The Portland daily press., 1889-07-19
MAINE TOWNS.
= Circus at Corham honors the
Memory Of an Old Performer.
Gloucester Men Indulge In a Fight
which Costs Them Money.
Farmers Taking Advantage of the
Good HayIng Weather.:
Corhan,


HOW THE MEMORY OF A CIRCUS PERFORM
Err is KEPT GREEN.
Our citizens pronounce the entertainment
which came off in Gorham village Wednes-
day evening. July 18th, as being enc of the
most respectable. civil and orderly demon
STATIONS of the kind ever exhibited in the
town. The entertainment was given by the
Gather and Shalleross Circus Company, in
their best style, and with due respect to the
moral sense and feelings of the most fastid-
ious and refined of our people. The attend
ance was large and the audience very enthu-
siastic. and everything passed off in the most
pleasant manner. The music by the well
trained band was especially fine and was lis
tened to with great delight by all present.
About 60 years ago, man by the name of
Reynolds. who was acting as clown In cir
Gus then performing in Gorham, was thrown
from his horse and so injured that he died in
very short time, and was buried in Gorham
cemetery. Since that time, whenever circus
has visited Gorham, it has been the custom
OF such parties, out of respect to the profess
sion, to visit the grave Of Reynolds and hold
some service, and especially to play funeral
dirge. Wednesday afternoon, July 18th, the
same order was we'll carried out by the visit
ing circus, and several of the citizens of Cor
ham. The parties entered the cemetery in
| solemn order, with slow and measured step.
proceeded to the grave of Reynolds, where
appropriate remarks were made. and the
grave decorated, when another dirge from
the band closed the service. This part of the
performance was witnessed by many of the
people OF the village.
The death Of Mrs. Benjamin Sturgis of
ci0rham came very Unexpectedly at last,
Lnough she had been sometime out of health.
She was very worthy woman and very high
~ respected by all who had the pleasure of
her acquaintance. Her funeral was very
largely attended, and much sympathy was
expressed for her surviving husband and
family.
We have fine hay veather at last and the
farmers are rushing up their work double
quick.
New Gloucester.
A FRAcAs ON THE TOWN FARM, AND A JOB
FOR THE TRIAL JUSTICE.
There was little unpleasantness at the
Town Farm last Sunday. Mr.. Jilson went
there to get one of the paupers to work for
him In haying, but Mr. Edwards who carries
on the farm refused to allow him to speak to
the man. Jilson however persisted and did
speak to him, upon which Edwards struck
him, and then followed Sullivan Kir ain
encounter on a small scale, in which Jilson
got badly punished. He got out warrant
for the arrest Of Edwards and his two sons,
who had helped along their father by few
well-directed blows, and the parties were
taken before trial-justice Cobb, who after an
impartial hearing. fined the elder Edwards
$40 and bis two sons So each.
The Misses Stevens, principals of the
Stevens School, have bought the house
adjoining theirs, formerly owned by Mrs,
Seth Haskell, and will use it to supplement-
their own house which Is not large enough
to accommodate their boarding scholars.
Among the recent arrivals in town are
Eliphalet G. Cutter of East Weymouth,
Mass. Mrs. f. w. Robinson and daughter
and Mrs. Edwin Rowe and daughter of Port
land.
south Freeport.
large amount Of hay has been harvested
this week in this vicinity.
Several heavy showers passed us on each
side yesterday, one of them touching us
slightly.
Rev. c. l.. Nichols and family removed to
Brunswick last week.
DR.. A. H. Gaubert, wife and daughter. OF
Columbia, South Carolina. are visiting at
Emery Jones's.
Prof. and Mrs. VIM. Curtis are spending
portion Of their vacation at Horace Brewers.
j. Brown has now twenty-five hives of
bees In his apiary. They are yielding him q
large quantity Of honey this season, most of
of patent extractor, and puts up in jars or
cans for sale