The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25
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NEW GLOUCESTER.

and trees i'll this VlclnlUy are quite 1of-
ward, but every thing else is backward,
owing to the extremely cold weather.
Business is quite brisk about here at
the present time. Quite an amount of
building is being carried on.
Mr.. Fred Martin is building q new
barn. Mr. John Hicks is master work
man on that.
Mr.. A. F. Cole has erected a whole set
of building and will move into the new
house some time in June, when it is ex-
pected that DIR. Sails, of Auburn, will
move to the place now occupied by Mr..
Cole.
The Town house is being improved by
coat of paint on the outside. The work
is under the supervision of Mr.. Alonzo
Stevens The library building is also to
have d coat of paint.
James Stevens and family visited Mr..
l. N. Dyer at West Durham, a short time
since.
Starbird and Bennett have their new
store at the lower village nearly ready to
move into. They will occupy it as soon
as possible.
n. P. Haskell is making repairs ON his
store and is going to build an addition
to the same.
Beside Messrs. Martin and Cole others
are building and repairing in this neigh
borhood. Mrs. f. II. Merrill has had
two chimneys removed from her house
and they have been replaced by three new
ones on smaller scale.
Mr.. III. E. Blake has been making some
repairs on his house which will make it
much more convenient for the occupants.
Rev. Mr.. Mank delivered an able Me-
a-t of IA
at the lower village. Members of the
Geo. E. Whitman Post, G.. A. R., were
present. Memorial day will be observed
on Saturday next. The address will be
given at the lower village.
PARsoNsFIELD.
Kezar Falls, May 22-Last week F. G.
Stacy received a telegram that his son
Albert. who was at work for the New
York and New England railroad was
killed and Monday he was brought home
and buried Tuesday Horace Stanley
was buried and Thursday Miss Fogg
and Mrs. Stanley received despatch that
fornia was dead. Friday Mrs Lizzie
Wentworth was carried home to be buried
Saturday Alpheus Fitzpatrick was buried.
50 there are many sad homes in and
about this place.
Chas. Sawyer, who has been in Cali
fornia for some time past, is paying his
parents visit of some three weeks.
Many farmers say that it is cold and
backward for planting, ETC., this spring.
Fishermen say there are no brook trout
this spring.
Miss Lulu Bennett is paying her friends
a hasty visit.
Miss May Edgecomb, of Bangor Bust
ness College, stopped two nights and one
day with her mother last week.
CUMBERLAND.
Cumberland Centre, May 24-Memorial
Sunday was observed, by request, last
Sunday: Rev. Mr.. Davis preached an
appropriate sermon from Prov. H. first
clause of 34th verse. Memorial services
address will be given by Gen. G. P Mat
tocks of Portland. All having flowers
for decoration are requested to bring or
send them to Union hall next Saturday
afternoon. The services Sunday after
noon in the church will be at $50 o'clock
Decoration of graves will be at 1.3O.
Howard Clough is sick with an
attack Of appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Harris of Portland
spent Sunday at Nathaniel Merrill's.
Owing to the wet weather but little
planting has been done as yet. Grass is
looking well and promises an average
crop. The fruit crop will be small, but
winter was a hard one for raspberry and
blackberry plants and they are coming
along slowly.
BALDWIN.
East Baldwin, May 24-Norton 4 Win
gate have quite large acreage signed for
large pack this fall.
The farmers in this vicinity are busy
planting.
Joseph EChadbourne has his new house
nearly completed. 1t is in the hands of
the painters. He expects to occupy it by
the middle of June.
l.. S. Richardson has his house painted
and blinded and is having the grounds
fixed up round his premises.
The Riverside farm buildings are under
going extensive repairs.
The sportsman have been taking lots of
trout from the brooks in this vicinity the
past week. Mr.. Ed Spencer took 80 extra
large ones Friday. Stephen Parker
of Portland, and Tom Richardson caught
Sc the same day. Mr.. Gilbert caught the
largest trout ever taken from the Quaker
brook that we have any knowledge of,
weighing one and one fourth pounds
All of their trout were of extra size. Mr.
Grove Sanborn, agent for bicycles,
came into the place Saturday and we un-
derstand he sold four wheels.
Mr.. D. Shaw, who has just got wheel,
was riding by the church when his tobac-
co dropped out of his pocket. Tom Rich
ardson shouted at him telling him he had
dropped something, and also that he was
on fire. Shaw thinking they were fooling
spurted up little faster with his coat
all ablaze. AS he went by some Sunday
school children, they shouted and he
stopped minus one handkerchief, pocket
and part of his coat
GORHAM.
Gorham, May "a Orders have been
issued to comrades of John r. Adams
Post G. A. r., announcing the following
Memorial Day programme to be observed
Monday, May 81:
l. Members of the Post will assemble
at their hall, in uniform or wearing dark
clothes with white belts and gloves and
Memorial badge, on Sunday, May Both,
at 10 O'Clock, a. m, to attend divine SER
vices at the NJ. E. church, by invitation
of the pastor, Rev. VIM. Cashmere.
Wentworth Camp, Sons of Veterans, will
act as escort The ladies of John r.
Adams Relief Corps, No. SO, Dept. of
Maine, W. r c., and teachers and pupils