The Republican journal., 1897-07-15

BROOKS The rain of this week will great
ly increase the hay crop in Waldo county.
heavy yield is now assured. The season
is about ten days late and but little has yet
been done. On the whole we doubt if
ever the highways of Brooks were in as
good condition as at the present time, which
is great contrast to where we We're one
year ago. With one accord all hands seem
to have done their best to improve the pre-
vaient condition of the roads. -. Fred Smart
and wife of Searsport are at the Joseph n.
Gibson place this summer. Mrs. Smart is
Mrs. Belle White and her son Carl from
Waterville are at 7. D, Jellison's. .... The
Good Templars lodge indulged IN an old
fashioned spelling school last Saturday
night. Geo. Miller, Jr., who was so very
sick last spring, is now able to walk out
every day. Mrs. Julia Lang is still
very sick. John M. Dow has opened Lis
farm house for few weeks, with Miss Ella
Mathews as housekeeper. Frank Hubbard
takes care of the farm. Mrs Charles f.
Bessey is still quite poorly, The weather
has been depressing to person in her state
of health. Miss Grace Dow has closed her
school in Thorndike and is now attending
to business in the store while her father is
harvesting the hay crop. VIM. Lord is
still critically i'll, but it is thought he NAV
recover. 80. Ira W. Bowden is proving him
self to be very ingenious blacksmith His
latest iOb the of
farmers is to sharpen their old moving ma
chine fingers, and great convenience it is
Miss Grace E. Dow reports as follows in
regard to her pupils in the Patterson dis
trict in Thorndike: Whole number of pu.
pills, 81 average attendance 27. Those not
absent one day were Charlie LittletieId
Gertie Littlefeld, Dora Littletield Willie
Ward, Joe Wing, Clyde Ward, Winnie Pat
terson, Ina Winters.
APPLETON. Mrs, S. n. Simmons, who has
been in Willimansett, Mass, several weeks
assisting in the care of her mother, Mrs
Mark Ames, has returned. Mrs. Ames has
been critically ill, but is now gaining.
Lewis M. keene of Fremont, Nebraska, and
Horatio n. keene of Rockland We're here
last week, calling on old friends. Mr. and
Mrs. G. H. Page returned from Bath Thurs
day. Mrs. George Ripley and daughter
Emma came with them and will remain
two or three weeks. Albert Stuart was
quite severely injured the morning of July
9Th by the bursting of small cast iron con-
non he was firing. He was removed to DR..
Pedrick's office, where the wound was dress
ed Elden B, Smith now has the mail route
from Union to Searsmont, via Appleton, be-
ginning July 15t. -. David Goodspeed and
wife of Duxbury, Mass, will spend the
summer months with Mrs. Goodspeed 5
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. David Cummings ...
Rev. G. E. Harding held evening meetings
last week in the Baptist Church. He was
assisted in his labors by nine young men
from East Jefferson, who We're recently bap-
tised by him land who were his guests during
the week, Mrs Harding and daughter from
Hebron are here for a few weeks The
Jefferson boys while here played d
game of base ball with the Apple
ton nine, the latter winning the game.
-. Milton r. Simmons has returned from
Cape Rozier, where he visited friends
Miss Louise Henderson, who has had stu
alton in millinery house in Boston, is now
at home. Fred L, Davidson, who was re-
Gently appointed post master, has removed
the office from the store of S. j Gushee to
the store formerly occupied by A. II. New
bert. Mr.. Davidson is putting in fine
stock of goods and intends to keep every
thing needed and called for in country
store. NJ. F. Hanley, the owner of the
building has had it painted outside and the
store painted, and other improvements
made which add very much to the appear
ance and convenience of the rooms, Mr..
Hanly is also making extensive altera-
tions in the tenement over the store, which,
when completed, he will occupy. He has also
bought the right to tap the water pipe which
conveys water from never-falllng spring
on the hill to Mrs. S. j. Gushees residence,
and will have water piped into his tene-
ment, the store, his office across the street,
and stable he will erect. Mrs. Gushee
owns the spring Mrs. +. j. Oakes of
New York is visiting her mother, Mrs. Dan
iel Sullivan. Mr.. Oakes, who was here a
few days, has returned to New York. Eu-
gene Jones of Union is coachman for Mr..
and Mrs. Oakes.