The Portland daily press., 1895-08-01
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered bv Corres
pondents of the Press.

| Gray.
Gray, July 80. Mrs. Sarah H. Web
ster of San Francisco, is passing the
summer at Mrs. Sawyers.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Leighton. of Bos.
ton, are visiting at Mrs Sarah J. Leigh.
toms.
Judge Lorenzo Dow and wife of New
Haven, Conn, have been visiting at Mr..
W. M. lows.
Mrs. NJ. e. Taylor, of Shelburne Falls,
Mass, is at DR.. L. 7. Cushing's
Mr. VIM. Sawyer and wife, of Lewis.
ton, have been in town for few days.
Mrs. Fred W. Libby and children, OF
Somerville, Mass. are at B. f. Skill
ling's.
Miss Lillian Frank. a teacher at Everett,
Mass, is spending her vacation with her
parents.
Mrs. Mary Hurd, of North Berwick,
has been visiting her brothet, DR.. E. Il.
Andrews.
Mr. Edward Frank will travel for the
Leighton Company of Boston, Mass, in
the State of Ohio.
Cumberland.
| Cumberland Center, July 80. V. Rich
ard Foss, of Portland, occupied the pull
pit at the Congregational church last
Sunday, preaching very acceptable SER
mon.
Farmers are as general thing done
haylng; the crop as whole being about
| wo-thirds that Of last year. Many are
cutting their oats for fodder on account
of short hay crop. Hoed crops are look
ing finely. The apple crop will be very
light.
Miss Carrie c. Harris of Deering, is
visiting friends here.
| A petition has been in circulation ask
ing the selectmen to call special town
meeting to see if the town will make adj
ditions to the board of trustees of Greedy
Institute.
| Fred A. Shaw is spending a few days
at home. He leaves the last of the week
for Nottingham, N. H., where he will
canvas for the same work he has been at
work in the eastern part of the State.
New Gloucester.
| Sabbathday Lake, Aug l. The heav-
lest shower of the season passed over here
Tuesday afternoon.
A hayrack load of summer visitors
from the "Lake Cottage went to Poland
! Springs Tuesday and returned during the
heavy shower pretty we'll drenohed
Mrs. Augustus Merrill has left her
home and taken up her residence in Lew.
| iston. She is lady that will be very
much missed in this community.
| Mrs Benjamin Davis is in Portland
taking care of her mother, who is serious
| ly ILL
Raymond.
Raymond, July 80 Mr.. Hanson S.
| Clay and daughter, Miss Minnie. of
Woodfords, have been stopping few days
| at the Central House.
There were twenty three guests to dine
\ AFT the hotel last Sunday
A party from this place, consisting of
Mr.. Fred W. Plummer and family, Mrs
Ruth Jordan and little daughter Mamie.
of Bridgton, and Miss Blanche Hooper of
Sebago Lake, went on picnic to Songo
| Lock last Friday.
| ter, has been the guest of her sister, Mrs
E. G. Dolly.
Mrs Mortensen and lady friend of
Portland, are among the boarders at
Maple Lane Cottage.
| Mr.. Frank Prince, of Portland, is a
| guest at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
| Harmon.
Mr.. and Mrs Alvin Jordan of Port
land, and Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Plummer,
of Raymond, are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cyrus Jordan of Mechanic Falls.
Mrs. Ruth Jordan and little daughter
Mamie have returned to their home in
Bridgton.
Mr.: and Mrs. Irving Morton called on
relatives at Sebago Lake recently.
| Mrs. Ida Hayden has gone to South
Freeport
Miss Stella Hayden is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Mary A. Brown.
Mrs Mary Knight has gone to visit
relatives in Deering.
Alfred.
| THE GRAVE OF JOHN HOLMES.
| Alfred, July 31.-The following is the
inscription on the monument in the vii
lage cemetery in Alfred, in memory OF