The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-12-11

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doWn ms clam shop until spring.
j. ID. Leavitt is shipping quite large
amount OF CLANS from Pine Point TO all
parts OF New England in the she'll ana
shocked out
There has been shipped from Scarboro
TINS tall ten ear loads of Christmas trees
to Boston, New York and Philadelphia
and several parties in Scarboro are load
ing SIX or eight Car loads in other towns
| IN this vicinity for the same places. 1t
will take but a few years to make the tr
tree hard to obtain in Scarboro if they
keep on as they take every one as soon as
it gets to be SIX OF eight feet high.
sebago.
Sebago Lake, Dec g. 1.-The D. W. Clark
Ice Company is talking of doing the big
gest business this winter on ice that they
have ever done.
Mr.. Charles Ingalls, and wife, of Bonny
Eagle, are visiting at John Hammond's,
at Sebago Lake.
There will be a box supper at the Sc
bago Lake hall next Wednesday evening.
All are invited.
| 1t has seemed very much like winter
for the past week. IT we can have IA
night or two without the wind blowing
Sebago Pond will freeze over. 1t has
frozen some around the edges already.
Charles Lombard is so as to BIZ out again,
We understand that there is to be an
ice cream and cake supper at Mrs Ella
Chaplin's before long, for the benefit OF
the Young People Society of Christian
Endeayor.
Maple, Grove Grange. No las, P. of H.,
held their annual meeting for the cleo
ton of officers Monday, and the following
were elected for the ensuing year:
Masters. A. Douglass
Oyerseer-R. M. Dyer.
Lecturer-C. o. Stackpole.
Steward-A. B. Jewell
Assistant Stewards. H. Whitney.
Chaplain-Mrs. A. J. Robinson
Treasurer-Mr. A. i. Robinson
Secrethry-Mrs r. M Dyer
L. A. Steward-Mrs. B. H. Whitney.
Gate Keeper-C. P. Douglass
Ceres-Mrs A. F. Douglass
omona-Miss Lizzie Jewell
Flora-Miss Julia e. Douglass.
Corister-C. Davis.
The gain in membership the present
year is ten. a good showing ior the To-
caiity.
The selectlnen of Sebago met on We'd
nesday, December 18th to locate roed on
douglass Mountain, extending the new
Zabrieekie road ss39 rods to Dr. Black
mans stone house, to be laid before the
town at the coming annual meeting to
accent
Thers were two circles and donations
last week, one Tuesday at Arthur Dyer's,
by the Union Congregational church
of Sebago Mud City, ..and at Maple Grove
Grange hall, Friday evening. The
latter was attended by Rev. Geo. A.
Merritt and Rev. Insley A. Bean.
David Brown, is now dangerously i'll.
Z. b. Jewell, who has been to Boston
the past week, returned home Saturday.
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to Hiram during the winter.
Charles X. Fitch has bought of Charles
Weed his lot of white birch timber and
has commenced cutting it.
Oliver ID. Dixie has been quite sick the
past week and has had to hire help to
do his work.
Mary Mansfield and Carrie Jewell are
visiting friends in Rhode Island and Bos-
ton.
Oakland.
Oakland, Dec. S-Mr Charles W. Fol
som, one of Oakland'S most prominent
men, died at his home on Church street,
very suddenly while at breakfast Sunday
morning, Dec Sth. He was in his
usual health and died of heart failure
Mr.. Folsom was born in the town of East
Monmouth, in the year 1885, He came
to Oakland (then called West Water
ville), and when a young man entered
the shop of d. B. Lord where he learned
the trade of making axes. He worked at
his trade for several years. He then
bought an interest in hard ware store
with Mr.. E. P. Blaisdell, and after a
time he bought out Mr.. Blaisedell's in
terest. He has been in that business for
thirty five years. He was an hon est, up
right man and has won the confidence of
tie people. He represented his district
in the last session Of the legislature Mt
H. e.
to mourn his loss. they have the sincere
sympathy of the community.
Gray.
ley Post G. A. r. 1.-THE following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
C.-John ID. Anderson
S. V. C.-John M. Libby.
J. V. C.-Charles T. Mayberry
Chaplain-E. L. Fields.
Surg.-E. 7. Andrews.
@. Mn. G. Morrill,.
o. Do. @. Blake.
o. G.-L. G. Small.
Delegate to State Encampment-M. G.
Morrill,.
Alternate-J. W. Mountfort
Cornish.
meeting of the Ossipee Valley Union
Agric ultural Society. held November 80,
the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
President-Howard Brackett.
e-President-Wm. HI. Pendexter.
Secretary-James G. Aver.
Treasurer-Walter p Perkins
Mrs. George 81. Parker has nearly re-
covered from her recent illuess.
| Rev. J. B. Saer will deliver a lecture
at the Congregational church next Sun
day evening. Subject, Armenia. the
Turks and Constantinople -
Aurora Il. A. c., No. 20, at the an
nual meeting held Friday Decem hers6th