The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-07-01

ed at Elm View Farm thirty-five of her
friends. She had some fine presents,
including a gold watch from her father.
NJ. F. Dickey is repairing his stable....
Mrs. James Mahoney has been spending
a few days in Belfast, with her sister, Mrs.
Carter. ...Wm. Mckinney has received
another lot of the D. M. Osborne rakes and
machines, and those in want of one would
do we'll to give him a call before buying.
EAST SEARsMoNr. Ella Marden is in Cam
den at work. .AlfarettaI ngraham was in
town Sunday calling on friends. Mr.. NJ.
Packard and granddaughter of Searsport
and Mr.. and Mrs E. R. Packard were at j.
G. Packard's June 9th. School in district
No. closed Friday, after a very successful
den. Arletta Swift of Belfast spent June
18th with Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Donnell..
MRS. john Cunningham and two sons,
John and George, of Franklin, Mass. arriv-
ed June Goth, and are the guests of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Arnold. -. Mrs.
E. P. Mahoney spent Sunday in Northport
with her sister. There was a painting bee
at the East Searsmont cemetery June 18th,
when half dozen ladies met and painted
the iron fence in front of the cemetery.
Isaac Mariner deserves special mention in
this connection, as he kindly took his team
and went after the paint and then spent a
day in overseeing the work, besides sowing
grass seed in front of the yard and doing
other needful work =. Mr. and Mrs. A. j.
l.
week. Mr.. and Mrs. Martin B. Hunt of
Belmont were in town Sunday.
BROOKS. There is to be a concert, ball
and supper at the Yankee Blade and G. A.
R. halls in this village Thursday evening"
July 1st, for the benefit of the Brooks Cor
net Band. The Monroe band will generous
ly assist the Brooks band upon this occa-
sion. There will be street parade at
o'clock, p. M, and general good time is ex
pected. =. Mrs. Esther Roberts attended the
Friends yearly meeting in Portland and
was in the church when the fire broke out in
the building. MIR. Sidney Wiggin of
Lowell, Mass, has been visiting the old
homestead in Knox. AS a boy he was in the
employ of the late A. j Roberts, who used
to run the lumber mills of this town. Mr..
Wiggin attended our village school and has
many warm friends here who were happy to
greet him $50. Miss Grace E. Dow, with
her pupils in the Patterson district, will fur
nish some of the music and songs at the
meeting of the Waldo Veteran Association
in the Thorndike Centre meeting house
July 1st. Mrs. Taylor of Fairfield is
visiting her daughter Hattie at Wilfred
Halls. Mrs. Hattie jenkins has finished
her house into double tenement and has
some good rooms to rent. NJ. j. Dow has
some half dozen colts in his pasture at the
Sprout Hill farm, with feed for as many
more. DR.. A. W. Rich is showing the
young men how to build and fit up nice
stand at moderate expense. Ezra Carpen-
ter has lost his fine gray family horse. In
going up the steep bank by the side of the
mill of Roberts & Son the animal slipped
and fell over the embankment and died be-
fore she could be pulled back. This has long
been considered dangerous place. The
Sunday afternoon services are we'll attended,
and Rev. F. S. Dolliff gives us some inter-
6SIlUS SGEllOuS, OdIUS have D66u received
here from Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Libby of
Portland, announcing the marriage of their
daughter Annie to Mr.. James G. Bergman.
Mr.. Bergman is the representative of Milli-
State. and for some years has regularly visit
ed Brooks. His friends here wish him much
happiness in his new relations. =. Mrs. C. F.
Bessey returned last Friday from Concord,
n. H., where she has been for several weeks.
Her friends are ejoiced to meet her so much
who has been confined to the house for
many weeks, is now able to ride out. Her
babe is the picture of health. Miss May,
daughter of T. [. Huxford, who has receiv-
ed from her father as present nice bicy-
Gle, put it into actual business the other day,
riding over to Knox to see her friend, Miss
Addie Wescott. Mr.. A. B. Huff, our brick
mason, is putting up the chimnies of the
new houses building here. Mr.. W. F. Jacobs
is doing the lathing. During the heavy
shower of last week lightning struck the
house of Miss Hattie jenkins in this village
MIR. Frank Whitney of Burnham came
down here on his wheel last Sunday and
had company part of the way home. :. Miss
May Miller burned one of her hands quite
badly with steam last Tuesday, but it may
be healed without prominent scar. F.
w. Brown, Jr., Esq, has a new leg to take
the place of the one recently amputated and
he is again learning the art of walking.
Owing to the change of time of running the
morning mail train we got left on our batch
venience and to the disgust of the editor.
AS stated in recent issue of The Journal,
Mr.. Charles W. Lord of this village has for
eighteen years kept black dog called Jack.
1t is doubtful if another instance of dog
living to that age can be found in the State,
as twelve years is considered the limit of
dogs life. The other day while Mr.. Lord
was away the dog had a bad spell and that
was the last of him. Charles would rather
have lost his horse. Milo Colson, our
clothing manufacturer, has moved to the
tenement in the shop he now occupies -.
Miss Mary SWEET o. Knox is at c. E. Lanes.
miss Mary Gatchell is stopping at VIM.
Gould s.. Mr.. Dow is selling shirt waists
as low as % cents EACH. Mrs. Hannah J.
Sites is at home from Searsport, where she
visited her son Edwin. The crows are