The Portland daily press., 1897-06-18
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
GRAY,

Quint is sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown spent a few
days in Portland this week.
Mrs. Cyrus Spiller of Casco, is at Mr..
George W. CUNTS caring for her sister.
who is sick
Miss Elsie Leavitt has gone to Cumber-
land Mills to spend the summer with her
aunt.
Little Marion West, of Westbrook, is at
her grandfather's. Richard Colley's, sick
with lung fever.
Deputy Sheriff Mcdonald caught nice
string of black bass out of Dry pond last
Monday, one weighing two and half
pounds.
Newman Libby is at home.
Charles Baldwin got home from Boston
last Monday
A large part of the farmers are noU
done planting yet.
PARsoNsFIELD.
East Parsonsfield, June 17-Mr. Eliot
Dearborn, of this place, attended the
Friends yearly meeting in Portland, last
Saturday and Sunday
Quite number from this town attend
ed the baptism held at Limerick last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horatio Mason of East
Baldwin passed last Sunday with Mrs.
Emma d. Chadborn.
Miss Freda johnson visited Mrs Joseph
Berry last Tuesday. Mrs. Berry is in
very poor health
Miss Allie Burnell is making an ex-
tended visit to her sister, Mrs. Eta Fen
derson, of Westbrook
The roads in this section are in very
bad condition, caused by the heavy rains
and farmers are quite discouraged as
there is but little prospect of raising any
thing this season. Early planted seeds
have mostly rotted in the ground, pota-
toes especially. The apple crop will be
small. Grass is looking fairly we'll.
Mrs. Emma d. Chadborn entertained
company of friends last Tuesday after
noon. Among those present were Misses
Alfredo johnson, Lila and Kate
Milliken. A very pleasant afternoon was
enjoyed by all present
Mr.. John M. Chellis, of South Parsons
field, was in this vicinity on business last
Tuesday.
Rev. Silas Garland and Will Weeks
attended the Friends meetings in Port
land last week
Mr.. Francis Milliken is improving from
his recent severe attack of rheumatism.
CANTON.
Canton, June 17-Chas. L. Smith and
wife of Norwood, Mass, are spending a
while in town.
Extensive repairs on the railroad are
going on here. The station has been
moved around to conform to the track as
it is to be, and large amount of earth
has been removed from the yard, cutting
down the grade ON the curve and beyond
on the shore of the pond. Between 100
and 200 men have been employed on this
job some three or four weeks, with two
work trains and the end is not yet. The
little park in the square has been fixed
up this spring to look nicely.
Dr. and Mrs. Reynolds, of Dorchester,
Mass, are at l.. W. Smiths.
Concerts were held at the Free Baptist
church Sunday afternoon and at the Bap-
fist church in the evening. Despite the
bad weather both churches were full and
very creditable entertainments given
by the children at both places.
The Grange building is nearing COM
pletion on the outside.
Quite number of Royal Arch Masons
from here intend to be present at the con-
stitution of Rumford Chapter, Friday
evening.
1.-The grade of the street in{front of Mrs.
Sarah K. DeShon's and each side is be-
ing raised from one to two feet and cul-
vert put in This work has been done al
most wholly by the railroad company.
L. W. Smith has just returned from a
trip to Boston.
Mrs. Florence B. Rounds, Of Waterford,
visited Evergreen Chapter No. "a, O. E.
s., at its last regular meeting and wit
messed the exemplifcation of the work in
her official capacity as District Deputy
Grand Matron. There was good attend
ance and supper followed the work
If hos boop co III that tho xUo+or ~, y
lake is six inches higher at the present
time than at the time of the flood in
1896.
Farmers talk Hungarian seed as though
their courage for corn crop was gone.
The schools close next week. An enter
tainment is to be given by the scholars OF
the High school the 25th, at the Universe
list church. There will be a drama,
music, drill, march, etc.
W. II. Dyer has gone to RuInford Falls
to work in one of the mills ON repairs.
Rev. H. M. burlington attended the
ordination services at Turner Village the
first of the week.
Mrs. Chase, of Turner, who has been
caring for her sister, Mrs. Dura Bradford.
through her sickness, returned home
Tuesday. Mrs. Bradford is improving
slowly.
The parties at the four ponds report
good luck fishing.
Hon. Chas. Fl. Gilbert took a trout at
Cupsuptic that tipped the scales at seven
pounds and two ounces.
GRAY.
Gray, June 17.-Mr. Isham, "a brother of
Mrs. DIR. Ellinwood, has arrived in town
after a leisure trip from Mexico. Anoth-
er brother is on his way here from the
same country.
Rev. +. P. Wormwood spent two days
last week in attending the state yearly
meeting of the Free Baptists at Dover,
N. H.
Mr. Hyde.a student of the Cobb Divini-
ty school, Lewiston, supplied the Free
Baptist pulpit last Sunday
Children's day will be observed at the
Congregational church next Sunday by a
service under the charge of the Sunday
school in place of the regular forenoon
service. In the evening, the pastor, Rev.
e. M. Cousins, will preach sermon to
the young upon the subject of 'Ideals. !"
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