The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-05
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Baldwin.
DaiuWlhs
NORTH BALDWIN.

NORTH BALDWIN.
The farmers are very busy sowing
grain and picking rocks.
Mr.. John Cartret met with quite bad
accident recently. His horse which was
hitched in shed at Fitch's Mills was
| frightened by pile of boards falling
down, he broke his halter and started
to run away. Mr.. Cartret attempted to
stop him but was struck on the leg by
some part of the cart, no bones were
broken but he was obliged to go with a
| crutch for several days but is improving
rapidly now. The horse continued to
run for about two miles and then took to
the woods. The cart struck tree and
the horse cleared himself from it and
was going farther into the woods but was
captured and taken home.
quite company of men left here early
April II to fight fire on Browns noun
tain, which was set by young man at
work for Mr.. A. Brown, For some
reason unknown he took his clothes and
went up on the mountain, set the fire and
threw his clothes in and then left. A
short time after he was seen a short dis
lance from the house and has not been
seen. or heard from since. The fire
burned over about fifteen acres but did
no serious damage.
! Mr.. and Mrs. John Wiggin visited their
| daughter Mrs. L. r. Blake at Buxton
| Centre recently.
Mrs. Nathaniel Wiggin is visited by her
aunt Mrs. RoSert Deering of Mantle,
| Mass.
The friends of Mrs E. B. Binford will
! be sorry to learn that her health is very
poor.
The school at North Baldwin began
| May 2, under the direction of Miss Loney
| of Sebago.
The school in the Virgins district be-
gan May 2, under the direction of Miss
Mary E. Milliken of Baldwin.
Misses Ernestine Sanborn, Alice and
Hattie Wiggin are at Bridgton Academy.
Miss Emma Wiggin has gone to Boston
to work dressmaking and Miss Ida M.
Chadbourne is teaching at Pigeon Brook.
New Gloucester.
Last Saturday the selectmen employed
a surveyor to locate the road at Cobb's
bridge, according to the original survey
made in 1774. The cause of this move
ment was a dispute between two neigh
bors. One man allowed his children to
dig in the bank of his opposite neighbor
to such an extent that there was danger
of the bank caving in; the neighbor re-
monstrated, forbade further digging and
hauled in rocks to protect his property,
then the father of the children com
planned to the selectmen that the
rocks were in the road, and there
seemed no way to decide the matter,
but to locate the road according
to the original survey. The old records
were hunted up, and found to be in such
poor condition that it was voted at the
last town meeting, to submit them to an
expert who should make fair and in
telligible copy. This was done at an ex-
pense to the town of $50, and now one
would suppose, on seeing the road laid
out by the ancient landmarks, either that
the surveyors were going around swamps
and forests, or that in the ''good old
days. they imbibed so much 'tapple
jack that they could not tell a straight
line when they saw one; however the
''rocks'' proved to be in the road, and the
complainant is happy.
Chandler Lodge, I. O. G.. T. at
its last meeting, elected the following
officers:
c. Tt W. Reed.
Y. T.-Mrs. L. w. Reed.
r. S.-MrS. c. P. Bennett.
F. S.-Miss Jennie Haskell
tt. c. Curtis.
C-MiSs Helen Nevens.
M.-Harden Benson.
G.-Clara Grover.
S.-WilliS Merrill.
Scarboro.
The Dunstan Minstrel Troup gave an
entertainment at the grange hall to
large audience last Friday evening. Any
one who can enjoy good laugh should
not fail to attend one of their entertain
ments. They will play at Grange Hall
Spurwink next Tuesday evening.
A car load of horses arrived at Scarboro
Beach Station, Saturday afternoon from
Denver, Colorado. Although there are
some among them that are rather wild
there are some very fine looking horses
| in the lot. They will stop at Mr.. Joseph
Foss's stable a few days for rest and
feed and then will be taken to Ray
| mond.
Mr.. Howard L. Pillsbury was drawn
last Saturday to serve on the jury for the
| May term Of court.
| The hotels at Scarboro Beach aud
| Prout's Neck are undergoing the usual
spring fitting up and getting ready for
| the summer business.
1 FfeepOrt.
At the May Festival, Freeport, Monday
evening, Miss Evangeline Pearson's
readings and cornet solos were highly
appreciated by the hearty applause of
the large audience present.
Richmond.
Rev. George F. Griffin, of Franklin
Falls, n. H, has accepted call to the
Free Baptist church at Richmond.
The Good Templars and Gov. Dingley.
BELFAST, May 8, 1892.
To the Editor of the Press:
In yesterdays issue you somewhat Sc
| verely criticize the G. L. of Good Tenn
plars for, among other things, ''arraign-
ing Congressman Dingley," &c. Will
d. L: AZ.