The Portland daily press., 1896-12-07
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YARMOUTH.

YARMOUTH.
Yarmouthville, December 4.-There
will be local Sunday school convention
held at the Baptist church, Monday
afternoon and evening, December z. 1896,
under the direction of tho State Field
Secretary, Rev. It. r. Mile tt, assisted
by Mr.. N s. Greet of Somerville, Mass,
with his famous "Chalk Talk, and Mrs
N. J. Hammond in the primary depart
msnt, with other workers fro I'M Portland
and adjoining towns. Programme: 1.30
p. M, prayer service; 200, the work of
the superintendent; $50, the work of the
teacher, Thomas Varney; 800, normal
work, Rev. L. F. Mlllett; 3.15, the S.
S. lesson taught to the children, Mrs.
Hammond 845, chalk talk to the chill
dren, N. S. Greet. Somerville, Mass.
evening. 700, devotional service; 7.15,
primary work, Mrs. N. j. Hammond.
Collection. 7.54, chalk talk address, N.
S. Greet. A cordial invitation Is ex-
tended to all Sunday school scholars and
workers to be present and assist.
The ladies of the CentIal Circle will
hold their annual fair at the vestry,
Tuesday aud Wednesday. December
and 8, afternoons and evenings. There
will be turkey supper Tuesday from six
to eight O'Clock. The admission will be
five cents: supper twenty cents. On
Wednesday evening, the farce HBox and
Cox'' will be given and there will be
music by Raynes orchestra. The admis-
sion will be ten cents.
| Canton, Decem Der 5.-Perry Oldtown,
Frank Il. Bradford, Leon Newton and
Miss Addie Fuller have returned from
Hebron, where they have been attending
| school.
The work of putting the bridge to-
gether and In place goes on slowly. Some
dozen or more men are employed.
We are not boarding gold, but prunies
are said to be very scarce.
Mr.. George Stevens is reported TO he
some better of his troubles, but his
family are afraid it is not permanent.
The following officers of Whitney lodge,
No. 167, f. and A. Masons were elected
and installed for the ensuing year by
Past District Deputy Grand Master Durs
Bradford: Cyrus T. Bonney. Jr., W. M.
Charles Il. Randall. S. M. Herbert V.
Foster, ]. W.; Herbert J. d. Shaw,
secretary; Dura Bradford, treasurer
Asa f. HHyford, S. D.; John N. Foye,
j. D.; Albert Il. Stanwood. S. s..
william Lucas, ]. s.; Virgil Cole
chaplain; Nathan Reynolds. marshal
Pulaski Hodge, tyler; Herbert Wooster
Virgil Cole and Cyrus Il. Bonney, Jr.,
:. committee on finance.
Deceln Der 10th inst, at the Grange hal
tif every thing goes smoothly the Coco
Templars will present drama and farce
Music by Richardson.
The village schools closed Friday.
Il. Percy is at home.
| The Harlow block is getting full.
| Not a vacant rent in the school district
One case of scarlet fever reported, th'
daughter of MI. and Mrs. John Briggs
]. H. Ingersoll and family have re
turned to Canton.
/ GoRHAM
Rev. W. II. Wood of Bath gave stere
opticon lecture, "Seven hundred Mile
Up the Nile" to a good audience IN tn'
Congregational church Friday evening.
Brown Brothers have purchased TIVE
double tenement dwelling houses OF
Pleasant street of George B. Emery. Esq
A series of meetings will be held at tn
Methodist church every evening tb1
week. Rev. j. r. Clifford OF Woodford
will assist.
The entertainment to be given the sec
ond evening of the fair which is to tax
place December 10th and 18th, under tn
direction of the ladies OF the First Paris
church, will be the Imaginable comedy
"Mr. Bob," consisting of two acts
BUXTON
West Buxton, Decem Der Sin accord
ance with the warrant issued for tn
purpose by j. A. HobsoD, ESD, justlc
Of the peace, the First Unitarian Paris
OF West buxton was duly organized
the petitioners in Odd Fellows ball las
Tuesday evening. A code of bylaw
was adopted and the following officer
chosen: President, Ex- senator j. Il
Warren; clerk, W. A. Hobson; treasures
+. W. Smith; parish committee, Cap'
J. b. Warren. John Bergman, Leonar
| Palmer, J. y. Sands. Mr.. and Mrs