The Portland daily press., 1896-04-23
MAINE TOWNS.
items of Interest Gathered by Corres-
pondents of the Press.
Scarboro.

Scarboro.
Eight Corners, April 21-Thursd ay
evening Fast Day service will be OBJ
served at the Free Baptist church. The
meeting at the Skillin school house will
be omitted Wednesday evening, and the
two meetings be combined.
Mrs. Sophia NJ. Wentworth, of West
Lebanon, who has been doing the house
work for Rev. and Mrs. Geo. L Mason
for several weeks, is to return home this
week.
Mrs. A. r. Libby has had portion of
her field burne over, the grass in conse-
quenoe getting a fine start.
Mr.. James Gooding is busy getting his
garden prepared for spring, and is doing
other preparatory work for the season.
Let us hope that spring has actually
come
Miss Mary Harris of this place, occas-
ionally writes poetry Of considerable
merit for one of the suburban weeklies.
Mr.. johnson Libby continues to remain
about the same.
Miss Hattie Berry is to have the vale
dictory of the graduating class of the
Sarboro high school this year. This
young lady is very right and studious
scholar. and her friends ere pleased with
her well earned part.
Springva1e.
Springyale, April 22-Rev. B. Minard.
Of Lewiston, is holding religious services
at the Free Baptist church this week.
Deacon L. II. Moulton and wife are
visiting their daughter, Mrs. William
Plummer, East Rochester.
James Sayward and Henry RobeIt is are
having their dwelling houses newly
shingled.
Elijah P. Rowe sowed peas last Mon
; day.
Union Fast Day services will be held
at the Free Baptist church Thursday
If ternoon.
The prospect now is that We are to
have new shoe fac tory built near Town
hall to be occupied by Il. M. Willis q
Co.
r. A. Kempton has been appointed
Aide de-campEwith the rank of sCol. on
the staff of the National Commander in
Chief of the Union Veteran Association.
i. e. Dexter editor of Springvale Ad-
vooate. was chosen Grand Commander OF
the Maine United Order of the Golden
Cross for the third time at it's session in
Bangor last week.
The pleasant weather of the past week
has given an impetus to business, and
about everybody that can use rake,
spade. hammer, trOwel, paint brush,
scrubbing brush or mopclothE1s busy. =
! bees
Rev. N. Whittemore preached at South
WATERFORD last Sunday.
J Buxton, April ga public meeting
Z of the Buxton and Hollis Agricultural
Society, will be held at Dirigo Park hall,
! Friday May l, 1896. The programme fol-
D lows:
. AT 10 O'Clock, picnic dinner will be
z served in the dining hall. At / O'Clock
Z Hon. B. W. McKeen, OF Augusta, score
4 tary Of the Maine State Board of Agricul-
\ ture, and Hon. W. II. Vinton of Gray,
D president of the Cumberland County Ag-
z ricultural Society and others will ADDRESS
Z the meeting on agricultural and other
Z topics of interest. A general invitation is
i extended to everybody to be present. All
Is members of the Society are requested to
3 bring eatables for the dinner. The hall
z will be open at 10 O'Clock, at which time
Z a meeting of the Directors will bs held.
Z Raymo nd.
Raymond, April ga pleasing enter
r tainment was given recently under the
4 auspices of the young people, consisting
s Of dialogues, recitations, music and tab
s leaux The proceeds went toward pur-
2 chasing flag for the school house at the
z village.
Z Mr.. Sumner J. Plumner has returned
4 from Portland, where The was the guest
i of Mr. and Mrs. /. V. Gould, of No. IL
Hanover street.
q Mrs. Deborah Leach is in very poor
= health. All the other sick ones are i'm
proving.
> Mr. Albert Strout is rebuilding his
barn. Mr.. +. l.. StrOut has charge of
| the work.
1 M Henry Harmon is at home from
T Portland.
S Mrs. Sarah P. Mason has gone to Har-
q riSou.
y Mr.. Dennis Plummer has purchased
a fine farm of Messrs. E. A. Plummsr
and son.
School comm enced the Goth at the
village, under the instruction of Miss
q Blanche Mills, of South Portland. All
the other schools in town will commence
May 4th. Miss Mills boards with Mr.. and
Mrs. F. II. Smith.
The Raymond Village Hall club met al
. the home of Mrs. Alice Plumner Tues.
day evening.
New Gloucester.
Interyale. April Fl. Alfred Nevins @
| Boston, Mass, has been visiting friends
| in town.
Joseph True has been giving his build
ings new spring coat, and they look
very nico.
Elbridge True is making some repairs
on the inside of his house, painting and
papering.
Frank Nevins has sold his place te
y Charles Ward.
't Miss Helen Nevins is visiting friends
in Portland and Falmouth.
The roads are getting quite dry and
spring is advancing.
The new town clock is III place, and
now the people have but to listen to heal
J. the hours str OK off.
1t was with much sadness that the peo
pie of this town heard of the death OF
Mrs. Abby Foxcroft Merrill, at her home
in Po12Gna, California. She was much
loved Nv people here, and although we