The Portland daily press., 1896-07-18
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Items of Interest Gathered by CORES.
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| West Gray. July 17-Farmers are busily
engaged in haying. 1t is the general
opinion that the crop will be light, not
more than two thirds of the average. 1t
is quite dry and the growing crops need
| rain very much.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hunt and daugh-
ter Mabel are visiting friends and rela-
tives here.
Prof. Hoag, of Philadelphia, is camp
| ing out on the shore Of Little Sebago
Lake.
Mrs. George A. Bailey and family are
visiting her sister, Mrs. Anna Kidder,
| in East Gray.
Mrs. f. 81. Williams. of Portland, is
visiting her niece. Mrs. f. NJ. Lamb.
Mr.. o. W. Skillings. recently of New
York, has moved into the house recently
occupied by Mrs Martha Allen.
Mr.. Perkins, of North Windham, and
| Mr.. Strou5 of Raymond, are at work
| haying for D. L. Bailey.
DR.. Witham and Mr.. ?. W. Wescott
were here from Cumberland Mills, ON
| Sunday.
Mr.. Harry Golding, who was recently
burned out, has moved into the Simeon
Skillings house.
Capt. q. L. Field has returned home
| from Bath.
Bridgton.
Bridgton. July 1.-THE meat ANA pro-
vision business of Will Cross has been
purchased by John "a. Morrison, who
took possession Saturday OF last week.
The Harrington Concert Company gave
a concert at the Methodist church Tues
day evening, and will give another on
Friday evening of this week. Afternoons
| and four evenings of this week Prof.
Harrington is meeting Glasses Of begin
ners and also of advanced singers at the
| Methodist vestry.
The weather Is so showery and unoer-
| tain that haying goes on rather slowly.
The crop is much less than last year.
Bar Mills.
| Bar Mills, July 17-Nov. LIST 1895 the
| Murray club was organized with Is mem
bers. At the seventh meeting 1t num-
| bered 90. Much interest has been shown
| by the members and through their efforts
and especially those of MIR. Amos Shop
| ard, who has been and Is worker in the
club, + he club now numbers over so
members. Many thanks are due to Miss
Hannah Woodman for the interest she
has manifested in, and the kindness
shown the club during its meetings,
| sparing neither time nor money to make
| a success. In the spring they pledged
| themselves as club to give $25 towards
| preaching during the summer. July Sd
Miss Hannah Woodman gave a lawn party
under the auspices OF the Murray club
which was a SUCCESS, both socially and
financially. The grounds were prettily
decorated Japanese lanterns hung from
| the tree branches. while the Star Span
| gled Banner was In evidence in nutnb sr
of places. The twinkling lights, the
CLEANS of red, white and blue, the fitting
| forms of the summer girls, made pic
ture long to be remembered. After the
cooling ices and toothsome cakes were
| served, the party had the pleasure of lis
tening to such music as is seldom heard
in our quiet little village. Miss Sally
Akers of New York, Mrs. Ada Carey
MeKenney of Hollis and Miss Webb of
Portland, sang till their audience was
| transported with sweet sounds. 10 praise
| would be like gliding refined gold or
painting the lily. AS the meetings were
about to close in the fall of 1895 the ques-
| tion was asked by Miss Woodman what
shall be done to interest the young peo-
plesof the society during the winter when
we should have no meetings. Mr.. Ward.
the Pastor, suggested THAI we form
| Murray club. The next question, where
shall we hold meetings and be sure once
| in two weeks we should meet? 1t was
first suggested that we might meet at the
| houses OF the mem bsrs, but as that
would not always be convenient Miss
Woodman obviatedthat difficulty by pro-
| posing that onoo in two weeks the m eet-
| ings should be held at her house that the
club might feel they had home, and at
other places when invited out. M.
Yarmouth, July live regret to learn
that Rev. Charles E. Mckinley has &C.
oepted the call to Rockville, Conn. Dur
| ing the two years of his passionate here
Rev. and Mrs. Mckinley have greatly
endeared themselves to the members Of
| their parish, who will part with them
with sincere regret. His resignation was
| read at First Perish church last Sunday.
by Row. Mr.. Chase, Of Portland, who
new field of labor about the first Of Sep
temb8r.
The Yarmouth Cadet band gave an
omen air concert at the Central church
grounds on Friday evening and their fine
m usic most agreeably entertained null
ritude OF listeners.
Mr. and Mrs. George Russell of West
Somerville, are visiting at Mr.. Frank
| Sen bury's.
of East Haven, Conn, are at the Bur
| hank house this week.
Mr.. A. M. Hayes, of Cincinnati, O., is
at home.
is the guest of her friend, Miss Myrtle
| StoddaFd.