The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-19

The hundredth anniversary of the Con-
gregational church Cumberland Centre
will be celebrated next Thursday. The
exercises will begin at 9.45 in the fore
noon and at 2. Is in the afternoon. enab-
ling persons to take the $50 or 1.25
Maine Central train from Portland. The
ladies will serve both dinner and supper
in the vestry Though no programme
has been arranged for evening 1T is
expected that the social reunion Will not
be the least pleasant or least pro11ta Bile
part of the days exercises. The pro-
gramm will be as follows:
FORENOON.
Prof E. A Blanchard.
Anthem-"Wake the Song Of Jubilee" ......
Invocation
Responsive Readingn pypysr cAi.,'......"
Hymn-Turner. ..........-..............
Address OF Welcome. ......-.............
original Hymn IT'S. f r Toplady
Historical Address ........l......a....
Rev. 7. S. Perry. Limerick, Me-
Hymn 10000 God, beneath whose guild
Rev John Barstow Glastonbury, Conn.
Hymn" PraiseGo from whom all blessings
HOW ........-.s.
AFTERNOON.
Organ Voluntary rof. blanchard.
Responsive Reading -Paslm l45. ..........
Anthem III will extol thee" ............
Prayer.
Address" Those who staid at home" ......
Rev. Addison Blanchard, Denver, Col.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~, ,,,a,,t s., ;
Rev. B. B. Merrill, Brewer, Me-.
Hymn 779-''Work while it is to-day.".....
sern Kew. j. &. Merrill, B. s., Portland. Me-
ltsssn' anu u'u'' Pastor. :
Benedction.
To all persons wishing to attend the an
niyersary the Maine Central railroad VIII
on that day at any of its station ticket
offices in Cumberland county, also at
Auburn, Lewiston, Bath and Bangor,
sell round trip tickets good for return on
the following day at one fare. AT Cum
berland Junction carriages will be in
waiting at trains during the day.
WEST CUMBERLAND.
They are to commence work rebuild
ing the bridge near Clarence Princes
place this week.
Miss Mary a.. Clough has been spend
ing few days at her sisters, Mrs. A. w.
Morrill's
Two deer were seen recently by s d.
Clough feeding in pasture with sheep
them they trotted off to the woods.
They seemed quite tame.
Daniel Shaw and wife have been
spending week with their daughters
at Lisbon,
There are two more cases of scarlet fe-
yer, Mrs. Geo. Wilson and youngest son.
Porter.
Although cool and rainy the wells and
streams are very low. Ossipee river is
lower than ever known.
Farmers are drawing their sweet corn
to the factory, harvesting not much more
thana half crop. Other crops are light.
The drouth kept them back. What it
did not spoil the. frost the first of the
month injured.
A young man broke his leg playing base
ball at the fair. at Ramshsackle Park,
Newfield, the last day. Another had
his leg broken when returning home by
being kicked by horse. Mr.. Frank
Palmer had his broken from the kick of
a horse at Kezar Falls.
Miss Sarah Lord, of Kezar Falls, is sick
with consumption and can live but a
short time.
Miss Susie Sawyer has moved into Mr..
is. French's house.
Mr.. Austin Towle has move to Bridg-
ton and gone into business there.
Mr.. Onslow Smith has gone to work at
Conway, N. HI.
Mr.. Elmer e. French, formerly of this
place, and wife are made happy in the
birth of a ten pound boy. Mr.. French
is teaching at the present time at Mer-
rimac, NH.
Mr.. Moses S. Moulton has sold his farm
and is going to move to Kezar Falls.
Mr. s. French has lost two and Ansel
Alley three sheep by dogs.
The severe drouth has affected the bees
SO that the crop of honey will be light.
They will have Ito be fed in order to
winter having made but a 6 small
amount of honey.
Mr.. F. p. French and j. W. Hill have
been painting the buildings on the county
farm at Ossipee, NH. They have an
other job on the court house at the same
place.
breaking his leg in the pasture.
Mrs. Lizzie French and Edwin Rice have
gone on visit to their friends in the
eastern part of the State.
Mr.. Samuel French is in rather poor
health. He is quite aged.
Llewellen Varney and wife have re-
turned from Boston where he went to
work, and was sick with typhoid fever
for a long time
KEZAR FALLS.
Mr.. E. r. Bachelor Superintendent of
the corn factroy says, that the farmers
are more than satisfied with the corn
crop. Some five weeks ago many offered
him their corn ii he would pay their
phosphate bill Three weeks ago they
would get one half crop. Now with one
or two exceptions, where it was planted
on dry land, they will average s35 per
acre-or an average crop One farmer
got s64 for the first picking or / 2 acres
Giles and Getchell, who bought M. S.
Moulton's farm, are trying to let the
timber to be put upon the bank of the
river this winter. There is estimated to
be /, 200, 900 feet-and a nice level road
The dogs are trying to help the
butchers in taking care Of the sheep.
They have been into q number of
flocks. Last week they got into Geo. E.
Davis's and had killed four and ruined
four more when P. Benton, one Of
Parsonsfield's selectmen. heard the out
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