The Republican journal., 1900-06-07


Jefferson preached a memorial sermon at
the church last Sunday. .Orris Eickery
from Syracuse University, n. Y, is spend
ing his vacation at home r. S. Bowen of
Gardiner, Mass, is a guest at ID. o. Bowen's.
.... Children's day will be observed at the
church next Sunday evening by appropriate
exercises. Rev. G, NJ. Bailey will preach
here at p. M. Mr., and Mrs. Lewis VIM
chenbach are at Northport Camp Ground.
He Is at work on the new Adams cottage
1t has been announced that a Farmers In
stitute will be held in our Grange hall,
Tuesday, June 18th.
THORNEIKE. DIR. and Mrs j. c. Whit
ney visited relatives i'll Searsport the past
week. -. State Deputy AnSel llolway of
Skowhegan visited Hillside Grange last
Wednesday evening. He was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Blyn Hogan while in town..
Joseph II. Stevens and wife Went to Sears
port Tuesday to attend the Memorial ser
vices there, returning May 3lst... Joseph
Higgins attended the Quarterly Meeting in
DiXmont June LIB. Mr.. and Mrs. Eben
Gordon and daughter of Clinton passed few
days last week with Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Gordon. =. Master Ernest Beladeave of
Waterville has been visiting at l.. &. Mon
roe's....Miss Iva NJ. Rollins of Troy pass
ed Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Rebecca
Files. Miss Evelyn c. Higgins passed
last Friday and Saturday in Waterville J..
Miss Sadie Bartlett of - is visiting at Da-
la nd n
+. NJ. Hunt and wife attended the Memorial
exercises in Freedom May ;50th :. Mr. and
Mrs. Alonzo Davis called on Mr.. and Mrs.
}. 5. Files June Sd. Mrs. j. f. Heath is in
very poor health. -. Mahlon Hatch of Jack
son was in town last week buying wool for
which he pays . cts. per pound. r. G..
Higgins and wife passed June Sd at Fred
Patterson s.. Miss FloSsie Campbell of
Belfast is visiting at D. F. IIeath's. Bethel
Lodge of Good Templars is having con-
test, with VIII IIasty and Birdie Bartlett as
leaders,. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard IIurd have
IA little stranger at their home born Satur-
day night.
APPLETON DR.. II. II. Brock of Port
land recently performed a surgical opera
ton on Mrs. William Ptman, who has been
quite seriously i'll for several days. TWEEN
ty-one gall stones were removed from the
gall bladder. The patient is in a fine way
for recovery. Her son, J. Asbury Pitman,
Superintendent of schools of Marlboro,
Mass, is in town, called here by the serious
Illness of his mother. Mr.. Joseph Shep
I'd cd
funeral services were held Saturday in the
Union church, Rev. Geo. jenkins officiating.
The remains We're taken to Union fer inter
ment. Mr.. Shepard came here from Gratot
Wis, and bought the Heating farm, where
he resided with his daughter, Mrs. Joseph
Schemerhorn and her husband He was
native of Union, but removed West some 80
years ago. He has lived in Appleton two
years. -. The funeral services of two of our
aged ladies were held Sunday at the same
hour. Mrs. Nancy Moody died Friday,
aged 81 years, at the home of her son,
Joseph P. Moody. Services were held SUM-
day at the family residence, Rev. G. NJ.
Bailey of Searsmont officiating. Mrs. Ruth
g. Martin, aged SO years, died Friday at the
home of her son, Danford S. Martin.
Funeral Sunday at Union Church, Rev. A.
L. Nutter of Union officiating. The inter
ment was in the family lot in Pine Grove
Cemetery. G. II. Page, John Stevens and
Leroy Jacks went to Searsport Memorial
Day, to hear Col. Harry Weissinger, the
orator of the day, and to meet old comrades.
They tell us they enjoyed the day in the
highest degree The address of Col.
Weissnger before Freeman McGilvery Post
was very patriotic and scholarly, and was
received by an audience which filled the
hall with frequent and hearty applause. A
very pleasing feature of the occasion was
the recitations by Mrs. Putnam. Several
of our Odd Fellows attended the meeting of
the District Lodge in Warren Thursday
evening, driving home at O'Clock Friday
morning Those who attended spoke in the
highest terms Of the reception given by the
Warren brothers. The work by the Warren,
Union and Waldoboro degree teams was
very finely performed, and taken as whole
the meeting proved to be one of the most
interesting and instructive ever held in
Knox county. Edwin X. Keene has been
appointed census enumerator for the town.
49,. Rev. G. NJ. Bailey of SearsmOnt deliver
ed the Memorial sermon before David
Esancy Post, Sunday, and was Memorial
Day orator. The sermon and address were
all that could be desired by patriotic cltl-
zens, and if we are as fortunate on future
memorial occasions in the selection Of q
speaker we shall indeed be thankful.