The Republican journal., 1895-10-31
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

EAST SEARSMONT. Fred baJcnol00r ana
wife Of Jamaica Plain, Mass, are in town
visiting relatives and friends. Henry
Staples of Boston is at home on visit. .Hor-
ace Jordan of Boston was in town last week.
Mrs. Mary G. Batchelder has been in
Deer Isle on a visit. We received some
fine specimens Of corn from the farm OF Les
lie Mariner. The cobs measured twelve
inches in length and were filled to the top
with full kernels of corn. From one and
three fourth acres of ground they raised 200
bushels Of hard corn, besides over Is Of soft
Who can do better?
BELMONT. About 80 persons met at the
schoolhouse at Belmont Corner, Wednesday
evening, Oct. 23d, and formed an associa-
ton called the North Belmont Cemetery As
sociation, for the purpose of securing funds
to buy new fence on the front of the ceme-
terry at Belmont Corner. The following Of
ticers We're elected: Pres, n. B. Allenwood;
vice president, j N. Mears sec'y, LeForest
Allenwood; treas, Fred A. Mariner; COM
mittee on program, Miss May Dumphie,
Mrs. Nettie B. Mariner, Miss Prudence
Greer; committee on tables, Mrs. Alice Nor
rill, Mrs John Morrill,, Mrs. Hannah Alex
ander, Miss Almeda Greer, Mrs. Lillian
Bicknell, Mrs. Emma Morrill, door keepers,
George Mears, John Greer. The Lend a
Hand Circle Of The Kings Daughters Of Bel
mont met at the pleasant home of Mrs
Thomas Churchill, Wednesday evening,
Oct. 25d, and passed very pleasant even
ing. We think our order IS progressing, as
new members are taken in at every meeting.
The next meeting will be with Mrs. James
Churchill, Wednesday evening, Oct Both, at
I o'clock p. M. Mrs. j. NJ. Dickey of Bel
fast was in town last week visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. j. II. Cooley Mr.. David Alexan-
der and son Fred of Belfast were in town
Sunday.
APPLETON. Erastus Proctor is slowly re-
covering from severe illness, caused by
hemorrhage from gun shot wound received
on the Gettysburg battle field. Mr.. and
Mrs. Galen Keene have moved from North
Appleton and are now occupying a tene-
ment in Mrs. Lydia Vaughn's house.. Ed
gar Counce has sold his place to Willard
CHcl mdu. IL W dS IoIultIly kHOWA dS bIc
Allen place, and is situated near Mr.. Sher-
mans mill. Our village schools began
Monday with Miss Edith Buck of Clinton
teacher in the High School, and Miss Julia
Wentworth in the primary -. Miss Julia
Dillingham; of Augusta was recently the
guest Of Mrs. Charlotte Hawkes. The new
stable in course Of erection on the Sullivan
place for Mrs Cakes of New York is APP
preaching completion and will be- when fin
ished, one of the finest buildings here.
Clarence Golding Of Rockland has the con-
tract and the workmen are all from Rock
land. Miss Georgia Wentworth has return
ed to Boston. Mr.. A. C. Foss of Danville
junction was the guest of DR.. Strickland
and wife last week. Miss Mary Dunton is
visiting friends in Boston and Natick. =. AL
bert Davis and wife of Boston are here for a
short visit at A. r. Davis and Jason Pea
body 3. Mr.. Stephen Laughton of Fair
mont, Mimi, who has been spending few
weeks with friends in this vicinity, has gone
to Natick, Mass. Charles Graham has
moved from the Teel place. which he bought
ana las lived on three Or four years, and
now lives with his mother on the farm
formerly owned by the late William Ora
ham. DR. Geo. w. Stoddard and ,iaugh-
III Mrs. Nathan Hawkes.
PIrTsFIELD Capt. G. II. Sawyer, Pitts
fields we'll known mariner, who has spen mt
the most of his life for the last fifty years on
II. I,
visit, after an absence of five years. He
was joyfully greeted by his family and many
old friends. Captain Sawyer makes long
voyages and has been many times around
the world and to every civilized country.
Mrs. Ora Fitzgerald has been visiting her
son. B. L. Fitzgerald, on Middle street.
Though So Years old this smart old lady has
made visits this fall unattended to Bangor,
Old Town and Dexter. Congressman Milf
ken of Belfast was in town the first of last
week -. Mrs. Mary A. Patterson of Belfast
is visiting her sister, Mrs. j S. Davis. Miss
came over from Newport Saturday night
and stopped with her over Sunday ....J. W.
Manson and T. G. Lancey and their wives
went to Aroostook on weeks hunting trip
and have returned with moose and two
deer. They report fine time. Mrs. Liz
zie Horne returned recently from trip to
Mr.. White and wife of Thorn
dixie were in town last week visiting at Mrs.
Elizabeth Collins and Fl. A. Libby s.. Sew
eral new concrete sidewalks have been laid
on some Of our streets this fall. Our viii
lage has been invaded this fall by large
number of unlimited visitors, who bring
large amount of perfumery with them, and
who have marauded our gardens to such an
extent that some of the visitors have lost
their lives, and the firing of guns is no I'M
usual sound in any part of the village after
Capt. G. Fl. Sawyer started for
Philadelphia Friday, the 18th, to join his
ship, the Kennebec. which is loading at that
port with oil for Japan. His son Reginald
him. Our first snow squall
occurred Thursday evening, Oct. 18th. The
forest fires were subdued by tine recent rains.
-. A society for the prevention of cruelty to
animals, with 1O1 members, called the Eek
hardt Band of Mercy, has been formed at
the Riverside school. ID. NJ. Parks, E. n.
Shaw, DIR. Pushor, j. F. Conner, S. r.
Haines, F. j. White and G. W. Main have
gone up Moosehead way on hunting trip.
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