The Portland daily press., 1895-05-16
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
New Gloucester.

New Gloucester, May 15.-The repairs
on the Congregational ves:ry are
completed.
Geo. Young and family have moved
into the Amos Eveleth house, and Mr..
Crops who formerly lived there has
moved into Mrs Jonah Jordan's house
Miss Grace Sawyer has gone to Wood
fords for an absence of two weeks.
Miss Nellie A. Curtis and mother, who
have been spending the winter in Lewis
ton have returned home.
A pleasing entertainment in the form of
Book Sociable was held in the Town
Hall Friday evening, May 10. Coffee
and cake were for sale.
Richmond.
Richmond, May a. Postmaster
George r. Thoobald is having the post
office fitted up with new boxes and
modern improvements. Since the fire of
March Goth the mails have been handled
III primitive way in an apartment in
the Hathorue Block, at the northeast
corner of Main and Front streets nearly
opposite the old Office. During the past
two weeks workmen in the new quar-
tiers have been repairing the walls, put
ting up waipscosing and laying hard
wood floor. New boxes, furnished by
the Keyless Lock Co. of Indianapolis,
Ind, have been put up this week. The
supporting wood work is of qGartered
oak. The boxes number 61S, OF which
399 are call boxes. and the remainder
are furnished with combination locks.
There are also convenient general de-
livery and money order windows. The
working department is furnished with
facilities for handling the mails quickly
and is well lighted and airy. Taken as
a whole the office presents a neat and
tasty appearance. and though the old
office was convenient the new one will
doubtless be found to he an improve
ment in more respects than one. The
work is still in progress.
The Richmond House property is ad-
vertised for sale by the administrator of
the late Harrison Springer's estate.
2. H. Hurley, grocer. has gone out of
the business.
Raymond.
East Raymond, May IS. Lakeside
Division No. 8. Sons of Temperance,
celebrated the eighth anniversary of
their existence at their hall Saturday
evening and Sunday May 11th and 18th.
The exercises Saturday evening consist
ed of historical sketch OF the division,
remarks by different memb bers of the
order and a fine recitation by Frank r.
Leavitt. Had the weather been suita BILE
there would have been grove meeting
Sunday but it being rainy it was held
in the hall. The hall was well filled,
there being large audience present for
such day. In the forenoon Rev. Mr..
Paigeof this place, pastor of the Free Will
Baptist church, deliver ed fine address
Subject: IAN aggressive temperance
crusade" In the afternoon there was
reading and speaking, the exercises be-
ing interspersed with fine music. On the
occasion and was SO considered by all.
The schools in town have been in sess-
ion one week. and all bid fair to, be sue
cessfuI. The teachers are as follows; Dis
trict Mol. Miss Fuller; No.2, Miss Jen-
ME Latham of Raymond; No. 4. Miss
Lillian r. Cole, of Raymond; No. 5, Miss
Addie M. Foster of Raymond; No. 6,
Miss Butterfield of Guilford; No.7. Miss
Dunbar; Nos, Miss Jennie W.Dyer OF
Raymond; No. 8, Miss French: No.1O,
Miss Anna L. johnson of Raymond.
Pownal, May 13. The congregation
which assembled despite the unfavorable
condition of the weather at the Congre-
gational church on Sunday were amply
repaid for go doing in listening to a most
excellent sermon preached by the Rev.
Mr.. Jones from the text, MY meditation
of Him shall be sweet" Psalms 1O4-s4.
We would say to the friends of the
Ladies Aid Society who have so kindly
given us their patronage during the
past months not to forget our social on
Friday evening May 1lth. 1t was post
poned for one week on account of the
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fair on that evening, and the kindly
courtesy they have always manifested
toward us in our efforts made it a pleas
ure to make the change. A goodly num-
Der from this vicinity attended both the
fair and concert and had most enjoya-
ble time. Miss Katharine Hodsdon does
the honors on the evening of the social.
The heavy rain of Sunday night is a
serious put-back to the farmers, but will
without doubt be great benefit to the
hay crop.
Cumberland.
Cum berland Center, May IA. The
graduating exercises of the class of '9s,
Greely Institute, were held at the Con-
gregational church last Friday evening.
The following is the order of exercises:
Music,
Prayer
Rev.F. W.Davis,
Music,
Declamation-"Th Homes of thePeople,"
Howard L.Winslow.
Recitation, ,-"The Death Bridge of the
Tay,"
Arsenath b. Prince,
Music,
Essay-"Lib berty Must be the Founda-
tion of Good Government"
VIM. N elson,
Recitation. Princess Imra and the Goat
herd"
Grace T. Merrill,