The Republican journal., 1899-07-27
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
SOUTH MoNTvILLE. Walter Peavey of
W est Somerville, Mass, who has been visit
ing relatives here returned home this week.
&C. T. Randall is on the sick list. Quite
a number from this place went to Camden
and Hope last week, blueberrying, and re-
port then thick. Ohm French of Thomas
ton SPENT Sunday with c. S. Adams. Mr..
Frank Mutt and two grandchildren of Free
dom are visiting W. B. Morse. MIR. Arthur
Morse, who has been spending a few weeks
in Freedom, returned home last week..
Farmers have got their hay nearly harvested
and report about two-thirds crop.
SwANvILLE. Miss Edith Miller of Chelsea
arrived Saturday night. MIR. Robert Blair
of Portland is in town for few weeks .....
Mr.. Ernest Nickerson has gone to Bar Har-
Dor for the SUMMER. Mrs. Fred Cunning
ham has been quite sick, but is improving
MIR. E. II. Nickerson and daughter Hope OF
Portland were in town the first of the week
The cottages are nearly all occupied and
it is quite lively about the lake. Mrs. W
W. Gray is visiting in Norridgewock. Miss
Alice Dow of North Searsport is keeping
house for Hon. A. E. Nickerson in her alb.
sence
PALERMO. A family of Indians are camp
ing al DIduCu Mills anu udhlUS IuSllC CHATS
for sale. Miss Olena Young went to Au-
gusta last week to visit relatives there.
Frank A. Young spent two weeks vacation
with his parents and returned last week.
Rinaldo Carr of Springfield, Mass, spent a
two weeks vacation with his sister and
brothers and returned last Saturday,.
Farmers are rather backward in harvesting
their hay crop. which will be about half
as large as last year. Horace Black went
to Augusta last Saturday..... A thunder
shower passed over last Friday doing con-
siderable damage. 1t struck Will Jordan 3
house. Herbert Bachelder's barn, and tree
% feet from Mrs Couillard's house.
CENTRE KNOXVILLE. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Bridges of Charlestown, Mass, are
visiting at Mr.. Edward Bachelors. .. Mr.
Gardner Berry has bought the farm former
ly occupied by the late Joshua Thompson
MIR. George Thompson, who has been
seriously i'll, is improving. Miss Ella Frye,
who has been III Dedham Mass, has return
ed home..,. Mrs. S. d. Harrington of Bos-
ton, Mass, is at n. P. Benefits. Geo. H
Thompson has been quite critically i'll with
heart trouble, but is now somewhat better.
S. j. Gushee of Appleton was in town last
Sunday DR.. Elmer Cook of Brooks visit
ed patients in town July Esd. -. The light
hay crop is a much worn topic, but the fol-
lowing remarks of . Montylle man may
throw some additional light upon the sub
three days with a machine and soon as he
gets enough cut for load | am going over
and hel p him get it into the barn"
TROY. July 21st was the champion day
this season for thunder and lightning
storm. From early morning until late at
night the lightning flashed and the thunder
rolled across the heavens, with but very
little abatement. No damage was done in
town by the lightning. but a large quantity
of hay was soaked by the heavy rainfall. =.
Mr.. and Mrs Lutte Rogers have been made
happy by the advent of a baby daughter in
their family the past week. e. Mr., and Mrs
George Woods gave lawn party last Satur.
day evening, under the auspices of the w
G. I. [. REGULATIONS and songs were render
ed during the evening the Troy band dis.
coursed sweet music, and cake and ice
cream were served to quite large attend.
ance. Miss Myrtle Fl. Forbes of Belfast
Sunday. She was accompanied by her friend
Mr.. Samuel Lord. Misses Jennie Ward
Maude Monroe and Bessie Conner are at.
tending the Summer School at Pttsheld..
Miss Maude Merrick of Waterville is visiting
friends in town.. Mrs. B. F. Harding has
some very pretty maltese and tiger shaggy
kittens for sale. She does quite a business
in furnishing kittens to city residents.
PITTsFIELD. The weather is still unfovor
able for haying. Some have not begun yet
waiting for the weather to become more set
tied. We had a terrible thunder shower last
Friday. 1t began in the morning and lasted
until evening, with only little let-up. The
lightning struck several times; in fact, il
seemed as if every clap struck somewhere
1t struck Joseph Phinneys barn and set i
on fire, but our vigilaht hose company soon
extinguished it. 1t also struck the widow
Farwells house, but luckily did not dc
much damage as Mrs. Farwell and daughter
became frightened and went to one of the
neighbors, and MIR. Frost and wife, who
occupy the lower part of the house, were
away 80 there was no one there. 1t struck
the boom of logs in the mill pond and made
quite cOmmotlon. 1t also struck tree il
the woods below the Lancey house and stove
| it to pieces Those four places are known
of,lbut, think there were more....A youns
son came to the home of DR.. W. G. Marder
on Friday morning and left again on Satur
day morning, so his stay on earth was very
brief. Baby carriages are very numerous
IN our village and it is not at all stylish fol-
young people to keep house without one...
Mrs. Pearl Brown, better known in this
place as Miss Edith Grady of Palermo,
former student of M. G. l. is visiting this
week at Mrs. Fl. A. Libby's. Her many
friends are glad to see her. Miss WinnifreC
Worthen came with her and is visiting a
Mr.. Leighton's. The summer school is il
session here this week. 1t began Monday O
last week and has given good satisfaction
thus far and had a good attendance. Il
seems to be a general time of vacations ant
visiting now. Many of our people are away
while others are at home entertaining friends
from away. MIR. and Mrs. W. A Erskine are
enjoying a vacation at Mr.. Erskines home il
Alma. &c. B. Warmers dry goods store was
burned out recently. 1t was supposed to have
| taken from the restaurant overhead and
| there isl every appearance thata hole burn
| ed down through, so say those who have ex.
AHMED it closely and none of the hands had
| been to the store so early in the morning
| The fire company were on hand in a very
short time after the alarm was given, bat
there was 80 much inf1ammable stuff that il
burned rapidly, and between the fire and
water everything was about ruined. Mr.
G. Conner owned the store building, which
was nearly new, and had no insurance. Mr.
B. B. Mathews had boot and shoe store il
the building, which was badly damaged
but not so badly as Mr.. Warmers. Mr.
E. G. Weymouths loss up stairs was much
less than the others and was covered by in
surance. Rev. L. W. Coons of the Univer
salist church will 60 on his vacation soon tC
Eldorado, Ohio his old home, accompanied
| by his wife, who is now at her former home
in Canton, New York. Mrs. Sanford EN-
| cry of Monroe who has been at DIR. E. A
Porter's about three weeks, having under
gone successful surgical operation, has re
recently appointed receiver of the S. & M
railroad has assumed control of the road.
q. P. Foss, travelling auditor of the M. G. R
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