The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-06-04
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by the
Press Correspondents.
Paris.

Paris.
WEST PARIS.
The road machine is at work on our village
street this week.
A row Of maple trees have been set out on
each side of the cemetery.
S. B. Locke and wife have gone to Richard
son Lake on fishing trip.
Burnham & Morrilps shops are nearly
ready for the can makers to commence work,
Some changes are to be made In the boiler
rooms and store house at the Manufacturing
Company's mill.
Quite a number Of our people are intend
ing to attend the I. o. G. T. District I.odSa
to be held in Hanover, Wednesday. June 1otb
TheUnited Order of the Golden Cross have
Instituted lodge in this place TO be known
as Home Guard Commandery'' and the fol-
lowing is list of their officers:
Noble Commander G. Howard Lane.
vice Noble Commander-Miss Jennie M Brown
M0rIny frelate-Rev. Seth Benson.
,, M0pie Keeper OF Records-Mrs. Francena EN-
Andrews. A-'' -AN" Ava
Ireasurer-Miss Lizzie E. Lane.
warren warden Of the Inner Gate-Mlss Clara Ridlon.
fast Noble Commander-O. X. Yates, M. ID.
Brunswick.
The Bowdoin College Reading Room AS
ISOLATION has elected A. M. Jones, '93, man.
ager.
Mrs. S. j. Boardman is building a house
on her lot on High street, west of her resi-
dence.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. W. Stanwood of Portland
have arrived in town, and will pass the sum-
mer here.
The Bowdoin senior examinations occur
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of
this week.
@. E. Townsend is recovering from the
attack Of rheumatism which has confined
him to the house for the past eight weeks
and is now able to be out.
Station Agent Cahill has in his flower
garden plants from every state in the Union.
He has planted some corn which he pro-
cured at Mt Vernon, when he visited the
tomb of Washington.
-, A nun number q BOwdoin hOys went before
week. f. Q. Fish and G. e. Riley took ex
aminations for the patent Office, II. w.
jarvis and +. E. bennett examination for
the marine service.
the ell Of Capt Alfred Skolfeld's house, one
day last week the staging broke aud the
crew fell to the ground, distance of 26
feet. They were quite badly hurt, but no
bones were broken.
Sherman Mills.
Mr. Bumpus's health is much improved -
memorial Day was appropriately OBJ
served in Sherman. All the cemeteries, six
in number, within the jurisdiction of Ash
Dury Caldwell Post, g. A. R., were visited
by details, and the soldiers graves decorated
and interesting services were held in the
first, and the Central cemetery in Sherman,
around the soldiers monument situated in
the latter. At the town hall large audience
gathered, In the presence of which very in
teresting services were held consisting OF G.
A. X. ritualisticservice, the singing of sew
eral pieces by the choir, finely rendered
poem by Miss Nettie Coburn, an able
patriotic address prepared by Rev. 1. G.
Bumpus and delivered by Mrs. Bumpus, the
singing of America by the audience and
closing benediction by the chaplain. Mr..
Bumpus was not able to deliver the address
ON account of sickness, and his wife kindly
volunteered to do it, She has strong, clear
voice, a distinct articulation, and was able
to make the large audience, packing the
large hall to the stairway, distinctly hear
ner, and SO flnely delivered it as to receive
hearty applause and favorable comment
from the Post and the audience.