The Republican journal., 1897-08-19


of Lowell has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
S. j. Quincy. Cora Smith and daughter
Jessie of Somervlle, Mass, are at E. G..
Cummings. -. Mrs. Sarah Gay has gone to
the Massachusetts Genl. Hospital to have
her eyes operated on. Mrs. Winthrop
Ellis, who has been very sick, is improving.
....J. H. Cilley and friend from Livermore
Falls spent last week with Mr.. and Mrs l..
E. Burns. Potatoes are rusting and some
cases of rot reported. The raspberry crop
has been the lightest for years. There are
no plums in this vicinity.
BELMONT. Messrs. l.. F. and F. o. Allen
wood were in Camden Thursday visiting
relatives, returning Friday. ....Geo. W.
Morse and family are at Temple Heights,
Northport. Alfred E. Lamb has gone to
Providence, r. l.. where he has employment
in the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Grey
were in Hope Sunday. Fred Mariner has
taken a boarder. 1t is compound boy.
All the schools i'll town will oegin Monday
Aug. 23rd, with the following teachers: No
/, Miss Bertha Elms; No. 2, Miss Cora Po-
land of Centre Montville; No g. Mrs. Abbie
Rackliffe of Belfast; No. 4, Mrs. Mira Wey-
mouth of Morrill, No. 5, Miss Annabelle
Daggett of Morrill,.
NORTH STOCKTON SPRINGS. The Centre
Sunday school with a few visitors had a
clam bake at the bar, Searsport, Saturday.
The party enjoyed themselves chatting or
singing in groups and wandering about the
shore. The clans were excellent and all
did justice to the good dinner. In the after
noon most of the party went across the bar
to Sears Island, called at the house, and en-
joyed the beautiful view of the bay. Sever
al went about a mile and a half across the
island to the site of the Sears mansion,
burned some years ago. Others visited a
bluff on the main land where layer of clam
shells about foot thick is found foot from
the surface. The shells are supposed to
have been left by Indians many years ago as
tomahawks and other relics have been
found here. Among the visitors We're Mr..
and Mrs. Arson Smith and children of
Brewer and Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel Perkins
and son of Monroe. Misses Addie Herrick
and Edna Breed of Lynn, Mass, are visit
ing at Mrs. Melvina Crockett's Miss
Addie CHM of Worcester Mass, is
visiting at her uncle's, Mr.. WILDER Ridley's.
Mrs. Jane Moore and son of Monroe
called on relatives in town, Friday. Mr..
Freeman Partridge took a party of friends
to the island owned by him in South Branch
stream last Tuesday. The two boats on the
stream were used by some and the rest of
the company wandered about the island.
One young lady stepped into little quick
sand and caused considerable amusement.
Mr.. William Smith christened the island
isle of Patmos, and all went home feeling
we'll repaid for their visit -. Mr.. Truman
Lathrop has secured a position in the hotel
at Fort Point.
PROSPECT Schools in Prospect begin this
week. Miss Mamie Boyd will teach the
George settlement school and Miss Alice
Larrabee the Clark school. -. Mr.. and Mrs
Wilson and daughter of Boston are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs Gardiner Clark. Five weeks
ago Leslie Howard started for Bucksport.
where he had employment on farm. The
report goes that he has not been heard from
since and his relatives are anxious about
him.. Mr.. James Wise and wife, with their
son, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G. X. Nick
erson. Miss Ida Cole has gone to Swanville
to work for Mr.. Herbert Cunningham. His
wife, formerly Miss Nickerson of Prospect,
gave birth to pair of boy twins Aug 18th,
both weighing - lbs. Mr.. Gabriel Brown
is visiting in Knox. Mrs. Ivory George of
Stockton Springs visited Mrs. Albert LARA
bee last week....C. H. Partridge finished
haying last week. Three men cut 80 tons of
hay in 10 and one-half days. One man, Floris
Partridge, pitched all the hay but three
loads on the racks in the field. The great
event last week was the Sunday school
clam bake and picnic Friday at the bar
by Sears Island. The writer and FAM
lily We're in it, and the day was one of the
best of the season. The shore was some
thing new TO many of the little ones, and
besides our Sunday school the Swanville
Sunday school was there and mixed in and
the city cousins swelled the number to
quite a crowd. The weather was cool and
just right for prospecting along the shore,
and some curious things were found on the
beach, such as iron spikes. old stoves and
iron rods, sun fish and odd looking shells.
One of our number, Emery Calderwood,
waded in with rubber boots and caught a
porgy with his hands and clam hoe. The
tide was full Friday at noon and after the
tide fell so that team could cross the bar
quite number of teams and people drove
over and up to the farm house and across
the island to the south side, where stood the
summer residence of Mr.. Sears, but which
was burned few years ago. Along the
road, about the middle of the island, is
piece of early gravelly land surrounded by
woods. On one side of the road nearly all
the land is in oats and on the other side the
largest piece of carrots in Waldo county was
planted, besides yellow globe cattle beets
and rutabaga turnips, and next was Hun.
garian grass seed just up and a piece of
corn. On the way up from the shore to the
house there was gooo piece of cabbages
and Hungarian grass Loaded out and a
piece few inches high with potatoes and
banner piece of oats. Last year the grain
crop as 600 bus hels. The hay crop is large,
and there are three good sized barns, with
smaller barn and sheds. The crew was not
quite done haying. Catching glances along