The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-10-14
County Correspondence.

party given by Mrs. Everett Sanborn Fri
day. Oct. Sth, at her home on Granite avenue
| in honor of her aunt, Mrs. Cunningham of
Belfast. The day passed all too quickly, aud
delightfully."- to all. Many were the reminis.
cences related of auld lang syne. Youthful
experiences were lived over again in one
happy day of friends reunited. At 80 p.
Ii. dinner was served and at four o'clock
| dainty refreshments were partaken of, and
| then, after joining IN the singing OF the
| hymn, God be with you till we meet again.
all departed feeling well repaid for the day s
| pleasure. Those present were Mrs. Gun.
ningham, Mrs. D. H. killman, Miss Mary
Jane Trevett, Mrs. Amos Lane, Mrs. James
killman, Miss Nancy Heagan Those I'M
| able to be present were Mrs. Robt. killman,
Mrs. I B. Grant, Mrs. j. I. Rowe, and their
absence was much regretted by all May
| the party remain an unbroken band till an.
other year rolls round. IT not, may they all
| be reunited in an unbroken band above.
UNITY. Miss Mae Kelley came home from
Watervile Oct. 18th quite sick and since
then has been very sick, but is somewhat
better at this writing. The W. r. g. gave
supper last Saturday night and invited
| the G. A. r. and their families. The even
ing was pleasantly passed in social chat,
interspersed with music. Miss Helen G.
| Thomas presided at the organ and solos
We're sung by Mrs. Fl. c. Chandler and Mrs.
E. Harding. All went home voting that
they had had very pleasant time. Mrs.
R. B. Cookson of Haverhill, Mass, is visit
ing her sister, Mrs Geo. Grant. go. Dr.
Thomas is gaining slowly. Mrs. John
Vandeets is quite sick. Mrs. James Libby
went to Belfast last week to visit Mrs. Reuel
W. Rogers. A. r. Myrick has a nice lot of
horse blankets and robes. John Hamilton
has moved into the house lately vacated by
Mr.. futile. Miss Lutte Hunt went to
Portland last week to attend the CONNER
cial college,. Mrs. Foots of New York is
visiting at DR.. Thomas. Fred Fuller is
selling lots of stoves. Every one likes Fred.
Mrs. Ellen Fowler is failing.
CAMDEN. 81. D. Capen, for the past nine
years landlord of the Bay View, has leased
| the house for five years to Hudson D. Ames
and Fl. P. c. Wright of Rockland. The lat
ter was of the firm Of Wright & Varney, at
one time landlords of Crosby Inn, Belfast.
Mr.. Capen has as yet no definite plans.
Agnes Pillsbury of Bangor, who has been
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. S. II. Beale,
| left Oct. 9th for Boston where she will spend
the winter studying music. Miss Pillsbury
is an accomplished pianist and is pupil of
Miss Bryan. Mr.. Edward c. Martin, repre-
senting New York capitalists, was in town
recently looking over the Camden Land
| Co.'S grounds. and was more than charmed
with Camden. Mrs. c. P. Merrithew and
daughter Allie of Pittsburgh, n Y, who
spent the summer with Miss Carrie B
Knowlton, left for Boston this week. The
Y. W. G. L. u held a convention evening
Monday evening, at which the young lady
delegates related what they saw and learned
at the recent State convention at Bath.
The trustees of the public library have
voted to expend 800 for new books. Most
of this money was contributed by the sum.
mer people
BROOKS. Mrs. Cora Goodwin of Palermo
and Mrs. Hattie Clough of Liberty, cousins
of Mrs. G. E. Bowen, have been making he1
visit. The masked ball given by the
ladies of the W. R. G. last week was we'll at.
tended and success. Some of the costumes
were decidedly unique. 1t is expected that
the band concert to be given at Yankee
Blade hall tomorrow, Friday, evening will
be nice affair. The Brooks Cornet Band
is popular with our people and their open
ing ball will 10 doubt be we'll patronized
Rev. F. S. Dolliff is giving some very in
teresting Sundaz evening talks at the Union
church. His topic last Sunday was The Pic.
lures of -Four Men. AS the long winter
evenings come on the Good Templar lodge
will prepare itself for some special enter
tainments. Mrs. Sarah J. Cole of Thorn
dixie is with her sister, Mrs. Dow, for the
millinery season, and Miss Alice is trying
her skill in the trimming department. "A
pair of horses belonging to VIM. Gould o
West Brooks left him in the John D. Jones
dooryard and took bee line down the fel(
for the Dow orchard, where they finally
brought up with no special damage done...
Alfred Hubbard is making quite business
of improving his farm buildings, which art
situated over the line in Thorndike. Franz
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Jones has returned to Lowell, Mass, accom-
panied by his sister, Mrs. Mary Stantial
who is to visit friends there. -. Brooks vii
lage is all cut up with trenches just now al
the result of the new water system. JOSEPH
Ellis, who has the contract, will have thu
main bitches all open this week. =. Stat
Constable Mears was in town Tuesday for
| little time. We like to have him call occa
sionally, for his presence means consterna
ton to the violators of our prohibitory law
....R Rev. Nelson Rich and wife of Taunton
Mass, who have been visiting friends here
have returned home. Augustus P. Small
of Palmyra came here last week to call upol
his old friends. With him was Mrs. Jane
Rich, formerly of Bangor, now Of Charles
ton, Maine. Mrs. Rich visited her brother
} Nicholas Varney of Jackson. Mrs. Rebecc
S. Chick, who is making her home with thu
family of Nicholas Varney, has recovere,
from her illness and is in excellent healt
1 and spirits. Mrs. f. o. Day has returned
from visit to friends in Washington coun
ty....Miss Vashti Fogg and Miss Minnie
Day have been in Boston on a pleasure an,
. business trip.