The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21
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Wednesday evening, consisting of vocal
and strumental music, Rotations,
tableaux, charades, and concluding with
the laughable farce, DINNER at Six
The Farmers Institute will be held at
Grange Hall, January % Secretary Nc.
Keen with other able lecturers will be
present.
Hiss Sallie Sargent died of paralysis at
her home here, aged 81 years. The funeral
W IS attended = Rev. II. B. Snow.
Miss Ella. oldest daughter of Charles
d. Morrill,, ided suddenly Sunday morn
ing, Jan. 10.
James Dow is moving his stable from
Main to Lincoln street to be remodeled
into fine residence.
Standish.
Steep Falls, Jan. 30. D. D. G. G. Guy
2. Woodman, @. P. C. A. Moses. and
acting 6. NJ. at A. W. X. Parker, of
Westirook installed the following officers
of Crescent Lodge, K. of p, Wednesday
evening:
G. C.-Anson Bracket,
Y. George Themes,
Prelate-Edwin Douglas.
K. of r. S.--Frank A. White,
NJ. of F.-Edwin r. Wingate,
M. of E.-Stephen H. Cousens,
NJ. of W.-Fred ID. White,
l. G.-Daniel w. Freeman,
.. q. -Orrin Ballard.
The installation being public many
were present. After the exercises an
oyster supper was given by rhe Lodge,
followed by speeches. by Grand Chancel-
lor William A. Taylor, of Portland
Grand Preiate G. A. Moses. D. d. Grand
Chancellor Guy P. Woodman and W. H..
Parker, of Westbrook.
Mrs l.. NJ. N. Stevens, vice president
of the W. c. 4. u, gave very inter
esting lecture at the Free Baptist church
Thursday evening.
Mis-. e. K. Wingate and Mrs. Lucy
Lord entertained the ladies sociable at
Depot Hall Friday evening. A picnic sup
per WAS served from seven o'clock to
eight and there were after wards read
ings, singing, music AID an interest
ing farce. About two hundred were
present
Sebago Lake, Jan. 90. There was a
Surprise Party given to Mr.. and Mrs
j. L. Harmon last Saturday night at
Sebago Lake. at which about fifty of
their friends met and passed the evening
in playing games and singing. At about
10 30 there was treat of apples.
Charlie Ballard and Lennie Rich,
who attend Potter Academy at Sebago,
were at home Saturday.
MIR. E. A. Brown, OF South Standish.
was the guest of Miss Annie Lombard
last Saturday ana Sunday at Sebago
Lake.
We congratulate Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Lamhard on. the birth of baby boy.
Mr.. Malcolm ingalls,. of Bonny Eagle,
is boarding at John Harmon's aU Sebago
Lake, and is working for Burnham's Ice
Company.
There will be church fair at the hall
next Wednesday evening for the bene1 t
of the Advent chapel.
Porter and Parsons field.
Kezar Falls, Jan. 20. Never in the
knowledge of thu oldest inhabitant was
there as little sickness as at the present
time in this section.
The Toe houses are nearly full of very
good ice, but not A No. /.
Some of our farmers who intended
to have apples until long into June re-
port that they have not an apple at the
present time suitable to offer to a
stranger, aud some report theirs entirely
gone.
Our truoknen report that they never
knew the time when a team could haul
as large load as at the present time be-
tWbSU Win plhC6 duu SOfulSU SudblOu.
Rev. Joseph Cross who is holding a
series of meetings at this place, delivered
a temperance lecture at the Methodist
church Sunday night He had paintings
representing different scenes in a
drunk ards life, which seemed to scatch"
his audience.
The Adventists are holding series of
meetings at their chapel aud crowded
houses seem to GROWN their efforts.
Our local sportsmen report fish and
game very scarce.
J. W. Chapman g. Son are shipping
cattle to Brighton every week now, and
if snow does not come soon they will
ship fine lot of oxen that were intended
for the logging swamp.
o. L. Mason has started another lot Of
some 80 sleighs.
The saw mills in this section are idle
for the want Of lumber.