The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-10

MORRILL,. MIR. Justin Merriam came
near meeting with sad accident last Mon
day forenoon. He was running planer at
Merriam's mill and his left hand eau ght be-
tween the board and roller and was drawn
in until the roller was half way between the
wrist and elbow, when for some reason or
other the roller revolved on the arm and the
board remained stationary. Had his arm
moved a few inches farther the planer
knives would have whitfield it QUE of exist
ence. He was quickly released from his
perilous position, and, after several hours,
was attended by DR.. T. N. Pearson, who
pronounced no bones broken, but the hand
and arm badly bruised and strained. -,
Elisha Merriam returned last Saturday
from Massachusetts. He reports that Rus
sell Gray, who was very sick with typhoid
fever, is better, though confined to his bed
| yet. Mr.. A. ?. Elwell of Lawrence, Mass,
his sister, Mrs. Houston of Pittstield, Me-,
and Mrs. Prescott of Haverhill, Mass,
We're guests at Mrs. A. P. Foggs last Satur-
day and Sunday. Mr. Elwell had a very fine
span of matched horses, which he bought in
Pittstield for Mrs. Prescott. Mr.. Elwel is a
brother of Mrs. Fogg. Mrs, Fogg and son
have sold their farm to the Grover brothers
of Belmont and we learn that Claude and
family are to live on the place.
PTTsF1ELD, Sidney Melvin is very sick
and the doctors entertain no hope of his re-
covery.. Virginia Morse, the young daugh-
ter of L. c. Morse, is somewhat improved
under the treatment of DR.. Drake....I. E.
Dinsmore of Los Angeles, Cal, is visiting
his sister, Mrs. j. c. Connor Mr.. Dins-
more has been in California about twenty
years. W. NJ. harrington, formerly of
Sangerville, has opened a new jewelry
store in the store recently vacated by B. E.
Rhodes, opposite the post office. Mrs. w
r. Hunnewell, Mrs. A. 81. Burse, Mrs, John
n. Martin and Mrs. Mary Hunter are the
delegates from the Pittsfield Universalist
parish to the Universaist State Convention
which meets in Rockland June s, and TO-
Mrs. Mae Pushor has returned to Bangor
after visit of several weeks here. ~
Rev. 81. E. Townsend visited his brother in
Dover this week. Miss Hattie Perkins of
Uxbridge Mass. visited in town this
week. Hon A NJ. Spear of Gardiner de-
livered the Memorial Day address here Mon
day, May 31st.. Mr.. John Weymouth and
his housekeeper, Mrs. B. L. n. Bartlett were
united in marriage June 9Th, by Rev. II. E.
Townsend. The n. L. A. Society will
meet with Mrs. Geo. II. Hunter, Thursday,
June 10th.
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school, taught by Miss Bertha Partridge,
had exercises appropriate to Memorial day.
The program was as follows: Song, Battle
Hymn of the Republic, by school; exercise,
The Life of Lincoln, by school; rec, We
Bring Flowers, Helen Littletield; reading,
Marching To-day Herman Partridge flag ex-
ercise, Wave, Flags, Wave Cecil Moody, Will
lie Lanpher, Henry Clifford and James Cliff
ford; song, Tenting Tonight, Mrs. F. Part
ridge and others; rec, Memorial Day, Min
ME Moody; flower exercise, The Red. White
and Blue, Helen Caderwood, Jennie Cliff
ford, Essie Moody, Clara Ridley, Dora Rus
sell, Willie Calderwood; rec, Grandpa's
Grave, Clara Ridley: song, America, by the
school. The schoolhouse was prettily deco
rated with flags and flowers and in spite of
the bad weather quite number of visitors
We're present. Several visitors made APP
propriate remarks after the exercises. Ell
der W. FL. Rice is having a series of meet
ngs at the Centre school house, He preach
ed an interesting and appropriate Memorial
sermon, May 30th. and will preach again
next Sunday at . p. III. Sunday school will
be directly after the services. -. Everyone
in this vicinity has the bicycle craze since
\. NJ Ames of Stockton Springs village has
taken the agency for Elgin bicycles. .. Miss
Addie Crockett has arrived home after grad
uating from Castine Normal school Miss
Crookett's friends are pleased to hear that
she had one of the class parts an ESSAY on
Heroes and Heroines -. Clifford and WILDER
Staples visited their sister, Mrs. Jennie
Moore of Monroe, recently. Mrs. Susan
Phillips and four children of Brookline,
Mass. are visiting at Mr.. Henry McCas-
lin Mrs. Clara Harriman's poultry
house was broken into and twenty large
chickens stolen recently, and barrel con-
tanning hen and twenty-one chickens was
stolen from Mr.. James Jacobs few DAYS
later. Howard Cummings of Prospect WIS.,
tied friends in town recently
PROSPECT. The auction sale last week at
the John Harding place was well attended
and everything brought good prices for these
times. The incubator sold for 500, and some
of the best blooded chicks, four weeks old,
brought % cents apiece. Half bloods went
aS 90
of the Americanized Encyclopedia Brit
tanica brought $40, secretary S15, one rock
ing chair, $40, and two shoats 81 and So
There were good many household goods to
dispose of and quite large amount went to
Winterport bidders. This week the County
Grange meets in Prospect. The attendance
is expected to be large unless the weather
changes so that the ground can be worked
1t is now becoming serious question
whether anything can be put into the ground
on some farms before it is too late for
crop. Less potatoes will be planted
On one farm here the manufacturers of
Bowker's phosphate have authorized the
agent to put in two acres of potatoes, using
literally Bowker's potato phosphate |
don't know at what lay. Man ufacturers had
better adopt that method altogether, as in
the past it has been hard to realize cash and
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