The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-04-27

PROSPECT FERRY. Mrs. ReDeCCa darrl-
man visited her brother, Charles CHM of
Belfast, recently. Mrs. Mary A. Hartman
had dandelion greens dug from her garden
April 10Th. George Brown cut his horse
quite badly the road last week.. Mrs.
Lizzie Hubbard of Boston, Mass, has been
visiting Mrs. George Turner the past two
weeks. Mrs. E. r. Batchelder arrived
home from Belfast last Thursday with her
little grandson, Edwin Nelson Batchelder.
KNOX. Mr.. E. G. Vose, who is at the
hospital in Lewiston, is reported as gaining
rapidly and is expected ONE this week..
James G. Byrant went to Wayne Saturday
for short visit to bis son, Judson B.
Byrant. Rev H. H. Small is making extern
sive repairs on his house at the Corner"
G. E. Byrant is in Kennebec and Androscog-
gin counties this week. Il be tracks of
strange animal were seen abe ut here week
or more ago, and we've thought by some to
have been the tracks OF bear. The school
at the Corner will begin Monday, May Sth,
with Miss Minnie Hillman of Troy as teach
er. Miss Acadia Ingraham was obliged
to leave her school at Ere dom Acade my on
account of sickness.
LIBERTY. Geolges River Lodge OF
Masons had an interesting meeting and
banquet at their lodge Iotns last Satur-
day evening. Many brethren from abroad
were present. The occasion was the raising
of three candidates to the sublime degree OF
Master Masons. A mteti1 & Of tie stock
c,ft bo 7 nd Ralfaat Ta1apran1
company has been called with a view to
changing it to telephone. "A short time
ago Your scribe had occasion to visit a barn
in which there is a silo. He counted thirty
d ifftlent smells, ali tsd opes-a combna-
ton of sour krout, sulphur, stale co, fish,
rotten onions, a blue dye pot, and other
effuvia that made the atmosphere met ter
rlble No milk or butter fr,m cows FED on
ensilage in ours, if this is fair sample. 1t is
said that cattle eat it readily; so will swine
eat the carcas of dead horse, but who wants
to eat the swine. Thee were about forty
! head of cattle that are kept on this apology
| for food and none of them were in fair order
| as compared with stock kept on good hay
but all resembed Pharoah's lean kline, In
| fact
| From tail up to the horn
They mad a look forlorn
| AS though they wished they'd meier been
! born
| To be fed on picked corn.
| SEARsMoNT. The spring term of school will
begin Monday, May 1st and continue nine
weeks, with the following teachers; Vii,
lage school, Miss Madge Thompson; assist
ant Miss Edith Wilson, North Searsmont
Miss Loula Mayhem; East searsmont, Miss
Addie E. McLain; Mountain, Miss Alice K
Tibbetts; Ridge. Mrs. Jennie McInnes; No
), Miss Harriet E. Bean; No 10, Miss Alice
| NJ Poor; Severance, Miss Josephine Knight
| Union school, Is. Montville) Miss Lula E
| Pays on. The many friends of L. c. Poor
wife and daughter, Miss Alice, sympathizt
| with them III the death of their only sol
and brother, Merrick Poor. The funera
services at the home We're conducted by
! Rev. NJ. +. Bridgham in the presence of {
/ large company of relatives and friends
/ Victor Grange, of which the deceased was
| an honored member, escorted the processlcl
! to the cemetery, " here they conducted, il
/ an impressive manner, the burial service o.
| their Order The floral tributes were many
rare and beautilul.... Mrs. G. A. Hunting
ton of Nashua, \. II and Charles Rose O
/ Camd en- were guests f Miss Grace Mixer
last weel....F c. Mardt OF Pittstield is il
town. Levi NJ. Poor, wife and son Walter
| Of Augusta and Ms, Sarah (oCnlls of Bel
! fast were in town last Sunday TO attend The
| funeral of Meruck Poor. MIR and Mrs. V
A Simmons and daughter Alice have re
turned from Boston. Mrs. Simmons an
nounces opening of spring and summel
millinery.