The Republican journal., 1896-05-21
County Correspondence.

BURNHAM. There was a Eight thunder
shower here Sunday night. -. A. W. Whlt-
ney OF Augusta visited his mother sunday.
she Is very lame with sprained ankie...'
Frank Whitney and Bert Sawyer visited
friends in Montville and Freedom Sunday.
They made the trip on their bicycles'.''
Farmers are very busy putting in their
seed The sowing is nearly done
BELMONT. Mr.. and Mrs Frank Wagner
and daughter Ennce of Belfast were IN
town Sunday visiting Mr.. WIS brother, Mr..
Edward Wagner. Justin Merriam and his
sister, Mrs Elinda Grey Of Morrill,, were IN
town Friday....J. Willis Fenwick OF LIN
colnville has moved onto his farm at Halls
Corner. All the farmers have begun farm
ing. About the same area will be sown as
last year Samuel Morse has begun on his
new house. Irving A. Hills is at work Tor
Hiram P. Farrow.
SwANvILLE. Mrs 81. E. Greeley and
daughter, Helen Margretta, and sister j oslo
were in town last week, en- route for Bar
Harbor. Mrs. Amanda j. Mudgett and
son Albert T. went to Belfast Friday.
Mr. O. G. Hussey held a meeting at the Cor
ner last Sunday afternoon. Il. Miss Ellen
Cunningham is sick with chicken-pox.
Miss Louise Cunningham received tele-
gram Saturday morning announcing the
sudden death of her nephew, Herbert
Bowling of Maiden, Mass. Mrs. Ezra
Knowlton is very sick at the present writ
ing. Mrs. w. r. Peavey returned from
Hallowell Thursday accompanied by her
grand-daughters, Annabel and Fay. Mr..
Lamont O'Hawley left Saturday morning
for Center Conway, N. H., where he has en-
ployment. Charles Harrison and John
Dollotf, wife and son visited at w. n.
Tyler's Sunday -. The members of the L..
A. S. have chosen the following officers ::
Pres, Mrs. Otis Patterson; vice president,
Mrs. Mary d. Nickerson; treasurer, Mrs. H.
/ NJ. Goodhue; secretary, Mrs. H. NJ. Chase
PROSPECT FERRY. Capt. Walls of sch.
Lizzie Lee has returned from Boston and is
| loading stone again for e. L. Warren.
| Miss Josephine CHM went to Bangor last
| Thursday on business. Captain Manley
CHM and wife visited relatives in Bangor
| last week. Mrs. Mary Holbrook of Bangor
is visiting relatives in this place. Mrs
Fannie Wilson is visiting her husband,
Capt, A. S. Wilson, in Bath. Mrs. Sarah
j. Giidden is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
George Gruby, in Boston. Mr.. Will Bayard
was called to his home in Ellsworth last
week by the death Of his infant daughter.
| 49,. Mrs. Orilla McMann is taking care of a
lady in Orland. Mrs. n. j. Heagan visited
her sister, Mrs Eden Pendeton of Stock
ton, last Saturday and Sunday, The Ladies
Circle met with Mrs B. G. Avery, May 18th
A fine supper was enjoyed by ALL. We
We're much pleased to see some of the peo-
pie from the back part of the town at our
meeting last Sunday and hope they will
come again and bring their friends. Our
meetings are all free for everybody. Sew
eral people from Boston arrived at Mt. Hea-
gan last week to spend the summer. The
many friends of Charles Banks will be glad
to learn that he is coming here soon to
work for E. l.. Warren. Miss Martha E.
Hartman of this place took part in the COL
cert at Emery hall, Bucksport, last week
MORRILL,. The tenth anniversary of the
marriage of Mr.. Wesley Achorn and wife.
was celebrated by $50 of their friends at the
Grange Hall last Friday evening. The SER
vices opened with a duet by Misses Mabel
Hatch and Althea Woods. Rev. H. l. Holt
then offered prayer, after which the couple
stood up to have their marriage VOWS re-
peated. The VOWS, however, as repeated by
Mr.. Holt were quite different from those
usually used by parsons, and more in ac-
cord with what is seen in the lives of many
married couples, especially after 10 years of
welded bliss. The marriage certificate.
made on a large sheet of wrapping paper.
will, doubtless, be kept in the archives of
the house of Acorn as a peculiar treasure
A recitation by Miss Maggie Woods. a song
by Miss Nellie Greer, recitation by Miss
Leone Achorn and poem by Mrs. Oracle
Bowen completed the exercises. Ice cream
and cake We're then served, after which the
evening was given to sociability and plays
which interested the young people until a
late hour. long table was we'll filled
with presents representing everything use
full in life, for night as we'll as day. A
beautiful set of dining chairs and fine
patent rocker attracted special notice. The
evening was enjoyed by all. Next Sunday
Rev. HI. Holt breaches a memorial sermon,
and all veterans and their families are
specially invited to be present. Sermon at
II A. NJ. Wednesday evening, May 9th,
Honesty Grange gives free public enter
talnment, and all are cordially invited to be
present. The feature of the evening will be
a lecture by Rev. HI. 1. Holt subject, "The
Spanish lnquisition. The firm of Banan
q Dickey have dissolved partnership, and
Mr.. Banan has moved up to Mr.. Jesse Fl.
Frye's, North Montville, where he will
make his home for the present. j. Fl.
Dickey & Son, will continue the manufac-
ture OF the horse planter. Rev. j. F. Til
ton of Belfast preached here last Sunday
afternoon.
LIBERTY. Frank Clough of Arlington,
Mass, is in town. He came to bring the re-
mains of his wife, who died last winter
She is buried with his and her people at
Mount Repose cemetery in Montville. Chas
Clough, his nephew, accompanied him. The
young man will spend the summer here, !
boarding at Hotel Waldo. He is somewhat
ont of health The little steamer Haryav