The Portland daily press., 1897-11-25
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of tho Press.
WINDHAM.

WINDHAM.
Wlndham Center, Nov. 24-The tenn
perance Residing circle, which was ap-
pointed to be held in the red school house
Memorial halD under the auspices of the
W. q. L. q. next Friday, has been de-
ferred until the close Of the series Of
meetings being held at the Friends
church, under the care of Rev. Mr.. Wood,
Of Lewiston. The meetings will be held
afternoons this week except Thursday and
Saturday and each evening until Satur-
day. Mr.. Wood is a rare and able teacher
as well as u speaker of rare insight and
spiritual power. It is expected that Mr..
Wood will remain another week.
The primary and high schools have
closed for Thanksgiving vacation Of two
weeks.
SCARBORO.
West Scartoco, Nov. 24.-The schools
have closed throughout the town for two
weeks.
They have commenced to catch eeIs
through tine ice on the Dunstan River,
Esty & Boothbay have their water works
nearly completed in Dunstan Corner.
celnber first.
They are running the saw mill at Mill
ken's Mills night and day, and cannot
saw boards as fast as wanted in the box
shop. They have several car loads of
boards shipped them weekly from Bar
Mills and Sebago Lake.
Scarboro Is doing a big business in
Christmas trees this season. There will
be nine carloads shipped from West Scar
hnrn Gtati To Work. and fnrxr- op
five to Boston and other places. There
will be some shipped from Scarboro and
Pine Point station, making seventeen
carloads in all.
Eight Corners, Nov. 24-Nrs. Edward
Cook is on the sick list this week.
Mr.. Albert Cook, while out hunting
one day last week, shot a raccoon.
GRAY.
Dry Mills, Nov. 24.-C. E. Libby has
started up his steam mill and is saving
car timer.
Charles Golf of Durham was in the
neighorhood the first of the week.
There were twenty six members of
Gray Grange, attended the Pomona
Grange at New Gloucester last week and
ten new members of Gray Grange took
the fifth degree.
Chester Marsden has gone to Auburn
to spend his vacation with his parents.
MIR. William SWEET Is boarding at Mr..
Marshal Morse's.
John Morrill,, the storekeeper, is board
ing at Capt. Stewards.
The thermometer registered four de-
grees above zero at o'clock Wednesday
morning.
Mr.. Edward Lily's horse got frightened
and ran away, throwing him from the
load and hurting him quite badly one day
last week.
Casco, Nov. 23.-Sunday evening SER
vice will commence promptly at O'Clock
during the coming winter at Union
church.
Mrs. H. H Holden, who has been Wis.,
iting her brother, Mr.. M. 8. Eastman.
has returned to her home in Portland
Elbridge 6. S. Kicker, of Old Orchard,
was in town Monday on business.
Mr.. Peter Jordan, who has been suffer
ing from stomach trouble for some
time, is slowly recovering.
Miss Alice NJ. Curtis is doing an ex-
tensive business in her millinery rooms
at this writing, assisted by Mrs. Cynthia
Marvin.
The village school closed last Friday.
After weeks vacation the winter term
will commence with the same teacher,
Miss Grace Spur, OF Otisfield, who has
had charge for.the school year.
Merrett R. Gay, a student of Gould S
Academy, Bethel, is home for a two
weeks vacation
CUMBERLAND.
Cum erland Centre, Nov 23-The
usual Thanksgiving services will be held
Thursday morning at 10.3 80. The Metho-
dist societies at West Cumberland and
Cumberland have been invited to unite.
making 1t union service.
The annual exhibition by the students
of Greedy Institute was held at Institute
hall on Friday evening. The following
was the programme:
Piano Trio,
Misses Loring, Foster and Vannah.
Prayer,
Rev. T. W. Davis.
Vocal Solo.
Carrie L. Blanchard.
Msry's Night Ride, Geo. Cable
Harriett s. Sweetser.
Mark Twainlas Farmer. Clemens
George M. Hall.
Skimsey, Alfred Stoddard
Bessie E. Vannah
The Doom of the Indian, Story
Walter Nelson.
Piano Solo,
Helen J. Foster.
Brita's Wedding, W. W. Marsh
Carrie l.. Blanchard
Fortunes of War, Anon
LemuelW. Dyer.
The Massacre of Zoroaster, Crawford
Eunioe W. Cricket.
The Second Trial, Kellogg
Vocal Solo,
r. S. Themes.
Perdita, Jones
LYDIA M. Dyer.
The Parsons Horse Race, H, B, Stowe
Ernest o. Sweetser
The Roman Sentinel, Ward Florence
Anna It. Blanchard
Exile CT the Acadians, Lonefellow
Sybil S. Lorirg.
Music,
Herye Riei, Browning
Geneva +. Blanchard.
Death Bed of Bendiot Arnold, Lippard
John f. Blanchard.
The Day of Judgment. Elizabeth Stuart
Katherine @. Merrill.
Vocal Duett,
Eva and Carrie Blanchard.
| The exhibition, which was one of the
| best of late years, was largely attended.
The parts were all we'll learned and we'll
delivered and all received merited an