The Portland daily press., 1891-09-10
MAINE TOW MS,
Items OF Interest Gathered by Cor
respondents OF the Press
PoWnaI.


A beantiful and perfect season is drawing
near to its close. Nature, with lavish hanu,
daily repaying the husbandman Ior MS
weeks Of toll.
Onr farmers are now onstantly gathering
In and marketing bou e9uS harvest r., ~ s TOT
the entire season the rains nave come at sucn
-. eco sa.1aTle periods, that the helds and lf0l-
ioce have nearly retained the freshness of
saS1v lime: and the pleasant prospect which
naefs the eve as one glances out on the pres
ont landscape is unusually perfect for this
saason of the year. A light frost was re-
norted on the lowlands Tuesday night, but
no material damage was done to the crops.
An opportunity offers for a course of lee
lures to be given at Mallet hall, by the Rev.
A. c. Herrick, at present of Freeport, the
course to contain four lectures descriptive of
the Holy Land. That such series of lee
lures would be very Instructive and inter
esting to our community, it is hardly neces-
sary for us to add, and we trust that this
matter will receive immediate attention
from some one who can conveniently take
the affair in charge.
School commenced in the several districts
throughout the town on Monday. September
7tn; Nearly all Of the districts continue
with the same teachers who had charge of
the schools during the spring terms.
Mr.. Charles Newbegin, formerly Of this
Town, but for many years a resident OF Call
fornia, who has been spending. the summer
at Gray with his brother, Mr.. John Newbe-
gin, has, for the last few days been in town
visiting the home and friends of his boy
hood days.
Miss Emma A. Chapman of Portland. who
mas been for some week at the mountains,
has for the last few days been visiting the
home Of her friend, Mrs. Ettie Latham.
Mrs. Fred Estes and daughter of Portland
are at Mr.. Nathaniel Dyer's.
Mr.. Edwin Latham and Miss Hortense
Fogg, of Portland, passed Monday In town,
the guests Of Mr. and Mrs. e. FL. Latham.
MI and Mrs. John Packard Of Auburn,
have been spending week at Mr.. A. ID.
Sweetsir's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Small Of Portland,
have recently been for day or two at Mr..
T.. III. HodsdOn'S.
Mrs b. Maxwell of Yarmouth. is quite I'll
at Mr.. Ii. p. MerrilPs.
Brunswick.
A series of meetings was held at the
Methodist church here last week and con-
tinued throughout the week.
Services were held at the Universalist
church Sunday.
Harry Chapman is home from his vaca-
ton.
Miss Linda Mcclellan, of Boston, is spend
ing few weeks with her father, Hugh Nc
LelaD.
Miss Lydia SWEET left last week for Frank
lin, N. H., to take charge of her school there.
DR.. Stone, of Lynn, Mass, who has been
visiting Q. w. Allen, has returned home.
A. A: Hall is again running his hack to the
midnight train.
DR.. Geo. Il. Coombs has returned from
MaldOb0ro. and is again prepared to attend
to his patients. Mrs. CoOmbs and child Wall
remain q while longer
b. E. SWEET and family have returned from
seven weeks trip to Burskin's Island. Mr.
SWEET purchased the farm where they have
been stopping.
Jake Conant closed the Adams house last
week. He has had some 1000 customers this
year. He has been at the Adams house
twelve years. He leaves the last of this
months for Phillipston, Mass.
g. l.. Bates has moved his family to Far
mington, where he is doing an excellent
business.
Miss Kate Kurdish, the distinguished
botanist and flower painter, has lately made
trip to Mt KineO and is reported to have
found there GOO different kinds of flowers.
The Colby Mill has been sold to Joseph
PhilbrOok, of Lisbon Falls, for $3.50.
The Pejepscot Water Works Co., has a
hydraulic engineer in town this week to look
over the proposed source of supply.