The Republican journal., 1900-11-01
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
Deferred from last week.

BELMONT. A. A. Howes, W. B. Swan
and wife and Miss Mary Faunce of Belfast
were in town Sunday and called ON Mr.. n.
B. Allenwood. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Allen
wood were in Northport Sunday and called
on her brother, Mr.. Herbert Brown. The
Lend Hand Circle, Order of Kings
Daughters and Sons, met at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus P. Hills in Belfast last
Sunday, with a very large attendance. They
will meet Sunday, Nov. 18th, with Mr. and
Mrs. n. B. Allenwood. Mystic Grange,
No. 96, is enjoying a very prosperous sea-
son. They have six candidates on the road
for membership. The grange meets every
Thursday.
PROSPECT. Capt Aaron Littlefield and
in Edgartown, Mass. Some of the neigh
bors from this section went to the funeral
of Mrs. Leslie Hawse.. Thomas BURDEN
has staked out a piece of land on the Burton
George farm where he will build a house.
| ....I. F. Gould has two hunters from Bos-
ton stopping at his place. They want to
get deer and also some small game to
q
pie here consider it risky to go into the
woods and low bushes after deer. There
are some deer here, but hunters must go
quietly to get shot at one. In the new
order of things in the villages and on the
farms there are no new recruits to work at
setting underpinning or laying and repair
ing cellar walls, digging wells, building els
after the farms in the country places now
A handy, -at-all-trades man could find
plenty of work now almost anywhere, for Il
good many buildings have to be fixed up
some to keep them in order. Among the
new corners in the Clark and New York
districts are McCloud, Perkins, Eastman,
and Harvey. N. W. Staples sent four
barrels of extra large apples to Boston and
got $3.50. But Marion Staples sold two bar
res of apples for two barrels of clam shells.
The clam shell trade is considered a good
one here, and more shells are wanted. Give
us call. The threshing machine has
gone through the district and the grain crop
was Il good one. The late rain started mp
the rutabaga turnips and the crop will be
nips, seen here for years. |. +. Gould has
the largest piece in town. Hiram Clark
has built a new store in the Clark district
and also runs Il grocery cart in this section. .
Troy. There was Il very pretty wedding
at the Union church last Sunday afternoon,
Immediately after the preaching service,
when Fred Herbert Bagley and Miss Ethel
tA1 in, M
the pastor. Rev. W A. Luce, the ring ser
vice being used Merton Bagley, brother
Of the groom, was best man, and Erdine
Pierce, the brides sister, was brides maid
The bride was very lovely, gowned ia white
henrietta with lace trimmings and satin
ribbons. Mr.. and Mrs. Bagley are among
our very best young people. lie Is at pres
ent teaching the High school in East Troy
A reception will be given at the home Of the
brides parents Tuesday evening, October
30th The young couple Will leave Troy in
d few weeks for North Carolina, where they
will spend the winter They will carry
with them the best wishes of hosts of
friends in Troy and other towns where
they are favorably known. .Zebulon New
ell, an old resident of Troy, passed away on
Get. 18TH after very painful Illness of
few days of heart trouble, aged - years.
The funeral occurred at the house Saturday
afternoon Rev W. A. Luce officiating. The
interment was at Pishon's Ferry. Mr.. New
ell leaves a widow in Troy and one son in
Orange, Mass, There was a good attend
ance at the farmers institute held at the
Grange Hall, Saturday. Oct. 10Th. ! under
stand this to be the first of a series of meet
ings to be held in town, and much good
must result from them. II is to be hoped
that the energetic farmers of Troy may re-
organize the grange, as such All organization
must be help to them, if conducted in a
proper manner. John f. Pierce has re-
turned to Gloucester, Mass, after spending
several weeks at home, looking after the IL
terests of the farm..,,. William Knowles
came home from Lowell, Mass, to attend
the wedding of his nephew, Fred Bagley.
go. Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Myrick of [ nifty
were in town Sunday. Quite a number OF
out of town friends We're in attendance at
the church services Sunday. DR.. +. W.
Trueworthy of Lowell, Mass, was in town
Sunday, calling on friends. Joseph Ellis
OF South Brooks was in town to attend the
farmers institute, Saturday. ..Delbert III.
Dodge of Jackson, accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. J. \. Dodge, attended the ser
vices at the church Sunday. -. Parties from
Lowell, Mass, were in town recently, look
ing over the farm of David Piper, with a
view to buying it, Mr.. Piper has one of the
best farms in this section and it is in a very
desirable location.
An Old-Time Ballot