The Portland daily press., 1899-07-20
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by our Local
Correspondents.
sEBAGo.

noon, cutting deep cash in her head.
DIR. Wilson of Hiram and DIR. Smith OF
Cornish were soon Summoned and sewed
up the out Eer head struck the sink
when she fell and pitd quite badly.
PARTY Of Portland boys intend to
camp out at Southeast Pond again this
summer.
George Naetling OF BROOKLYN N. Y,
and Edward Willard OF Portland caught
some plckerel Monday at Southeast Pond.
MIR. Naetling caught some quite large
onss.
Owen Hanson and Harold Willard went
fishing Monday.
Clarence Lombard Of Portland. who
has been sick at Mt. Sawyer's with the
measles is now bettsr.
SANFORD.
Spring vale, July IS The drouth seems
to have broken and we are now having
Most every body seems to be on the move
just now, either to the sea shore, lake or
ponds.
Rev. Mr.. Shumwsy exchanged puIpits
with Rev. Mr.. Drisko of Alfred. last
Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Wood of Maiden,
Mass, are enjoying visit with her
father, Mr.. j. Ross, in Shaplelgh.
Mrs. A. s. Mead Is spending a few
weeks, with old friends and relatives In
Shapleigh.
Union prayer meetings are being held
at the Plummer's Ridge school house,
under the auspices of the two Christian
Endeavor societies of the village at 3
O'Clock Sunday afternoons.
Blueberries are very plenty in this
vicinity and many bushels have been
The Essex Grammar school orchestra of
Lawrence, Mass, q company OF eight
boys with their teacher, MIR. Brown, are
spending their vacation at Dewey cottage
Mpusam Lake, and ara to give concert
10 the Baptist church at Shapleigh corner
Friday evening.
The farmers had got the most of their
hay and many of them all of it before
the rains. Should wet weather con-
Time the outlook is promising for good
second crop.
KENNEBUNKPORT.
Kennebunkport, July 19.-The aeason
at Kennebunkport has opened we'll and at
the present writing the Nonantum and
some OF the other hotels are full of guests
who seem to enjoy to the utmost the.beau-
ties OF this delightful resort.
Every fair forenoon the river Is fairly
alive with small craft of every ki nd. but
of all the graceful canoe is the kfavorite
and in all colors they glide softly up and
down the stream and In ana out of the
many shady iniets. Their occupants in
many hued summer suits present pic-
ture tit for the best efforts Of any master
OF the art. The picnic rocks in particu-
lar seem to be the favorite lounging
ground and here the people gather in
large numbers A very familiar sight is
two canoes of harmonfzlng oolors side by
side drifting laziIy with the current,
while some fair maid reads aloud from
the latest popular novel, and upon the
group many a camera is trained for SOU
venirs of this splendid season.
Jack Williams is hard at work upon a
canoe for Herbert Ciough. 1t will be q
beauty when completed.
: An alarm OF ire from Eugene Arundels
house bell last Sunday afternoon called
the fire department. to extinguish blaze
In the stable OF Dana Stone. Some slittla
folks thought on such quiet day some
excitement would Ee appreciated, 50 tried
TO warm up the horse by building a fire
IN the crib near him. The fire was soon
extinguished. but the horse Is sadly
mourning the loss of name and a goodly
portion of the hair off his back. The
prompt attention OF our fire laddies pre-
vented a serious confiagration.
Miss Lillian Smith has returned from
the Maine General Hospital, and lies very
Ill in the home Of her father, Horace
Smith.
o. b. Stevens is home tor a few days,
his work In the navy yard at Kittery.
Mrs. v. Burgess and daughter Leila
visited the warships in Portland last
week, as did also Ralph Dudley and
others
Rev. l.. H. Bean moved into his new
house Monday noon, and Mr.. and Mrs
Geo. o. Morrill, of South Portland, are
expected to arrive with their household
goods and occupy the other half this week
Mrs. Nellie q. Jones Of Portland is
visiting at the Methodist parsonage.
The ladies' of the Methodist church will
hold q fair and sale in the vestry of the
church Wednesday, July 20. afternoon
and evening.
ID. Goodwin g. Son haye.b been very for
tunate in the engagement of Mr.. Meserve
OF Boston IS meat cutter for this season.
Mr.. Meserve is an expert IN his line and
by his pleasant and obliging manner is
making host of friends here.
POWNAL.
Pownal, July is.-Haying now In this
vicinity is nearly completed. About one
third Of the average crop is the report of
nearly all of our farmers. The grain
crop Is failure in about the same ratio
as the hay crop. aHoed crops. owing to
the frequent showers, are gaining rapid
ly and will of COURSE help out much in
the severe loss attended on the farmer
in his hay and grain.
A peculiar and most interesting shower
passed over this tcwn last Saturday af-
ternoon. Its approach was heralded by
rapidly darkening skies and the distant
whirring of the approaching wind. Its
path seemed to re the Royal river. which
winds through a portion of our town
and what made 1t still more peculiar
was the fact that it travelled from the
east to the west. The width of the show
er was narrow. extendinglnot more than
one-fourth of mile, each sside of the riv-
or. For few moments the rain fell In
torrents. Then fromEthe east beautiful
sunlight shone forth and almost down