Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-28
STATE NEWS.
KEHNEBEc.
RIVERSIDE.

DIN jackson OF Boston, Is here Wis
iting his parents.
John Smith and Frank Hussey vi
East Vassarboro, were in the place last
Thursday
d. w. Foster of Melrose, Mass,
passed last Sunday with his brother,
Albert Foster.
Rev. c. A. Hayden OF Augu=ta. will
preach at the Congregational cnurch,
Riverside. next Sunday afternoon -
3 o'clock.
r. e. Luce and family of Monmouth
passed through here Thursday. ~
heir way to Pittsfield where they will
visit friends.
Miss Martha Loring OF Norridge-
wock. Mrs. Ira Foster and daug. er
and Mrs George Briggs of Binghamton,
". Y, visited Mrs. Albert Foster last
week.
There was an old fashioned husking
at O. J. Hussey's last Wednesday eve
ming; old fashioned at any rate in the
amount of corn that was lhusked and
in the number who were there to llusk
it-some 700 bushels of corn and some
200 people. And then when they sat
Down I'd supper, such baked beans and
pumpkin pies and other good things.
After supper the young folks and some
If the older ones, too, enjoyed them
selves in games and good time gem
orally. Mr.. and Mrs. Hussey have long
oeen noted for their hospitality and en-
pertaining qualities. and neither uf
them suffered any by reason. of this
old-tinie husking bee. r. 81 e
i,v NORTH PITTSTON.
Charles Kicker is shingling his house.
Charles Dunton and family of South
Pittston. were in town, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Grant Of Ran
dolph. We're in town. Wednesday.
John Dunn is in Boston on trip
combining business with pleasure.
Mrs. Hattie Heath of Whitefield. is
visiting her brother, Charles Warren,
Of this town.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Blodgett and
daughter of Bowdoinham, are visiting
=. p. Morrill,.
NJ. 7. Mccormick of Cedar Grove. has
been in town. the past few days, work
ing around his place here.
Mrs. Mary Blodgett returned home,
Thursday. from Bowdoinham. where
she has been making an extended visit.
George and William Holbrook and
John Grant, who have been shipping
ice from the Sagadahoc ice houses. ar
rived home. Friday. They will all so
hack again. this week, to finish the
remainder of the ice.
NORTH WAYNE.
f.. II. Richardson of Togus, and his
neice. Mrs. Frederick. were the guests
of w. Jennings, last week.
Edward Atkinson has returned to
Oakland. where he is employed by the
Dunn Edge Tool Company.
G.. M. Lovejoy and daughter. Clara.
drove to Skowhegan, last week, where
they were the guests OF F. A. Nolin.
Mrs. w. II. Atkinson has closed her
own home and will spend the winter
with her daughter, Mrs. c. H. Hayden.
Mrs. C. NJ. Nelke. who has passed
some time with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Jennings, has returned to her
home in Lewiston.
Crops were nearly all harvested in
good condition before the rain. which
was welcomed, as springs and wells in
this vicinity were getting very low.
Among the new employees of the
tool company in this village are Ira
Simons of Winsted, Conn.,, who will do
the plating. He is accompanied by his
wife. !. F. Perrett. who will do the
finishing. comes from Collinsville,
Conn. He and his family arrived. last
week. The tool company Is running
full force Of men. with plenty Of orders
ahead.
LITCHFIELD PLAINS.
Mrs. /. v. Mayo came home from
Massachusetts, Saturday.
Prof. s. X. Smiths cranberry crop,
which was harvested, Thursday FORE
noon. by u pickers. was very light but
If excellent quality. Mrs. Rebecca
Douglass, who is IS years Of age, was
among the pickers.
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