The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
Porter.
KEZAR FALLS.

Lumbermen, fearful that the present good
shedding may not last long, are rushing their
business with all the haste possible. Great
quantities of poplar timber are being drawn
from every direction.
Rev. Mr.. Potter of Stowe supplied at the
Methodist Church last Sunday morning. Mr..
Potter, for young man of only twenty-one
years, is very ready and fluent speaker
G. G. Wadleigh has advertised his property
in this place for sale and intends going West
in the spring.
Hon. James Edgecomb of Hiram has con-
tracted with Joseph W. fitzpatrick to have
beautiful granite monument cut and set
upon his lot in the cemetery at this place.
Sickess has had the strongest and most
frightful grip" upon this village during the
past two months that it ever had in the
experience of the place. Those that have
john S MITCHELL H. 9chaei Mcaeug are Mrs.
ShOrey Weeks, Mrs. John Stewart, Oliver M.
Stanley and Samuel Ridlon. DIR. Chellis is
considered out of danger and is recovering
Notwithstanding the unusual mildness of
the winter the ice men are harvesting some
of the best ice that has ever been cut in this
vicinity. The query is when did it freeze?
Corham.
Mr. Fem, of High st. Church Portland,
preached at the Congregational Church Sun
day morning and evening. In the morning
he took his text from Zeph. $50; in the
evening from Math. GIG. Mr.. Pratt of North
Gorham preached at the Methodist church
Sunday morning.
Friday evening the young ladies of Mrs.
f. w. Harding's Sunday school class met at
her house to form LOngfellow club, which
is to meet every Friday evening.
The first of the course of lectures at the
Methodist church, will be given Wednesday
evening by Rev. Mr.. Inge of Portland. The
subject Is. THE experience of a young
refugee, or Life in the South from '61 to '65"
Feb. 10 Mr.. Lathrop will lecture on mission
airy work, at the Congregational church.
The subject will be illustrated with stereop-
tic0n views.
1t has been proposed by some young ladies
TO have the room over Judge Waterman's
ONCE, lifted up as reading room for the
boys OF the village, and Sunday morning a
collection is to be taken for that purpose
HarpsweII.
EAST HARPswELL.
Frank Leavitt is dangerously i'll with
pneumonia which followed an attack of la
grippe. Mrs. Levi Holbrook is sick with
bilious fever.
The re cent rains have tlken off all the
snow in the roads. The ice companies are
getting their ice with little expense, as there
has been little or no scraping..
Ferdinand Curtis has lost his big horse
from an unknown disease. His weight was
1900 lbs. when In health.
Mr.. Simon Leavftt did very good bust
ness ceiling last week. One day he captured
IL dozen.
In the account of the cd people OF Harps-
Island, the Island" was omitted which
quite changed the sense In regard to the
population. The island is but small part
of the town.
Baldwin.
NORTH BALDWIN.
The school in District No. closed last
Thursday. The term has been profitable
one under the instruction of Mr.. Martin, of
Sebago
Rev. Mr.. Jones, the Presiding Elder,
preached at the Union Chapel last Sabbath
Several of the people of this place went TO
Oak Hill in Standish, February 8, to attend
the funeral of Mr.. Alfred Cousins, who was
formerly of this place.
John Cartret, who has been in Sebago
home.
Mrs. Harland Weed and family, of Deer
ing, are visiting her parents.