The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-01-02
The Republican Journal Thursday Morning. January 1885,

SOUTH MoNTv1LLE. 0. w. Ripley has
been drawn as juryman to attend the Janu-
! airy terlN of court. -. Rev Ozro Roys, who
has been engaged by the Montville Quarter
ly Meeting as an evangelist, closes a series Of
meetings at South Liberty this week. He
reports 16 conversions and good interest
manifested. He goes from there to North
Gushing. The heavy rains of late have
damaged the roads very much in this sec
ton. Mrs. W. s. Pottle, who has been
having severe attack of the rheumatism, is
around the house again.
APPLETON. Three public Christmas trees
and entertainments in our little village on
the same evening afforded all an opportunity
to enjoy the occasion. The Baptist Sunday
school had a tree at the Baptist church, the
grangers, at their hall, had a tree, supper and
dance. and large company assembled at
the Union church, where four trees were
laden with gifts, and tables and floor space
utilized for the same purpose. A select
choir furnished music, consisting of cho uses,
solos and Duets. REGULATIONS and declama-
tlons by young ladies were well rendered
and the distribution of the gifts by Fred
Hart, who personated Santa Claus, was very
pleasing, especially to the younger portion
of the audience. Coffee, cornballs, confec-
tonary and cake We're served, free, and all
went to their homes feeling that delightful
evening had been passed. ...The many
friends in this place of DR.. Edwin E. Sprague
OF Penobscot We're panied to hear OF his
death, which occurred last week. DR..
| Sprague the son of Mr.. Eli Sprague,
who resides here. He was brave soldier,
having served in the 30th Maine Regiment.
.... Mrs Louise Keene returned last week
from Stoneham, Mass, where she went to
care for her brother-in-aw, Henry Keene.
during his last sickness. Mr.. Keene was a
native Of Appleton, but had been engaged in
the shoe business in Stoneham many years.
The High School, under the instruction
of Miss Edith Buck of Clinton closed Fri
day. Miss Buck gave us an excellent school
and the term proved profitable to all who at
tended -. Rev. L. n. Allen has moved from
M. F. Hanly's tenement over the store, to
rooms in Leroy Jacksons house on Canal
street. Charles Sukeforth has moved to
the place near Burkettvlle, recently bought
of Mrs. Daggett. Fred Davidson visited
his parents in Belfast Christmas. There
was family reunion Christmas at Elmer
Ripley's. Twenty relatives of Mr. and Mrs.
Ripley enjoyed their hospitality, and an eX-
cellent dinner, which Mrs. Ripley provided
for her guests. Frank Barker has shipped
| large quantities of hay from Union to Mas
sachusetts customers. The hay was bought
in this vicinity We We're not surprised to
| learn that the Boston Herald had taken
sides with John Bull IN the Venezuela ques-
ton. We expected it.
PITTsFIELD. Christmas festivals were
held by the Universaist and Free Baptist
Sunday schools, the Methodist society omit
ting their usual services on account of the
unfinished condition of their church. The
Universalist church was prettly decorated
and two large trees We're loaded with pres
ents. The usual exercises, including fine
music, singing, Rotations, etc, We're car
ried out with credit to all. The exercises at
the F. B. Church We're in about the same
order A large number of very small chill
dren made the exercises interesting by their
correctness in the different marches, sing
ing, ringing Christmas bells, etc, besides
their bright little speeches. Santa Claus
was personitieG a. both churches to the edi-
tication of the large audience, though per-
haps not exactly according to the idea that
some of us have formed of that portly, good
natured, venerable and kind hearted per-
| sonage; and lis wife-which is something
new under the sun-comes far short of our
conception OF what such a woman should
be. The F. B. Church is still without a
pastor. Several fine speakers have filled
| the desk very acceptably, but as yet no one
| has been called to the pastorate. w e
had quite heavy rain here Friday
morning, Dec. 9th The wind blew almost
gale. A new wood shed recently built by
| Harvey Mahoney, near the railroad, was
blown over. The shed was eighty feet long
and was not quite finished. -. Our village
has looked very attractive the past two or
three weeks with all the shop windows dec
grated with a great variety of beautiful
| Christmas goods, and it seems as if all the
shop keepers vie with each other in trying
to get up some novelty unheard of before
1Hty oil Certainly ueS6FNe d great zeal OF
credit for the tasteful manner in which
they arrange their goods. Business has
been good considering the muddy state of
the travelling, and still the mud continues.
80. S. Haskell has been confined to the
house by sickness the past week.. Miss
Lizzie Pendleton of Camden, who has had
charge of a millinery establishment here,
went home Saturday to spend her vacation.
-. Misses Fronie McCausland and Mae
Gould are home from Bddeford for the holt
days. Mrs. Jennie HoXe of Burnham has
been visiting relatives in town the past
week. Mr.. Lyman Pettigrew of Lewiston,
former resident of this town, visited rela-
tives here during last week. Mrs. Lizzie
Parks, mother of the Parks Bros, had a
slight shock last Monday from which she is
recovering. The infant daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred R. Smith died in commissions
Tuesday afternoon
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