The Portland daily press., 1893-08-01
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Core s
pondents of the Press.

Buxton.
BUXTON CENTER.
[From Our Regular Correspondent
Rev. B. F. Turner and family are spend
ing their vacation in Fryeburg.
MI. Geo. P. Adams, who is at work for
the Adams Express company in Worces-
ter, Mass, has been at home for a few
days.
Miss Linnie Clough, who is teaching in
Massachusetts, is in town for few days.
Quite number from this place have
gone to the Beach for few days.
r. A. Bradbury expects to move into
his house next week.
Mrs. Isaac Aver from California is Wis
iting Mr.. II. j. Staples.
Mrs. Howard Hutchinson is at work in
Boston for few weeks.
Rev. John Wiggin of Rochester, N. H.,
is spending few days with Mrs. Maj
shall Blake.
from Our Regular Correspondent
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ing his mother, Mrs. Sarah j. Leighton
Mrs. Geo. D. Clark, of Portland is at
Mrs. B. F. Skilling's.
Mr.. Harry Waters, of Som erville,
Mass, has been visiting his cousin Har-
Ian Skillings.
Mr. Frank L. Clark, our present post
master, has placed new letter boxes in
| the office. papered and painted, and it is
| now an office that the citizens are proud
of. The administration of the affairs at
| this Office under Mr. Clark is giving gen.
eral satisfaction.
The Freeman Rice Medicine Co. will
remove their business to Portland. 1t
certainly will be loss to this place, as it
furnishes employment for quite num-
| Der of people.
| Mr.. Andrews from Massachusetts has
been engaged for principal of Pennell
Institute the coming. year. The fall
| term begins the first of September.
| Texas, are visiting Mr.. Frank Fogg.
Mr.. Alexander kept a general store in
that village of 460 buildings. One day
in May cyclone paid them visit and
swept store, dwelling house and stock
away, leaving only one building of the
village standing.
Mr.. and Mrs Colley, of San Francisco,
Cal, are at Mrs. Amos Colley's.
| Mr.. Fred Tenney, the optician, has
| bought of Mr.. w. III. Vinton quite a
large lot of hay land. Mr.. Tenney is
quite an extensive grower of poultry.
The Rev. E. Bean who has supplied the
| pulpit of the Congregational church for
| thirty or more years has accented the
position Of pastor of the Congregational
church at B1uehill, Me. He has labored
| faithfully for this society for these years
and through his influence several quite
| large donations have been left the church
| A very large majority of the Pensioners
are loath to have him leave and wish him
success with his new people. So far no
one has been engaged to fill his place,
Mr.. Jedediah Libby a very successful
| farmer of this town, gave your CORES
pondent two Stark apples the 18th inst
| that were perfect in quality. 1t is strange
| that people do not set more of this vari-
| ETY.. They are unknown comparatively
| speaking in this state, but an apple of
excellent quality and command good
prices in the market.
WEST BUXTON.
| The electric railroad committee expect
at an early day to have the selectmen of
| Buxton to make an examination and APP
| prevail of the route selected by the Bos-
| ton engineers a few days ago.
George B. Howe, head master of a
Lowell grammar school, is spending part
| of his vacation here.
Farmers have secured from ten to
twen' y-five per cent more hay. and in
better condition, than last year.
| Rain is very much needed, at this writ
| ing, to mature corn and potatoes.
Miles Berry, ESQ.,, was seized with a
| fainting fit during the services at the
Free Will Baptist church, Sunday. He
was conveyed to the air and finally re-
| covered.
| Mrs. Mary Swift is slowly recovering
from a slight shock.
A large number of logs are in the river
but the water is not sufficiently high to
| float them.
The hay crop is above the average this
year.
Scholars of the Free Will Baptist Sun
| day school are making arrangements to
spend "Childrens Day. at Ocean Park.
Lawn parties and sociables are in order.
| and at those ice cream, cake, ETC., are
| sold to defray expenses.
The interior of the Free Will Baptist
meeting house is to be thoroughly reno
waited and furnace is to be put in
Mrs. Mammoth and daughter are spend
| ing the summer at Old Orchard.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose and daughter
| have been on visit to Oxford and Read
| field.
Oliver Dow Smith, ESQ.,, is visiting the
Worlds Fair at Chicago and several
more in this vicinity are preparing to go.
E. Whitehouse. ESQ.,, is now running
| the grist mill for McCorrison & Son.
Quite number of summer visitors are
in this vicinity and they make the place
more lively.
Miss Dudley and friend of Buffalo, N.
Y, are spending their vacation at Mr..
Fred Dudleys. Miss Dudley is an ex-
perienced teacher, and is to assume
charge of large school in Philadelphia
| in the fall. We wish her success.
Rev. George w. Howe and wife of
Lowell, Mass, are stopping with Mrs.
| Eben Adams.
| Willis Crockett, Esq.,. is repairing the
carding mill preparatory to operating 1t
| this fall.
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