The Portland daily press., 1890-09-03
MAINE TOW N s.
Bethel.

Bethel.
Sweet corn commenced to come in Monday
and the factory commenced operations Tues
day. The factory has just been completed.
1t is one of the best corn factories in the
county, everything being new and first-class.
Mr. Wyman, who runs it, has been in the
business for twelve years, and is endowed
with great tenergy and push. The prospect
is fattering for large crop of corn should
the frost hold off for ten days.
While at Gilead the other day we visited
several pieces of corn. all of which had at
tanned large growth and handsomely cared
out; on one stalk three finely formed ears
were noted. AS a whole the farmers are
feeling pretty cheerful over their big crops of
pot0toeS, corn and grain. Stock is selling
quite lively. Cows bring good prices and
sell quickly.
Bethel has had large number of city peo-
pie this season, who left about $4,000 among
the farmers and hotel keepers.
toes
DIR. r. G. Wiley. who is over so years old.
can be seen OF the road every day attending
to his numerous patients. He drives in all
kinds of weather. We. challenge Oxford
county to produce smarter man.
A little daughter of Sewall Walker died
last Thursday of cholera infantum.
Mrs. Horace Walker is very feeble
Hon. L. A. Chapman, from Milwaukee, is
at the Chapman stock farm, and has a crew
of men blasting out stumps. We noticed
near the road a big oak tree which had been
literally split into kindling wood by blast
of dynamite.
Friday, Sheriff Wormell took to Paris Jail
a runaway couple, one of them belonging in
New Hampshire and the other in Vermont.
The county. Institution now has the largest
number of inmates it has had for some time.
The fall term of Gould's Academy COM
menced Tuesday with the prospect Of full
school. Prof. Hall still continues as princi-
pal. We met on the street last night our old
Twitchell, formerly captain of the 18th
Maine Battery Light Artillery during the
last war. Mr.. Twitchell has been spending
several years in New Jersey. He has now
come to Bethel with his family to spend a
few weeks at his old home.
Capt. Adelbert B. Twitchell went out as
captain of the 18th Bat terry; was sent to Vir-
ginia and in its first battle at Spottsylvania,
fought from morning till night. In that
battle it obtained celebrity which gave it
the brigade in the 9th corps. AT Bethesda
Church and Cold Harbor it was again under
fire. In front of Petersburg it took part in
the fierce strife which reigned there for SO
tinually watching for every exposure and
sixty-four pound mortar shells were frequent
ly thrown over the :ramparts, and many of
its officers and privateS were laid low never
more to fight the battles for their lovely
country: The ~. battery was comp composed Of f.,
school room, law offices, workshops and
from the pillow field. More than one-half of
the men enlisted for this battery never re-
turned ito their homes being either k Tiled,
wounded or died in hospital.
Bridgton.
The 'Darktown Minstrels." consisting of
w. III. Mcdonald, Geo. rockingham, Prof.
S. l.. Studley. Ed. Studley and Thomas john
son who are all well known as summer Wis
toEs at the Cumberland gave first class
night. Prof. Studley, the well known musi-
clan and composer played the piano, and the
music, both vocal and instrumental was all
that could be desired. The performers were
greeted by crowded house, and they Ger:
tainly can have no reason to complain of
their reception by Bridgton people.
The grove meetings held during the week
have been we'll attended. The rain of Wed
nesday forenoon prevented any meeting, but
advertised, Rev. Mr.. Smith of Norway and
Rev. w. S. McIntire of Lewiston have been
among the speakers
A caucus for the selection of Republican
candidate for Representative to the Legisla-
ture will be held at Town Hall Thursday
afternoon, September A.
A Republican Rally at the Town Hall is
advertised for Thursday evening, and will be
addressed by Hon. d. B. Henderson. W. E.
Mason and H. B. Cleaves.
The Methodist circle will have basket
picnic in the grove near Harmon's store next
Tuesday afternoon.
A beginning has been made on the founda-
tion for the new grocery and provision store
Of G. E. Gleason on Main street next to the
furniture warerooms of Lewis Smith.
Snnna pouah pQpdad ranairc tho hiuh
school building have been made the past
week under the direction of Supervisor
Taylor.
Packing at the corn shop which began last
year some ten days earlier than the present
time, has not yet begun, and it is hardly
probable that much will be done before next
week. A large amount of new machinery, Of
the very best makes has been placed in posi-
tion in readiness for the work.
A large number of people attended the
from this village. The drive across the
country is of reasonable length and very
pleasant, and those who could, went by team
ratLer than by rail.
SOUTH BRIDGToN.
Rev. E. p. Eastman preached his farewell
sermon and presented his resignation last
Sunday, as pastor of the congregational
church here.
The village school is in session under the
tuition of miss Emma Ingalls, of this place.
Miss Edith Durham is reported quite sick
at her fathers, Mr.. Charles Burnham's S, on
Burnham street.
Mr.. Arthur Cove, who has been with his
wife visiting his brother in this place, Mr..
VIM. V. Cove, was taken sick here last week
and left suddenly for his home in Boston,
Mr.. Cove is retired merchant and ship
owner
at the home Of her father, Mr.. Silas Gould.
Corn is reported as promising to be very
full and fine crop if the weather should be
favorable for two. weeks or so, this crop,
along with everything else, being about this
much behind the average time.
Mr. and Mrs. II. w. Cousins, of Fryeburg,
have been visiting W. NJ. Reed and wife in
this place.
Bethel.
Rev. Mr.. Moore, a resident of New York,
a graduate of the Bangor Theological Semin-
airy, has been preaching at the Union church,
Gilead, since the last week in June. He
will preach his last sermon next Sunday and
will return to Bangor to finish, his studies.
Rev. Mr.. Chaplin, of Acworth. n. H., a
young man, will supply the place the com
ing winter.
Monday morning the water company be-
gan to lay the piping through the village, be,
ginning near the chair factory.
Last Sunday your CORES pondent met on
the street Rev. Mr. Grover, whom he LAST
met at Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864. Mr.
dIUftI w do tlOn Ou buO commission
He has been connected with the Congrega-
tional church for many years at Colebrook,
N. Ii. He is now spending vacation with
his friends in Bethel, the home of his boy
hood.
q. A. Abbott, of South Bethel, and Mark
e. Severn, his oldest son and others are max
ing arrangements to go West in a few weeks
in company with Lawyer Abbott, who has
been out there several years and is here now
on a vacation.
Bears are making sad havoc among the
sheep!in.Gilead, Mason. and parts of Bethel.
one night Proprietors of the Bethel House
and Alpine House are making arrangements
to commence an action against the %Ursus
Tbnrsdav afternoon and evening with Mrs.
Herbert Carter, Middle lntervale.
Gray.
Mr.. Warren F. Gilbert and daughter of
Boston passed the week of the fair with IL.
G. Doughty.