The Republican journal., 1900-02-08
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MONROE CENTRE. School closed here last
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week. 1t was taught by George Nado....
Mrs. Mary J. Walker is on the sick list....
Mr.. Eben Page opened his store here last
| week. We hope he will be we'll patronized.
.... Mr.. G. c. Hamm and son Maurice are at
| work in the woods in Freedom with their
| four horses They came home last week for
| few days, Maurice Hamm having cut
! cash three and half inches long in the side
of his foot. They returned to Freedom this
! week. ... MIR. Arthur Smith is kept quite
| busy at his saw mill. The pine grosbeaks
| made their appearance here few days ago.
| SOUTH MoNTvILLE School closed last
| Friday. The term was taught by Mrs. John
Davis of Searsport, whose reputation as
| teacher cannot be excelled in the State.
Previous to teaching here she had taught
seventeen years in her own district. We
have had some fine teachers here, but none
has ever given such perfect satisfaction
| Mrs. Davis. The number of scholars regis
tered was II and IA were not absent one day,
or tardy, during the term. The heavy
rains are delaying our lumbermen in their
work. -. The farmers are harvesting their
ice, which is of good quality.
CHINA. At late hour Wednesday even
ing, Jan. 31st, as Charles A. Pinkham, with
his wife and infant child, were crossing
China pond the ice gave way under the
team and precipitated them into the cold
waters of the lake. To make matters more
complicated for them the lantern which Mr..
Pinkham carried went out and they were
| left in total darkness. MIR. Pinkham succeed
ed in getting his wife and child out of the
water, and then by very hard work got the
team out. One of the quickest cases of the
enforcement of the game laws known was in
this town Jan. 31st, when Edwin Piper and
Charles Murray, both of East Vassal boro
were arrested, tried, convicted and lined $40
and COSTS each. They were unable to pay
and were sent to Jail at Augusta.
| CLARKE's CORNER. Prospect. Mr.. Stephen
Littlefield died at his home in Wisconsin
last week. He was formerly resident of
! this place. 1t is said that he was very
wealthy S. ]. Ward is nearly a cripple
with rheumatic trouble. Miss Ella Ward
is spending the winter with her mother, Mrs.
Nancy Ward. 80 John HarveJ's children,
| LOO Ill uu"pcis arc uOWu WIFI Uuo WuOOp-
ing cough. Will Jellison has sold his COW
to Oscar Clarke. John W. Pendleton of
Stonington. Maine, is spending the winter
with his father, G. W. Pendleton. :. Arthur
Boyd has put new turning lathe into his
mill and is ready to turn out any thing that
can be made with a lathe. Mrs. Della
Clarke is able to be out again. The Clarke
! aph soI Loaf III
new stove. George Warren, who married
Carrie Clarke of this place, has moved to
| Warren. Mrs. Caroline Curtis visited Mrs.
Sewell Butterield one day last week. Ada
Clarke is working for Mrs Hattie Blanchard
.... We are glad to see Mrs. Eva Grass walk.
ing out again.
! LIBERTY. Two deaths of aged persons
! occurred in this town last week, viz: Mrs.
Julia Knowltop, wife of Judge J. W Knowl-
ton, aged so, and Mrs. Christina Bagley,
widow of the late Richard Bagley. aged Sc.
Freeman Baker is quite sick with grippe.
| ....Mrs. Berry, wife of Prof, George Berry,
who has been sick for several weeks, is slow
ly improving. Mrs. George Stevens is no
better. Mrs. Inez Marden was thrown
from sleigh onto the ice one day last week
and sustained slight injuries. L. c. Morse
is attending meeting of the trustees of the
/ Maine State Fair Association in Lewiston
this week. IT P. Mathews wishes to buy a
large quantity of oats. Those who have
them for sale will do well to give Tom a
call. ...Arbutus Lodge, order of Eastern
Star, held sociable at Crock ett's Hall Sat-
urday evening. 1t was we'll attended and
respectable purse of money obtained. We
have been standing on slippery places the
past week. Those of us without creepers
stood on our ears mostly.
I, MORRILL, The proprietors of onr several
steam mills in town have been very busy
the past fortnight, stocking up W 18th lumber
for the coming season. James Woodbury.
did some "hustling'' short time since. He
was at Camden and took the contract to
| furnish the timber for the frame of the new
factory building there and agreed to deliver
it there in fifteen days. At this time the
| logs were in the woods, miles away from
the mill. He hauled the logs to Merriams
mill, and the sawn timber from there to
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| save few hours caused by a storm. Mr.
j. H. Dckey and Robe Mears have put in
stones at their new steam mill for grinding
corn and other grain, and are doing good
business. They are also preparing to carry.
out their original idea which was to engage
in the manufacture of sawn hoops. Mrs.
Abby Philbrick went to Rockport last week
on short visit to her youngest brother, MI
Barak Mears, who lately moved there from
Washington, Me......Miss Medora Payson
recently arrived home from Massachusetts
on VISIT. Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Brown
went to Jefferson last week for short visit.
Rev. Geo. S. Hill gave us one of his
most powerful sermons last Sunday.
BURNHAM. The recent snow having COW
cred the ice we now have first class shedding,
which is being improved by the lumbermen
in this vicinity. A large amount of lumber
is being hauled to r. and g. B. Glmores
lumber MILL which is running to its fullest
capacity to keep up with their orders. :. Pat
rick Sullivan is very sick. Mrs. Rufus
Reynolds, who has been dangerously sick,
is slowly recovering. james Witham has
heen confined to his hOnse for several weeks