The Portland daily press., 1898-06-07
MAINE TOWNS.
xsssrs of Interest Gathered by Corros.
poEdents of the Press.
GRAY.

Gray, June 6.-Mr. James Newbegin
of Boston is visiting his father, Mr. John
Newbegin.
Mrs. Martha Mari of Minneapolis is
visiting at Mr.. Thomas L. Libby's.
DR.. Lewis I. Cushing of Worcester.
Mass, is in town for the week, and will
attend to those in want of dentistry
work.
Mrs. Julia johnson will go to Natick,
Mass, this week on visit to her sisters.
Mr.. Andrew johnson and wife of New
York city will spend the summer here
Miss Kate Leslie has returned from
New York city.
The Portland Wheel Club will take
dinner at the Hotel Parker Sunday, June
18th, if the weather permits.
Miss Maragret Andrews is in Portland
taking vocal and instrumental lessons.
Mr.. Cyrus Golf was in town recently
MIR. Walter Golf will go to Scarboro
Beach with his coach and horses this
summer
Tie making of cans for the pack of
sweet corn this season began few days
since under the supervision of Mr.. Jason
Perry. He is using the Geo. Marsh pat
ent in the construction of the cans, which
is quite an interesting piece of machine
~. The outlook for acreage has never
been better than this year, and with a
favorable season the pack will be as
large, if not the largest, ever made at
this shop.
Mr. Frank McQarry has bought out the
Gray and Portland express business, and
will make tri-weekly trips.
The graduation exercises of Pencil
Institute occurred May 9th. The weather
was very unfavorable for large atten-
dance, nevertheless the church was quite
well filed. On the platform during the
graduation were Hon. NJ. p. Frank,
Hon. w. II. Vinton. John d. Anderson,
Vinton E. Frank, James L. Hancock,
vens, Miss Chadbourn and Miss Stafford.
Following was the order of exercises !:
Music,
Prayer,
Music,
Essay-Newspaper Reading,
Grace Louise Stims on
Essay -Self Reliance,
Mary Emeline Hancock
Music,
Essay Glass Motto,
Florence Inez Smith
Music.
Comforting of Diplomas,
Music.
In the evening a concert was given by
Stimson's Orchestra. Mrs. Florence
Knight Palmer and Miss Henrietta D.
Rice of Portland, gave the vocal enter
tainment, and Miss Agnes Stafford of
Deering gave readings
Canton, June 6.-Mr. and Mrs. ]. P.
H.,
are at Birch Brook Pond.
James Cooper, W. B. Gilbert and
others are at the four onds.
Mrs. T. W. Howe is visiting in Massa-
chusetts.
Mrs Linda Stevens, Mrs. Emily
Wright, joni Cannon, Lyman W.
Smith, q. J. DeShon, Gideon Ellis, M.
giving their buildings fresh coat of
paint.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Smith of
Massachusetts are in town.
Charles Russell of Dixtield and Pearl
Allen Of McFalls, were in town over
Sunday.
Hon. Charles H. Gilbert has his new
house we'll underway, and it will be an
ornament to Dixtield street. The arohi-
lecture is something different from any
thing in this vicinity we have seen.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Cannon are in
very poor health.
Mrs. Mary e. Ward nd daughter Min
ME were in town few days the past
week.
The old G. A. r. hall. now occupied
by the Good Templars, is to be finished
into two rents, and with the other set of
buildings connected by the long shed is
to receive a coat of paint.
Mrs. W. W. Foster has returned from
visit to her daughter in Cumberland
County.
Road Commissioner Hodge is getting
over the roads as we'll as the weather will
allow, and we can testify they are in a
soft condition.
Miss Myrtle Holt is in town.
Miss Alto Gould missionary to
Southern India, gave very interest
ing talk of her work there at the Baptist
church Sunday evening.
NORWAY.
Norway, June Cuisines in the shoe
shop is improving; still many former en-
ployes are idle, while others have left the
place for more lucrative situations.
No building to speak of as yet, and
many carpenters and builders are seeking
work elsewhere.
Fruit trees, now just out of blossom,
promise an abu ndant crop, where the
caterpillars have been properly attended
to.