The Republican journal., 1900-04-19
County Correspondence.
[ Deferred from last week.

son, who has been sick for the past month,
is slowly improving. Dr.. j. S. Cole is her
attending physician. Quite number OF
! the young folks from this place enjoyed a
very pleasant time at the home of MIR. and
Mrs. Fred Nichols, April 9Th. 1t was a
] surprise party to their son Lauriston....
| Miss May West is on the sick list. Miss
Maud SavOry has returned from a very
pleasant visit to relatives in Boston. Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson NickerSOn visited their
daughter, Mrs. Albion Clark of Prospect,
April Sth. Rev. and Mrs. p. o. Andrews
| have returned from Sangerville, where they
have been holding revival meetings. 49,. Mr.
| Fred Small received d valuable present
lately. 1t was a bouncing baby.
| SEARsMoNT. Mr.. LleNellyn Barlow of
| Wolaston, Mass, is the guest of Mrs
| Emma Taylor. Moody Bickford received
severe wound upon his hand last Saturday,
| through careless handling of gun powder
49,. MIR. William Bickford is sick with pneu-
| monia. DIR A. Millett Was on the sick list
last week.. Mrs S. s. Bean and mother,
Mrs. Ruth Lamb, went to Camden last
Tuesday. Mrs. Lamb will remain there
through the spring. AT the annual meet
ing OF the Sunday School Board the follow
| ing officers were elected: Harold Il. Miller
Supt. Ebenezer Cobb. Vice Supt.: Miss F.
+. Miller, Sec'y and Treas. Moses A. Fow-
Ter, Librarian; EbeneZer Cobb, Chorister ;
Miss Eva Severance, Organst.. Mr. Herbert
X. Knight and Miss Harriet f. Bean were
! united in marriage at the parsonage by Rev
Geo NJ. Bailey, Wednesday afternoon, April
4th. The young couple have the best wishes
OF their many friends in this place.
FREEDOM. The following officers were
elected at the annual town meeting: Mod
orator, II. III. Lamson: Clerk, Il. F. Clark :
Se'ectinen, ii. H. Lamson. f. a. Penney, S
{. Dung; Superintendent of Schools, LO-
reno ID. Jones Tax Collector. Albert Hall :
Member of School Board, Dr.. A. NJ Small ;
Constable, Albert Hall. :. Mr. Harrison of
Bangor Theological Seminary preached at
the church last Sunday. The Ladies'
day P. NJ, April 18th Supper was ser
we'd from ) to 7.....A number of Pat
rons of Dirigo Grange attended Pomona
Grange at Thorndike Tuesday,. Miss
Sarah Perley is at home from Washing
ton, ID. C...M Mrs. Bertha Sharp and Mrs.
Grace Haven are with their mother, Mrs.
Ann Wiggin... Herbert Clark, who has been
at home for few days from New York, has
accepted a position in Milbridge, Maine ....
Ethel Lamson has gone to Massachusetts for
two weeks visit She will return with
her grandfather, j. D. Lamson.
Troy. Flora, daughter of VIM and the
late Ada Rand died on April 18th, aged II
years. She was known from babyhood by
the pet name of Daisy, and was a sweet, 10y
able child, gaining the love and sympathy of
all. In her early childhood she had a knee
trouble, that necessitated her using crutch,
thus debarring her from the usual sports of
childhood. Last spring she had the measles.
which resulted in consumption. She bore
her long sickness with much patience and
cheerfulness, and when She became con-
sclous that she could not live, She was ready
to go. She bid her friends goodbye named
those of her schoUlmatps She wished for her
bearers, and passed peacefully away....J Ohm
Saturday scut1iing with a neighbour Dr.
Dodge WAS called and reduced the fracture.
and made the patient as comfortable as pos
sible... Mrs Clarissa Crocker is still very i'll.
La grippe claims new victims into its
ranks every day. Mrs. W. II. Halves is
very sick with pneumonia. DR.. Brown of
DiXmont attends her.. Merton Fernald is on
e,i. al r., | I
gor a few days this week Miss Luna Fer
guson takes charge of his school during his
absence. Miss Ferguson is engaged to teach
the grammar school in Temple for this year.
She is one OF Troy's best teachers. ;. Mr.
Benah Harding is visiting III IIampden for
Montana for employment.
CENTRE MoNTvILLE. Mr. Samuel H.
Berry, an old and respected citizen of this
place, died April It'll. The funeral was held
Tuesday at his late residence and the inter
ment was in the Kingdom cemetery. Mr..
Berry leaves a wife, two daughters, Mrs
Mayo Clements of Ellsworth and Mrs. John
Tibbets OF this place, and son, Mr. Gardner
S. Berry, who resided with his parents. Mr.
Berry spent several wears in California, go
ing there as early as 1851 and remaining
about two years, when he returned East
In 1855 he again went to California, but after
a few years returned to Maine and settled
on farm in Liberty, where he was born
soon afterwards removing to Montville,
where he has since resided. He was Il gen
ial, kind-hearted man, a good neighbor and
will be much missed by his many friends.
He was ~ years old THE assessors made
their annual visits last week Mr.. Gardner
Berry has lost two horses recently, and two
more have been sick. One has nearly re-
covered and the other is improving. DR..
West, the veterinarian, visited them a week
ago, but did not determine the nature of the
disease -. Miss Bates, who has been keep
ing house for Mr.. S. S. Erskne, has gone
to Massachusetts to care for her mother,
| who is i'll. Master Harding Erskine is
stopping with his grandfather, Mr.. S. S.
| Erskine. There are several cases of whoOp-
! ing cough in town. Mrs. Adm Crockett
passed away last Friday after a long illness.
The funeral was held Sunday and the in
terment was in Morrill,. ..
| FRANKFORT Fred Knowles and family
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.