The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-06

call by that endearing name
Ard brethren are we all"
BAR MILLS.
At the annual meeting of the Buxton
and Hollis Agricultural Society held
last Saturday, an entirely new board OF
officers was elected with one exception,
the old board resigning:
pres-Rufus A. Smith,
Vice Pres r.. l.. K. Grant,
Sec. james A. Eden
Treas. E. A. Hobson,
Direcrors-Hon. F. J. Leavltt, Jonh
1 Martin, Charles Crockett. Judson Rod
erts, Seth %sMeserve.
The new board contains some OF our
best business men and solid farmers,
and much will be expected of them. 1t
was voted to assess the STOCK 20 per
share. The Society is in a fairly pros
porous condition, and paid ABOUT one
hundred dgfiars on it's debt after the last
Fair.
Mr.. Chapman, the electrician,
is building : one-story frame building
opposite Richard Palmer's house. Mr..
Commandments to manufacture electr1-
cal apparatus. ,..f,.
The Saco River Telephone line has
weeks. At times it has beea impossib BILE
to get communication. A great deal
of dissatisfaction has been Expressed
by the subscribers.
DIR. Owen p. Smith of Portland, on
Sunday amputated Mr.. Phineas Williams
lefs5leg below the knee IN very sue
/ cessfuI and creditable manner. DIR. VIM.
|. n. Smith, of Cornish, was in attendance.
Mr.. WfTham has been a cripple twenty
SIX years, from necrosis of the bone,
caused by freezing his foot. and also
crushing it beneath stone His life
has Tong been despaired Of. Under the
care of Miss Nellie W. HibPard. recent
graduatesfromtPortla Training School
for Nurses, the patient is impro wing. with
promise of complete recovery. Mr.. With
am is a veteran Of the nth and 14th
Maine Regiments. While in his teens he
paused on a retreat and close pursuit and
picked up CAPT. Randall Libby, of his
Co., who had fallen exhausted. and
carried him TO place OF safety. His
srienas will be surprised and grat1fied
at his recovery.
North Yarmouth.
EAST NORTH YARMOUTH.
Mr.Byron Evans aud family Of South
Psris seent Thanksgiving with his par
en- IS, Mr.. and Mrs. ". II. Evans
Misc Lucinda. NJ. Lawrence, of the
Stevens School. Nav Gloucester, has
Seen Spending a few days at home.
Mrs. NJ. Larry. Of Milan, N. e., who has
bean spending the fall with her s!augh-
ter, Mrs. W. II. Evans, has returned
nagne. 'ft,5
Mr.. Henry Lunr of New York, has been
Spending a few days at James Law
Ienoe's .sas.&5 sNsf1ss
+ Cumberland.
CUMBERLAND CENTER.
Last, Friday as Chas. c.
Shaw | was chopping in the
w5dds his axe caught in a twig, and
losing control of it, on coming down
it eu5 cash about two inches long gu
the inside Of the ankle of one of his feet.
He is now confined to the house in
consequence.
Mr. Hollis True, who was carried to
the Maine General Hospital some weeks
siuee for treatment, is getting along
nicely.
Tha Falmouth and Cumberland Sum
day School Association will meet at the
Methodist church at the Foreside on
Thursday of nex5 weak. The Ladies
Social Circle held box supper at
Union Hall last Tuesday evening, after
which an entertainment was given for
their benefit, consisting OF quartsttes,
solos and Duets by the members OF
"Screechers Quartstte,, all the parts
being excellent. specially those by Messrs
S5ockweiI and J. B. Thomas. Music was
furnished by "Snoogers Band" while
the exhib 1tlon of the family OF the
"Wild Man of Borneo" brought down
the house, The part taken by E. B.
Osgood as the child of the family took
the palm. The applause was liberal and
encores frequent.
J.B. Themes and friend, Mr.. Stock
we'll, are spending their vacation at Mr..
O.S. Thomes's.