The Portland daily press., 1890-09-23
MAINE TOW MS.
Bethel.

The Methodist ocsiety will hold their
annual Harvest Fair next Thursday after
noon and evening at Patten Hall. Ice cream
and antiquarian supper will be served,
fancy articles. vegetables and apples will be
on exhibition and for sale. A good time
generally for both old and young
The Montreal and Quebec party arrived
home Friday on 10 a. m. train, having tray
elled from Tuesday noon till Friday noon,
500 miles, 400 by cars and 100 by steamer.
They were on the road three nights. All
arrived home well pleased with their trip.
The party contained Mrs Chase Of Blue
dent of the Bethel Savings Bank, Mrs. Gill
man Bean, wife Of our postmaster, Miss
Katie Locke, assistant postmistress, Miss.
Thursey Mason, Miss Emma Mason and
A. Chandler Jr.
Mr.. Frank E. Totman, of Portland, gave
a select party at the Alpine House for the
benefit of Mr.. Burt Smart and Mr.. Fred
Evans of Portland Thursday evening, music
by a Portland Quartet.
Our corn factory is in full blast.
Hon. Timothy Chapman has men employed
blasting out stumps at his stock farm. One
day last week he tested a mammoth oak
on the mountain side back of his beau tiful
mansion and ordered his men to have seven
cartridges placed under 1t and touched 1t
off. The tree was thrown into the air and
blown into kindling wood. One big limb
thrown into the air came boiling down
through the roof of his farm house. Mr..
Chapman was so pleased with killing two
birds with one stone that he sent the follow
ing telegram to Kendall & Whitney, Port
land: Dynamite farming big success.
Stumps and trees going heavenward. Send
six more boxes"
The high school at Bemis Corner lis under
charge of J. s. Hutchings of Rumford.
Mrs. w. S. Wright Joined the Harrington
Concert Company at Rockland last week.
A party OF four will leave here Tuesday
for Grafton Notch to-, spend several days
camping out; They will camp one night on
Saddleback Mountain, one night on Speckled
Mountain. The latter mountain is 1900 feet
in height. Bears and crows should have
their lives insured.
Two deer were seen in field half mile
out of the village.
A large party started for the lakes from
the Bethel House Monday.
Joseph Oliver shot an eagle Tuesday
which measured three feet one inch from tip
to tip.
the fair at Norway last Friday and Satur-
day.
Rev. Mr.. Hardy exchanged Sunday with
Rev. Mr.. Record.
Ten days of good weather will finish up
the water company job, and our village will
be supplied with pure water.
Late arrivals at the Bethel House G. B.
Libby, w. K. Baker, w. j. Nicol, j. M.
Chaplain, o. S. Nichols, f. w. Fogg. Port
land; j. l.. Burbank, New York; W.. I'll.
ton, ID. c.; Mrs. A. r. Berger, Ohio.
Freeport.
The potato crop in this vicinity is very
nearly failure. Rot is the, great trouble
Quite a number Of house lots have been
sold to parties intending to build in the near
future The certainty of a new shoe shop has
given property little boom, and many are
anxious to locate building lots. Among the
recent purchases are, lot ON Main street.
A II lnrdan nurahacqr. lot of
Main and Chapel street, Arthur Mitchell
purchaser; another on Chapel street and
one at West end, the latter two purchased by
Mr.. e. @. Hyde. 1t is reported that Mr..
Jordan will commence building at once. Mr..
j. A. Brewster has purchased of Mrs Means
her interest in the store which he now Oc-
cupies, and will build an addition to it, to &C
commodate his increasing trade.
Mr.. K. b. Mallet announces his fall open
ing of dry goods Monday Sept. %.
A new street is to be surveyed, running
from Maple Avenue to Elm Street. Should
this be continued west of Elm Street to the
residence Of j. j. Harmon Esq. some beauti
full building lots would be opened up, and
could not fail to! find ready purchasers
for Freeport village will surely grow South.
ward.
Considerable interest is developing in a
new town clock to be placed in the
tower of the Congregational church. 1t i:
certainly very appropriate place for one.
Let those interested lend helping hand in
this direction as soon as the plans are
matured.
Mr.. w. S. Harlon has returned and will
open the Harlon House at once for guests
Mr.. Nelson Curtis, who has been seriously
i'll for so long time, is reported improving
Freeport High School has 70 pupils and Il
moving very successfully under its new
principal, Prof. Mitchell.
The free text book system has beer
thoroughly completed and our school com
mttee, under the Craftsmanship of Rev. j
b. Wilson, have effected the work without
a jar. Our whole school system is now a
rival for the best towns. Persons intending
to make this village their future residence
are sure to find as good schools in operation
as the state affords.