The Portland daily press., 1898-03-14
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
FREEPORT.

The F. II. S. delegation was on hand
this morning after good nights rest.
AS the old State House was not thorough
~ explored yesterday, that was the obJec
tive point, and two hours were spent here
looking over the valuable collection or
antiquities, among them being Frank
lin printing press, Gov. Hancock S GRIM
son velvet coat and blue silk waistcoat,
musket carried at Lexington, Lafayette
gloves worn during his visit to Boston,
tea caddy containing tea found IN the
pockets of Col. John Crane, after he had
been acting as Indian in the Boston tea
party, and many other articles OF ike IN
terest. From the balcony window the
declaration of independence was read to
the citizens of Boston. Here the stamp
act clearances were burned, the British
troops were quartered and Howe and
Clinton held their war councils.
A new feature to most Of the class was
the noisy stock exchange, where from the
visitors gallery we watched the bears and
bulls as they wrangled over the mining
stocks.
Fanueil hall, the Cradle of Liberty,
came next on our list and here the class
met with pleasant surprise. Mr.. Husey
called the class together and informed
them that the honorary graduating parts
had been ascertained, and invited Jack
to take the chair, and call the meeting to
order. The parts assigned by rank were
vaIedictory, Hattie Rogers; salutatory,
Edith Gould; class essay, Minnie Gam
man. The class then elected the follow
ing: History, Jack Randall; Prophecy,
Eva Hersey; Presentation of gifts, George
Wilbur poem, Grace Davis; ode, Alice
Randall. Thus the class of '98 has the
honor of being the first class from F. 81.
S. to hold class meeting in Fanueil hall.
other noted men have spoken from the
platform Of the Cradle of Liberty, and to-
day Jack directed the class meeting from
the same historic stand.
Col Wyman, ex-commander of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery COM
pany, happened in as spectator during
our meeting, and became interested In US
to the extent that we were invited to IN.
spect the armory and quarters OF this old
military organizati on, dating from 1888.
This was rare treat and one wholly un-
expected, Their valuable collection of
crlrios contains some of the most Interest,"
ing and rare articles to be seen in the
city.
After dinner we took the elevator for
| scraper, the Ames building, thirteen
stories high, 100 feet Some OF the girls
preferred to walk down, but the majority
| were not affected by the rapid transit
| method.
| Newspaper row presented lively scene,
and the bulletin boards were attractive
Objects as each indeavored to foretell the
decision of the court Of inquiry.
We entered Jordan, Marsh q Co. 8 great
establishment with we'll laid plans for
| finding each other in case we became
separated Experience soon proved the
| wisdom of our arrangements. and at z 10
we were all gazing on the valuable collec-
ton of paintings in the Jordan. Marsh q
| Co. s art gallery.
at their Lincoln street Headquarters, and
| here we found pleasant resting place be-
| fore taking the car for Everett. The even
ing was spent at the comfortable rooms
occupied by tho boys of the party.
EIGHT CORNERS.
Eight Corners, March 12.-The social
workers are to give grand concert at the
Free Baptist church, Tuesday evening,
March IA A full house and very enjoy
able time is anticipated. Ice cream and
cake will be served. Admission five cents.
NOBLEBORO.
| Nobleboro, March l1-Our annual town
meeting was held Monday. March 7th,
and the following officers were elected
G. D. Hall, moderator; j. Q. Oliver,
clerk; j. E. Mulligan, G. D. Hall, B. g.
| Winchepb augh, assessors, oyerseers of the
poor and fish committee; B. A. White,
| treasurer; F. W. Sproul, collector; Fl. L.
Coombs, superintendent OF schools: ii. X.
Palmer, E. D. Oliver, u. q. Flagg,
experimenting school committee: X. X.
Hall, truant officer; j. L. BARTLETT road
commissioner: J. P. Ridley, auditor.
| NORWAY.
| Norway, March 11-Norway town meet
| ing was largely attended, and several
| important matters were discussed. Among
| them are a survey for sewerage, the pur-
chase of road breaking machines and the
| building of a new road were the most
prominent, all of which were passed over.
Moderator, A. S. Kimball; clerk, Chas.
| Mason; selectmen, d. S. Sanborn, II. V.
Dunn, G. E. Frost: road commissioner,
G. E. Freeman; collector, George A.
| Cole; treasurer, III. j. Bangs. =
SOUTH BERWICK.
| South Berwick, March Rat RED
hot caucus Friday evening the Republi-
| -
be supported at the election on Tuesday
next the fifteenth: Moderator, FRANK
| Billings; clerk, Daniel Fl. Williams
treasurer, Benjamin f. Davis; seleotmen,
| G. S. Durgin, A. G. Neailey, 9. a
| Wiggin; school committee, Rev. I. B.
Mower, John M. Burleigh and Rev
Zebulon Knight; chief engineer of the
fire department., Willis Lord; road com
missioner. S. P. Huntress; tax collector,
Lewis B. Hanson; constable, Frank San
born; auditors, Joseph p. Davis and Geo
L. Hanson. All the officers except CHIEF
engineer and road commissioner were
nominated without opposition, but ovel
these two offices the red hot fight began
| Two ballots were necessary for choice
on chief engineer between Willis Lord
and Jacob S Ford. the first being, Lord,
90; Ford, 50; scattering 4. The second be-
ing, Lord, So; Ford, 60. The principal
battle was on the road commissioner, the
two candidates being S. P. Huntress and
J. P. Fall. The Fall faction had influence
enough to call the caucus on a night
when it was thought that Huntress could
not get out his full army of supporters
| However, Huntress being the proprietor
of livery stable was not caught nappir 6
and when the nomination came to be
voted on the hall was crowded and such q
jam about the ballot box was never
known in a caucus here before Never