The Portland daily press., 1895-03-20
MAINE TOWNS.
Items Of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
baldwin.

E. Chadbousne, who has been very i'll
with diphtheria. is slowly gaining.
DR.. Rounds OF Naples. accompanied by
Geo. Il. Rounds was III, town Friday.
Willie Chadbourne, who was at work
for MIR. W. ?. Rounds, cut one of his feet
last Friday, infiicting very severe and
painful wound. DR.. Norton being away
at the time the wound was dressed hy
DR.. Rounds, who happened to be in town.
Mrs. E. j. Field, formerly station agent
at this place, and Mr.. Julius Morrill,, Of
Bartlett, N. H. were in town Saturday.
MIR. E. e. Chad borne intends to build
fine residence as soon MS the snow leaves,
upon the lot recently purchased by him.
The board of selectmen Of Baldwin
elected March II is made up OF It. NJ.
Sawyer, j E. Cartret, Fred Weeman, who
were also elected assessors and overseer5
of the poor instead Of those given in the
West Baldwin report
Miss Nellie l.. Rounds is visiting rela-
tives in Portland
Boothbay.
Boothbay, March Is. Mrs. Giles I.
Dunton, who has been confined to her
house for more than two years, having
had several shocks in the meantime, died
Saturday, March 10, aged nearly go years.
John E. Kelley, who has been in Au-
gusta for the past week, returned home
Saturday.
Gorham.
Gorham, March IS. At meeting of the
Directors held Saturday, Gorham Saw
ngs Bank declared its March dividend at
the rate Of four per cent. per annum.,
inn to Ar gal ia
| reserve fund to Sl9, 81. 80. Tie bank has
paid So dividends, amounting to Sl87, no.
| 4S, seven of which were at the rate of
Z per cent per annum, nine at ber cent,
| five at per cent, two at l-2 per cent,
and thirty at per cent The total
amount deposited since April 4th, 1868,
is over 81, zoo, 900. The amount of de-
posits now is 1881, 322.15. The assets of
| the bank amount to S405, GAG. Is.
Paris.
| West Paris, March Is. By a vote of
the town of Paris, this village is to have a
new schoolhouse at a cost of $1,000. There
is petition circulating to have the new
schoolhouse situated inWmP. Willis field.
We hear there is some opposition to this
| locality.
Mrs, F E. Hayes, while on her way to
meeting fell on the ice, hurting her
quite badly.
Mr.. J. A. Lambe of South Paris has
been appointed superintendent OF schools
for the town of Paris. Several from this
place attended the Universalist conven-
ton at Bryant's Pond last week.
| The Evangelists who were to be here
| last Thursday were reported sick, thus
postponing their visit to this place.
There is to be social dance at Dur
hams hall Thursday evening, March
21st,. A full crowd is expected
Ezra Lurvey is SO as to be ont on the
street again. He has been quite SICK
for the past few weeks.
Laing Brothers of Acton, On, gave
their concert at Durham's hall Thurs
day evening, March l4th. Some OF the
| selections were well rendered.
There is some talk of having team to
| carry those who wish to attend the con-
vention at Bryant's Pond, Thursday and
Friday evenings.
Lewis M. Mann S mill is rnnlng null blasG
They have got in some 600 cords OF birch
TO be manufactured into clothes pins and
handles. Mr.. Mann has another mill To-
Gated at Milton Plantation for the manu-
| facture of the same articles. he manu-
| features about 1900 boxes of clothes pins
week, and some 500. 900 handles. Each
box contains 60 dozen.
K.G. Brown & Son are also running
their mill at it's full capacity saving
clapbords
Both of the above parties are looking
forward to the better times which are
sure to come in 1867, when this coun-
try will once more be in the hands Of
Repu blicans.
Pownal.
MR.. SETH SWEETsIR. THE OLDEST
| RESIDENT.
| PownaI. March 19-It was the privilege
| of your correspondent to, very recently,
meet and spend some little time in the So
ciety of the oldest inhabitant of our town,
Mr.. Seth Sweetsir. He was born in this
town at that time FreeporD in 1903, and
| his home has been here for the greater
| part of his 81 years. Looking into his face
one would hardly realize tthat for almost a
century had he endured the heat of so
many summers and the chilly blasts of as
many winters. Then his conversation was
very interesting and The companions of his
youthful days and the scenes In which he
once took more active part, were recalled
with vigor, simplicity wonderful for one
so aged 1t was with a feeling of almost
reverence hat took his hand at parting and
listened to his kindly wishes tor my future,
to which 1 responded with feelings of SYM
pathy rarely if ever experienced by myself
before, when coming into contact with a
stranger.
The social given On Friday evening of
last week at Mallet Hall, in charge of Miss
Linda Moves and Miss Lillian Latham, was
a success that these two young ladies' may
we'll feel proud of. 1t was book social.
Thirty familiar books were represented
mostly by characters in costumes. Two
prizes were given to the ones guessing the
larger plumber of correct answers. The first
prize was won by Mrs. Matte Davis and
the second prize by A. E. Hodsdon, MIS-.
Davis guessing twenty-five and Mr.. Holds
don twenty-one. The girls prepared little
souvenirs for the evening which were quite
attractive considering that they were
homemade and certainly the Ladies Aid
have great reason to feel pleased with this
effort of two of its younger members and
particularly SO when we state that S12 Was
turned into the Aid as the result of their
endeavors.
The high wind which has prevailed for
the past few days has been very uncom fort