The Portland daily press., 1895-04-16
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by CORES.
pondents of the Press.
Hollis.

Hollis.
Hollis Center, April ia. L. Brad
bury is improving his house by the adj
dition of bay window and a piazza.
James Knight is at work on ais new
house.
Alonzo johnson of Cumberland Mills
H.G. Bradbury is building a new meat
and produce market, 2Ox50, opposite the
post Office.
East Otisfeid, April 15.-Mr. Fernald
Keen lost one of his work horses one
day recently.
| The brooks are very much swollen in
| this vicinity by the recent rains. sss-tNa
There is to be an Independent order of
Good Templars organized at East
| Otisfield on the 18th. They have en-
gagged E. r. Stones hall for lodgeroom
Poultry raising has got to be quite an
enterprise in these parts of Late.
Limerick.
| Limerick, April 15.-Prof. ". B. Moore
attended the marriage of his brother, H.
v. Moore, Esq, to Miss Symmes, on
W orth.
in town Tuesday.
Win burn B.Adams entertained about
rs of his friends and schoolmates at the
| residence of his father, Hon. G. 81. Ad-
| ans, on Wednesday evening of last
| week.
Ralph Clark, Bowdoin, '97, returned
| to Brunswick on Monday.
| Mrs. Alice Libby is home from Port
| land on a short visit to her parents.
Frank s. Courier of Boston, repre-
senting the American Book Company,
was in town Friday.
F.C. Goodwin Of Springvale, made
| Lin erick flying visit on Sunday.
That's good scheme which Friend
Grant aired in the Standard of last
week in regard to Limerick's sons and
daughters, and the right one to start the
wheels is E. c. Burbank, Esq. Limerick
should justly be proud of the young
men and women which she has sent out
and who are showing themselves loyal
sons of OLD Maine.
| Pownal, April 15.-The storm which
threatened all day Saturday and Satur-
| day night, became fully developed Sun
day morning, and such rainpour as
has followed. 1t has poued in torrents
for nearly "a hours, but there now
seems, 9 a. m. Monday, to be a prospect
that the rain clouds are scattering.
There has not been such an amount OF
rain fall in any one week for years as
we have had during the week just
passed. The roads, although badly
washed in some places, are rapidly set
ting and grass is starting unusually
we'll, already showing quite green in
sheltered localities, and should we have
fairly warm weather, it will soon be pos
81 BILE for our farmers to begin cultivat-
| ing the land.
| The social given at the vestry on Fri
day evening, in charge of Mrs. Samuel
and Mrs. Conrad Snow. was very pleas
ant gathering and much enjoyed by
those who attended. Great credit is due
to the ladies who have entertained in
this manner during the past winter, and
each indi vidual effort affords many
cial will be given in the hall on Friday
evening. April Goth, being in charge of
| Miss Catherine Hodsdon. The enter
| talnment provided for the same will be
something entirely new, and we can
promise all who attend most enjoy
| able evening.
| The selectmen are now in session at
|
of the agents appointed by the select
men to have charge of the work in the
several districts throughout the town for
the coming year, are to be instructed to
cut all bushes on the roadside, and also
to build over any bridges OF culverts
| which are not in good working order.
The road machine has been put In good
running order, and all districts desiring
to use the same can have it by giving
| notice to the SeleCtmen.
The humps have been in this vicinity
for the past few weeks. Several are just
getting over them, while others are
suffering from them at the present time
Mr.. J. W. Chandler has rented the place
on the Merrill road owned by Charles
True, and last week removed from the
house at Pownal Centre, owned by Can
tain is. Brown, to that place.
The Ladies' Aid Society will give an
entertainment at Mallet Hall, on Nav
night. 1t is to be "Longfellow Even
ing" If the programme desired can be
carried out, we feel that it will be a de-
cided success. Later the programme will
be given in full and we hope that many
of our friends in adjoining towns NAV
be induced to attend.
Mr.. Fred Sawyer Of Lewiston is al MIR.
George Greely's. MIR. Luella Nelson of
New Gloucester, is visiting at Mr.. Jack
son Greely's. MIR. Greedy is suffering from
a severe cold.