The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-14
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by CorreA-
pondents of the Press.
North Yarmouth.


EAST NORTH YARMOUTH.
Mr.. Chas. Furlong, of Portland is visit
ing at Wallace G Freeman's.
Mr.. Alfred 7. Marston and family, OF
Arlington, Mass. are visiting his sister,
Mrs. Jas. Lawrence.
Miss Ella T. Hodsdon, of Pownal who
has been visiting at James Lawrence's
has returned home.
Mrs. Emeline Brown, of Washington,
DC, is visiting her brother, Mr.. Hobbs
Bracket.
Mrs. Walter Gushing and her two
children, of Boston, Mass, are visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Maria L. Dunn.
% Mrs. Addison S. Thayer, of Portland.
spent Thursday with relatives in town.
Rev. H. A. Pearce and family accom-
panied by their aunt, Miss Emma Davis
are attending the Methodist Campmeet-
ing at East Poland.
Mr.. Lorenzo Dow and Mrs. Kirkwood
of Chicago are at Mr.. VIM. NJ. Dow's.
Mrs Albert Libby and children, of
Boston are at MIR. Thos. Lihby's.
N. @. Pope and his coaching party
stopped at the Hotel Parker Thursday
night last.
Mrs Bishop and son. of Monmouth
passed the Sabbath at Mr.. E. Skilllngs'
Messrs. VIM. Doherty and Chas.
Russell are busy making cans Tor the
shop The yield of sweet corn will be
much larger than the packers anticipated
in the early part OF the season.
| Mr.. Andrew johnson Will return TO
| New York the first of Sept.
Entries for the races at Gray Park close
| Monday Aug. goth. They should be add
dressed to Mr.. James T. Hancock. The
track was never in finer condition for
fast work than at present. Mr.. Chas
Thayer who has charge of the track has
performed the work we'll.
People will patronize Hotel where
they can get nice food, good rooms and
attention and if they order grain for
horses, feel that they have not got to
stand by and see them fed. This is the
kind of Hotel Landlord Snow is keep
ing at moderate price.
WEST GRAY.
/. The weather is much cooler than it
has been and the change is very agreea-
BILE. The late rains have given vegeta-
ton start and crops are now looking
finely Grain is nearly all harvested and
is fair crop although not as much as
usual was sown. Potatoes are looking
we'll and it rot does not attack them will
be heavy crop. Corn is also looking
well and will be more than an average
There will be a fair crop of apples but
not so much as was expected in the
spring for though the trees blossomed
very heavily they blighted to great
| degree.
Miss Annie Pennell is at home from
Prouts Neck. Miss Florence P. Puring-
ton and Miss Susan Shaw, of Portland
and Miss Maud M. Lawrence Of Boston
have been stopping at Mr.. David Law
rence's the past week.
EP. Foster and family, Granville
| Foster, wife and child and Mrs. Hersey
| Frank have been stopping with friends
! at Stave Island the past week.
| Miss Mabel Hunt, of Deering Center
| has been visi ting friends in West Gray
| the past week.
Bert Hunt, of Portland, rode out to
West Gray on his bike" on Sunday last
returning the same night.
Mrs. Brewer and son from New Jersey
were the guests of her uncle Greanleaf
French from Saturday until Monday.
Charles E. Allen is at Ocean Point
with his sister. Mrs. Sewall, of Augusta.
Mrs. o. W. Skillings and family of
| Hoboken, n. J. are stopping at his uncle's.
| Mr.. ST. Skillings.
| Miss Bailey from Mechanic Falls WIS.,
| tied her uncle D. L. Bailey last week.
| Capt. Albert Maxfeld goes to Bangor
| this week to attend the reunion of the
18th Maine Regiment V. NJ. which takes
place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
I day Capt. Maxfield has been engaged in
writing history of the 18th, in which
he served till the close of the war, for
| some time. We understand that the his
tory is nearly completed and will soon
be published
| Mrs. Luther Frank and son, of Cum
| berland Mills, have been visiting the past
| week at Mr.. Sewall Franks.
Bridgton.
The biggest catch of black bass yet re
| ported this season was made last week
| by Charles A. Parker.of Boston and H.
G. Larrabee. our shoe dealer. The fish
were caught in Stearns' Pond, and the
81 weighed so pounds. The average is a
good one, being somewhat over two
pounds each. The largest weighed three
an one-half pounds.
One of the most enjoyable hops given
given by ten of Bridgton's enterprising
young men last Friday. evening. 1t was
complimentary dance, and Gibbs's hall
was filled to overlooking by the summer
guests and the young people of the
town. The floor director was C.Edward
Abbott, assisted by Harry G. Gibbs,
Royal S. Cleaves. Harry A. Shorey, E..
Everett Gibbs, Walter ". Fogg, Harry
| W. Walker, William S. Gleason, Perry j :.
Murphy, and Richard Ed. Cleaves.
The young ladies are to give dance
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