The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-09-10

Ferguson of Troy is teaching the Evans
comb school; Miss Leila Payson the Paul
school, and Miss Lila Harding the Holmes
school. The last three are residents of the
town.
LIBERTY. Willie Cargil and Harry A..
Brown left Saturday for Pittsfeld, where
they will attend the Maine Central Institute
Don Walker will leave in few days for
Pennington to attend the Little Blue school,
THE schools in this village began Mon
day. The High school is taught by Miss
Lulu Payson of Camden and the Primary by
Miss Madge Thompson of Montville, gradu-
ates from Pittsfield and Castine, respective
ly... Fred S. Johnson and wife of Belfast
were in town Saturday. o. johnson at
tended a banquet of the Loyal Legion at
the Falmouth Hotel, Portland Sept ID,
UNITY. There was heavy frost in some
portions of the town Friday night which
killed vines and damaged sweet corn. The
amount OF corn put up this season in Unity
by the Portland Packing Co. will be much
smaller than usual. The apple crop is
abundant Much early and small fruit will
not be harvested. Henry Bacon has moved
his family into one of Mr.. Tabors houses
80, DR.. Dodge of Troy was called in CONSUL
tation with DIR. Cook to see VIM Biather,
who is very il....W. G. Tabor of Boston,
who has been i'll at his fathers, is gaining
DR.. Cook attends him.. >. Perley Clark and
Chas. Muzzy returned to Kent's Hill last
week. Vivian Tabor and Leta Taylor have
gone to Waterville to resume their studies in
the G. G. Institute Ada Berry and the Libby
girls have gone to the Maine Central Insti-
tute, Fittstield. MIR, Nathan Farwell from
Rockland stopped at the Central House over
Sunday. Mrs. Benjamin Woods and Sarah
Thompson went to Belfast Friday. Mrs.
Geo. Abbott, who has been visiting at Chas.
Bartlett's, returned to her home in Lynn
Monday. -. The Circle met with Miss Kate
time, =. Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Nye of Warren.
Mass, were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A,
R. Myrick last week. Mrs. A. Conner of
Lawrence, Mass, is visiting Mrs. S. Conner.
1.-THE Reading Club met Sept. 9TH with
Mrs. Cook with very good attendance.
There were no services here Sunday on &C.
count of the severe storm. =. Friday, Sept.
18th, there will be lecture at the church by
Rev. Norman La Marsh. Subject, Success
and Failure. Tickets Is cents. After the
lecture ice cream and cake will be served.
The proceeds will go to repair the church.
....M Mrs. L. w. Moulton has sold her stock of
millinery and rented her shop. She will 90
to Waterville. 80. Rice & Colson, dealers in
feed and groceries at the Station, have sold
out to McCausland & Estes of Troy. Mr..
Sewall Hunter met with bad accident last
Saturday, He was driving from Troy with
load of hay when the horse became I'M
manageable and he was thrown out and his
shoulder was broken. He is quite an aged
man. Roy knights has gone to Kent
Hill to study music.
BROOKS. r. G. Edwards has received a
car load of corn to sell at his mill He has
treated his new house to coat of paint
Mr.. Hannah j. Sites is in very poor health
and is boarding with her son-in- law, Rufus
b. Lancaster. The Huff house is nearing
completion. Edwin Small of Swanville with
some good help is putting on the inside fin
ish...,L. c. Jones is repairing the old car
riage shop that his father used to work in
DIR, A. W. Rich has done fine Job Of
grading about lus new buildings He has
hauled i'll many loads of gravel and now has
| a nice yard. The front room of Mrs NJ. f,
Miller's clothing factory is being finished up
| for W, o. Estes, who viii use it for the sale
and manufacture of gentemen's clothing
Jonathan Irving has moved into his new
shop, and it is a nice one The Roberts
Co. find the addition to their mill a fine
thing, as 1T gives them the storage room SO
much needed....It is said that Carrie and
! Ruth, daughters of the late Alonzo Roberts
are to move back to Brooks soon and occupy
the house that they own here. F. 0. Day,
our hnstilng furniture man, has bought the
Israel Staples house and will move there in
a few days. Several of our people attended
the Free Baptist Quarterly Meeting at Mon
roe Centre last Sunday. Mr.. Gould of
Massachusetts has been visiting c. E. Small
and family. The gard en- and lawn of John
ii. Gordon is one of the most attractive spots
| in the village. NJ j. Dow has a mammoth
Turks Head cactus that he prizes very high
~. 1t had been kept by his mother for
twenty years and has overgrown a large
wash tub The plant is ugly but odd, and
the flowers are fragile, beautiful and fra
grant. ..Ihe orchards are laden with fruit
and tae grain is very heavy. ... Isaiah Bry-
ant has disposed of the heavy pair of grey
horses LIE has been using for some years
They have been one of the very best work
ing pairs IN this vicinity and have done lots
OF hard work.. Rev. David Bracket will
move back 70 his farm this winter. John
M. Dow, the octogenarian West Brooks
farmer, who has been harvesting his grain
crop, says that it is the best he has had for
years. .Harr.z Hutchinson and Prince B es-
sey went to Portland last week to enter the
business college there. Mr.. Colson is in
Boston this week on business. He is ar
ranging for his winters work for the manu-
facture OF clothing. Rev David Bracket
is moving his business back to his farm in
Jackson. II Mrs. Hannah J. Sites is very ill
and confined to her bed. . Mrs Cora Clough
OF Waterbury, Ct, is visiting her parents at
the Almon S. Forbes place. Mrs. Hannah
Varney has spent the summer with her sis
ter, Mrs. Barbara Forbes. Mrs. Bertha
Berry of Thorndike has spent few day at
the Bessey homestead in this village. Po-
ltlcal meetings are in order here now and
business is dull, hut the dealers are stock
ing up little with fall goods. Mr.. Dow
has in new line of ladies' boots. :. Fred w,
Brown, Jr., is having serious time with
his lame leg and is considering the advsa-
bIllty OF having it amputated. Augu stlls