The Republican journal., 1897-11-04
NoRTnpoRT NEWS.

The Browns Corner schoolhouse wac
painted last week.
Warren E. Pitcher went to Boston Oct.
Both for employment.
Rev. G. E. Tufts again filled the pulpit at
the Baptist church last Sunday.
Mrs. Osgood Woodbury. returned home
Oct. 10Th from visit in Boston.
Mrs. Grace c. Fuller of East Boston is
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Mitchell.
Mrs. Flora Brohan went to Boston last
Saturday for an extended visit to friends in
that city and vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs Forest Currier of Camden
spent part OF Saturday and Sunday as the
guests of Mrs. Rose Patterson.
Miss Helen Cummings of Cambridge,
Mass, and Miss Minnie Dodge of Portland
are the guests of MIR. and Mrs. Otis Cum
mngs.
Mr.. W. E. Patterson will go to Boston on
Saturdays boat to accept a situation that
has been rendered him by large dye con-
Germ of that city.
Sch. Helen, Capt. Alonzo Batchelder,
came into the Cove last Wednesday from
Bangor loaded with lumber for New York.
She sailed Friday.
| The auction sale of the farming tools and
| implements of the late S. S. Lane last Sat-
urday was great success. Bids We're live
ly and everything sold brought fairly
good price
Miss Beulah Rhodes, who has been con
fined to her room by severe sore throat, is
slowly recovering, which is great relief to
her parents who were fearful that it was to
be malignant case of diphthera.
Oscar Hills is building a road across FL.
H. Andrews land, parallel with the south
line and far enough therefrom to leave a
good row of cottage lots, and also a similar
row on the opposite side. The street ex-
tends west from George street just south of
"the hollow" Mr. Andrews is building it
at his own expense to sell his lots.
Henry Dunbar of Belfast is making notice.
able improvements at his farm near Browns
| Corner. He rec emily built a barn 3Ox4O
feet, with 16.foot posts and 1-2foot base
ment The barn floor is II feet wide, with a
14-foot NOW on each side. He has cleared
one field of acres, which is laid down to
grass; is clearing another of 10 acres, and
will soon begin ON another of acres
The reservoir of the Northport Water Co.
will not only be a sou rec of great benefit to
the Methodist campground, for which it is
! intended, but to the inhabitants of that
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| Corner. Every house there could be easily
supplied with water from the reservoir, as it
has an elevation of something like $50 feet
above high water of the bay, which would
produce all the pressure required. Perhaps
some time the company may conclude to
lay main pipe for the convenience of those
who desire to tap it for domestic use No
doubt it would prove very profitable ven
ture for the company, and a great conven.
ience
Our neighbor, Mrs. B., hearing a great
rumpus among the hens rushed across the
road to Investigate, and was greatly sur
| prsed to find a magnificent black fox hav-
| ing a tussle with very large rooster. She
clapped her hands, danced jig, and the
fox fled, the rooster crowed, and all of
the hens cackled with delight to see the
enemy of their race cheated of his prey
But alas! the day of reckoning came too
soon for the poor rooster for next morning
Reynard again appeared in all his glory, got
his eye on the slick looking Bramah that
crowed at him the day before, and in less
time than it takes to tell it the rooster was
| Mi last
as the fox bounded over the stone wall into
the woods.
The reservoir to supply the Camp Ground
with water is rapidly nearing completion.
The first examination of the earth deceived
the surveyors somewhat, streaks of sand be-
ing met with in what was supposed to be
solid clay. This made it necessary to do
much more eXcavating than was expected
A trench & feet wide was dug around the
outside of the pit until solid bed of clay
was reached, which took it about feet be
low the bottom of the reservoir. This pit
was iled with "puddied" clay the material
being shoveled in, thoroughly wet and
pounded down. This clay wall will be car
ried up to the height originally intended
above the outside surface, making the re-
servoir externally as first planned, but with
this additional clay wall below the earth s
surface to hard pan. The water, which
comes from a spring. is remarkably pure,
and the pipes are Of sufficient capacity, with
this storage reservoir holding 253 900 gallons
to supply the Camp Ground for many years
to come.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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