The Portland daily press., 1890-12-17

NlnalhaNen.

Mr.. Emery A. Calderwo0d. wno mas peen
at the NaineGeneral Hospital for treatment.
arrived home last week much improved in
health, He is now under treatment of DR..
Gordon of Portland.
Brown & Tolman, painters of this place
are doing some fine painting this week for
Mr.. F. Fl. Smith at North Haven.
Capt. Jas. COllamore, who has been pilot
on steamer Lucy Miller for the past month
OF more, arrived home Thursday, Capt.
Stubs being able to again take charge of
the boat
H. l.. Raymond arrived home from Lewis
ton and Boston Saturday.
DIR. j. l.. Warren of Deering, sole proprie-
tor of the Warren Constitutional Treatment.
IS stopping in town for few days.
The following officers of Lafayette Carver
Post, G. A. R.. will be. installed the first
crs aay - " com W p Kttte1 sps WV
Surg. Thomas by RIO. H.. T. g. Libby
o. D., E. g. Leford; O. G., John vinal.
W W. Kitterage left Wednesday of last
charge of crew of men for the new
granite firm starting there.
Rev. Mr.. Hadley Of Hampton Falls, N. H.,
preached at the Advent chapel here Sun
day.
January 9th: Com, G r. Doake; Capt.
Gen Geo. Roberts; S. w., Geo. W. vinai;
Treas. I. G. Libby; s. B j. FL. Hamilton !;
w. w. S. Carver; Generalssimo. Fred
Carver; Prelate. j.. 81 Sanborn; j: W.,
S. B., Calvin B. Vinal.
We are having very rough stormy cold
month ever since December came in 1t has
Ill.
snow for business and teams a'e kept busy
every day drawing lumber, wood, etc.
Mr.. Michael Varney, seventy nine years
old, walks four miles day to and from his
work and puts up his two cords of timber
per day.
Mr.. / L French while chopping in the
wo IDS the past week, in cutting down a
white ash tree, after cutting into the tree
s0me six inches came upon lock of hair.
There used to b an idea that If a person
afflicted with toothache should pare the
finger nails and take lock of hair from the
head, wrap them up together and bore hole
10 growing white ash tree, put them in. and
plug it tight, when 1t grew over the wound
maze In the tree 1t was sure cure for the
t0othache. But as the one placing them
there in al probability is long since dead the
disturbing the hair will not be likely to affect
Their teeth now.
There is to be dance here on Christmas
Eve.
Some of the old rails used for building
fence when the town was first settled over
a hundred years ag" are still remaining to al
appearance perfectly sound ON the farm now
owned by L L.. French.
The farmers of Freedom, N e., are buying
more cows for their creamery at that place
past season and they wish to enlarge the
business.
Mr.. Kennard and sister from Aroostook
County are here on visit to their friends.
BrIdgton,
The snow has made trade lively In this VIII
lage for the past week, and all kinds of BUSH
ness seem to have experienced more or less
of boom in consequence OF the improved
travelling.
There was large attendance at the Meth
odist Fair and Festival Of Days at Gen.
trail Hall last Thursday evening. Every
article which was for sale was disposed of,
and the receipts for the evening nrtted some
fifty dollars. The entertainment in connect
ion with the fair, THOUGH not lengthy was Of
a very pleasing character.
large amount of pine Is being hauled to
the mill Of A. ii. Harmon d Co., from the
Marten lot south Of the village, which Is con-
trolled by Lewis Smith.
The crew which are at work numbering for
5 ID. Davis OF Harrison, on his lot south of
MIR. Henry, have winter camp for them
selves Ia the lumbermen's style.
Z. b. Gibbs has began scraping the Ice at
the foot Of Highland Lake, 10 prepaIa alton
for his annual harvest. He will not only
pack enough ice to supply the retail trade of
the village, but will, as usual, probably fill
the various private ice houses of the grocery
men and others.
The Pondcherry Company will burn coal
as fuel In the future, and we shall no more
see thvse huge pills of wood in the mill yard
as We have been wont to do. A cargo Of
some three hundred tons of coal has recently
been piled up in the yard near the furnace.
What may be termed Christmas trade
isa it'll dull as yet notwithstanding the
Raymond.
EAST RAYMOND.
Nicholas Cobb has takena job Of Decker
and Hancock to cut the pine and hemlock
timber on the Elisha Hall farm and draw the
same to g. eat Rattlesnake pond and has al
ready commenced operations on the same.
Charles Cole has crew If men with teams
drawing poplar timber TO Great Rattle
shake pond for the S. d. Warren Paper
Mill Co.
Last week was the coolest known here for
number Of years
Mr.. Webbtr, of North Windham, will
preach in the Union Chapel next Sunday
forenoon at the Usual hour.
A little child of George SmalPs who has
been quite i'll with congestion Of the lungs Is
now slowly improving
Daniel Jackson an aged citizen died last
Thursday and was buried Saturday after
noon.
Grange p. of Il. ATTENDS the Convention at
lewiston Tuesday as delegate.
Lakeside Div. s. Of L. will give free
baked bean supper to its members at their
hall Saturday evening the 9th.
Ssccarappa.
The net cash receipts of the Methodist fair
that closed ON last Saturday evening will be
nearly 600.
The Temple Quartette give the fourth en-
tertainment in the G. l.. 5. course on next
Thursday evening.
Mr.. Slogan Vatralsky, a Bulgarian, gave
an interesting and instI uctive lecture In the
Congregational evening.
On Monday noon two ladies from Little
Fals-Mrs. Cash and Mrs Smth-accom-
printed by little girl were riding through
our village on Main street when the became
frightened and ran away. At the head OF
Spring street he c0llidtd with a large team
of Mr. A. Libbey's and the sleigh was COM
pletely wrecked and its occupants thrown to
the ground: The ladies escaped injury, but
the little girl was slightly cut on the fore
head. TIE horse dashed up Spring street
with the remnants Of the sleigh, and was
stopped on Valentine street. He was moi
injured. 1t was IN almost miraculous es
cape from severe, IL not fatal injuries for the
ladies'.
Some twelve new looms have been added
to the machinery of the Haskell Silk com.
pany. This company Is now making q
beautiful article of fancy silk.
New Gloucester.
Rev. Mr.. Mitchell. of Boston, is conduct.
| ing series If serval meetings at the CoDgre
| gational Church.
Mr.. Frank Merrill, and his children and
Mrs Foxcroft, leave for Pomona, California,
| this week.
The good Shedding is favorable for lum.
| bering, and Newell p. Haskell, Charles p
| Haskell and Allen Jordan, have teams al
| work In the woods.
There will be a ball at the Town Hall
Wednesday evening, Dec 18th.
Mr.. Warren Emerson, of Portland, spent
Sunday in town, the guest of Mrs. Coombs
The second lecture of the Stevens SchoO
| Course, will be given Monday evening, DEF
22nd, by Rev. F. T. Bayley. of Portland
Subject: "GOod Old Times"
James Brown. age about 70 years. wa!
| found dead In his bed on Monday morning
b S Littlefield is building new steam
| saw mill at the Centre for saving all kind;
| of lumber and has 1t about ready for SER
| vice.
There is talk of a new corn packing facto.
| tants is weak in that direction owing to pre-
vious failures of parties who have proposed
to build and operate.
Freeport
| SOUTH FREEPoRT.
Steamer Phantom was taken to Portland
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