The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-05-11
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE
PROSPECT FERRY. Mrs. n. j. Heagan
visited her sister, Mrs. Eden Pendleton of
Stockton Springs, several days last week.
.... MIR. and Mrs. W. d. Hartman visited
Mr.. and Mrs. c. X. Hill of Winterpo1t last
Friday wv F. Haley of Winterport de-
livered two new stoves at the school house
il this place last Saturday :. Miss Martha
E. Hartman spent last Sunday with her
mother, Mrs. Rebecca Hartman, returning
to Old Town Monday morning, She was
accompanied by Mr.. Samuel Dooly of
Brewer....B. C. Avery has gone to Red
stone. n. H, where he has employment OF
stone. Mrs E. W. Grindle entertained the
Ladies' Circle last Saturday Mrs Mary
Smith is at hoIne from Belfast and her many
friends hope she wilt spend the summer
here.
CENTRE MONTvILLE. Ira D. Cram, who
has been i'll for some time with pneumonia,
is reported AS improving F L. Water
house is getting well along with the extern
sion on Henry Rogers barn John Boyn-
ton had finger badly jalnmed while work
ing in Grams mill last week. George Cur
rier has moved his family to BelfasJ... Mrs.
L. G. Kicker will sell the remainder of her
millinery and dry and fancy goods at auction
at Freedom village next Friday 49,. r. Nj.
Carter is quite seriously i'll at c. \. Aliens.
....Mr. and Mrs. Fred Greeley of Freedom
We're at &. T. Thompson's last Sunday.
Miss Grace Burton of Razorville visited at
ID. &. Gains recently. DR. Ramsay will
accompany Mrs. c. II. Clement to the
Homeopathic hospital in Boston, May 9th,
to receive treatment for an affection of the
nerves of her face. Fred Toothaker and
wife, and Shepherd Patterson and mother of
Belfast, are visiting Mrs. E. F. Spear. w g
take our hat off to the Palermo correspon-
dent-a II h. boy is good one. But we
are Giving in hopes that Montville will yet
be heard from.
IsLEsBoRo. The schools began May 1st,
after 81 months vacation. In districts 8 and
+, there are new teachers, Miss Ward of
Knox, and Miss Maddocks of Monroe....
painters upon the exterior of his house and
other buildings, adding greatly to their ap-
pearance. Capt. Guilford Pendleton has
been identifying his grounds by removing
all fences and gates and doing some grading
ga schooner loaded with coal is now dis
charging cargo at Pendleton's wharf.
Last Sunday there was missionary concert
at the Baptist church. Essays were read by
several of the young people, giving the his
tory of the origin and progress of Baptist
missions in Japan, China, Burmah and the
land of the Teoogoos. The attendance was
large. The Christian Endeavor Society
meets Friday evenings, and is usually we'll
attended. The Sunday school class of small
boys, taught by Mrs. Maria Hatch, have a
birthday mission box, in which they deposit,
on each birthday, as many cents as they are
years old, for the benefit of the Baptist
Mission in Alaska. When the sum in the
box amounts to a dollar, they send it,
Capt. E. A. Eames, who deals in wood and
coal, has q cords of wood fitted for the
stove, for the benefit of the summer tourists
Some of it is in large chunks three orfour
feet long, to meet the requirements of the
open fire places in the cottages. Capt,
Charles r. Pendleton has rented his three
houses for the season. D. A. Hatch has also
rented his cottage for four summers, to
James Lawrence of Groton, Mass, at 94OO
a season. His cottage is farther from Dark
Harbor than Capt. Pendleton's and rents
for smaller sum. The cottage of Geo. S.
Silsbee is now about com pleted. The
chimneys. above the roof, are stone. The
cottage (Which is over 100 feet long and three
stories high, with swelled fronts) and also
the stables, short distance away, are paint
ed dark green, about the color of the spruce
forest amid which they are situated.
professional landscape gardener from Boston
came last week to locate the drive-ways and
and paths. The lot cost 1900. but this is
only a fraction of the cost of the buildings,
and the ornamenting Of the grounds. The
Minton, Draper, Shattuck and Derby cottages
are not so far advanced, but will be ready
by the middle of June. The cottage of Henry
s. Howe, the most magnificent of all, is
about completed, and Mr.. Howe came last
week to make arrangements for bringing
his family. Mr.. j. T. Atterbury and family
OF New York will arrive June 10th. Mr..
Dexter Tiffany and family of St. Louis will
board at the Inn, having rented their cottage
to Mr.. Stanwood. The new annex to the
Inn is nearly finished, and more guests can
be accommodated than heretofore All the
rooms have been engaged for the season.
About 300 guests can be provided for.