %
members, several OF whom will attend the
coming meeting Of the Maine Division. L. A.
W., in Biddeford.
A new street to be called Oak street is to
De lad out from Uuion to Gushing streets 40
d Deputy Sheriff Despeaux has seized good
neal OF nqu0r-Deer, ale and whiskey-dur-
ing the past week. 1t was marked for Bath
parties and seized here In the depot.
Inefe nave been three runaways the past
week, which have caused good deal of ex-
citement as two have run almost all the way
up Main street, one landing In the upper
Mall In broken up condition, Fortunately
put little damage has been done in either
case.
West Gray.
The weather for the last two days has
been extremely hot. On Thursday the
Thermometer reached go in the shade at
noon. On Friday 800 at the same time and
place. There was slight shower Friday
afternoon which cooled the air very little.
vegetation is very forward and Is making
rapid progress under the favorable weather.
Apple trees are commencing to bloom, which
is two weeks or more earlier than the aver
age. Many farmers in this section lost al
most their entire apple crop for want Of a
market last year. 1t is hoped that the crop
will not turn out that way this year.
Farmers are getting their spring work well
under way. Most Of them have completed
sowing and some are planting; but very
little sweet corn will be planted in this
vicinity, the experience of last year being
rather discouraging for that CROP
:, Miss Jennie l.. Pencil, who mas been In
the drug store at North Windham for the
past year, has returned to her home at West
Gray.
Mrs. Jane Shaw is quite sick at Marshall
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