The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-15
MAINE TOWNS.
Buxton.

MAINE TOWNS.
Buxton.
prE KEEPERS IN SESSION.
last Saturday in the cosy Grange Hall at
RnXton Center was convened the ork and
cumberland Bee Keepers Association, and
aIthnngh the weather was very unfayorable
q goodjy number turned ont to profit by and
enioy the meeting The following towns
were represented: Buxton. Scarboro, Hollis.
Lyman, DAYTON, Rennebnnk, WATERFORD,
The forenoon session was taken nm with
election Of officers, music, reports on winter
ing, condition Of bees, &c.
In the afternoon the following programme
Dialect song-Dot Happy Bee Man.....
ESSAY Anew, New System of Comb Honey Pro.
- Uuclon. ....-................Ch aS. A. Page
Paper-Bee Keeping as Recreation 80.
Debate.Bee 4 sumner r Estes
it near the hive " " W ""'0
Debate Are bees an necessary agent in the
IerIlllzatlon OF flowers Of fruit and vegetables
question box-The debates on which developed
many bright and valuable IDEAS
Several new inventions and implements
were exhibited, one of the best of which was
ahlying,box, by which swarm is made to
hive Itself. The bee keeper may leave his
apiary in the morning and return at night,
and II swarm issues in his absence 1t will
be found to have been property hived.
The music, which was furnished by Mrs.
Herbert Smith, assisted by Mr.. and Mrs. j.
M. Waterhouse, was finely rendered and was
appreciated by all present.
The following are the officers for the cur
rent year:
President-L W. Nash, West Kennebunk.
Secretary-C. w. Costellow. WATERFORD.
Treasurer-Frank Eden, Bar Mills.
The next convention will be held at Good
wi Nhor1
Applications for membership will be re-
ceived and information furnished at any
time by the secretary.
Boothbay.
The entertainment given under the ans
pieces OF the Northern Legion on the first an
niversary Of their institution at the Town
Receipts Of the evening amounted to 500.
Alewives are quite plenty now in the Dam
ariscotta river, some of the catchers taking
5000 at one sitting. They are selling for one
cent delivered.
Posters appeared Monday, announcing at
auction the sale OF goods in the store for
merly occupied by A. w. Lewis, of Booth
bay Harbor.
G. E. Smith, who recently bought the old
Remission farm at the Center is having ex-
tensive repairs made on the building Mr.
Smith is business man, and we are glad
to have such people in our community.
Frank Carlisle is doing the carpenter work.
There are nine bids in for the stage route
between here and WiscasSet; the bids range
from $475 to $3.50. There is rumor afioat
that the route as it is now is to be divided,
making two routes instead of one, the ter
minus from Wiscasset to be Boothbay Cen
ire The new route Is from Boothbay Centre
to Linekin.
Mrs. Joseph Dodge, who has been confined
to the house by sickness for about four
months, is thought to be improving
Mrs. Martha Bradbury, who has been
quite sick so as to be confined to her bed for
several weeks, is reported no better
w. l. Adams went to Portland last week
to attend the Grand Lodge of f. apd A. NJ.
having been district deputy for the past
year.
A raft of several masts was towed in to
East Boothbay last week for w. /. Adams e
Son and Hodgdon Bros shipyard by tug
Stella OF Gardiner, they were cut in WASH
ington Territory and brought around Cape
Horn by ship to Bath
Corham.
,o; The Ella last meeting Of Gorham Grange, the
committee was appointed to select the acre
OF ground for the experimental planting The
grange voted to do all the work by its mem
accrue to the grange. Reports from fertilizer |
manufacturers were given; some entering |
literally into the experiment, some declining
to enter the trial. The ladies announced the |
ready for sale two weeks from the 18th inst.
The sentiments were grand success,
most of them short and pithy, and all Of
them well chosen. The question "What
discussed in an able and interesting manner
by Messrs. ROBBIE, Fogg. Parker, Palmer,
Deering Estabrook and Miss Jennie John
son. The programme for the next meeting
after the business will be sentiments again,
short, sharp, pithy and none to be excused;
then discussion of the question, "How will
the movements for shorter hours of labor af-
feet the farmer?"
Mr. Stnnhnn Hinklau hoe yat,Srrod e,o,.
his business trip to Eastern Maine.
Mr. Lewis Mcclellan and Captain John
Thistrup are angling in the Sebago region.
plOyed as Tor ~ many B years en-
Cos tannery, is soon to leave for Massachu-
sets to accept a similar position there. Mr..
Wagg of Deerfng will succeed him.
j. II. Irish and w. j. Coburn, druggists,
have consolidated and will do business at
the store occupied by Cobuln under the firm |
name of Irish & Coburn.
PownaI.
There will be services held at the Congre-
gational church next Sabbath, at $50 p. M,
by Rev. Mr.. White, pastor of the Beptst |
church at Bath, who will on that day be on |
exchange with Rev. Mr.. Wilson of Free |
port.
Capt. S. B. Kenney left town yesterday to
Y York. MS Oaique' 'ne D. "eOs'ef' III NEW
The spring continues very backward; but |
little work has been done on farms as yet.
Ii it were not that the beautiful bobolink
has appeared among. us with his joyous
caroling song, we would hardly realize that
the spring was progressing.
Baldwin.
NORTH BALDWIN.
The school in District No. began Mon
day May under the direction of Miss
Minnie .. Fitch of Sebago.
Miss Alice l.. Wiggin is teaching in Dis
trict No. 2.
Miss Clara j. Crawford has gone to Jack
son, N. H., to work at the jackson Falls
House.
The Sunday School was reorganized last
Sunday with the following officers:
Superintendent Thorne.
Asst. Supt.-N. Wiggin.
Treasurer-Hattie A. Wiggin.
Secretary-Ida M. Chadbourne.
.Freeport.
Mr.. Il. f. Dunning has purchased of Mr..
George Mitchell a nice lot on Pleasant street
where he proposes to erect residence for
himself.
Workmen have begun the foundations for
the new house on Mr.. George A. Davis on
West street.
The residence of Mrs. Thomas on Main
street is to be turned to face the street and is
to have new ell, and new trimmings. The
dence,
Mr. George II. Staples. aged 60, of Port
land died yesterday at Porter's Landing at
the residence of the late Daniel Lane.
The infant child of John Ring died very
suddenly on the 18th inst, at Flying Point.
Gray.
Mr.. Morse is preparing to make bricks near |
the railroad station at East Gray.
Perly d Halls steam grist mill will be |
when completed, the best of the kind in this |
section. Being near the track the corn will |
be elevated to the upper story, weighed and |
registered by an Automatic weigher,
Mr.. Collier of the New Gloucester corn |
tnn t..
soliciting farmers to plant corn. Offering
$1.85 per hundred. We understand that the
Raymond shop will pay So per hundred.
III; +. Webb q Co. of this place pay $17O.
will give one of his popular concerts at the |
town hall, Wednesday evening May, 81, |
consisting of vocal selections, instrumental |
solos, ludicrous presentations and laughable |
sketches.
VII AND WISDOM.