The Republican journal., 1899-11-02
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

uQu6r Gl6 llSGTuCUlOu VI MISS blOOu OF w ADO
go. James l.. James, who lives just over the
line in Belfast, has gone to Boston for the
winter. The meetings held at Halls Corner
under the leadership of Rev. R. 7. Capen of
Belfast are well attended and very interest
ing. The meetings are held every Monday
evening at o'clock. Samuel q. Thurlow,
an aged citizen, has been quite i'll the past
week, but is now improving.
| LIBERTY. A private wedding was held at
the home of w. H. Moody, Esq, in this vii
| lage Oct. 25th. The contracting parties
| were Miss Daisy Moody, daughter of Ander-
| son Moody of this town, and Mr.. Samuel
Hall of Kennebunk. Their home will be in
| Kennebunk, where Mr.. Hall is owner of a
| large farm. Georges River Grange enter
| tanned the members of Branch Mills Grange
of Palermo Wednesday evening. Oct. 18th.
| A large crowd was present, and the enter
| tainment was pronounced good by the visiting
| brethren and sisters. I'D. j. Walker was in
Bangor last week with view to buying the
sheep skins from the wool pulling establish
| ment at that place.. P. Mathews is
building an addition to his storehouse..
| Ndpt' L. 1ldCCu anu ldDlly l6lt lOI ltAdb
last week. Capt. Hatch will report later
| for duty at San Francisco, and will probably
| return to his Old command in the Philip
pine Islands. John Collins of Kansas is
visiting his native town after an absence of
43 years.
| STANDPOINT. Mrs. Frances French has
| closed her house at the Point and gone to
pCv h,,rv- L.,
| Ethel White has returned from Columbia
| Falls, where she has been the past two
months. Miss Nina Crockett left Saturday
for her home on Dix Island, having attended
the fall term of school here. Capt. J. P
| Showers who had been at no me two weeks
| left Monday for New York, accompanied
| by Mrs Showers who will visit with him
until he leaves for the South. Mr.. and
| Mrs. Will Tozer of Unity have been visit.
! ing Mrs. Saena Richards for few days..
| Schools in this District closed Oct. 18th
MIR. Pierce Patterson. who has been
| employed ON yacht Duchess of New York.
! arrived home last week. 49,. Miss a lice
| Perkins of Milo visited Mrs. L. S. Perkins
recently. .... The funeral of Capt. Albert
| ohute was held at his home the after
| noon of Oct 25th, with a service by Rev. |.
| Darlington of Bangor The burial was in
| the family lot..... Owing to the rain the at
| tendance at the services last Sunday morn
ing was small. MIR. Darlington and wife
came from Bangor Saturday by boat and
We're enterta ned while here by Mrs Alfred
Black -. Mrs. Meralda Black has returned
| from Boston, where she attended the Dewey
! reception. f. S. Hartman has moved his
household goods into the Showers house on
the hill and with his family is with Mrs
Joseph French during the absence of Mrs.
| j. p. Showers. Frank Erskine has moved
into the tenement vacated by Mr.. Hartman.
....Capt Isaac Berry and Capt. Charles
| Shute have gone down the bay after scallops
| MONROE. Your correspondent was invited
last week to visit the cemetery at the village
| TO notice the improvements made by the
| Grand Army Post and Monument Associa-
| ton When the monument was erected by
E. M. Billings Post, Mr.. Freeman Atwood
| since deceased, gave to the Post an acre or
| more of ground for the monument and for
| the burial of soldiers. The lot was accepted
| roads were laid out, the grounds graded and
| the Post sold lots for more than enough to
| pay for the improvements Shortly before the
death of Mr.. Atwood, he gave the Post two
| acres more which were nearly covered With
| scrub pine. The Post accepted the gift and
| began to clear up the ground under the
supervision of Albert s. York. and now it is
pleasure to see the improvements that
| have been made in that two acres. Good
roads have been laid out to all parts of the
| ground, the stumps taken out, the hollows
filled, the land plowed and seeded down to
grass and mic e iron fence built in front.
The ground adjoins the old monument LOT, and
the driveway is made so chat teams can pass
from the new grounds to the old cemetery
and also around the Soldiers Monument. A
number OF lots have already been sold The
cemetery issa credit to the village, and Mr..
Atwood, who gave TO the soldiers so gener-
ously, was followed to the grave by the
Post. Although nice marble monument has
been erected to his memory by his family vet
he will always be known among the old vet
Grams as their friend and the generous gift
OF the beautiful grounds will always be a re-
mlnder of the giver. Capt. and Mrs. Dur
ham visited her sister in Searsport last
week. John Moore has returned from a
visit to his children in Massachusetts
Mrs. Horace Weber still remains on the
sick list. A. II. Mayo has given his build
ings coat of paint Morning Light
Grange is having contest in which there is
much interest shown. al bert Ham of AL
ton has been visiting at Franklin Chase's
Mrs. Eliza Mayo Webster died recently
at her home in Massachusetts. Her death
very sudden and was a sad blow to her
sisters here, who did not know of her fail
ing health until few days before her death
She was formerly of Monroe, woman of
many sterling qualities, and had many
friends. The remains were bro ught here
and services held last Sunday at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Fred Parker. She leaves
husband, a sister and brother in Massa
chusetts, sister in Ohio, two sisters in
Monroe-Mrs. Fred Parker and Mrs. R. W.
Mayo-and a brother, Howes Mayo, who
lives in Belfast. The warmest sympathy is
extended to the bereaved family. E. 81.
Nealley, who has been in poor health the
past few weeks, is thought to have bilious