The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-30
PORTER.


Kezar Falls, June 2S-Hunting for
four and five leaf clovers seems to be the
'fary" of small children about this vii
lage at present.
Children's day was observed at the NJ.
e. church Sunday evening by very pleas.
ing exercises by the Sunday school
classes.
The new flag pole in front of the school
house shows the flag for a greater distance
than the old one.
The young ladies literary club of this
day afternoon and after going through
their literary programme proceeded to
play the farce ''Dew-we'' love Spain.
Crops are looking nicely in this section.
Many farmers have begun to cut some of
their clover. Apples are looking nicely,
and large crop is promised.
This town has been more than excited
for the past week. The call for a Repuh-
lican caucus to be he'd at the town house
yesterday to nominate a candidate for
representative has caused more hustling
than everything else for the past three
months. The principal candidates were
e. r. Chellis, M. D., Z. f. Gentleman,
ESQ.,. Geo. E. Stacy, D. j. Fox, Samuel
Stanley. Mr. Gentleman was nominated
by one vote.
not, held meetings at the Dry Mills
schoolhouse Sunday forenoon. afternoon
and evening.
Buried from the Free Baptist hurch
Sunday afternoon, Leforest E.. Oldest son
of Fred and Ida May berry, aged 16 years
l month and 20 days.
Merrill Foss, Of Massachusetts. is visit
ing his sister and frie nds in this place,
after an absence of eighteen years.
Some of the farmers will commence
haying this week if the weather is good.
Walter Brown and q gentleman friend,
of Portland. were up to Dry Mills on
their wheels Sunday.
Last Sunday morning at o'clock Rev.
MIR. Childs baptized TWO women at the
pond.
Geo. Quint went to Boston last Friday,
returning Monday.
to Cape Elizabeth Sunday on their
wheels.
The W. S. r. will have special
meeting Thursday, June 80, for installa.
ton of officers.
The summer term of school will close
Friday, July LIST.
CASCO.
Casco, June 29-Farmers in this vicini-
ty are busy doing their hoeing. All the
early planted crops are growing finely,
and give promise of an abundant yield,
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of large hay crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Winslow and son
Edward of Gardner, are visiting at Dea-
con Edward Scribner's.
MIR. j. Albert Nichols, principal Of the
High school, Casco, with Mrs. Nichols
and sister Gertrude, are stopping for the
summer at E. B. Nichols in the Maybers
~ Hill district.
Mr.. Nathan G. Sylvester of Haverhili,
mass, Is making an extended visit to
his brother, Mr. S. G. Sylvester ana 9TH
er friends in this vicinity, after an abb
sence OF twenty live years.
The programme is out for Fourth of
July celebration at Little Rigby Park,
Casco. Every effort possible has been
made to have this the best celebration
ever held at Little Rigby. The manage
ment nave made extensive repairs on
widened, the grand stand moved back.
making it one of the lest half mile track
In the stats.
A. c. Mann is spending few days in
Portland on business.
Mrs. Ernest II. Boynton and four chill
dren are the guests of MIR. and Mrs.
Harry NJ. Nichols.
Mrs. Joseph Batty is in quite poor
health at this writing.
CAPE ELIZABETH.
Cape Elizabeth, June 29-Master Ralph
w. Parish, of Meriden. Conn, arrived in
Pond Cove last week, and will spend the
summer with his gran dInother, llrs
Emily Parish
Mrs. Ella J. Haywood and daughter
Blanche of Turner, VIII o have been stop
ping in Everett, Muss. for several months
spent Sunday with friends at Pond Cove.
Mrs Amelia d. Chamberlain. of Bow
cry Beach, who has been quite i'll is i'm
proving.
The hay crop will be very large in Cape
Elizabeth this season. Straw berries are
ripening very fast, but at the present
prices the farmers will hardly make
enough to pay for picking and marketing.
Mrs. Augustus +. Hannaford is visit
ing relatives in Massachusetts.
A large number Of boerders are expect
ed on the Cape after the 4thsof july.
Mr.. Ernest N. Jordan, who has been
visiting his parents, has returned to his
school in Boston.
Yale yesterday conferred the degree of