The Republican journal., 1898-07-21
County Correspondence.

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| children of Frankfort visited Mr.. and Mrs
Fred A Lane last week. Il. +. Gould is
getting the hay fast on his big farm in this
good hay weather. There are more farms
every year where the hay is cut by the job
or cut at the halves. Most of the salt
marsh hay will stand to wave in the wind
| until snow flies this year. Years ago the
salt marsh was considered the best paying
land in town, as there was no fencing and nc
cost but taxes The hay crop on old land
here is not as good as last year, and the crop
will be less on an average, but the last year s
| pressed hay is about all in town now....
Fred Lane is expecting trotter from the
little Blue Wilkes colt. j. f. Libby has got
good stopper and Josiah Colson is in for
speed this year
SwANvILLE. Mr.l Arthur Kane of New
York and Miss Magee and Arnold Davis Of
Boston are guests of Miss A. G. Kane.
Mrs. E. G. Marden and daughter of Centre
Conway, n. H., are guests at Y. M. Marden's 5.
| 80. Miss Luella Parsons is at Peaks Island
for the summer. The marriage is an
nounced of Miss Bessie Wilhelnima Pratt
and Mr.. Arthur Clinton Smith, June %,
1898, at Winthrop. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Libby of Winterport were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elisha Parsons, Sunday. Miss Me-
lissa McKeen is at home for a vacation
Mr.. II, NJ. Chase collided with another team
coming home from Searsport the other even
ing. but no bones were broken. The Sears
port people had blackboard ride out to
Swan Lake and dance at Cunningham's
Hall last Friday afternoon and evening
Mr.. and Mrs II. P. Thompson and a party of
friends are taking an outing at Cliff cottage.
MONROE. Arthur Ritchie, Esq. of Liberty
he's been visiting relatives in town, and call
ing on friends in this village. -. Mr.. Harry
Grant of Pennsylvania has been visiting his
grand parents here, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Elliott. Miss Minnie Mayo from Portland
and friend, Miss Robinson, have been
spending a week with her cousin, Miss
Louise Mayo. Miss Mabel White of Ban
gor also spent week with them..... Mr..
Edwin Lufl<in, accompanied by his daugh-
ter Nora, Will visit his other daughter, Mrs.
Frank Henderson, in Massachusetts this
week. o.. Miss Marion York OF Brooks has
been visiting here the past few days. Mr.
and Mrs Frank Nye visited her parents in
Bangor last week Mr.. Leander Staples
has returned from a two weeks trip to Bar
Harhor Machias and other places, where he
met with good success in selling haters.
80. Farmers have taken advantage of The
fine weather and some are about through
haying. Mrs. Barker Piper is on the sick
list,
NORTH STOCKTON SPRINGS. Luther and
Carl Grant. assisted by Truman Lathrop,
have taken contract to cut tile hay for
VIM, Smith and Emery Calderwood, in adj
diton to their own farms. Miss Inez
Staples visited friends in Prospect last week
The Centre Sunday school enjoyed the
recent visit of Rev. Mr. Fisher of Sandy
point very much and hope he will come
again. Isaac Partridge has arrived home
from Bangor and is assisting his father in
haying. Mrs. VIM. Smith has a beautiful
flower garden this summer, delight to all
passers by. Letters have been received
from F. Hanson Partridge in Juneau, Alas
ka, where he is employed as first mate on
steamer bound from Juneau TO Skagway
He writes that Juneau is a very stirring
town, with electric lights, dance halls, etc,
and it seems like New York city on a small
scale. Four thousand dollars were spent on
fire works alone on the Fourth 49,. Miss
Ethel Rhodehamel and Miss Jessie Narden
have gone TO Portland to work in d summer