The Republican journal., 1900-10-11
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

PALERMO. Last Saturday evening the
Smith Cemetery Improvement Society met
at Wilder Young's in North Palermo. Quite
good number were present and So was re-
ceived for suppers and the sale of ice cream
49,. Stephen Prescott of Lowell, Mass, is
visiting at George Soule's.. Norman Bel
den and his sister Clara will go to Belfast
this week to work in the coat shop.
ROCKPORT. E. A. Wentworth recently
bought two large horses of James Shibles
and two of Crane & Handley, making four
as handsome team horses as the county
could supply. They have been shipped by
rail to Virginia, where they, with the eight
horses which were left in Virginia by Mr..
Wentworth for a summer rest, will make a
fine team for hauling lumber. Will Barrows
of Rockville left with the horses, to care
for them and to be employed as teamster in
the Virginia woods. Clarence Moody and
Edward Wentworth have also gone to Vir-
ginia, where they will be employed by Mr..
Wentworth as teamsters.
PROSPECT FERRY. Freeman Batchelder
returned home from Boston last Saturday.
The many friends in this place of Mr..
and Mrs. George Gruby of Boston, Mass,
will be pleased to know that they are to
build nice house here. 1t will have all
modern improvements and will add greatly
to the beauty of the place. Mr.. G. was in
town last Saturday and Sunday, returning
to Boston Monday Miss Freda Hartman
visited friends in Bangor and Old Town last
week. She attended the music festival
while in Bangor. Mrs. Matilda Dow is in
Boston visiting her sons, Capt. S. S. Hea-
gan and George Heagan....C. r. Hill and
wife of Winterport visited at w. D. Harri-
mans last Sunday
MORRILL,. Miss Nellie Thompson made a
short visit home last week, and left again
Friday. While here she officiated at the
funeral of Mr.. Alexander Dumphe, which
was held at his late residence last Thursday
at 10 a. M Mr.. Dumphe was veteran of
the civil war, a member of the 18th Me. Rgt
THE funeral of Mr.. Russell Gray was
held Friday p. m. For particulars see obit-
uary.. Saturday the remains Of Mr.. Rich
ard Brown, who died at Carvers Harbor,
were brought here and inferred in our GEM
etery. Mr.. Brown was aged % years..
Richard Merriam and Ernest Gray from
Providence, R. l., made a short visit here
last week to attend the funeral of Russell
Gray. Miss Hattie Sprague and Mrs. Della
Cunningham of Belmont gave graphic
phone concert in the Grange Hall last Thurs
day evening to small audience.
BELMONT. Mystic Grange, No. 96, is
prospecting finely. Two new names are en-
| rolled for membership and many old men,
bers are coming back. The fair at Mystic
Grange hall, held Tuesday, Oct. 2nd, was
largely attended. Many who attended the
Monroe and Belfast fairs said that the fair
at Mystic Grange hall was the best of ALL. i.
Amy one in want of a Thoroughbred Jersey
| bull will do well to call on Y. b. Allenwood
x Son, who have very nice one to sell.....
| Warren NeWbert has his new house plaster
| ed and Will move in in a week or so....
| Most of the farmers are we'll along with
their harvesting. The potato crop differs
| somewhat Some of the farmers report a
very small yield while others have very
large crop. The grain crop will be good,
and most OF the farmers have heavy yield
of apples. Young stock is coming from the
! pasture better than expected for the season
| UNITY. Rev. W. +. Luce thinks of at
| tending the meeting of the Ministerial AS
socation in Windsor this week.. Mrs
Llewenyn Webb, who has been visiting rel
atves and friends in this town and Troy fol
the past two months, started for her home
! in Montana last Monday afternoon, accom-
panied by her husbands mother, Mrs. Reu
ben Webb, of Troy. They think of stop
ping a week in Chicago to visit relatives.
! Miss Nina Jenkins from Newport is spend
ING few weeks in TOWN.. A musical CON
vention will be held at the church Wednes
day evening, Oct. 10th. IF. y. Fairbanks
and family have rented the Grant stand al
the village and moved last week. Mrs
Meier Stevens is selling her household
goods and getting ready to go West very
| soon. -. The fair of the North Waldo Agri
largely attended and the display in all the
departments was equal to those of former
years. One of the most noticeable exhibits
in the hall was the Standard sewing machine
exhibited by Mr.. {. J. Bartlett of this town
local agent, and Mr.. W. ii. Pettingill O.
Rockland, general agent. There will be
meeting Of the committee, andall interested
at the Pond cemetery the last of the weel
for the purpose of building new fence.
The canning season is practically ever her,
for this year. The Portland Packing Co
have put up $4,000 cans of corn, which il
quite a falling off from other years. 1t i
thought less corn was planted. Eddie
Whitehouse, who is attending school il
Waterville, spent last Sunday with his par
ents. Mr.. Mudgett from Monroe, VIII
bought out Mr.. Twombly of the Centr
Hotel some time ago, took possession tn
first of this week.
THoRNDIKE. Rev. W. A. Luce of Unit
lectured at Harvest Moon Grange hall las
Saturday afternoon. His subject wa
| "Fruit Growing and the lecture was yer
interesting. -. Last Thursday as j. F. Heat
was gathering apples limb broke and h
fell to the ground, distance of seyera
feet, iniuring him quite severely. DR.
Kilgore of Brooks was called, but found n
| broken bones. 1t was a narrow escap