The Republican journal., 1899-06-08
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

SEARsMoNT. Llewellyn Sleeper and wife
of Belfast were in town Sunday. IL. q.
Poor and j. W. Farrar m ade business trip
to Augusta last Saturday Mrs. Sarah
Whtehouse of Rockland is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. d. B, Cobb. -. Miss Margaret
Dunton of Belfast visited friends in town
last week. DR.. A. Millett is attending the
Maine Medical Association in Bangor this
week I'D. F. Wiley of Camden was in
town Sunday. Master Ernest Marden of
Pittstield made bicycle trip to this place
Friday to make his aunt a brief VISIT.
Chldrens Day will be observed at the NJ
E. church next Sunday; sermon by the
pastor at 10 80 a. m, concert by the Sunday
school in the evening.
WINTETPORT. The fine program arranged,
for Memorial Day was successfully carried
out in every detail. The cemetery looked
unusually beautiful. Many of the lots were
decorated with dollhouse flowers and other
flowers were in profusion everywhere. The
procession formed at P. NJ, as follows
Wnterport Band; Sons of Veterans; War
rem Post; Woman's Relief Corps w. c. I.
u; school children; citizens in carriages.
They marched up Main street and then
proceeded to the cemetery, where the i'm
pressive service of the G. A R. was held
and the graves decorated. They then march
ed to Union Hall and listened to the follow
ing exercises: Opening services, Post Com
mander; prayer; song, The Blue and the
Gray, quartette; extract from Lincoln's
Gettysburg address, Miss May Lesan; The
Soldiers Dream, quartette; address, Hon.
E. P. Spotford of Deer Isle. The hall, which
was appropriately decorated, was closely
packed, and the large audience listened to
the eloquent speech with marked attention.
At the close all joined in singing America. =.
Hon. E. P. Spofford and wife were enter
tanned at the home of Hon. Fred Atwood 80.
Messrs Horace and Charles Brown of Read
ing, Mass. visited their cousin, Mrs. H. W.
Emerson, and the family of their relative;
Mrs. Elizabeth Clark. last week. Mrs
Annie A. Atwood OF Boston spent few
days with relatives in town last week, re-
turning last Saturday accompanied by her
niece, Miss Helen Coffren.. Mrs. Kings
bury is recovering from a serious illness.
Mrs. Wallace Grant visited her hus-
bands parents, Mr.. aid Mrs. Jennnson
Grant, recently. Mr.. Elbridge Nelson has
returned from the Maine General Hospital
Portland, having had a very successful op-
GRAFTON on his eyes. e.. Mrs. Ii. &. Chapman
of Bangor spent Memorial Day with her
brother, ?. c. Rich. -. Mrs. Mabel Kennedy
arrived Saturday for visit of few weeks
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis At
W God. Mrs. Alice Emmons and Mrs Ford
of Biddeford are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. w. Haley....Dr. G. F. Atwood has his
house and Office connected on the telephone
line. Mrs Leslie Downs is at home from
Boston for few weeks. ... Nancy, wife of
the late G. III. Hall, passed away at her
home at West Winterport, May 31st, after a
long and distressing illness. Mrs. Hall was
a most excellent and lovable woman an
affectionate wife and mother, kind neigh
Dor and consistent Christian and will be
greatly missed. She leaves an only daugh-
ter, Mrs. Albine Curtis, to mourn her loss.
The funeral services were held at her late
home Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev.
d. H. Piper. The house was filled with
sympathizlDg relatives and friends and the
floral tributes were abundant and beautiful.
The burial was in West Hampden cemetery.
THoRNDIKE. Rev. D. Brackett will preach
at the Centre church June 18th at 10 A. M.
Rev. F. S. Dolliff and wife were the guests
of J. 81. Stevens and wife last Thursday
evening. MIR. James Craig of Carmel Wis.
tied J. 81. Stevens May 10Th and 30th. =.
Mrs. j. F. Heath is visiting her daughter
Mrs. Marcia Quincy, in Belfast. Capt. F.
A. Guernsey and Mr.. John Foster of Bangor
were in town last week to attend the veter-
ans meeting and were the guests of Mr.. V.
N. Higgins Thursday night. Mrs. Alice
Higgins is spending few days with her
mother in Freedom. Mrs. Annie Cole
and son Roy, who have been visiting friends
in Hampden, and Brewer returned home
June 4th. -. Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Gross Wis
tied at Mr.. f. o. Days in Brooks June 4th
Mr.. Joseph Higgins and wife visited at
Mr. James Vickery's in Unity last Wednes.
| day. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Higgins and j
Fl. Stevens and wife attended the Quarterly
Meeting in Dixmont June Sd and 4th. 80.
Donald, the little son of Mr.. E. L. Bartlett
was quite sick last week. DR.. Dodge OF
Troy was called and he is improving now
Mrs. Rena Ward has been quite sick with
the measles. Mr.. Charles White is fur
nishing music for the town. He has a crew
of men at work on one Of his barns and the
ringing of their hammers is heard early and
late. Mr.. White has one of the finest
houses in town, and intends to keep it SO
Mr.. Fred Gates is also making great i'm
provement at his home. MIR. H. M. Higgins,
our road commissioner, is building some
good roads for the public. 80. Quite lot OF
pressed hay is being hauled to Thorndike
Station now, and more to follow, Mr..
Robert Hanson is having his hay pres.
sed at his old home here in town..
Caterpillars are doing much damage to all
trees. 1t is said that the woods are full OF
them. Potato bugs, too, are plentiful and bid
fair to give the farmers much trouble Why
don't they take Horace Greely's advice and
"go west?". Mr.. V. N. Higgins and J. 81
Stevens wish to extend thanks to the
citizens of Thorndike and other friends who
so kindly helped entertain the visitors al
| the Waldo County Veterans meeting, june