The Republican journal., 1900-02-08
SEARSPORT LOCALS.

Tuesday evening.
spring wall papers.
Sears Lodge will give clam stew Friday
evening and " rk in the third degree.
Frank Young, who has been employed in
Boston, is at home for short vacation.
Woman's Missionary reading with Mrs.
Roulston, tomorrow. Friday, afternoon.
Bert Colcord took three and one-half
pound salmon from Swan Lake last week.
The only advertised letter in the post Of
flee for this month is for John E. Larrabee.
On account of the severe storm Monday
there was no sessions of the village schools
Mrs. Emma F. Davis, who has been teach
ing in South Montvlile, returned home Sat
urday.
Schooner James A Stetson, Capt. Fl. V.
Cole, arrived Tuesday from Portland with
cargo of corn for Pike Bros.
John lnnes has contracted to farnish Pike
Bros. 100 cords of hard ana soft wood, part
o it fine quality of spool wood.
The beautiful moonlight evenings, with
the fine sleighing which came Tuesday, are
much enjoyed by our young people.
Rev II. W, Norton has gone TO Bucksport
to attend meeting of the trustees of North
port Campground to be held there Wednes-
day. Feb 18th.
Mrs <. L. Leib left by train Saturday for
South Berwick, where she will spend the
jr,5a of ri bar
j Nj. Burieigh,
The Congregational sociabe will be enter.
tanned this, Thursday, evening in the upper
Conference room by Mrs. B. F. Colcord and
Miss Maud B. Colcord
George E, Marks, who has been cutting
wood on the Towle lot, moved his camp
Wednesday to the Park lot, and expects to
clear that before spring.
The Christian Endeavor Day exercises ar
ranged for last Sunday evening were post
poned until next Sunday ON account of the
storm. The Conservation meeting W as also
postponed.
George Carbon slipped and fell on the ice
last week, receiving a severe injury to his
hip, which was crippled by rheumatism
several ears ago. He is attended by DR.. F,
W Larrabee.
All interested in the annual supper of the
Methodist society are requested to meet at
the vestry of that church Thursday Feb Sth,
at O'Clock, to Fl x the date and make neces.
sary arrangements.
The ice in the harbor was nearly three
inches thick whom tho paDnhSoof
Sunday, but the strong northeast gale and
ebb tide Monday drove it all out, so the har-
Dor is perfectly clear.
W. f. Grinnell went to Boston Wednes-
day to look after the interests of the bicycle
sprocker wrench recently patented by G. I'll.
Monroe. Mr.. Grinnel and Henry B. Black
of Everett, Mass, have bought Mr.. Monroe's
interest in the patent
Tracks of a very large deer were seen
north of L. NJ. Sargent's place, near the
grove OF cedars III which the deer yard was
discovered where three wintered last win
Ter. AS the old buck is alone this season
evidently the doe and iawn were among
those slain III this county against the law
last year
The ladies of the Congregational society
decided not To hold their annual church SUD-
per this year on account of 80 many being
absent, but to raise the amount usually re-
celved from tie supper by subscription
They are to be congratulated, having raised
IN four days $50, which is more than they
would have realized from the supper,
The certainty of the State of Maine this
year adopting New Hampshires Old Home
Week makes it evident that there is work to
be done by the residents of every town in
the State, and We hope Searsport residents
will not be behind in their preparation And
in order not to he left they must be up and
doing, and that right soon. 1t is very impor.
tant that meeting of our citizens be called
and a committee on notification be chosen
and supplied with means to have printed a
letter of notice that every former inhab.
tant, wherever located, may be notified in
season to make his or her arrangements for
a vacation at a time that shall conform to
the date of homecoming week
Mial Sargent became a member of Mari
ners Lodge March 2, 1897 and as the lodge
presents a diploma to each of its members.
his document Was made out, duly signed
and presented to him that evening. As the
night was stormy. fearing it might be dam
aged by the rain, he left it in charge of the
secretary OF the lodge. Several times after
the diploma was called for and search was
made and it could not be found Last Tues
day evening at a meeting Of the lodge Mr..
Sargent again inquired for his diploma
Search was again made, and as it could not
be found he was promised another. Judge
OF the secretarys establishment on coming
to the post Office for his mail after the lodge
closed when he found in his box the lost
diploma, which had been mailed to him from
Seattle, with nothing on it to indicate from
whom 1t was sent. All that saved the secre.
tary from nervous prostration was having
recently read Robt. G. Ingersoll's lecture on
superstition
NORTH SEAKSPORT ITEMS
j. W. Hartman is still contine TO his bed
Ii. K. Robbins is doing quite a business at