The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-01-02
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS.

COUNTY CORRESPONDENT
STOCKTON SPRINGS. Capt. John Panno
left for New York Monday. Miss Emma
Hichborn went to Thomaston Monday e.
Mr.. Elmer Dickey will go as first officer of
bark Mabel I. Myers bound for Rosario, S.
A, and has joined the vessel in Boston. -.
The high tide and very heavy winds of Tues
day morning made sad havoc along the
shore. Sch. Lark, owned by G. r. Rendell
and Others is total loss. The old wharf
was completely demolished. Mr.. Loring
Griftin's row boat and boat house We're
destroyed. 80. Masonic Block Association
held their annual meeting, Dec. 25th. The
old board of officers was elected. Pownal
Lodge elected their officers January 1st.
The Current Events Club will meet with
Mrs. Charles S. Rendell Jan. 2nd
PROSPECT. Alfred Stinson of North
| Searsport was in town last week looking
after the Grange fire insurance companies,
South Paris and Androscoggin, for both of
which he is acting agent. Nearly all the
farm buildings are going into these COM
|
sessments are light, for we have tried the
South Paris for the past 10 years. j.. Christ
mas passed off with the usual gatherings
! and Christmas trees. There was a tree well
loaded at the Turner schoohouse, and
Santa Claus did finely for the children
There We're also trees at j. NJ. Grants and
| Mr.. Ciitford's in the same district. All were
! RAJ, ar..i ~,
| Searsport village were in Prospect last week
| looking after affairs that belong to people
| there, and matters were arranged. South
| Branch stream has broken up and the ice is
piled up i'll heaps along the banks The
j spring where for IS years we have watered
onr cattle just about an even month before
the final close up has been running now
three weeks. One week more and then look
out for old Boreas. MIR. and Mrs. Edward
Curtis have new boardel-a little GIRL.
| The butchering season is over, and one
thing is sure, the farmers and everybody
else can live on the lowest priced pork and
spareribs they ever had. That endless
chain, plling up the dollars of our daddes.
| is hard on the farmers; but sometime the
dollars may come around again for the peo-
| pie.
THoRNDIKE. The Christmas entertainment
at the Centre church was well attended. con-
sidering the bad travelling, and many nice
presents We're given. Nearly one hundred
We're present, and all had a nice time The
following program was carried out Music
by choir, "Our Joyous Greeting;" prayer, by
Ar,,aS nv oh
Christmas address by Fred Cole; declama-
ton by Dana Higgins, ga Christmas Greet
ing;" defamation by Richard Higgins,
"Peace on EARTH responsive reading, by
Supt. and Sunday school: recitation by
Mamie Walker; recitation by Leila Higgins:
music by choir, "Prince of Peace;'' r. cita-
tion by Matte Small; recitation by Ger
trude Gordon; recitation by Bessie Higgins;
exercise, Christmas Pennies by Matte and
Ruth Small, Leila Higgins and Gertrude
Gordon; defamation by Fred Higgins,
"Christmas Eve" music by choir, "Bring
Your Loving Gifts to jesus recitation bv
Charlotte Higgins, "Destiny;" recitation by
Ruth Small; singing by Gertrude and Ge-
neva Gordon, "Ring Bells Ring recitation
by Mrs. Belle Crosby; recitation by Grace
Wing; recitation by Flosse Wing; music
by choir, bright Christmas Day." distribu-
ton of presents. Mr.. and Mrs Amos
Hatch of Jackson, " n. Higgins and fam
lily and Grace Higgins passed Christmas at
F. L. Philbrick's Elijah Simpson bought
fifty cords of pulp wood of V. N. Higgins
recently Mr.. and Mrs Paris Dyer passed
Christmas at Elisha Gordon's. Mrs Hat
tie Higgins passed Thursday with her moth
er, Mrs. Caroline Ward 49,. Mr.. and Mrs V.
Higgins visited at Edward Hunts Friday.
go, Miss Bessie Higgins visited the Walker
school Dec. 18th. Miss Lula Coffin is sick
with the humps. Milton Ward and family
passed Wednesday evening at DAVID Hasty's
The trustees of the Joseph Farwell estate
have sold to V. N. Higgins the fifty acres
owned by Mr.. Farwell in the centre of the
town. The lot contains quite an amount of
lumber. "A painful accident befel Ephraim
johnson few days ago. Mr. johnson and
another man were moving some pressed
hay when a bale of hay rolled from
the scaffold toward the floor, struck on
another bale and ending over came down on
top OF Mr.. Johnson's head, driving his Jaws
together with such force as to splinter sew.
erdl teeth. 1t was a lucky escape from a
worse injury. -. Miss Lula Coffin is having
an attack OF the humps. :. Elisha Gordon
will move to Lowell, Mass in the spring.
Fired Thomas cut his foot quite badly at
the big toe joint severing an artery. -. Ma
than Berry thinks of moving to Brooks in
the spring. If he does his brother-in-law
will occupy tho farm made vacant by him,
m thxo old ,v,1n