The Portland daily press., 1896-01-14
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Treeport.

A board Of trade has been established
in our village, with Charles S. Orne as
Its president, with other usual officers.
be to look after the promotion of every
interest possible to enhance the good Of
the village and town generally.
The event of the week was the marriage
of Miss Maud Kllby daughter of Albert
Kilby, Esq, to Mr.. Bert Marston, both
we'll known and popular residents of the
village.
On Saturday evening Freeport park
association had it annual meeting with
choice OF officers for the ensuing year.
The absence of snow is hindrance
to farmers in the outlying sections of the
town. A large quantity of cord wood
has been cut, and cannot easily he mar
keted till it is coed shedding, when there
will be quite rush.
The steam mill OF Pettengill and Chase
has been completed. and few logs haya
already been landed to be sawn there.
| The Bowdoin students here, some ten in
number have returned to college the past
week.
Baldwin.
East Baldwin, Jan. IS. Mr.. George
| Fl. Rounds is home for a few DAYS.
Mr.. Robert Leach, who is at work for
the Young Brothers, has just returned
from visit to Raymond.
The Warren Brothers have nine men at
work for them at the present time in the
woods.
Mr.. Carl Burnell, a former resident of
this town, and his daughter have been
visiting Mrs. VIM. Kennard at Saddle
back Farm.
Mr.. J.FP. Chadbourne has gone on a
trip threnSh Nov Hampshire, and will
visit Boston before his rvuu..
Mr.. Geo. Rounds is visiting his son,
Dr.. Rounds of Naples.
Mrs John Smell, of Winthrop, accom-
panied by her sister, Mrs. Elmer Boothby,
has gone home.
Miss Nellie L. Rounds has returned to
Norton, Mass, where she is attending
Wheaton Seminary.
Rev. Mr.. Saer of Cornish. recently gave
fine illustrated lecture at the Congre-
gational church to large audience.
The schools in town, with one excep-
ton, are progressing finely according to
report. In one school four teachers have
been employed although the present term
has been in session but about five weeks.
Dancing school closed last Saturday
night.
A masquerade ball is to be given Thurs
day evening, Jan. 16, at Chadbourne' 8
Hall.
The roads are in horrible condition.
New Gloucester.
Sabbathday Lake, JAN 10. A little
snow would make it lively now as theresis
lots of lun Der cut waiting to be hauled
Mr.. Phil Hubbard is down east visiting
friends.
Some pretty cold days last week. The
mercury reached IS degrees below one
day.
Mr.. Augustus Morrill, has been making
some repairs ON his mill.
The evening parties which are usual
in the winter season have commenced
Notwithstanding they have to go With
wheels.
j. o. Small will commence to haul his
lumber on wheels this week. He has al
ready cut over one hundred cords of stave
timber.
Sebago Lake, Jan. 49, The D. W. Clark
Co. began scraping their ice at Sebago
Lake last Thursday. They arc talking
Of cutting a big lot of ice this winter.
There are quite a number Of fishermen
here fishing for ousk. G. J. Ingalls, got
three good ones the other night Mr.. In
gals Blake Tent down to set few lines
the other night and when he went to see
to them the next morning he found he
had nine fish on one line. AS this was
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done. He caught a cusk, and in dressing
him he found eight good sized perch in
side of the cusk
Gorham, JAM 13. Rev. Mr.. Reynolds
of the Congregationalist church, preached
very interesting sermon last Sunday.
In it he touched on the history Of the
church meeting houses here The first.
j log house, was built in 1742, when there
were only nine families here. The first
church organization was in 1855. 1t must
be among the Oldest in the State. There
/ is no complete record of the church
from 1853 to 1907. From thatstime it is
complete and unbroken to the present
day. The present house was built in
1897. The pastor proposes that as the
fathers built in their day the sons and
daughters should complete, ON the CEN
J tennial of the present house, modern,
comnodious chapel, memorial to the
fathers.
AS Rev Mr.. Strout of the School street
Methodist church, was unable to be cut
last Sunday, Rev. Mr.. Millett supplied
for him.
At the Grange meeting last SATURDAY.
night very deep and active feeling on
the sub ect of the electric road was deyeI-
oped. Lecturer Parker presented the fol-
lowing programme for the next meeting,
Jan. IS.
l. Dialogues Misses Harmon and
Wentworth.
2. Discussion: Should the farmers of
Maine raise more grain to feed their
stock--Messrs. Bickford Ghas, Grow
ard, Chas. Hanson, NJ. Cressey and Nc
kenney.
IS Discussion Has the State right,
and would it be for it's interest to fix q
maximum price for carrying passengers
and freight over the railroads in the
State-Messrs. Deering. Corthell, Chad
bourne, S. G. Bolton, I. W. Dyer, Vim
ton, of Gray, and State Master Wiggin.
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