The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-08-05
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE,

COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE,
| MORRILL,. The arrivals in town sine.
last week are as follows: Mrs. Wesle,
! Wiggin and child from Warren, Mass; Mrs
and Mr.. Ira Chandler, wife and child, from
New Haven, Conn; Mr.. Stillman Whit.
| from Boston, Mass, and Hosea Rhodes from
Belfast, Me. Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Plac,
rejoice over their first born, girl. Quit,
number of our villagers are spending this
week at Northport-J. f. Mears and wife
Mrs Addie Adams and boy, Rev. A. D
| Thibodeau, Miss Nellie Thompson. Mrs
Amarena Vickery, Miss Winnie Simmons
and Trafton Hatch. Miss Hattie Black O.
! Belfast was the guest of Mrs. O. Meadel
last week. Mr.. Will Wing and family o,
Boston visited at Mrs. l.. A. Robinson las,
week.
APPLETON. ]. Asbury Pitman and family
OF Oakdale, Mass, are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. William Pitman. Asbury was recently
appointed superintendent of schools in
Marlboro, Mass. Miss Agnes Hunter OF
Camden is the guest of her friend Miss
Winnie Ames. Will Counce and his friend
Mr.. Bushee are here from Beverly, Mass.
on a ten days visit ....M Mrs. Emma Hudson
of Westboro, Mass, is visiting her sister
Mrs. Florence Sprowl. 800, Farmers who
worked all day Saturday trying to get their
hay dry enough to put into the barn have
the pleasure of doing the work over again
tla olo lo+ ~,
wet the hay all throu gh..... Mrs A. L.
Jenness of Cambridge, Mass, is visiting her
farther, Mr.. Albert Fuller, at his home on
the Ridge. Miss Estelle NJ Almere of
Union is the guest for a few days of Harry
Pease and wife.
STOCKTON SPRINGS. Master Perry Sprague
is visiting his grand mother at Southwest
Harbor. Capt Eden Shute made flying
visit home July 9th and left tie next morn
ing accompanied by his wife, who will go a
trip with him to Philadelphia Rev. and
Mrs. Frank Hall and baby of Cambridge
Mass, are guests of Capt. and Mrs Horace
Griffin at Pleasant Point. Mrs. NJ. R. La.
furley and children are visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w Ober, at Seal Harbor.
Mrs. Leta Benner and daughter Leora OF
Rockland visited Miss Nellie Hichborn the
past week. Mr.. George Harrington of
Bangor is in town for few days Mr.. An.
drew Staples left Tuesday for St. Paul
Mimi, where he will go into business.
Miss Lura Simmons arrived home Sunday
from Boston for d two weeks vacation
DIR. and Mrs. Herman Hichborn and little
daughter, Ruth, of Cam bridge, Mass, arriv-
has been employed in Roslindale, Mass. ar.
rived home Tuesday.
PROSPECT FERRY. Misses Clara and Eve
Ign Allen returned to their home in Natick.
Mass, last Saturday. Miss Carrie Pendle-
ton of Stockton Springs visited her aunt.
Mrs. N. j. Heagan, last week. A little
girl arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F.
w. Grindle Aug. 1st. Arthur Grindle
spent last Sunday at his home here, return
ing to Bangor Monday morning. M c.
Proctor of Dorchester, Mass, arrived in this
place July 2Sth. He drove down from Bos-
ton, stopping at various places on the road.
Miss Lizzie Wilson returned to Bangor
last Sunday. accompanied by her friend
Miss Bessie Berry, who has been visiting
her for several days.. Mrs. N. j. Heapan
with the Misses Clara and EVELYN Allen of
Natick, Mass; Medora Pierce of Peabody.
Mass, Carrie Pendleton of Stockton Springs.
Winnie and Hattie Hartman, Mildred and
Miriam Grindle, Emily and Ruby Wilson
and Evelyn Avery of this place, sailed forth
for Mars Hill last Thursday afternoon. A
picnic supper was served at O'Clock and all
returned home feeling that they had enjoyed
very pleasant afternoon.
LIBERTY. The most enjoyable event of
the season was the private masked ball at
Hall St. George Thursday evening, July
goth. Though the night was very stormy
the hall was well filled with the young peo-
one of the most jolly good times ever held in
this village. The hall was tastefuly deco
rated by I. P. Gr fits of Boston, who is a
professional decorator. There were persons
present from New York, Michigan, Massa-
chusetts and Kentucky, and from Bath,
Rockland and Plttsfeld. Music was fur
nished by Townsend's Orchestra of Bel
mont: Townsend Brothers 1st and I'd vio-
Inns Manning, cornet; Hemenway, organist
The music was highly satisfactory and was
the subject OF many favorable comments.
j. G. Carpenter, business manager of the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
spent few days with friends in this village
last week. "A game of base ball was play
ed at the Park Saturday between the boys
from Morrill, and the boys from this village
and resulted in favor of Liberty, with a
score of 8 to 6. Both sides conducted them
selves in gentlemanly manner and there
was much good nstured chatting, as there al
ways is in such cases. The heavy thunder
shower of Saturday left its imprint here.
Two buildings were struck-the house of
Mrs. W. M. Lowell in the village and the
barn Of Will Greeley about a mile from here.
The damage was slight in both cases-per-
haps S25 each. Mr.. Greeley is insured in
the Grange but Mrs. Lowell had no insur-
ance. -. The weather is the most uncertain
of any hayng season for years. While the
quantity of hay is large the quality in many
cases must be poor. While most of our
farmers do not wish to swear about the con-
tinuous rain it affOrds them satisfaction tn