The Republican journal., 1898-03-24

of Winterport preached at Mt. Heagan last
Sunday. Frank Harding and Alfred Frye
are attending school in Bucksport this
spring. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kenney of
Stockton are visiting at their old home.
APPLETON Lindley NJ. Gushee has bought
the stock of goods left by the late E. D.
Gushee and intends to devote his time to
the business. Our superintendent Of
schools has bought and placed in position in
the grammar school room, six large solid
slate black boards, 100 square feet in all.
They were bought in Pennsylvania and are
great improvement over the old boards in
the grade school building Quite dele
cation of Appleton young people are attend
ing school in Castine. They are Misses Ava
Keller, Edith Gushee, Nina McLain, Agnes
Taylor, Carrie Mitchell, Effie Mitchell and
Bonnie Keller. Mr.. Everett Meservey of
Boston was the guest last week of Jacob
McLain and family. Rev. MIR. Hunt of
Charleston is here for a few weeks and
breaches in the Baptist church. The ice is
nearly all out of the river and no in jury has
yet resulted to the dam. We were fearful
that it might go off with heavy rain and
carry away dam and mill.
LIBERTY. Mrs. Nancy Sanford died very
suddenly at the home of her son, A. E. San
ford, landlord of the Sanford House in this
village, March 10Th, aged So years. Mrs.
Sanford's maiden name was Black. She was
born in Palermo and lived there all her life
until she came here to live with her son
about five years ago. She leaves one son,
A. E.. Sanford of this village, and daughter
in Palermo She also leaves one brother,
the venerable Bureigh Black of Palermo,
whose age is 90. He is member of E II.
Bradstreet Post of this village and the old
est Grand Army man in Waldo county, if
not in the State. Mrs. Sanford was highly
respected by all who knew her. The re-
mains were taken to North Palermo for
burial. Mr.. Whitcomb, report ed sick last
week, is failing, and A. L. Norton is improv-
ing. The general state of health in this
vicinity is good for the season. Leonard
Berry left Monday morning to oversee the
erection of the post office at Buffalo, n. Y.
He is employed by the Bodwell Granite Co.
Will PIERCE has a job at coopering in
West Rockport.... 7. Young and ]. o.
Oakland last week. The village singing
school has been postponed until May.
UNITY. Miss Louisa Thompson, who
broke her hip the first of the winter, died
March 10Th, aged IA years. She was a great
sufferer. She seemed to be improving as the
broken bone had united, until few weeks
ago when she began to fail. Mr.. johnson
and wife of Gardiner We're called here by
the illness and death of Miss Thompson 80.
Arthur Thompson of Everett, Mass, is in
the village. Mrs. E. R. Conner of Belfast Wis
tied Mary Fogg last week. Mile Stevens
of Troy is visiting Mrs. NJ. E. Watson....
Mrs. Mary Whitney was thrown from
sleigh last week and injured her shoulder
badly. Rev. George Jones and wife of
Etna ATTENDED Miss Thompson's funeral
Monday Mrs. George Grant is i'll. 49,. Mr.,
and Mrs. Wm, Hamilton started Monday for
the West. Mr.. and Mrs DR.. Cook went to
Newport March 18th. Isaiah Blethen is
better. Mrs VIM. Hamilton is quite sick
.... Mrs. w. G.. Rolfe was called to Gorham
last week by the illness of her son Charlie,
who is attending school there. Mrs A r.
Myrick is now able to her arm a little.
Misses Leta Taylor, Vivian Tabor and Mae
Kelley returned from Waterville last week
to spend their vacation with their parents.
F. l.. Ames of kowhegan is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Bartlett this week The
Primary school has closed and the teacher,
Miss Bacon, has gone to Kent's Hill to at.
Provinces last week to take charge of a lob
ster canning factory DR.. W. G. Fuller of
Pittsfeld was in town last week calling on
friends. Mrs. Kate Conner Clark is on
the sick list.
PROSPECT. Get ready to put in big crop,
for spring is coming Last Friday forenoon
Riley Burre!l saw the first woodchuck come
out TO sun himself near the mineral spring,
Stockton; and some wild geese have gone by
on their way to Labrador. 80. The hens are
smelling out the eggs at great rate now,
and 10 cents per dozen is what they bring
Mr.. Melvin Clark has gone to Bangor to have
his eyes operated on. There are three or
four three -masted schooner loads of pressed
hay in Prospect for sale....I see that the
town of Palermo, by The Journal report
passed the article over for road commission
er. Our town tried to pass the article over,
but lost it. 1t is claimed by the great cham
plons for better roads that one dollar in
money will make more road than two or
three dollars raised in labor for highways !;
so our town voted $500 cash for roads in
stead OF $1,000 in labor. There was some
kicking and it was said we could not get out
of it if we raised over 5000 for roads, for it
would cost 800 for the road commissioner
In the Indignation and debate one of the
selectmen had consulted lawyer William
son of Belfast and from what we could
catch at random from his remarks the
previous sections of the laws were not
all repealed and test case would make
the new law imperative without doubt,
and it would be safe to pass the article over
Some towns have circumvented the law in
this way. The selectmen have been instruct
ed to appoint a road commissioner who will
employ the residents of the several districts
to work out about the amount of their road
tax. If this leaning on the hoe handle is so
general in working highway taxes in labor