The Republican journal., 1898-07-21


of Wisconsin arrived last Monday to visit
Mr.. Sherman sister, Mrs C. NJ. Plummer.
.... Charlie Colby of Belfast is helping c.
Y, Stevenson cut his hay. Rain is much
needed. Crops of all kind are suffering 49,.
NJ ost of the hay viii be harvested this week.
A good crop will be secured. -. Mrs. j. W.
Plummer of Someryille, Mass, is visiting
her husbands parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ.
Plummer,
BROOKS John H Gordon has quite a
curiosity on his lawn, group of Scotch
thistes that stand feet inches in height.
There are four plants i'll the group, and they
have now rs buds and blossoms. 1t makes a
very beautiful plant. The Brooks Cornet
Band will furnish music for the anniversary
of the Clough Veteran Charitable Associs
ton at Unity on the 18th of August. NJ
M. Colson has bought the house, formerly
the residence of t. A. Elliott and which
was moved off at the time Mr.. Elliott built
his new house. Mr.. Colson has removed
his family and shop
UNITY. DR.. w. G.. Fuller and family are
at their cottage at Windermere Park. Mrs.
Fuller is in poor health. MIR. Chas. Nickery
of Pittstield was in town last week. Miss
Ida Whitehouse returned July 18th from
Portland, where she has been dressmaking.
Mr.. Leslie Needham is in town visiting
his father, Mr.. Meier Needham. Mrs.
Ralph Robinson of Auburn is the guest of
Mrs. A. r. Myrick. Mrs. G. Clough of
Rockland is the guest of Mrs L. II. Mos her.
MIR. Geo. Nutter, who lately moved here,
is in very poor health. Dr. Glare Whitney,
son of DR.. Bartlett Whitney has hired the
DR.. Thomas stand and will practice medi
cine. We hope he will be successful....
Mrs. Mae Blair, W hU has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. H. q. Grant, returned to Boston
July 10th. They are progressing finely on
the new schoolhouse. Joseph Sawyer of
Fairfield has taken the job. -. There is talk
OF starting canning factory to can peas and
beans. -. Mrs. Gilbert Day OF Auburn is
visiting in town.
APPLETON John S. Davidson and sister,
Mrs. Crockett of Belfast, We're recently
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred l.. Davdson....
a lien Henderson and niece, Miss Bessie
Henderson of Brighton Mass, are visiting
Aaron Henderson and family. Bert Stuart
is at home from Bowdon Medical College
80. Mrs. Mary A. Hall has returned from
Boston and VIII remain with her daughter,
Mrs. VIM. Cummings, during the summer
-. Mrs. Jane Hatch of Damariscotta is
Visiting Old friends in this vicinity Mr..
and Mrs. Goodspeed of Charlestown, Mass.
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and Mrs. David Cummings. Miss Alice
Abbott of Camden is visiting Mrs. William
Sherman. Albion Waltz is at Round Pond
where he has job at having. The hay crop
will be unusually large and as the weather
has been line, it will be put into the barns
in good conditioned lysses Gushee and wife
OF Franklin, Mass, are sitting Mr.. Gushee's
mother, Mrs. Elijah Giushee.. Misses
Oracle Batchelder and Edith McAlmon of
Union are visiting friends in town.. Mr.
and Mrs. Upton of Camden are spending a
few days here. They occupy their sons
house, known as the Foss place.. Mrs.
George Wallace and son Roy, who have been
guests of G. H Page and wife, have returned
to heir home in Bath
1SLEsBoRo. The Isleshoro Inn at Dark
Harbor is full and all rooms are engaged for
the season. All the cottages except one
the Philler cottage-are now occupied. The
two new cottages just completed have
been elegantly furnished. In no former
year has the season opened so propitiously
at Dark Harbor. Most of the people, both
the owners of cottages and the guests at the
hotel, are from Philadelphia, Baltimore, St.
Louis New York and Boston Other cities
furnish some; and to all appearance, they
in the highest terms of the natural beauties
of the place. The Penobscot bay, with its
coast line, and Islesboro are considered I'M
surpassed. The chief amusements of the
people are driving, yachting and golf play
ing. The golf link is large and elegantly
kept The scores of players attired in their
beautiful white costumes and the 'caddies'
in attendance make an interesting sight for
lookers-on, ard give evidence of the great
popularity of this fashionable sport. Sew
eral new bathing houses have recently been
built; and the dam across the entrance of
Dark Harbor, where the branches of the tall
trees hang over the water, giving the place
its name, incloses a beautiful bathing pool
where the water is always kept at
the high tide mark, and is always warm
There is a large number of summer vsi-
tors at Hewes' Point, both at the hotel and
in the cottages. The Whitney family from
| Boston and the Jones family from Phiadel-
| phia are now occupying their cottages. -. At
| Ryder's Cove the rooms at the hotel and the
| cottages as yet are not all occupied and yet,
| the number of visitors seems to be sufficiently
| large to keep Mr.. j. P. Bragg's livery teams
| and buckboards quite well occupied The
| visitors at Dark Harbor and at Hewes'
| Point, as a rule, are church.goers, part of
| whom attend the Episcopal church at Dark
Harbor and part the Baptist church situated
| midway between the two places. :. On Sun
day afternoon the houses and barns of Aus
tin Wyman and Mrs. Emily Parker were
totally destroy ed by fire. The flames were
| first discovered in the barn of Mr.. Wyman
and they spread with great rapidity. The
| fire is supposed to have been caused by chill
dren playing with matches. :. Mrs. Julia
Rose, her daughter Lena and two grand
children, returned from Rockland a few
days ago, and will occupy their home for the
summer. Miss Olive Grover, who has been