The Republican journal., 1892-05-05
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

from the straw Shop and will 90 to Sears
mont to teach school -. Miss Nellie NJ. Luce
/ has ge,Il, To Chelsea To teach, Whore she has
/ been employed fer a number ot years Miss
4 Mertila Harding has gone to Corinna where
she is employed as a teacher H.. Considerable
planting and sowing has been done ON dry
ground, but in places there is yet consider
able frost i'll the ground. More sowing and
less planting than last year, Will be the rule
in this town.
BELMONT MI. c. ?. Morrill, returned
from Boston Friday with a good driving
horse. Mr.. Frank Fletcher has gone to
Boston, and will make his home there.
Miss Hattie Mariner, of East Searsmont,
was in town last week visiting her brother
Fred. The school in Dist. No. 3 began
| Monday under the instruction of Miss Ethel
Thomas; and in Dist. No. ) under the in
struction of Miss Sadie Jordan. Mr.. II. F.
Farrow is repairing his house.
WNNECooK. There was an entertainment
at Bradford Dodge's last Friday night at
which about fifty-iive We're present. They
We're entertained with games, music and
dancing and apples We're passed around. A
very enjoyable time is reported. Isaac
Cole has recently shingled his house and is
| making other necessary repairs James
| Saywar,i has had his house repanted this
spring. W I. Edmonds has newly painted
the trimmings of his house. -. The farmers
of this section are busy putting in theircrops
NV L. Edmonds has a SOW that gave
birth to titeen pigs few day ago. He ought
not to he short of pork next year.
| PROSPECT. Our town report shows about
| 800 of called for town orders hearing no in
terest which the town treasurer is ready to
pay Oh demand, without regard to the stat
ute limitation as practiced by some towns
,...E. G. Grant lost good last week
go. South Branch Grange is adding new
members at every regular meeting. Four
young men took the Sd and 18th degrees last
Saturday evening. Stone work will be
lively in Prospect and Frankfort this SUM
mer. Mosquito Mountain is now owned and
worked by Hayward Pierce, of Frankfort
\ new wharf VIII he built, a track laid for
carrying stone, derricls and other conycn-
| ANA
whistle are now heard on Mt Waldo and
| Mosquito Mountain. The bonfire in the
| mountain district last week started on the
$. S. Treyett place. Edward Cummings
lighted his pipe and dropped the match and
the fire got the start of him and run over 10
acres before it was stopped. Considerable
| fence was burnt and buildings were in dan
| Another Ott to. had for
the public, was caused hy d match dropped
| by Thomas BURDEN on his coat He was
shearing sheep for Capt. W. ID. Hichborn
and Went out of the barn, lighted his pipe
and threw the match down on his coat. He
had his smoke and Went to shearing again
when the hired girl called his attention to a
| fire i'll the cart body in the door yard Tom
came out, but his coat and the mite in the
pockets were burned past recovery. Mr. Bur
deem has been shearing sheep some two
weeks and has 300 engaged to shear. Mar
ion Staples has got the band on his barn up
and boarded. Ivory George has sold his
hay to Hon. A. f. Nickerson, and the press
! is at work there,,,.C, O, Hatch and Fred
Lane have bought a grain sowing machine
-. Mr.. Charles Beas is agent in the largest
district in town, the Clark, and Mrs Mary
Perkins, OF Searsport, will teach the school
Our supervisor, Mrs. Eta Clifford, will
teach the Roberts school, and Miss Addie
| Crockett the school in the Turner District
Stockton Springs.
UNITY. Rev. Fl. ID. Dodge preached for
the first time, in Unity Sunday, May 1st.
| His text was Isaiah 18TH chapter, 22d verse
| BY the much larger attendance than usual
as well as the close attention manifested by
the congregation, we are to lie congratulate
| ed in having SO fine speaker The singing
was fine. -. The summer term of school will
begin May g. Miss Gould Will teach She
is well liked and has taught here many
J terms. The ladies sewing circle is To meet
this week at Mrs. NJ. Wmtney's. A picnic
supper will he served. The ladies are to
have an entertainment at odd Fellows Hall
about May 10th for the benefit of the church,
We wish them success and a full house 1t
is a small hall for exhibitions, the one men
toned. As many at each entertainment, if
| they gain admittance, must stand or be so
crowded half the pleasure is lost. 1t is the
wish of many that there should be a larger
one built before many seasons -. Mr. Siml-
son, now proprietor Of the hotel here, seems
to be just the man for the place, as he is
courteous and obliging, looking out for the
comfort of his guests. There have been
many transient visitors within the past
week. Mr. S. hopes this summer to have a
well filled house. ...I 1t is said there is soon
to be a boom for Unity. Some cottages are
| to be built on the shores of Lake Winnie
cook and a steamer placed on the shores of
the lake for those who seek recreation and
enjoyment. Several dwelling houses are to
be put up this season. Ground has already
been broken for the first one. They will be
finely located, commanding some of the fin
est views within the towns limits. Our
townsman, Mr.. Charles Taylor, is at the
Maine General Hospital in Portland. 1t has
been necessary to have limb amputated
He will have to go on crutches hereafter.
From all accounts he is doing we'll, and may
be home by the first of June. =. Moshier &
Moulton have bought land near the church
upon which they will erect a two-story
dwelling house. Mr.. Pendleton, who re-
Gently bought the Fogg place, is making
many improvements and has already begun
the erection of stable. Pulley Post, G. A.