The Portland daily press., 1894-01-27

w H. OfluSUy udo Uil VAOdy parry
at Good Templars Hall Monday evening.
A large number of young people from
this vicinity went on a sleigh ride to
Saco Tuesday evening.
The entertainment for the benefit of
Mr.. Freeman has been postponed until
Friday evening.
Simon B. Carter hauled load of logs
that the scales at Dunstan Corner would
not weigh, to Milliken's Mills, a dis
tance of six miles, with pair of horses
that weigh less than 1900 lbs.
SPRINGVALE.
Ice cutters are pretty busy just now
in this vicinity.
Three persons were baptized at the
Baptist church in Sanford Sunday even
ing, Jan. IA.
Some of our young men here appreciated
the advantages of the State college at
Orono. Byron Shaw is there taking
the shorter course in agriculture.
Scarlet fever is still making it's raids
here, it has just located at CA. Hutch
mss.
LIB. Goodall and family. of Sanford,
started for Florida last week.
DR.. f. A. Bragdon has been appointed
resident surgeon, and f. Dexter col
lector of the Masonic Equitable Accident
Association of Boston.
The revival interest continues at
Emery's Mills in Shapleigh. New con
verts are still coming forward. More
than fifty converts are reported as the
result OF the union religious meetings
held in Sanford
A reduction of 10 1-2 per cent. in
| wages took place JAM Is IN the Worsted
Mills in Sanford.
Miss Maggie Neal slipped and fell on
the ice Tuesday of last week, and frac-
tured the bones of the thigh.
Yarmouth.
| The funeral SERVES for Mr.. Joseph
| Hamilton, who lost his life in such sad
| manner last Friday, occurredsat his late
residence on Cousins Island Monday.
A large number from Yarmouth village
| the heartfelt sympathy of all. The wife
| of the deceased saw him when he broke
| through the ice and watched in helpless
agony the efforts made to reach and ex-
tricate him from the water. His daugh-
ter, from the Yarmouth side, saw that
quiry found it was her father.
The school in the Falls district is closed
for the present, on account of the scar
let fever cases. A new case is reported
this week.
The young people of the Baptist Sun
day school will give an entertainment
"The Temple of Fame" at the church
on Tuesday evening, Jan. 80.
A sleigh ride to Pownal Monday even
ing was the social event in Yarmouth
this week. Eight or ten couples of our
prominent married society people in
single teams and the Yarmouth Tennis
Club with many of their young friends
in two large teams made up party OF
seventy or more. The weather and
6 p. M, and after delightful drive they
arrived at Mallett's Hall, were they spent
the evening. Supper was served, fol-
lowed by music, dancing and games.
They returned to Yarmouth at late
hour, having heartily enjoyed the occas-
q ion. -9t ~
The ice cutting is still going on, and
farmers and merchants are securing
their private supplies. =
The Y. P. S. c. E of. Yarmouth will eel
citrate Christian Endeavor day on Fri
day, Feb.2, at the First Parish church.
There will be an address by Rev. Ed
ward Payson Wilson, OF Woodfords; also
music, recitations, etc. All are cordially
invited to attend.
SOUTH WINDHAM.
The Windham Sunday School Associa
tion held it's midwinter convention at e
A. r. Hall on the afternoon of JAM "a.
The convention was opened by prais'
service conducted by O.. E. Mgquier
Mrs. Lucy A. Snow then read portion
of Scripture and led the convention il
prayer. The minutes were then reai
and accepted, after which Mrs. j. J
Grant, of South Windham, extended
very cordial greeting to the convention
which was responded to by Mr.. Thomas
Varney, the President OF the Associa
tion.
) The President appointed as commit
tee on resolutions, Charles Nichols
Carrie Turkey and Mrs. Sarah W.McLel
Ian.
Rev. David Martin, of Cumberland
Mills, was then introduced and spoke ear
nestly and we'll upon "Punctuality a
an element of success" He advocated
business principles in all schurch ant
3 Sunday school work; and thought ever
{ | class should have the right to dismiss
! | teacher who was not punctual. He SAT-
| he had DO desire to urge upon us pune
] tuality, but he would beg of us to b
! interested and that would bring in it
train all the virtues and graces of
t teacher. 1t is asgreat pity that no NOR
Sunday school teachers are students 0
! the Bible than he suggested, but ever
e teacher must be reused to greater effort
/, by his picture of their influence. He
not an admirer of Lesson help. Afte
9 singing paper was read by S.B. Cloud
Q man upon the subject "What ought W
{ to teach in regard to Temperatures" Fl
S advocated first the teaching of total al
stinence He thinks that the temperate
element might if united be sufficient t
carry the State to any height that tn
most jealous temperance advocate
have ever hoped for, but how to unit
these different elements he acknowledge
9 he knew not. He firmly believed tn
= rum power was not the only power t
be subdued. Many remarks were mao
by Others.