The Portland daily press., 1900-04-20
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Chicopss. April 1a-Masrisd ct west
Hartford. vsrment. on April eleventh. 81
shs home uf Mrs. Anns Tennsy, her
o&urhssr, Miss Emma Howard, to Will
ssrt Burris. Mr. Burrfs is . Cnicopss
boy. hating been brought up here 1,
the hums Of Mr.. Wilbur Hopkfusos, and
on April afst thsrs is 30 be . reception
here af bis furmsr home. The uswIy
wsdded ooupls will reside as Maiden,
Msss., fur the supsmsr. bat viii be at
home afssr January LIST. 1900, Al Chico
Pee Main@ Mr.. wilbur Hopkinson went
30 the wsddina.
The new bulk iugs Of Geo. Apdssson
have bees AIRED up Tor the rsosptien Of .
fs stheFy family OF twelve fowl.
Mr.. John Willis went TO work last
wesk fok smith ana Rumsry in the city
Of Portlsnd.
A hrush firs on Wednesday on the
prsnsisss of hfs. Sasnh Hopkinfon. sss
Ire to khs grass and spread 90 rapidly as
20 shrs.ssn Mas Jans AsaYsen's build
ineA The neighbers turrse0 cut and BY
hard work put ths 1rs ont.
= ANh Ohb kA0s = 90
Mra Olive Rounds celebrated her
zig ninth tirthday ssiday, April 13tb,
having been horn in Biddsford ON April
~. left, during the admir- tration OF
Madisao. the fourth Presifsnt, before any
steam railroads were tuiit or eleotrioity
WAS narnssssd 10 do ssrvios for man, and
has lived through the arfatsr part Of =
century that has besn the rost marvellous
In progress Of any century known In The
hisscry cf man. Her walden name was
Olive Coie. Her mother died when che
was only eleven months old, ana her
fathor only survived IL vile one Month.
40 that when only year old she wes
n an orphan: Her fathers mare was
Bsr smin Cole. Her unoie, Eli Celia OF
Buxton, took her and brought her up,
and she says shsy were ,st'as good as
ehsy could bs to her, and that bsr own
parents could not have treated hsr any
better. She lived wtth them until she
was IL years OLD, when she married Mr..
VIM. Rounds, and they lived In this town
married ufs. After he cied she resided
wish one Of her daughters In the tow OF
Brunswick for about fifteen years, and
since then has teeD with her daughter,
~rs. Sarah pennsIl, here al Chicopee.
These two daughters ars the only obll-'
drsn lsft nor out OF family Of tan. She
has, howsvtF, s,x grandchildren and i've
grrnt-aFandchildren living at Somervihe.
Mass, krunswiok, Desiring Centre and
Buxton, Ne the wife Of Mr.. VIII an
Phinnsy OF Deefing Centre being one OF
the Rrandehilcren, and their daughter
one Of the grent-grandohilaren. MRS
kounds 10 small In stature, bus IL very
active person, and insists In doing her
shsrs OF the work around the house. she
ia q nne worker with the nssdls, mRktn 9
many little fancy ARTICLES fox her fl i,nds
and acquain tanoss. She 10 also great
reader, and loses 20 read the news OF the
Jag, and er j,ys reading the Crristain
Herald. She 10 loyal memfer Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. and loves
o. 90 to msating, and even walked to
meeting sometins o. last sun mer when
walking Was good. and 10 10 long hall
miis from her home to the church. she
also picked large quantity OF biue6er,ies
tftsr dsy In the field. while not just as
we'll as usual ut present, still she is q
very spry old lady even yet, with prospects
II many more birthdays.
The extra town mseting at Buxton
Centre was called to order by Town Clerk
supply Dean about 3. 30 D. m, on satur-
day, April lsth. A. II. Roberta was
chosen Moderator. The town took up
article two ard voted to bald q new
schoolhouss ot Chieopee, and than took
up article four and located the lot On
which to build the school hcuse north Of
tno IfG1E0t uOubos 4utn N0fnk 0noA "
artiole two. voted 20 approprisss SIX hun-
Cirsd dollars TO builj the schooIhouse: al
so that 10 should De bsilt BY contract ur-
DER the supervision OF the sslsotmsn Of
tte t3wn. Artiuis three WAS accepted,
spd ordered the change Of the name OF
to Q school house fram Chieopes TO n. Z.
W stson. Cnder articie i've they voted to
NO cspt ths sum Of fifty dollars offsred BY
Miss gabitha Watson and comply with
her wishes, which was the location Of the
house and the ona Dging CT the name ~
stove voted. Artioies rtx. ssvsn and
cighs to see IL town would instruct tire
aohool hoard 70 mansain schools at south
Buxton, Duck Pond aud Unicn, were
voted upon, and tie board 90 ordered TO
10 Rintain the sahools In eaoh place. Ar
tfols nine 20 see II town would increase
the appertionments for bridges, was
passsd over. Article ten, TO see istfe town
would build river wall and boat land
irg ct West Buxton. was passed over.
Article eleven, 10 see IL town would az
ospt S5gG from estass OF the iats Samuel
rAnson, aud uss Interest as req uested.
wss acoeptsd. Artisie twelve, to $50 II
town woald paint bridges at Bar Mills
snd salmon Fails. was PASSED over, and
Sabbath service at the NJ e. ahprch
wss well attended. The pastor preached
an Raster sermon from Luxe 2a-6.
Pastor trsgg started for conference on
Sondsy. taking hia family with him rs
far az BsunswiOk, where thsy vii stay
the most Of the week, but Mrs. Bragg
expects to Sin her husband NJ Gardiner
the last OF thc week and remain through
sas ress of The conferences.
services nexs sunday morning at Chi.
ropes. Rev. n. q. Bradssn will preach
for ths pastor.
The next ladies' Circle vii be held al
Mrs. Geo. w. Smith's. nsxt Wednesday,
April 2oah. at 2 y. IN.
SCARRORO.
Soarboru. April 1s.-Mr b. W. orms-
by left IsdneadAy for IiShsld. where he
viii take charas OF ths nix aeld Academy.
Miss Annie 0ilmAn. who has been very
III Cor the past week. 10 gaining rapidly.
Didn't EnIoy the Joke.
The late Duke OF Westminster once re-