The Republican journal., 1898-12-15
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

IsLEsBoRo. The town is literally in
| mourning, nine of her men-mostly young
| men-having been lost at sea during the
| gale of Nov. 27. Tuesday, Dec. 9Th Rev.
Geo. E. Tufts conducted two funerals, that
of Capt Nelson nball at 10 O'Clock, and
| of Henry P. Hatch at two O'Clock. The day
| following he conducted the funeral of Fred
| A. Hatch at 9 30, and the funeral of Capt
| Isaac ID. Herrick at IL, and the funeral of
| Capt. Stephen Babbidge at two O'Clock, the
latter being in the Baptist church The
next day, at 10 O'Clock, he conducted the fu-
neral of Mr. Harrison H. Veazie, which was
held in the Free Baptist church, and was
| largely attended. Dec. 18th he conducted
the funeral at the Free Baptist church at /
| O'Clock of Mrs Deborah Veazie. aged 75
| years. Captains KimbaIl Herrick, Hatch
and Stephen Babbidge We're buried under
Masonic rites. Island Lodge F. & A. NJ,
| has lost seven Of it's members within the
| last 10 months, all sea captains and most of
| them by the hand of old ocean A number of
men natives of the town, were out in the late
storms and are yet missing and it is feared
they are lost. Quite a number of our
mariners arrived home last week to spend the
winter. Among them were Captains Ed.
! Coombs, P G. Pendleton and joseph s
| Dodge.
BROOKS. 1t has been decided to have a
| Christmas entertainment here Saturday
evening, Dec. oath, at Union church, under
the auspices of the Good Templar Lodge
The doors will be thrown open, free to all
and all our people are invited to be present
and take part in the exercises, whether tney
belong to the lodge or not the Good Temp
| lars merely assuming the responsibility of
the affair. All having musical selections will
report to Mrs. Scott Godding. Those having
anything else for the program will please
report to Mrs. E. A. Carpenter Mrs.
Ethel Stover had the misfortune to fall and
break her leg the other day. 1t was SIM
| pie fracture. There will be good stock of
| holiday goods to select from right here in
our village. Mr.. Dow has for years carried
the largest stock in holiday goods TO be
found in this vicinity. -. Staples & Son have
sent another of their fancy sleighs to Rhode
Island. Ike allows that they are in it when
1t comes to nice sleigh. Rev f. S. Dolliff
will take for his topic next Sunday the
subject of education, in accordance with
the request of State Supt. Stetson. Last
| Sunday his theme was the Home. The week
| before he gave us temperance sermon.
Lorenzob. Cilley has bought the Geo Hall
| place in the village and moved in. =. Lewis
| Cook has bought the Lorenzo Cilev farm
and moved there. Geo. johnson has NOV
ed here from Burnham into the Cook house.
Fired Walker has moved to Knox to stop
with his father-in-law, Joseph Bradford.
Miles s. Jellison of Belfast spent last Sun
| day with his parents in Brooks
| STANDPOINT. One of the most pleasant
weddings of the season was that of Miss
Ethel Louise Maxtied to Daniel Ernest
| White, which occurred Saturday evening,
| Dec. 3d, at $50 O'Clock, at the home of the
| brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Max
| field. The ceremony was performed by
| kew. j. q. Fisher, pastor of the Congrega-
| tional church, in the presence of about
| seventy-tive invited guests. The ring ser
| vice was used. The double parors We're
| handsomely decorated with ferns, ever
| green and red berries and the ceremony
was performed under arch of the ever
| green with a background of potted plants
aud red blossoms Over the parlor mantel
was sheet of ferns extending to the ceiling
on which We're the white letters NJ and W
| The mantel itself banked with ferns
and vines and decorated with yellow chry s.
anthemums. The dining room and hall
Were decorated with evergreen and red ber-
ries. At the conclusion of the ceremony
| the guests were presented to the newly mar
| ried couple. The wedding march was rem
| dered by Mrs Fred Shute and several vocal
| solos by Mrs. Edward Clifford. Their
friends all join in wishing this young couple
long and happy life together, and they
were the recipients of numerous and ale-
CANT presents. AS the guests departed each
was presented with slice of wedding cake
as momento of the occasion. Mr. and
Mrs. White left by boat the Saturday fol-
lowing, amid shower of rice, for Castine,
where they will remain for the winter. 80.
MORRILL,. About fifty of the relatives and
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Black as
sembled at their home Tuesday evening,
Dec. eth. to celebrate with them their Goth
wedding anniversary. The guests brought
with them some substantial tokens of their
esteem, among which we noticed two easy
chairs, one present from their children, the
other from members of Honesty Grange, of
which they were for many years active
members picnic supper served with
the solid base of baked beans, brown bread
and Coffee while cakes and pies, frosted and
otherwise, filled the ia oes pleasing the eyes
and palates of the hungry company. The
evening was very much enjoyed by all. As
we have before noticed in our locals, Mr..
Black is 81 years of age and his wife 80.
They have lived in their present residence
during their welded life. They have four
children-Samuel and Edward, who live in
the West; Mary, wife of Willard Whitcomb
of Islesboro, and Ameda, wife of Levi
Whtcomb of Belfast. Death has never en-
tered their home and four generations
of his family present on this occasion.
Mr.. Black in his long life has always been
actively identified with every good work in
this community. He professed to become a
follower of Jesus Christ 81 years ago, and
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