The Republican journal., 1895-12-19
County Correspondence.


MORRILL,. The revival meetings continue
through this week A good interest has
been manifested and about dozen have
expressed desire to become disciples Of
Christ. Rev. G. Z. Tufts preached here
again last Sunday. His subject was "Bel-
shazzar's FEAST. Miss Winnie Simmons is
having 9 fortnights vacation from her school
in Camden. Mrs. Frank Banan is
great sufferer. .... The Sunday school
closes next Sunday, and will give concert
Christmas eve....V. Il. Paul broke both
thills Of his baggage wagon while backing
up to the grist mill last week. The wagon,
with him aboard, ran down steep hill into
the strea z. The boys tished him out.
SANDY Po1NT. Mr.. Waldo Richards, who
has been at work in Bangor since early
spring, is at home for while Misses Ethel
and Inez Maxfeld are attending the winter
term OF the normal SC hool at Casti ne i. Mrs
Clifford Showers leaves this week for Bos-
ton, where she will remain until warm
weather. Miss Abbe Cousins has gone to
Wrentham, Mass Mrs. Ursula Thomson
and daughter Clara of Fort Point have NOV
ed into B. G. Blanchard's house for the win
ter. Mrs. W S. Richards, W ho has been in
Somerville, Mass, for several weeks, arrived
home last week. School in this District
began Dec. 18th, taught by Miss Mabelle
Paul Of Belfast This is her third term here
and she needs no recommendation. f. X.
Perkins, who has been at work in Boston,
has arrived home. :. School in the Narrows
District began Dec. End, George Dckey Of
Stockton, teacher. Mr.. and Mrs Frank
Belcher of Winthrop, Mass, who were called
here by the death Of U. A. Harrison, have
returned to their home. Tuesday morning
Dec. 10th, the thermometer stood at II below
zero. The weather the remainder of the
week was very cold, with high wind.
THoRND1KE. Charles Sampson OF Freedom
sold Friday 10 carloads of hay. Mr. Samp-
son has four presses at work and one Of
them, controlled by W. S. Edminster has
pressed 700 tons. This crew has put up 68
tons for one man in town. Mr. Edminster
has 225 tons to press for c. F. Bessey of
Brooks. Will Fletcher has an extra good
three-years- black gelding by Jedwood,
by Dictator, out of his bay mare. The geld
ing stands Is hands high, weighs 1000
pounds, is a fine styled horse and will
! make first class gents driver Any one
wanting such horse can get good trade
in him. Miss Maud Parsons died Friday
of consumption, aged Is years She had been
sick for some time. -. Fred Vose has let the
hauling Of 100 cords of pulp-wood for G. A.
Milliken to Frank johnson of Freedom.
L. G Munroe, one OF our popular black
smiths, had little scrap with horse
| Thursday and soon found himself hors-de-
combat, and so lame that it is with difficulty
| he attends to his work. Mrs Wilmont
Hunt is very i'll w.. Henry Higgins is up for
repairs with a very bad cold. Nelson
! Blethen has agreed To haul 100 cords of hard
wood for Charles Bryant Frank Walker
has let the cutting of 100 cords of hard wood
! to Sydney Ward and Joe Prentiss. Hay
has taken sudden boom. Four hay buyers
We're in town Friday. The present prices
per ton are $3.50 to so, loose.
| PENoBsCoT. One Of your faithful core
! spondrnts says. 'the men are houghng the
houses" We are doing little better for
! the men are boughing the houses, the boys
are bowling the girls, and the dogs are bow
4 wowing travellers. The sloop yacht Mid
get, Capt. Dyer of North Haven, living at
anchor in the Bagaduce, had her plank cut
through BY drift ice, filled, and sank where
there is sixteen feet of water at low tide. =.
Mr.. Fletcher Of Camden has hired rooms at
South PenobscOt, and will begin house
keeping about Christmas =. The steamer G.
P. Connors has been hauled up for the Win
ter. ~. There are about one hundred and
seventytive thousand paving the wharf
to be shipped next April..... Rising Star
Lodge, No. III, H. 4 A. NJ, at its annual
election the first Wednesday in December
elected officers as follows: Frank NJ Glenn
ent, W. NJ; Hosea b. Wardwell, S. W. !:
Treasurer; Benjamin II. Cushman, Sec'y
The young folks at South Penobscot gave
an exhibition for the benefit Of the Baptist
church and about S21 90 We're realized,
above expenses. Mrs. Emma Wardwell,
aged about forty-tWo years, is the mother of
thirteen strong, healthy, happy children.
As thirteen is the unlucky number, she SAYS
she cannot be satisfied unless she has two
more. We have not heard from her husband
on the subject. We think she is worthy of
full pension from Uncle Sam. The smelt
fishermen at Winslow's Cove are catching
from five to twenty pounds Of s.nelts day.
BELMONT. Miles Pease, Past State Mas
ter Martin B. Hunt and Mr. and Mrs
Thomas Churchill are in Bangor at
tending the State Grange. =. james A.
Sprague has new cooper shop up and
|
Mabel E. Paul Of Belfast, who has been
teaching school in No. 5, left Saturday for
Standpoint to begin school there. Her
school here will be finished by Esther G.
Hills Of Northport. School in No. 2 closed
Friday after very successful term taught
by Leila M. Payson Of Waldo. Miss p. pre-
sented her scholars with some nice and use
tul presents and gave them a treat of ice
cream, cake and candy. She stands at the
head Of her profession as a school teacher,
having taught % terms before. We wish
her much success wherever she goes. i.
There will be sociable atsM ystic Grange
Hall this, Thursday, evening, under the
auspices of the East SearsmOnt Cemetery
Association, for the benefit of the cemetery
| At East Searsmont. The sociable at Mystic
Grange Hall, Tuesday evening. Dec. 10th,
under the management Of the North Bel
mont Cemetery Association, was very sue
cessful affair, owing to trst-class program
being placed upon the stage. They will
have another at the same place Tuesday
evening, Jan. 7th.. The farmers are now
busy chopping the winters supply Of fire
wood. oh, my! won't the girls around
Belmont Corner feel bad now. Why? Be-
cause Willard "A. Morrill, has sold his tilly
Jessie to his brother, Fred A. Morrill, of
Providence, r. l., and they cannot have any
more sleigh rides this winter. Well never
mind, girls, make him get another one. &c.
o. Jordan, who las been laid up with rheu-
matism, is now better. The South Bel
mont Cemetery League have received and