The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-29
MAINE TOWNS.
A Successful and Pretty Fair Given by
Fryeburg Ladies'.
Personal Notes and Other News
Gathered In Freeport.
Recent happenings Among Our
Nelghbors In Westbrook and
Cape Elizabeth.
Freeport.

Mr.. Andrew Litchfield has completed a
new house on Main street near the railroad,
and now offers it for sale or rent.
Fogg q Willis have just received and have
on sale at their store lot of fancy chairs,
and show fine line of furnishing goods.
Wilmot b. Mitchell, Bowdoin class 80, has
| employment at Deighton, Mass, during the
summer vacation.
Fred W. Mitchell has moved into his new
tenement just finished. and can now be
found nearer his place of business.
Sailing parties are improving the fine
weather for excursions down the bay. Diff
ferent picnic parties have this week visited
Bradbury's Mountain. Brunswick Plains
and VOLTS Neck.
Strangers here can find the Portland daily
papers, also Boston and Lewiston papers at
the new news depot recently fitted up in the
| post Office by VIM. A. Mitchell, who also has
| ON sale the usual current literature of the
| day.
There are number of fine gardens in this
village. AT the residence of Col. Gore is one
that is remarkably good, and it is well worth
ones time to look it over. The walks are
nicely and clearly kept The shubbery is of
interesting variety, and there are many
choice flowers. In the rear of the flower
| garden are cultivated vegetables of different
| kinds. We doubt if finer quarter of an
| acre of onions can be found in Cumberland
| county, and there are beets which are i'm
mense. The Colonel has a fine taste for gar
dening and is pleased to show his grounds
| to appreciative persons.
| Two of our oldest citizens have passed
| away, Mr.. Barnabas Carver aged SO years,
| and Mrs. Olive Randall, relict OF the late
Capt. John Randall, at the age OF nearly So
| years.
Visitors in town not before mentioned are
Miss Lena Merrill, from Bedford, Mass,
| Mrs. Appleton and daughter Flossie, from
| Boston, VIM. Griffin, West Roxbury, Mass,
Rev. Mr.; Adams, Iowa, George q. Litchfield,
| Portland.
The sale of Magee's Island is reported.
| This is one of the many beautiful places in
| Casco Bay, the delight of summer tourists,
| easy of access and in the route of the steam
| er Phantom, which passes it four times
daily, to and from Portland.
Fryeburg.
DELIGHTS OF THE FAIR.
The ladies of the Congregational Society
held their annual fair in the vestry on Thurs
| day evening. The decorations of evergreens
were fitting for the occasion. The flower
| booth, in the form of a sylvan arbor, the
|
| cool lemonade; the fortune teller's tent, shell
| tered behind its green hedge, were pleasing
features. The other attractions were the
| usual tables for the sale of variety of use
| full and fancy articles, stationery, fruit. re-
freshments, &c. The entertainment was
| largely attended and was a success.
| The funeral services of Miss Susie III. Ran
dali, who died on July oath, after patiently
borne illness of several months, took place
| on Friday afternoon. They were conducted
by Rev. W. +. Livingston, of the COngrega-
| tionalist church, and Rev. b. N. Stone, of the
| New Church. Miss Randall was very est-
| mable young lady and in their great sorrow
| the surviving members of her family, mo-
| Their and brother, have the sympathy Of
many friends.
A farmers meeting, under the auspices of
| the Maine State Grange, will be held at Mar
| tha's Grove on August 31st
Among our visitors are John Tileston and
| John l.. Eastman of Boston, Miss Addie
| Warren of st. Louis, Wis, Miss Sarah Evans
| of Kentucky, Herbert Odlin of Concord, N.
Cape Elizabeth.
Fifteen of the candidates for admission to
the high school successfully passed the ex-
animation. There will be second examin-
alton for all who wish to take it at the high
school room Saturday, August 31st at one
O'Clock
The Benevolent Society will give a lawn
party next thursday evening at OlulOntOu
Beach. IL stormy it will be given Friday
evening.
There will be dance at the new hall, in
Knightville, Thursday, Aug 3D..
Westbrook.
| While Mr.. Frank Haskell, superintendent
| of the Westbrook Manufacturing Company's
mills at Saccarappa, was out riding Friday
afterdoon with his son Walter, one of the
wheels Of his carriage came off, which threw
| Mr.. Haskell against the side Of the carriage
| and broke his leg above the knee.