The Republican journal., 1895-09-19
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS.

ball nine played two interesting games at
Monroe fair Wednesday and Thursday.
Wednesday they played with the Red Seals
of Stockton Springs, easily defeating them
by score of 10 to 6. Thursday the B. G.
MS of Bangor were the victims of this
| doughty little nine. This game was marked
by the crooked umpiring of Bangor UNI
pire. Evans pitching, Payson's catching
and Reynolds home run were the features
This nine wishes to meet one of the Belfast
mines, and if they do, look out for lively
| times.
| CENTRE MONTvILLE. Bert Vose of Knox
is painting Clifton Morse's buildings.
Volney Thompson has crew of men sink
! ing piece of stone wall between his house
and Mr.. Cushmans. :. Mrs. Charles Allen
had an i'll turn last week, but is improving. :.
Miss Mary E. Bartlett and Mark j. Bartlett
Of Montville have gone to Guilford and
Dover to visit relatives. A town meeting
was called for Sept 10Th, to see if the town
would contest the building of the road laid
out by the county commissi oners between
what is called the Brain place and Ira
from that place (Howard's) to Knox Station
-. There will be an auction sale of house,
hold goods and farming tools on the Elisha
| Carter estate Sept. Goth
| SwANvILLE. Mrs. Horatio Mari and Mrs
Jas. KnowIton have gone to Boston for a visit
....H. o. Nickerson is the proud father Of
a ten-pound girl Henry Applin of Everett
| r.
week. James Appin and wife of Somes
Sound have been visiting here. w. r. Mason
came home from Boston to attend the Mon
roe fair and returned Saturday :. The fam-
liar face Of John Gray was seen on our streets
| last week. Mrs T. S. Ford is visiting her
son Martin, in New York Mary Stevens
began school in Waldo last Monday morn
ing. Mrs. Wallace Gray and Joshua Nick
erson, who have been quite i'll, are both i'm
proving. Rev Myra Kingsbury will fill
the pulpit here next Sunday at p. IN. S. S.
at p. m... Comet grange had a harvest
feast last Monday evening. The l.. A. S.
will meet with Mrs. T. q. Smart this (Thurs-
day. afternoon and evening. -. Mr. and Mrs
Addison Curtis are rejoicing in the birth Of
| son.
| WINTERPoRT. Daniel Curtis and Miss
Kate Foley were united in marriage by Rev
j. P. Simonton Sept. 9th. C. r. Goodwin,
who has been seriously ill, is recovering. :.
| Mrs. B. M. Hewey of Somerville, Mass, is
| spending few weeks at her old home and
| is having the house repaired and painted.
-. Eddie Clark is at home from Boston on
a visit to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ.
Clark. :. Quite number of people left on
Mondays boat. Among them were DIR. Abb
bolt and wife, Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Dewson
and Mrs. J. E. Dawley, who have been visit
ing friends here, and Mrs. NJ. B. Manter Miss
Mary E. Chase and Miss Rose Eaton, who
are going to Boston and vicinity. Mrs.
Marcia Ryder of Provncetown, Mass, is
visiting in town. Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Blais-
dell and Miss Bruce spent a few days at
Moosehead Lake last week. Forty-one
| young people We're confirmed at the St. Ga
briefs Catholic church, Sept. 1Oth-6 from
Winterport, s from Bucksport and q from
Frankfort. The rite was administered by
Bishop Heaey of Portland, assisted by Rev
FIR. McGrath Rev. Fir. Clarity, ] ohm Dris-
! coll and Matthew Kelley. The church was
beautifully decorated and the young girls,
all dressed in white with wells and wreaths,
presented a most charming sight. The elo-
quent sermon of the Bishop was listened to
by large and attentive audience. Mr.
and Mrs. George Pope Of Hartford, CT, are
visiting Mrs. Popes sister, Mrs L. L. Haley
49,. Mr.. l. H. Davis of Houlton is visiting
his mother, Mrs. Freeman Thompson. -.
Mrs. r. A. Rich and Mrs. E. P. Curtis are at
home for few weeks. Mrs. G. NJ. Chase is
visiting her brother in Bangor. Quarterly
meeting services will be held at the Metho-
dist church next Sunday. Miss Ada
Walker has returned to Portland.
Brooks. Nathan Curel, who was born in
Brooks some seventy years ago, is visiting
the scene Of his nativity which he left Al
just above the hoop pole landing, so-called,
near the Knox line. He went to Minnesota
and settled in what is now called Winona
What is now the city of Minneapolis had not
a single house when he went there. He
served in the late war as a soldier and re-
ment Our older citizens remember him
WE'LL Miss Anna Leonard has gone to
Limsburg, Conn.,. where she has position
as dressmaker in Mclean Seminary . Mas
ters Eddie and Fred Whitehouse, who have
been visiting their cousins, Harry and Josie
Brown, have returned to their home in
Unity. Mrs. Stearns of La Grange, who is
visiting friends in town, showed us some
beautiful specimens of Mexican work the
other day Nothing nicer has been shown in
Brooks in the line of home made handiwork.
Her husband grew up as boy in jackson.
Mrs. Freeman Grant of Jackson visited
her sister, Mrs. Bert Lane, last week. Mrs.
Gates. who W & known here as Miss Lizzie
Varney, is visiting her father, Mr.. Nicholas
Varney. She has spent most of her time in
Colorado in the mining regions. Her brother
Joseph was killed there few years SINCE,
Miss Adelaide Roberts of Belfast is spending
a few weeks in Brooks, which is her old
home. Miss Nellie button of Waterville
called upon her school mates, Grace and
Alice Dow, last Saturday :. Leonard Parker
of Fairmont. Minnesota, with his wife and
children have been visiting his sister, Mrs,
Daniel Dickey Of this town. Mr.. Parker