The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-30
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the PreSa.
FREEPORT.

FREEPORT
South Freeport, June 29-Rev. Mr..
Smith exchanged pulpit with Rev f. w.
Davis of Cumberland Centre, last Sum
day.
Mr.. George P. Coffin and Miss Mary
A. Blaisdell were married Thursday,
j une "a by Rev. A. Smith, and at once
commenced house keeping in the Horace
Brewer house on Main street. Their many
friends wish them uninterrupted happi-
ness and prosperity. rzNa
Mrs. G, II. Noyes returned home last
Friday from Deer Island, where she has
been visiting the pas three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Higgins have this
week returned home from Auburn, after
an absence of several months. Mr.. H1g-
gins has lately been very i'll but is now
much better.
Quite number of summer visitors have
arrived during the last few days. Among
them are Mrs. o. G. Roberts and Miss
Louise Holbrook of Jamaica Plains,
Mass, at Herbert Merrill's; Mrs. p. u.
Dennison and little child at Capt. FL. B..
Townsend's; Mrs. Geo. d. Brown and
children from Portland at E. u. Dun
hams. All of them will remain several
weeks.
| W. j. Harvey of Boston and Mrs. P.
J. Harvey of Richford, Vermont, are at
j. W. Ireson's for few days.
The Enoch Talbot house is to be opened
| about the last of July and will be occu-
pied Tor month or so by parties from
! Massachusetts.
We noticed in Capt. H. B. Soule's
orchard a curiosity that is worthy of men,
ton. Among the little apples on one tree
is a large double blossom looking just
like a full blown rose. The trees have
all been out of bloom three weeks at least
and this blossom displaying itself, as it
does, in conspicuous place at the end OF
a low bOugh and very near the Captain S
door, attracts considerable attention.
Steamer Madeleine now runs two trips a
day, leaving South Freeport at $50 a m.
| and 1915 p. m. and arriving here from
Portland at AS a. m. and p. m.
POWNAI.
Pownal, June 29-The ladies of the civic
society with their families, also quite a
number of other friends, are invited to
unite with Mrs. Ettie. J. Latham in a
picnic to be held at Princes Point on
Saturday, July 3.
There was a large attendance at the
Congregational church here on Sunday
last and most excellent sermon was de-
| livered by the Rev. Mr.. Hartwell of Var
| mouth.
Mr.. Joseph Raynes and wife of Var
| mouth and Mrs. Reuben Hodsdon, of
| North Yarmouth, were in town on Sun
ue1y Uuc SuOSbo VI MIS-. Ooiili L LdW :
renee.
Mr.. D. G. True and daughter from
| Portland, were at Mr.. Norman True's
very recently on short visit.
Miss Eta Y. Hodsdon is home from
Hebron academy for the summer vacation.
RAYMOND.
Raymond, June 29-Mr. Davis made
his daughter, Mrs. H. L.. Forham, a
short visit. He has returned to Kittery
| where he is superintendent of a large
number of men engaged in building an
electric railroad.
Mrs. Chas. R. Knight has returned to
Boston.
| Mr.. Strout, of Brown street, Portland,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Roger
Mason.
Schools in this vicinity closed last
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Chapman of Port
land, were in this place Sunday.
| Misses Alice McAllister and Nellie
Davis, of Portland. are the guests of Miss
Anna Leach.
| Miss Stella Hayden has gone to Port
land to visit relatives.
A party of six Portland school boys
came out here Saturday on their wheels.
! They dined at the Central house.
Miss Angie Chapman has spent week
| in Portland.
Master Frank Morton, of South Wind
ham, is visiting his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Morton.