The Republican journal., 1897-11-04

been at work. Fred Eastman is at homo
from Rockport, where he has been coopering.
80. W. Ripley has built another story
onto his bay window. B. f. Knowles has
re-shingled his barn, and Fred Griffin has re-
shingled his house.. Eva Ripley called
Oren Sunday, who was at the barn, and
told him there was big dog going into the
hen house. He ran out and found it was
deer. 1t was very tame and stood within
few feet and looked him over and then
Hoped off I'VE were very sorry to see an
other fire in our sister village, Liberty, last
Sunday evening The rain began to fall
Monday morning and is welcomed by all
Wells are low and it has been too dry for
some to pillow.
UNITY. Miss Helen Thomas went to Port
land Oct. 9th to attend the Commercial
college. Mr.. S. Bennett, who drives the
stage to Bangor, has moved into the house
owned by Win Clark. e. John Stewart has
returned from Montana and is boarding at
Isaiah Bethen's. -. DR.. Thomas went to Bel
fast Friday. Mr.. Marcellus Whitney went
to Lowell, Mass, Oct. 9th, to be absent tw
months. Mrs. A. r, Myrick is suffering
with a very sore hand. 1t is called palm
abscess and is very painful The V. I. S.
will give venison supper some time this
week for the benefit of the minister. Mrs.
Quincy Stevens and Mrs. Mary Whitney
went to Watervile last Saturday Misses
Mae Kelley and Vivian Taber spent Satur-
day and Sunday with their parents. j.. DR..
j. G. Whitney of Thorndike was in town
Nov. 1st... Mrs. Ellen Fowler is very low,
1t is thought she can live but short time
WALDO CENTRE. The school at Evans,
Corner, taught by Miss Mabel Brown, closed
last Friday. A number of friends of the
pupils were present in the afternoon, when
the following programme was presented in a
pleasing manner: Rec, Fashion on the
Brain, Matilda Clary; dec, Two Little
Blackbirds. Earl Jackson; rec, Milking
Time, Ardria Simmons; song, On the Banks
of the Old Pedee, Lucy Jackson; rec, So
Goes the World, Esther Evans; dialogue,
The Waldo Gazette, Sidney Evans, Matilda
Clary, Ada Simmons, Bernice Cilley, Ardria
Simmons; rec, Pat Cake, Mildred Clary
rec, Don't. Bernice Cilley; dec, Three
Little Mice, Stanley jackson; rec, Some
body's Mother, Ada Simmons. The dia-
logue, The Waldo Gazette, consisted princi-
pally OF the reading of paper by that name,
which was composed by the pupils.
W1NTERPoRr. Rev. VIM. Powlesland and
wife of Orrington visited friends in town
last week. Miss Lizzie Gregg Atwood of
TSlaS horo 10 y-iSi bor 4 ~ Col
and Mrs. Fred Atwood. Miss Mary E. Chase
returned last week from her visit to Biler-
lea, Mass. Mrs. NJ A. Snow is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Louise Davis, in Somerville.
Mass. Mr. George Rowland left for Boston
on Mondays boat. The w. G. T. L. held
very interesting memorial service for their
departed sister, Mrs. James Freeman, at
their meeting Tuesday afternoon :. Mrs.
Charles Brier, who was operated on for ap-
pendictis, continues to improve. The Col
ored Concert Co. from the steamer Penob-
scot have postponed their concert, w hich was
to have been given last week, to Saturday
evening, Nov. 9th. Mr.. James Grant has
bought the Otis Bowden house ON CONNER
cial st. and will soon move his family into it.
MIR. and Mrs. Bergman of Portland spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. C. c. Moodv..
Mrs, Ellen Dennis, who is canvassing the
town for her book of poems, is stopping with
Mrs. j. G. Carleton. Mr.. Flemant, of New
burg, visited his brother, Edwin Flemant.
recently. Mr.. Samuel Atwood has return
ed from his hunting trip.
LIBERTY 1t is getting to be decidedly
tishy in this vicinity, not from the taking
out, but by the putting of fish into
Georges Lake. Last Wednesday J. O. John
son went to Clinton and got six cans of
small salmon, left there by order of Fish
Commissioner Carleton for this lake Fri
day A. E. Sanford went to Thorndlke and
got sixteen cans of fish that came from the
I. S. Hatchery at Green Lake. and more
are expected, Or. c. G. Whitcomb and A. c.
Crockett, officers of the Fish and Game AS
sociation here, are untiring in their efforts
to stock our ponds with fish and are sue
ceeding beyond expectations. The spawn
ing season for salmon is about to begin, and
experts have been engaged to strip the fish
1t is confidently expected that our little
udtCHeIy Will Do uJlllZeu TO us utmost Cdpa-
city this seasonal. L. Prescott is in Port
land on business. -. There has been gen
eral frightening up of the village with the
paint brush this fall..... The absence of
good eating apples puts many of us to our
trumps to entertain company. At small
whist party the other evening the treat was
raw carrots-a decided improvement on
poor, wormy apples. go. II. Cargill, our
new postmaster, has taken charge of the
office. The thanks of the community are
due to A. j. Skidmore for the satisfactory
manner in which he performed the duties of
that Office for the past four years.
PROSPECT. The quarries in Prospect and
vicinity are employing a goodly number of
men now and business is better. Nine hours
is days work on stone and most of the
Prospect stor e-w orkers board at home, some
as far away as five miles. We saw after the
days work was done last week some 10
teams, with from two to three men each, and
among the number were some good stepping
horses and some not very careful driving,
for nearly everybody calculated to come in
ahead. Prospect is badly located on &C
count of South Branch stream for many of
the Prospect workers. Some of them have
to drive 3 and miles farther to oct around