The Portland daily press., 1890-05-23
MAINE TOWNS.
Fairfield.

ponk has been completed anu Inc total de-
nosIts Nav /, 1890, foot up, 1920. 535, gain
during the past year Of over $4,000. The
reserve fund amounts to $12.196, and the
full number of depositors Is 1872. The in
crease the past year has been very largely
from the smaller depositors showing that the
people patronizing this form Of securities
are steadily advancing.
Mr.. j. +. Connor of Pittsfield, was in
town yesterday making arrangements to
bring his noted four year old mare Diana to
this track to be fitted for low record This
mare MAJ was by Harbinger, and as a two year
old trotted in 2.42. He will also send one or
two others as he considers the Fairfield track
one OF the best in the state.
Mr.. Appleton Webb, Waterville, will move
his long string here next week, after which
time the track will be a busy place, with the
trotters getting in readiness for the early
races.
Memorial day will be generally observed
in this vicinity; At Fairfield the services
Of decorating the graves of the soldiers will
dress will be given at the opera house by DR..
G. M. Twitchell. Special invitation has
been extended to the Masonic and Odd Eel
lows lodges, also the society Of st. John the
cession. Fairfield band will furnish music.
Mr.. n. w. Brainard and Mr.. Augustus
Bradbury have been appointed census emu
merators for this town, which is guarantee
that the work will be faithfully performed.
With clear weather the farmers take cour-
age again and hope for an opportunity to get
their seed into the ground. Much of the
early s0wn grain hes rotted and the fields
will have to be reseeded.. Surely the dis
couragements are not all In the great bust
ness centres.
Pembroke.
For fifteen years preceding 1889 Memorial
day has been observed in this town by
decorating the soldiers graves and holding
appropriate ceremonies in the cemetery, an
Grafton and other public exercises in WASH
ington Hall. Among the names of those
who have delivered addresses on those oc-
casions, we find VIM. j. Corthell and II. M.
Estabr0oke now Of Gorham, the late +. A.
Pike Of Calais, Judge @. b. Rounds of the
same city, N. B. Mutt Esq. of Eastport and
Mr.. Harrison Hume Of of Boston. Last
year the committee whose duty it was to
prepare for the observance Of the day,
arranged different plan from that Of any
previous year. The graves were decorated
In the afternoon as usual but the Grafton
was omitted. In the evening public meet
ing was held in the hall and an interesting
programme carried out. This arrangement
found SO much favor that the committee
whose auspices 1t will be presented, have
arranged the following order of exercises for
this year:
The procession consisting of the band, the
Post and floral committee of young ladies,
will form at O'Clock p. m. in front of Grand
Army Hall and march to Forest Hill Ceme-
terry and there halt. After the alignment
of the procession the Post Adiutant win
es re- SI the Roll Of Honor This will be foley o
will be made from the Post and floral COM
mittee for decorating the graves. After this
duty has been performed, one piece will be
sung by,a quartette Of male voices, when
thn vatalrc will ha Nofa nod ax,1 IL
cession return to the hall and be dismissed.
Evening exercises at Washington Hall.
Singing choir
Prayer. .................:... Rev. P. E. Brown
Remarks. ......................Mr W. w. Poor
Recitation. Dav
Miss Blanche Porter
Reading. Miss Maggie M. Fransworth
Remarks. MIR. Fred ". prdiey
Reading. Miss Nellie smith
hemarks' :....:................R Rev. w. j. Shelton
Slnging-Amerlca.. ......................A Audience
benedlct0n OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
At Dennysville Memorial exercises will be
held at the village cemetery in the afternoon,
in the evening at Dennie Hall, an entertain
ment consisting of an aliegory and tableaux
of the Great Rebellion will be given, the
proceeds to go to the Soldiers Monument.
Gray.
Wednesday was beautiful day, which we
are pleased to record.
The Gray Base Ball Club will play the
Juniors of Cumberland, at the latter's club
grounds Saturday May 22nd.
Mr.. Luther Hill Is moving into the house
Dow.
Messrs. Chas. E. Libby. H. L. Morse,
man and Samuel Cummings have each pur-
chased one Of the Cahill sulBy pillow attach
ments; Mr.. Chas. E. Libby at the time the
ng VIE SIX oxen they used Gf four on the
attachment, and the blowing as easily as
with six attached directly to the pillow.
The funeral services Of the late DR.. j. F.
Newman Of Gorham, Me-, formerly of this
der the auspices of Sloan Lodge, l. o. o.
f., of which he was member. He was
also member Of Sebago Lodge Of Knights
of Pythias Of this place, and member Of
belonged to two odd Fellow reliefs, the K.
of p. and Masonic reliefs. Consumption
finally took from these orders much es-
teemed brother, and separated kind father
from highly respected family, who have
the sympathy of this community.
The Pennell Institute graduating class of
go will hold their exercises of commence
ment st the Free Will Baptist church Thurs
Gay, June 9th. The following parts have
been assigned:
SaIutatory. ............... Miss Lillian Frank
History .......................M Miss Nettie Libby
PROPHECY Grace roster
T Fssays Sy Misses Laura Allen. Grace WEBSTER
and Mabel Douglass.
Orations by Messrs. Wilbert Libby, Will Smith
Joseph Golf.
valedictory. .............. Miss Ethel Cummings
The class are now under the instruction of
Mrs. A. N. Halves, the we'll known elocu-
ZIONIST of Portland. The graduating exer-
cses will be followed by concert In the
evening. consisting of music by Grimmer's
orchestra, selections by Portland Male
Quartette. and reading by Miss Helen Fos-
ter of Cumberland Mills.
Miss +. M. Hunt, recently appointed emu
merator Of the census for the town of Gray,
Is the. only lady appointed in New England
for like position. Miss Hunt is also col
lecting material for history OF the town.
Cape Elizabeth.
Mr.. Andrew j. Wheeler of Bowery Beach
was badly injured on Monday last by the
breaking of a whiffie-tree while using disk
harrow. The horses being frightened ran,
throwing him on to the brake. erating the
flesh on one of his legs badly. DR.. Thombs
was called, who dressed the wounds, making
Mr.. Wheeler as comfortable as possible.
The Free Baptist circle met with Mrs.
Ephraim Dyer on Wednesday afternoon, the
attendance was very laage
Mrs William B. Higgins whose health has
been very poor during the the past winter
and who recently has been visiting In Bald
win, is now gaining very rapidly and thinks
OF spending tne summer at this place.
Miss Annie M. Sawyer of the Centre has
been on the sick list.
Rev: 81. M. Vail occupied the pulpit at the
Free VIII Baptist church On Sunday.
On account Of so much cold and rainy
weather early vegetables will without doubt
be scarce on the Cape this season.
We see by the paper that the selectmen in
the town of Deering have given notice that
any one fonnd playing ball on Sunday will
be prosecuted according to law. Would 1t
not be well to follow this example in our own
town?
Many families from the city have already
moved to their summer homes
Scarboro
The following are the newly installed Off
GERS OF Stephen Sewall Lodge l. o. G. T.
G. TN. L. Moulton.
V. T.-Mrs. NJ. K. Moulton,
Chap.-Annie Pillsbury.