The Portland daily press., 1890-05-14
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mOur farmers this week are pushing along
their spring work. Very little grain has
been sown on our intervale farms as the
soil is hardly fit to work. Lima beans will
be planted TO quite an extent as many think
that they pay better than any other farm
crop. The farmers hereabouts are consider
ing the advisability of establishing a cream
cry. 1t Is said by those who have given the
matter a trial that the farmers get more for
their cream than If 1t is made into butter, but
of great amount of a very hard work.
SUNDAY river is now clear of logs, the last
9IiVe Iavlng gone down last Friday. The
drive Of G: b. Bean has just passed Bethel.
Inc Bethel Choial Union will give its an
nual concert next Thursday evening, May
10th. at Ideal Hall. The club will be as
sisted by Mrs. Bigelow of Salem, Mass, and
rrof; Wright, and directed by Mrs. j. g.
Gehring.
Rev. Mr.. Hardy has resigned his pastorate
at the Congregational church to take effect
the first of July. During the time Mr..
Hardy has preached here he has made many
friends and 1t is very much regretted that he
is so soon to go to another field Of labor.
The remains of Rev. Mr.. Stewart who died
last winter at Waterville arrived here Mon
day. Funeral services were held Tuesday at
Middle Intervale.
Mr.. T. A. Chapman of Milwaukee, the
proprietor Of the Homestead Stock Farm,
Bethel, arrived here last week.
The spring term Of school In our village
commenced this week with large atten-
dance, Miss M. Abbott and Miss Matte
ellison teachers.
The Lakeside Company will not run
coach from Bethel to the Lakes this season.
They have made arrangements with j. 5.
Zane to do their coaching.
Mrs. Alfre1 Fsrwell who has been very
sick with pneumonia is now gaining slowly.
j. Z. Billings, our veteran carriage manu-
facturer, has recently put into his shop
seven horsepower boiler from the Porter
Manufacturing Company and is ready to do
all kinds OF repairs to machinery.
A large congregation greeted the new pas
tor Rev, Mr.. Reckard at the M. E. church
last Sabbath.
Klttery.
Mr.. Chas. Mace has leased the Todd farm
on the York road for this year.
The schooner Helen +. Tredick, Captain
in the lower harbor Saturday with 65-foot
whale In tow. The whale is Of an inferior
type, being valued only for It's blubber and a
small amount of whalebone. The whale
was found floating about Is miles east of
Thatcher Island, and had no mark to indi-
cate as to the parties. giving it its death
wound. The captain and crew were busy all
day Monday cutting off the blubber, which
will be taken to Gloucester, Mass, for try
ing out Many visitors have inspected the
monster.
The launch for the new cruiser Concord
was put in the water, Saturday, at the navy
yard, where it was built. 1t is pretty little
boat, and carries an engine about as big as
peck basket.
A few discharges were made at the navy
yard and number of men laid off, Saturday.
1t Is expected that work will start up again
very shortly. Complaint is made that the
slow in sending forward money, and that
the bureau of construction and repair has al
lowed only half the amount asked for-why,
is not known, unless it is that Secretary
Tracy has transferred the money belonging
to the bureau to another account, and
thus necessitated the reduction Of the work
ing force.
Mr.. VIM. Sladen of Portsmouth, who was
recently appointed to position in the navy
yard, went over there Monday to assume his
duties. On arriving there he found he was
placed in the department of steam engineer
ing, and was set to work wheeling coal. As
Mr.. Sladen is man well advanced In years,
he found the work too arduous, and after a
short survey of the scene took return boat
for home.
Buxton.
BAR MILLS.
J. w. Meserve has put telephone in his
ofice.
S. c. bennett. of the Union Mutual Life
Insurance Company. is in town.
The firm Of j. S. Meserve g. Son have
leased another store, making In all three oc-
cupied by them.
At the meeting of the Hollis and Buxton
Agricultural Association is was voted to re-
build the grand stand and judges stand, and
build five new sheds. The money is to be
raised by loan. The meeting was well at
tended.
Farmers have done but little work as vet.
cold damp weather preventing.
The Saco River Telegraph and Telephone
Company have now nine telephones on their
line.
f. j. Leavitt of Salmon Falls has got his
steam boiler set and started his engine.
The Maine Furniture Company talk of
putting n dynamo in their new engine room<