The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-04-23

| the 18th we had thunder shower. Robins,
| bluebirds and sparrows enliven the days
and the frogs are making love to the stars.
| ....Sundry fishermen are hooking the speck-
| led beauties from Swan Lake. The ice left
the lake Sunday, April 18th. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Cunningham and Mr.. Sewall Hartman
attended dance in Brooks April 18th, and
furnished the music. Mr.. E. A. Nickerson
| OF Portland has been spending few days at
his old home. Miss Blanch Miller, who
| has been boarding with Mrs. u. L. Downs,
| has gone to Boston. Mr.. and Mrs. G. l..
Morrill, of Parkman, formerly of this place,
are the proud possessors of a baby boy.
| Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Clements have moved
onto their farm in Searsport, We are sorry
| to lose such good citizens, but are glad they
are going no farther away
MORRILL,. The Sunday school was reor-
| gained April 18th. j. r. Mears is Supt.,
Mrs. Oracle Bowen, Secy., l. D. White,
| Treas and Librarian... Mrs. Alvesta Hatch
returned home from Boston last Saturday.
Mrs. Elinda Gray did not go to Boston
as reported last week. Mr.. Miller and
-
and attended Sunday school and the funer-
al at P NJ. .Leforest White is spending a
few days with his aunt, Mrs. Tileston Wad-
lin of Belfast. -. Miss Minnie Woods is at
work for her cousin, Mrs. Melissa Haugh of
Belfast. Mr. Silas Storer attended the
convention at Watervile last Friday An
organization was effected in the Sunday
cn1, l,n+ II r
Mercy, and having for it's object kindness to
dumb animals. Mrs. Silas Storer is presi-
dent, Mrs. D. o. Bowen, Sec'y. Mrs
Amanda Achorn is quite sick again. e. Rev.
H. l. Holt Will preach at Morrill, next Sun
day.
PROSPECT FERRY. Mrs. Orilla McMahan
of Haverhill, Mass, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. W. D. Hartman. Mrs. Jane Glidden
who has been visiting her grandson, Free
man Batchelder, in Belfast, returned to her
home last Saturday,. .Orrin Luke has gone
to Somes Sound to work. Sch. Lizzie
Lee, Capt. Walls, sailed for Boston April
18th, loaded with stone from E. L. Warren's
quarry. Rufus Hartman is getting SCH
Delaware ready for sea. He will go master
of her this summer. The Ladies' Circle
met with Miss Josephine CHM April 18th.
Ihlrty-tWo We're present and all had fine
time. The funeral services of Ephraim
Perkins We're held April 18th, Rev. VIM.
Forsythe of Bucksport officiating. quar-
tette sang the following pieces "Come unto
me when shadows darkly gather" "Jesus
lover of my Soul" The flowers were a large
bunch of Easter lilies from his children,
Mr.. Perkins was born in Penobscot and lived
there until he was 90 years of age, when he
moved to this place. His children were all
present at the funeral. The family have the
sympathy of their many friends for although
they cannot wish him back they will miss
him in the family circle Mr.. P. had lived to
the good old age of 81 years.
UNITY, The village high school closed
April 18th, after very successful term of
ten weeks. Mr.. Ames of Skowheean. the
teacher, gave perfect satisfaction and it is
hoped he will teach the fall term. Friday
night he gave school eXhi btion consisting
OF recltations, declarations and singing.
Cookson's Orchestra gave some very fine
music and the exhibition was a decided sue
cess. Miss Lulu Hunt, a student from the
M. Z. L., will teach the summer term.
Mrs. Murray from Rockland has been VISIT
ing her sister, Mrs Gorham Clough Mrs.
l.. w. MOuton spent the week in Waterville.
Mrs. Jennie Frost went to Belfast Sat-
urday.. On account of sickness and the
bad travelling the w. r. C. will not give an
entertainment April 24th. 1t will take
place later. Susie Knowlton has gone to
Burnham for employment Mrs Albert
McManus has been very sick and it was
feared she could not recover, but she is
somewhat better at this writing. Miss
Smith from Newport is visiting at DR..
Cook Mrs. Stevens, who fell and was
badly injured last week, is not gaining and
1t IS thought she will not get up again as
her age IS against her. She is So years o d.
Miss F. Nj. Watson of Boston is with ber
grandmother, Mrs. Asa Stevens, this week.
MT. Moore from Portland, Oregon, came
for his daughters Saturday. They had been
spending the winter IN the family of VIM.
Hamilton. :. The donation from Mrs. Edo.r
Harding to the Girls Home was from Unity
instead of Pittstield
PROSPECT. Mrs. I. F. Gould is improvinp
and all the sick ones are better. &C. @.
Hatch has span of new black horses. after
all these years of driving white and a red
one. Spring and muddy roads have come
and the woodchuck has got out Farmers
along the stream farms are finding out that
the big freshet made lots of extra work. On
our own land on the biggest cake of ice that
grounded on our moving land was a large,
soggy, knotty hemlock tree SO feet long
that was taken out of the stream by the ice
Another over 60 feet long managed to get
along from nobody knows where One cake
OF ice mysteriously grounded on a piece of
plowed ground in four feet of water and
now the ice is gone and big rock is left. -.
Prospect tone-workers are looking for
Job The nearby quarries are starting in
with small crews. Arthur Boyd has about
the usual amount of logs 80 saw this spring.
HIS mill is about five miles, and perhaps
with the crooks farther up the stream. from
our place. The rise in the stream gets along
about 2 M. when he begins to saw in the
morning. In these gold standard times
farmers are beginning to learn to get along
without GOING tn he