The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-09-13
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
deferred from last week. I

Harding is at home from New Limerick 80.
Miss Esther Cilley has gone to Milford,
Mass, to visit relatives. ID. +. Sheldon
and wife of Howard, r. l., are spending
their vacation in town.. Mrs. Laura Mason
and daughter, who have been visiting in
town, have returned to their home in Lewis
TOM. w. |. Neal was in town over Sunday
visiting his family, who are spending the
summer here. The schools in town began
last Monday, except the Station school,
where the schoolhouse is undergoing re-
pairs. The potato crop will be very light
| and some are complaining of rot. -. Feed is
getting dry and stock has to be fed at the
barns. Water is growing scarce and many
are obliged to haul it some distance. -.
Fall blowing and seeding are out of the
question until we have rain enough to
thoroughly wet the ground. I'D. E. Ellis is
shipping spool bars to parties in Rhode
Island He expects to buy a large amount
of spool timber the coming winter
PROSPECT FERRY. Miss Addie NJ CHM
and Miss Edna Collamore, who have been
spending the summer with Mrs. Mary Hair
riman, returned to their homes in Worcester,
Mass, last week. Their many friends wish
them success in their teaching in Worcester
for the coming year. Evander CHM of
Worcester, Mass, is visiting relatives here
Arthur McGrayall of Worcester, Mass,
visited friends here last week.. Geo.
Gruby visited f. r. Batchelder and family
several days last week, returning to his
home in Boston, Mass, on last Tuesdays
boat, accompanied by his wife and niece
Miss Helen Thomas from nnapolis, Mary
land. ID. q. James of Ban gor and mother
visited Capt A. S. Wilson last Sunday.....
Miss Lizzie Wilson visited friends in Bangor
last week. 49,. Chas. CHM and daughter of
Belfast visited friends here last Sunday....
Mrs. Everett Peirce and Mrs. Geo. Grindle
entertained the Ladies Circle last Thursday
go. Elisha Hartman of I.ansville, Mass,
called on friends here last Thu sday....
Frank f. Harding has gone to Bangor
where he has employment for time.....
Mrs. Jessie Harding arrived home from
New York last week.
PlrTsFMLD At this writing, Sept 3, the
drought continues, the heat also, with
an occasional cool breeze and cloud which
indicates a shower, but which passes around
to some neighhoring town. We thought
one day last week that we were surely to
have a shower, but it went around to Burn
ham where it struck and burned a barn and
set Of buildings... 1t is gettin@to be quite
sickly here now. j. 5. Davis is quite i'll to-
day. ..0U village schools began Monday,
Sept Sd, anu soioulners at the seaside are
returning home on account of the schools
opening so early. Mrs Minnie Hammond.
who has been passing the summer at Mrs.
NJ. }. llowes, will return to her home in
Dover, \. H., this week. -. Granville Mason
and his son Walter visited friends in Boston
and Lynn last week. Sylvester Phnney
of Isle au IIaut visited his brother here re-
Gently. &C. c. Powers Of Boston visited.
his mother at the old home in West Pitts
field last week. ...I was much interested in
reading in The Journal of the cold Home
Week. in Belfast, as the names of many
whom L know, or knew many years ago,
were familiar to Mr.. and Mrs. Actor
L. Durham, who have been visiting Mrs
ID. ID. WinslOw, returned to their home in
Portland a week ago.. Mrs. Frank Grover
died last week after lingering and painful
lllness....A new concrete walk has been
put in recently from the street to the Bap-
fist church, and several have been laid on
other streets. Miss Ella IIurd one of the
first music teachers of the Maine Central
Institute, visited in town recently...M Miss
rntI Wis in,
Lowell, Mass MANY improvements are
being made on Main street in the way of
enlarging buildings and strengthening the
street. W. Manson and Mrs Is. Thompson
are putting new fronts on their buildings.
with cellars and substantial walls under
meath. ....Prof. O. II. Drake, who has
been passing the summer at Wiscasset, has
returned for a short time. The new corn
factory starts up today. There is plenty of
work of one kind or another for all who
have mind to work.
STANDPOINT. Many of the summer visit
ors returned to their homes the past week
Among them were Mrs. F. y. French and
family, Boston; Mrs. Harry Morse and
children, Roslindale, Mass. Mrs. e. Hutch
inSS and children, Bangor; Mrs. Herbert
Bunker and daughter, Brewer; Mr.. ManSur
and family, Bangor; Mrs. Garlic and daugh-
ter, Portland; Mrs. Margaret Darling and
son, Providence, and Miss Sallie Rice, Bos-
ton. Capt J. p. Showers left Monday for
New York ...Dr. Thompson and wife from
Boston are here for short visit. 80. Misses
Jennie Homer of Bucksport and Josie
Riddle of Boston are guests of Mrs. Dolly
Black. Mrs. Ollie Bond from Needham,
Mass, has been here for weeks visit -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darlington left Monday for
r. |. DR.. Adams of Bangor supplied the
pulpit last Sunday. Mr.. Darlington will be
here Sept. 9th Many old friends listened
to the words of the clergyman who con-
Quoted the communion at the close of the
morning service. Mr.. and Mrs Greene and
Mrs. Soden from Fort Point assisted with
the singing, which was much appreciated by
all. Several visitors from French's Point
have assisted each Sunday in the music
and all are very sorry to have them leave
for their city homes. Mrs. Wealthy Watts
returned last week from Northport ...
Morris Kalisky from Boston is at +. A. Max
fields for two weeks. -. Mrs Ella Peasley
of Nillnoclat has haap hara for u ,aaly