The Republican journal., 1897-05-27

SwANvILLE, Miss Blanche Miller and ler
mother, OF Winterport We're in town Sun
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Pattershall and
Mrs. A lveda Stratton of Belfast and Mrs
Charles Hammond of Old Town called on
friends in town Sunday. Mr.. George Ord
| way has had relapse, but is improvlng..
Miss Fannie Wilson is better. Rev. G. G
Winslow will deliver the memorial address
at the church next Sunday at 80 p. m,
standard time. Members of the Sunday
school will carry flowers to the cemetery di-
rectly after Sunday school. Mr.. Jewell
Bowling has returned to Maiden, Mass.
NORTH STOCKTON SPRINGS. Capt. Lewis
NJ. Partridge of Stockton Springs village and
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Moore and son Elmer
of Frankfort visited Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman
Partridge recently. The teachers in this
vicinity attended the Teachers Convention
at the village and report very pleasant
and profitable meeting. Miss Inez Staples
visited friends in Standpoint recently.
Miss Eliza Trundy visited friends in Pros
pect last week -. .Messrs. George Dickey,
Forrest Clark and James Cunningham went
to Castine Saturday to see the ball game
between the Normal school and Stockton
Springs mines. Miss Hannah Clark of
Prospect is at Mrs. Helen Smiths for few
weeks.
LIBERTY. Elijah Cram died at his home
in this village May 10Th, aged IS years. Mr.
Cram had more than a local reputation az a
firsv-class mechanic. He was skilled in the
working of wood, millwright, wheelwright
aud carpenter, and was the inventor of the
celebrated Cram water wheel. He mad
charge of the carpentering at the tanneries
for more than thirty years. He has been
very useful man and will be very much
missed. He leaves two sons and two daugh-
tiers, Charles, George and Mary Cram of
this village, and Mrs. Addie Moore of Boston,
Mass. -. Mrs. j. 0. Johnson is in Plttstield
assisting in the care of the little daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Morse, who is very sick.
.... Hon. {. +. Littleheid and wife and Mrs.
E. F. Walker of Roc land, spent Sunday in
this village, the guests of Mrs. r. S. Aver.
-. Capt Z. E. Randlett of Newton, Mass
in this village last Saturday Capt
Randlett is wealthy retired ship-lnaster
about so years of age. He born on
Goose Pecker Ridge, IN the town of Mont
Vile. His father died when he was very
young. He told me that his father left his
family poor. The family consisted of his
mother, one sister, and himself They lived
in little cot with one room and went into
the chamber by ladder. When he was
twelve years of age the family left the little
cot on Goose Pecker Ridge to seek their
fortunes elsewhere. He and his sister We're
without shoes, and they had all their earth
ly goods tied mp in two cotton handkerchiefs.
They walked to Belfast, carrying their
bundles with them, and there went on board
an old schooner bound for St. George. Here
they made their home, his mother doing
houSework, and from that time he followed
the sea and in due time became prosperous
ship master. His mother married Captain
Watts wel-to-do shlpmaster and one of
the best families in ST. George. His sister
married Capt. Wade, who in his later life
lived on a farm at the Kingdom in Montvile
Mrs Wade died about twenty years ago.
Capt. Randett was at the funeral, and that
was the first time he had visited his native
town since he left it a barefooted boy At
that time / took him to the spot where he
had spent his early boyhood days. He said
he wished to visit the spot, to drink out of
the spring that dubbed out from under a
big boulder near the house, and to stand up
on the big rock once more. We found where
the cot stood, found the rock and the spring,
but he was greatly disappointed. He said
that neither the rock nor the spring were
one-fourth as large as he had pictured them
and a drink from the spring afforded him no
satisfaction. So disappointing were all the
surroundings that he said he did not care to
ever see the place again. We visited the
little nearby cemetery and sought his faith
ers grave, but no traces of it could we find.
Capt. Randlett has not since visited his
native town until now. He is accompanied
by his son.