The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-14

Jordan moved from their late residence
at this place they neglected to draw the
water from the tank in the upper.part OF
the house. During the cold snap recent
ly the tank froze up and burst, the water
making regular skating pond OF the
floors in the house.
Mr.. Melvin Golf is going to the Duck
Pond to run the board saw for Kendall
g. Whitney.
The Congregational society VIII conf
mence repairing their church very soon.
Mr.. Frank Wilson and Mr.. Chas. Wilson,
brothers to Mr.. James Wilson, deceased,
are at North Gray.
Mr.. VIM. Doherty will begin making
cans at the corn shop this week.
Mr.. Frank l.. Clark is agent for the
celebrated Lowell Diamond wheel.
Bicycling is the craze here.
The following is the programme OF
/ the concert given by the Gray orchestra
at Pennell Institute next Friday even
ing, March 10Th;
March, Hi Henry" Orchestra
Reading Miss Tewskbury
Violin Solo f. W. Stimson
Song Miss Stlmson
Cornet Solo Miss Gertrude II. Morse
Song Miss MyrGa Skllllngs
Piano Solo Mrs. W. B. Andrews
Overture CLONE Circlen Orchestra
Vocal Duet Misses Stimson
Violin Duet
Messrs. Skillings and Stimson
Reading Miss Gertrude Plummer
Cornet Solo Mr.. Waterhouse
Reading Mr.. Colona
Overture "Crown of Victory"
Carriages are used by many people
L IL. NJ fc ,,1a a
so early in March,
WEST GRAY.
A. Allen, the postmaster and
trader, has been quite i'll for the last two
weeks. Hes is now slowly improving,
and is able to get out to the store. Mrs.
Allen has also been quite sick but is
now better.
oh .Twom bly,, who had a severe at
tack of the grippe the first of the wintersis
still suffering from the effects of it, and
is in poor health, though able to be out
part of the time.
.. Mrs. Herbert Mayberry visited Mus. G.
H Freeman on Sunday. B.E.Smith has
returned to his house in Boston.
Mrs. Adeline Libby is reported to be
failing and little or no hopes are enter
tanned of her recovery.
Andrew Allen is getting timber Tor a
new house, which he intends building
the coming season..
ST.. Adams intends building boat
house on the shore of Little Sebago
Lake for the accommodation of his sum
mer boarders the coming summer.
Fryeburg.
The annual meeting of the Chair
Factory was held at, the law Office of
e. e. Hastings on Saturday. The follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
President-A. r. .Tenness.
Cler k-E. E. Hastings.
Treas. Fl. T.. Mark.
'Directors-A. r.. Jenness, E. e. Hast
ings, f. l.. Mark, a. Gordon, ]. Weston.
1t was voted to issue more stock, not
exceeding $4,000.
The Woman's Library Club at their
last meeting on Mar. 9th had An After
noon with Lowell and Longfellow."
The fine literary programme was con-
Quoted by Miss NJ F. Bradley, chairman
of the committee on Miscellaneous Top
les. 1t consisted of sketches of the two
authors with readings from their prose
and poetry. AT the conclusion of the
exercises Miss Bradley in behalf of the
committee, presented the club with fine
photographic portraits of the two poets.
A vote of thanks was given to the
donors. The library contains in adj
dition to those just received the por-
traits OF Emerson. Whittier and Holmes.
The snow, under the warm influences
of the past few days, is fast disappear
ing. If this weather continues the Saco
valley this year can hardly be called
"the Land of the Lingering Snow"
The monthly temperance meeting was
held at the New church on Sunday
evening. Mr.. G. W. Pike, the vice presi-
dent, presided. Rev. B. N. Stone, Rev.C.
S. Young and A. F. Lewis addressed the
meeting. Miss M. F. Bradley read Sc
lection. The music was rendered by a
select choir.
Mr. E. Russell has commenced his
duties as clerk at the Oxford.
scarboro.
WEST scARoBo.
. The roads throughout the town are bad
and will be until the frost is out.
/. Howard W. Milliken and George W.
Merrill are going fishing this season
from Pine Point The Frenchmen have
been catching large lot of cells through
the ice on the Dunstan river for the past
week.
john A.Snow was elected Supervisor
committee. The town also voted to
continue the road commissioners sys-
tenn for another year.
The Esty Band disbanded few weeks
ago, but they have reorganied again
with new Instructor and quite num-
Der of new members, and will soon be
ready to play in public.
The prospects are that we shall get an
early spring in Scarboro this season,
there being no frost in the ground, ex-
cept lin the roads, and as soon as the
snow is off the ground will be quite
dry, and it will be but short time before
it will be ready to cultivate, and great
many will take advantage of the season
as they depend a good deal on early
crops for the beach trade in the sum-
mer, and if they don't get their crop
off early the Boston market gets all of
the cream.
Windham.
SOUTH WINDHAM.
The Frederick Robbie High School has
II, ct closed a very successful term under