The Republican journal., 1898-08-11
EAST sEARsMoNr. E. R. Packard visited

EAST SEARsMoNT. E. R. Packard visited
tie Pendleton of Union is visiting her cous-
in. Chloe Cables :. Mrs. A. I. Mariner,
Mrs. Leslie S. Mariner, Miss Hattie B.
Mariner and Ralph Head went to the
Northport Camp Ground Aug. It'll. Mrs.
Ryder and Miss Nora McCabe of Charles
Mrs. Ansel Lothrop.. Miss Haywood of
Boston is visiting her uncle, W. S. Hunt.
SOUTH MoNTvILLE. Mr.. Frank Mutt and
two grand children of Freedom are visiting
at W. B. MOrse's. &C. S. Adams had a
good horse nearly if not quite rui ned with
barbed wire last Sunday. Miss Loantha
Murray of Pittstield is spending few days
visiting her many friends here. There
will be fve-cent social and entertainment
at the grange hall Aug. nth. Mrs. Frank
Carter of Worcester, Mass, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. B. F. Knowles The Sunday
school and grange will have a picnic to
Bowlers Park, Liberty Aug. 11th.. Mr..
Arthur Morse. who has been spendinga few
weeks with his uncle in Freedom, has re-
turned home. ... Mr.. and Mrs. John Gilman
of Lebanon, N. H, are visiting her sister,
Mrs. c. E. Gilman. The grange took a
recess of three weeks during haying and be-
gan work again last Tuesday evening. Ice
cream was served and a good time was re-
ported.
LIBERTY. The masked ball at this village
at off ba hast
ever given here. The hall was elegantly
decorated by Mr.. /. Grlfiis of Boston, who
spends his summer vacations here, and who
brought decorations from Boston for this &C.
casion. II is perhaps needless to state that
they by far surpassed any thing of the kind
ever seen here before. The music was fur
nshed by Townsend Bros. of Belmont and
was highly satisfactory in every respect.
The costumeswere such heterogen eous con-
glomeratlon that no attempt at description
will be made. Suffice it to say that the effect
was very pleasing in many cases, very laugh
able in others, and while none were bolster
GUS all were hilarious and enjoyed them
selves hugely The tide of visitors continues
to ebb and flow. Several returned to their
homes in Boston last Saturday, and Misses
Lolita and Mollie Cole of New York, Mrs
Morrow and daughter and Miss Mabel Bur-
ton of Pittsfeld arrived.
TROY. The post office at Troy is now
money order Office, 1t will be quite a con-
venience to the citizens of Troy, as good
lot OF money goes out from Troy in a year,
the majority OF the people buying their dry
goods, groceries and many other articles
by orders. Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Bagley of
New York are visiting relatives in town..
Miss Luna A. Forbes of Brooks and Willard
Waning called on relatives and friends in
town last Sunday Miss Myrtle Coffin of
Pittsteld visited Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Myrick
last week -. Miss Marian Longley of Ply
mouth is the guest of Mrs. Charles Longley
at Lewis Hardings for few days. Mrs.
Carrie Richardson and daughters Edna and
Sadie OF Rocklaud are guests of Mr. and
Mrs. David Piper. They drove through
from Rockland in pouring rain last Friday.
1t began raining when they We're about nine
miles from Rockland, but there is no turn
ing back" with Carrie when she has once
entered upon plan and they reached Troy
about SIX o'clock none the wo rse off for the
Wet trip. The DiXmont ball team played
with the Troy nine at the ball ground i'll
Troy last Saturday. The DiXmonts were
the victors, Rev. David Boyd of East
Newport was in town last week closing up
his business in the Magic Cover agency.
Not many We're sold in town, but those who
bought them cannot speak TOO highly in
their praise. Mr.. Boyd is to supply the f.
W, Baptist pulpit at Pressure Isle for time.
Mrs. NJ. F. Leathers spent few days
last week very pleasantly the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Dodge of jackson.
49,. Mrs B. f. Harding will go TO Northport
Aug 18th for a weeks outing and will be
accompanied by Miss Florence Cilley of Au-
gusta.
Brooks. Myrtle Hanson and Miss Nellie
Laughln of Pittsheld visited their old class
mate, Miss Edith NJ. Forbes of this town,
last week. A, NJ Jones is spending his
sun mer vacation with DR.. Taylor of Pitts
field. He came to Brooks last Saturday
afternoon on his wheel and in the evening
attended the Good Templars lodge, of which
lie is Chief Templar. -. Milard Chase has
been visiting a classmate in Sargentville...
Mrs. Rose Young and daughter are at Chas.
Peavey's for few weeks visit. Miss Alice
Maynard, who has been visiting Mrs. W. S.
Jones, has returned to her home in Port
land. Mrs. Annie Healey and daughter
are at Otis Lanes for a few weeks. Mrs.
Mittie Gowen and daughter, who have been
visiting at c. E. Lanes, have gone to Els
worth to visit friends Bennett Pilley has
been visiting his brother, H. H. Pilley of
this town.. Mrs. Martha Luce and family
are spending their vacation in Brooks. -.
Miss Mabel Rose has returned from Pitts
mer school,. ;. DR.. Luce with a buck board
load of friends drove to the Northport Camp
Ground last Sunday. Miss Mildred Nc
Carly is spending her summer vacation with
her friend Miss Grace E. Dow at the farm.
-. Our farmers will mostly finished haying
this week with crowded barns. Rev
David Brackett has moved from his farm to
his place in this village. .. This village mar
rowly escaped disastrous fire here last
week One of Bert Lanes little boys came
to his mother saying "Come into this room
aud see what have done" She looked into
the room and the lace curtains were all
ablaze. The fire was stopped after the room