Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-20

evening. Music by Browns orchestra and
violin solo by Miss Edna Gill of Chester
vile. The parts were well sustained and
music good. 1t was followed by an oys-
ter supper and social dance.
NORTH PITTSTON.
The parties who broke into the house
Of James Ware were found out very
quickly and in peculiar manner. 1t
seems that half dozen solid silver spoons
belonging to Mr. Wares mother were
presented to him in exchange for dozen
plated spoons which were given to another
party. After cutting away all the putty
from around pane of glass, which they
afterwards refastened with common pins,
they entered and took the silver spoons,
fine linen table cloth, and Bible. They
then went away leaving the plated spoons
behind them.-Mr. B. B. Hanson was
in Gardiner on Saturday, visiting at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Putnam.
READFIELD.
On Wednesday as Mr.. Mero's little boy
was playing with an axe, one of the boys
had two of his fingers cut Off at the iirst
joint Saturday forenoon, while coastlng
on the crust. DR.. j. H. Black and MIR.
Thomas Wyman's boys were both thrown
against the stone wall and the Black boy
had the outside table of the temporal bone
crushed in, causing him to be unconscious
for some hours The Wyman boy escaped
with broken arm. Both are doing well
as could be expected. roads are still
very good and are being well used by
men hauling wood, lumber, apples and
potatoes. Mr. VIM. Harvey writes friends
here that it was very cold during Febru
airy, in Raleigh, N. C.-Some members
of the Readfield Epworth League went to
Wayne and met the league there on Thurs
day evening last enjoying the evening
much.-Thcre was a large gathering of
the ladies' circle at J. b. loves on We'd
nesday ast.-Warren Raymond caught
a Az pound trout in Lake Maranacook
on Saturday last. 1t was a fine looking
flsh-Obelin Norcross arrived home from
Massachusetts,, on Thursday last
RIVERSIDE.
Forrest Burton Whitehouse of South
Vassalboro and Miss Gertrude Frances
Getchell of this place were united in mar
riage at the residence of the brides par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell Getchell, last
Tuesday. The bride was very prettily at
tired in white henrietta, trimmed with
lace and ribbon. She is one of our smart
est young ladies and although we are
sorry to lose her from onr place, we are
glad she is not going out of town.-Mr.
and Mrs Alonzo Daggett of Smyrna spent
few days with his sister, Mrs. A. f.
Dunlap last week.-E. NJ. Springer and
daughter of Boston, were at Ira B. Smil-
To, ;o1 Of
boro, was here last Saturday. Miss Carrie
Sabine of Augusta visited friends here
last week. Eliab Fish of Fairfield,
has been at his nephew's, Hiram Potter's,
most all winter and has been sick most of
the time-Dan Foster of Church Hill,
has been hauling some pretty big logs to
Bakers mill this winter. He hauled a
pine log last week which scaled 900 feet
the whole tree of which this was one log,
scaled 1900 feet
EAST VASSALBORO.
Mrs. John Bradley has been spending
few days in Portland Miss Nancy Gates
and Ernest, Florence and Edith Priest are
attending school at Oak Grove Seminary.
The Ladies' Aid Society, met at Mrs.
r. M. Small's, Friday evening. A large
number. were in attendance. Everyone
had the usual enjoyable evening and a
neat sum was added to the treasury. If
any one wishes to find himself surrounded
by variety of tropical fruits he has only
to visit the home of Mrs. Venora Lord,
where are to be seen banana tree in
bloom and an orange with the buds,
flowers and fruits in various stages. 1t
is sight really worth seeing .-Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Pope spent Sunday in Sidney.
Mrs. Warren Babb has returned home
bringing with her fine boy baby.-Mr.
C. T. Goddard spent few days last week
in Portland He is soon to go on the
road for a Portland firm.-Miss Florence
Bragg spent Sunday at home Miss Bragg
is teaching in the academy at China
village--Rev. Frank Jones of South
China, preached at Friends church, Sun
day morning Mr.. and Mrs. Hatch of
North Vassalboro. are occupying Mrs.
Kitchens cottage for a few weeks Mr..
Bert Upham, who has been confined to
the house with typhoid fever, is again on
the street.-Miss Ria Hussey of Portland
has been spending few days at Oak
Grove Seminary.
wINSLOw.
Last Sunday as Mrs Col Drummond
was leaving the church to get into her
sleigh she slipped on some ice and fell
breaking her wrist-Rev. Mr.. Jones of
Norridgewock, was in town Monday.
horse "Grover Cleveland which Ed
Getchell has been handling for Maj. Has
kell this winter, has been sold to parties
in Boston.
Lincoln.
BOOTHBAY.
Mr.. Joseph Rowe of Gloucester, Mass,
was in town last week visiting friends
w. ID. Boston is i'll with la grippe. Mr..
Lyford and Mr. Cohurn of Pennington.