The Portland daily press., 1899-09-26
MAINE TOWNS.
Items OF Interest Gathered BY Our Local
Correspondents.
CUMBERLAND.

West Cumberland, Sept. % Another
year has rolled away and the Cumberland
FARMERS Club is very busy making
preparations for the annual fair on Tues
day and Wednesday, Sept. 20 and 81.
Every effort has been pat forth to make
this fair excel any that has yet been held
bv them. Many new additions have been
made, new pens have been built for the
stock and back OF the hall tent has
been erected, where small lunches can be
served. The dinners served by this Farm
ers' club are far ahead Of any other fairs
In the state. The food Is all prepared by
the farmers wives, about 25 families in
all. In the hall are four long tables
which will seat about 300. When these
tables are ready no more tempting sight
can be eeen. Hot baked beans, brown
bread, potatoes. meats, cakes, pies and
buildings are among the numerous esta-
b les, with which these tables are laden.
Special mention should also be made OF
the waitressts who serve at these tables,
there being about 20 Of them In all.
Surely 1t Is worth driving many miles TO
get one of these dinners aud we hope to
seea larger crowd than has ever been on
these grounds before.
ACTON.
Acton, Sept. IS. The recent rains were
very acceptable, and much more Is need
ed to fill the dry wells.
Deputy Sheriff Is. j. Grant Is attend
Ing court at Alfred.
Mrs. L. l.. Lord fell backward and
struck on the stove. and injured her neck
and shoulder badly.
Carr Perkins lost horse last week;
cause, collie.
o. 9. Titoomb and e. H. A. PRESCOTT
are delegates to the Congressional oon.
vention at Portland-for Allen.
The case Buzzsl vs.. Acton was settled,
each party paying their own costs.
Frank Wiley Ia very low.
HARPswELL.
West Harpsweli, Sept. 2e.-Mr. John
Blair, wife and son from Gardiner are
visiting at Mr.. Theophilus Stover's.
The revenue cutter Woodbury. was In
the harbor Wednesday night.
The rain OF Thursday was gladly well
coined by the people here. Most OF the
wells were dry and some had to haul
water long distance.
Parties from Bos ton were In town to-
day looking over Capt. Il. O. Merriman's
residence, with the Intention OF buying.9
The Misses Smith from Boston were
guests oflAlr. and Mrs. III. A. Bearce last
week.
BRIDGTON.
Bridgton, September 25.--A meeting Of
the stockholders of the Bridgton Cream
cry company Of Bridgton, was held here
on Saturday, to make the necessary ar
rangements for rebuilding their creamery
which was recently destroyed by fire.
The cost of rebuilding will be abont S.
800 and of this amount about $500 has al
read bean susbcribed. John II. Roes,
the Lessee OF the creamery, win probably
lease the new creamery.
The Bridgton hotel, the rame Of which
Is now being raised, will be considerably
smaller than the original plans called
fer. The plans at first provided for 81
rooms, the building having q frontage OF
about IT'S feet, the roof to be fat. The re-
vised plans call for an ordinary pitched
roof with turret on each front corner,
and with frontage ON Main street OF
nearly le5 feet; house to contain So rooms.
SCARBORO.
Eight Corners, Sept. 25-Mr. Edward
Cook has moved to Pisasantdale.
MIR. Charles q. Raymond of Falmouth
has moved into the house formerly owned
by MIR. Edward Cook.