The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-06-15

last Friday. Frank Sanford has sold his
Charlie Colby, who was kicked by horse a
short time ago,was able to return to his work
at C. A. Halls last week. James Reeves is
boarding at Frank Thompson 8 49,. Walter
Boulter returned home from Massachusetts
last Saturday. The Montville quarterly
meeting begins at the church here next
Friday afternoon. Ira Howard was at home
from Belfast last Sunday.
PROSPECT FERRY. Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Brewster and little daughter Clara of Cam
den visited Mr.. and Mr.. Thomas Heagan
last Saturday and Sunday Charles F. CHM
and daughter ENERGY of Belfast called on
relatives here last Sunday. Miss Martha
E. Hartman spent last Sunday at her
old home, returning to Old Town Monday
morning. She was accompanied by Samuel
Dowley of Brewer. Lester Hartman is
spending few weeks with his family.
Capt. and Mrs, W. HI. Hartman arrived
home from Boston last Sunday. Sch Ro-
meo, Capt. W. d. Hartman, is loading
heads in Bucksport for Rockland.
THoRND1KE. Comrade Higgins wishes to
correct one of the mistakes in the report of
the Waldo Co. Nererans meeting of June 1st
wherein it states that F. A. Guernsey was
Capt. of the Goth Regt. Mr.. Guernsey was
Captain of Co. H, 2ud Maine Regt.. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Prentiss of Pittsfeld visited
their daughter, Mrs Bert Stevens, June II
op6 and Mrs. .Tamas Raokliff .,f
Bangor are visiting at W. Fl. Coffin's. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Mutt of Freedom and Mrs.
Mary Stone of Boston visited Mr.. and Mrs,
V. n. Higgins June 7th. Mr.. Mahlon
Hatch of Jackson was in town Monday buy
ing wool, paying Is cents per pound. A few
farmers are holding their clip for 10 or 20
cents. 80. Mr.. William Hogan, Blinn Hogan
and N. A. Littlefeld are at work for j, H.
Stevens, who is making repairs on his barn.
.... Miss Vesta Heath was in town short
time last week. Hillside Grange observed
Childrens day June 10th. Mrs. Tilton of
Albion visited Mrs. NJ. A. P Saywood last
Saturday afternoon. ...V. n. Higgins and
wife passed last Tuesday at Windermere
Park.
CENTRE MoN1vILLE. Mark Bartlett and
Wales Bartlett, students at the L. of NJ, re-
turned TO their homes this week for the sum
the Grange hall Monday evening, June Goth,
Music will be furnished by M;tchell's Or
chestra of Liberty Mrs. Charles Fl. Glenn
ent has returned from Boston. where she has
been receiving treatment for nervous trou-
BILE at the Homeopathic hospital. She has
returned quite we'll. Mr.. Edward Ramsey
is visiting friends in town.. Mrs. Fred
Jackson of Pittsfield is visiting at her faith
er's, Mr. j. Palmer's. go. Mrs. Fred Water
house is quite sick. Her mother, Mrs. Clara
Palmer. returned last Tuesday from Massa-
chusetts, where she has been the past winter.
farm to a gentleman from South Freedom
On June 9TH the mercury was very am
bilious until well along in the afternoon
when it suddenly tumbled twenty degree in
as many minutes About p. m. June It'll
Celia Nelson and P. Downer We're driving
down the Ireland road with two horses and
a load OF hay. After passing F. May hew' 8
they found the rear of the load to be on fire.
Sharp work alone saved the horses and
wagon. Their coats, rack and hay, were
soon burned AS neither of them smoked, the
burning question is: Who fired the hay 49,.
Harvest feast at the Grange next Saturday
night. II. Berry is repairing his shed
Miss Alma O'Hara has been visiting
friends in Belfast. Joseph Pearson of Bos-
ton was in town last week. G. F. Allen
cut finger badly with Ratchet last week
-. Isaiah Greeley of South Freedom recent
ly visited his daughter, Mrs. B. F. Thomp-
son. Mr. and Mrs. John Carter of Howard
r. l., called on friends here few days ago
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Jaquith visited Mr..
and Mrs. T. Osgood in Palermo Sunday.
c. Woods reports good sale of bicycles so
far this season....We have four moving
machine agents in this immediate neighbor-
hood and each has the very best machine
out, and is ripe for trade.
PROSPECT. John Littlefield, Eugene Part
ridge and Isaac Partridge have enlisted in
the Marine Corps at Charlestown, Mass. They
will be gone five years. &C. a. Partridge
has 400 chickens, and among the number are
some of the famous Rhode Island reds. -.
Prospect has some good roads now but there
are no very smooth roads yet for bicycles.
Some of the pressed hay in Prospect has
been sold to F. G. White of Belfast and Bert
Hopkins of Stockton. Gardiner Clark is
selling corned fish and smoked alewives.
About all the stone workers in Prospect
have left town and are scattered along the
coast and country. One, Llewellyn Ward, is
in Pennsylvania Another lot of 38 Italians
arrived at Mt. Waldo last week. The Ital-
ians are the first to occupy the large new
boarding house,. Marion George caught
80 brook trout in the Carly brook last week.
Lamprey cells are schooling up the near by
stream now. 1t is said to be true that IN
Connecticut they are considered very good
fish to eat The head and all the blow holes
are cut off. But they are giant fish to turn
a rock out OF their spawning ground. We
have seen them at work here. They usually
select quite quick running water. and will
clear out the gravel and rocks as large as a
four quart measure, and 1 don't know but
larger. They suck their mouth on to the
rock and somehow throw themselves broad
side to the current and do something, could
not tell what il was done 40 quickly but