The Portland daily press., 1895-06-18
Upper Gloucester.

| H., is VlSlUlng ner SlSUer, Mrs. L. W..
Gould.
| Upper Gloucester.
Upper Gloucester, Juno 17-Mr. f. A.
Spring has crew of men at work on his
barn on the "Hatch Place. so called
They have moved the barn from where it
formerly stood and have begun the work
of making an addition to the length of it
of thirty feet. Mr.. Charles Libby of Gray,
is foreman on the work He has Mr.
Brown of Gray at work with him, and
has some four or five men beside. There
is also considerable work to be done on
the house, which will probably be done
when the work on the barn is finished.
Mrs. N. S. Shurtleff of North Var
mouth, who has been visiting her sister,
Mrs W. L. Shurtleff, for week or SO
past returned to her home last Saturday
afternoon.
The remains of Mr.. Stinchfield, an aged
citizen of Raymond, was brought to this
town last Thusrday and buried in the
cemetery near this village.
| The weather has been very hot and dry
about here for some. time past until last
Saturday, when we had a little rain in
the morning and at night we had a nice
shower which did a great amount of good
to everything in the shape of crops.
| Mr.. Libby and Mr. Brown, who are at
work for Mr.. Fred Spring on his barn are
boarding at the home of James Stevens. :
Mr. George Gross of Boston, spent Sun
day with his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Sew
all Gross of this village.
| 1t is thought by some about here that
unless we have more rain than we have
had the hay crop will be very light in this
locality.
Miss Bessie Corliss had a birthday party
last Saturday afternoon and a number of
the young associates of Miss Bessie were
invited to attend the party and the invi-
tation was of course accepted. A nice
supper was served for them, and good
time was reported by those present and
no doubt ali would wish their young
friend many happy birthdays.
Mr. Fred Spring of Deering Centre
made a call to this place on Friday of
last week.
We had some very hot weather here last
week, and some people were obliged to
give up hurrying much about their work
especially those who were out of doors.
Rev. Mr.. Rose of Auburn preached in
| Centennial Hall last Sunday afternoon to
large audience, and after the preaching
service the Union Sunday school held its
regular session
| Miss May Bickford, superintendent of
schools in this town, who has been teach
ing in Falmouth arrived home last Sat-
urday night
Mr. W. Cook, the barber here, has been
away for week past on visit to Bos-
| ton
Miss Eliza Dawes went to North
Pownal last Sunday to work for Mrs
| Llewellyn Sawyer, of that town, during
| the summer
Mr.. JAS Segars, carriage maker here,
is having rush of work lat the present
time.
Springvale.
Springvale June IT. A baptism by the
Adventists was largely witnessed yester-
day at the riverside when five candidates
were immersed, and last evening Rev. W.
B. Shumway pastor of the Baptist
Friday evening Mrs. Frank Hamilton
fell and broke her ankle.
Willie Hutchinson has recently accepted
position in E. E. Goodwin's store
Mrs. Clara Smith will soon re-enter
the field laboring for the U. o. G.. C
Mrs. j; d. Cloudman of Lowell,
Mass, is here visiting her sister Mrs L.
B. Mansell.
John and Maggie Ferguson are at home
from Boston on short visit.
Gray.
West Gray. June five had few
light showers last week, enough to lay
the dust but not enough to be of much
benft to the crops. 1t is the universal
opinion that the hay crop must be light.
The B. o. W. IS went to Windham Cen
ter on Saturday afternoon to engage in q
friendly game of ball with the nine of
that place. The game resulted in vic
tory for the West Gray boys by score of
27 to IS in their favor
Mrs. Jennie Allen is in Portland this
week. She intends to learn cutting with
| n win of cr,s,~ sc
dress making in West Gray
Mr.. George W. Libby is at work in
Portland at his trade of bricklaying..
Augustus Huston was at home from
Cape Elizabeth on Sunday.
Walter Libby of Boston, was here at
his old home on Monday.
Frank Seeley of Duck Pond, was here
on Sunday.
A. +. johnson of New York and wife
spent Sunday with friends in this place.
MT johnson was former resident of
this place and is now engaged in teaching
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