The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-10

maQe before another season to 8ccOmmO
date the rapidly growing summer busi
mes. Much abused CheDeague IS at las
coming to the surIace. People ere begin
ming to find out that this Island IS no
the lonesome place it has besn repre-
! OF subscribers necessary for q contin
gation OF the telephone line from
Long island to Chebeague WheI
run have been secured. With telephone
connection Chebeauge will soon show hel
sister Islands that she isn't SO much BE-
hind the times after all.
CASCO.
Casco, Oct. 6.-The summer company
have flown.
1t continues Yery dry here. Most Of the
wells and springs have failed and brooks
are dry that have never been dry before
In the memory Of our oldest Inhabitants.
Samuel and Charles Jepson CT Lynn,
Mass, are visiting their brother, Mr.
James II. JepsOn.
= MIR. AMI Mrs. ). G. Sylvester are away
visiting friends IN Windham and Cor
ham
Mrs. Rebeeca A. Decker has had her
! buildings reshfngled. Smell and Butler
from Webb's Mills did the work
ID. Q. Smith has had some needed re-
pairs on his buildings
Cyrus A, Leach started this morning
with his trained EtseIs for the IopSham
fair, where he will exhibit them.
Dr.. d. W. Wight, :. A. Hall, James
\. Eastman and Levi Dingley went on
fox hunt last Saturday morning and
returned at noon with one fox, we'll
pleased with their tramp on Mount
Quito.
J. q. Cook recently lost one OF his
horses by getting caught in barbed
wire fence.
RAYMOND.
East Raymond. Oct. s.-Rev. J. R.
Nickerson Of WoOlWich, preached at the
Free VIII Baptist church, Sunday.
In the afternoon the West Poland Praying
Band held meeting at the Bryant school
house.
The apple crop in this vicinity IS very
heaYy-in fact, the largest knoWn-and as
a result low prices are being offered. We
understand that the buyers are quoting
Is cents per barrel. Charles Cole viii
have probably so bushels Of gratis, f.
4. Thorpe, 800 bushels and others Will
have large crops.
Mrs. Levi Jordan has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. f. J.. Eager at East
fryeburg, for a week.
Mrs. Geo. b. Strout will visit the fair
at Iopsham this week, and VIII also visit
her old home at Wiscasset.
The funeral OF Mrs. Mabel, wife Of
Charles E. Strout, was held from the
Free viii Baptist church, Friday, Sept,
IS, The church was filed with relatives
and friends. An eloquent discourse was
given by Rev. Henry Fl. NOyes OF New
Gloucester and interment was at River
side. Mr.. Strout has the sympathy of his
many friends IN his sad af1l1ctiOn. He
is left with four little children, the eldest
being only about eight years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. K. Thorpe and Mr..
and Mrs, Lestar n. Jordan, visited Tx
celsior Grange at East Poland, Saturday
night last.
Mrs. James C. Plummer is slowly i'm
proving.
Irving J. Strout who is employed at
the Bowdoin paper mills, TOpsham, is
visiting relatives here.
Miss Fannie L. Mains, who has b3en
employed at WOOdfOrds the past summer,
is stopping at home with her mother,
Mrs. Lucretia A. Jordan.
No candidates has as yet come forward
for the position of deputy sheriff in Ray
mond. This is not very desirable job
as the duties OF deputy here would be
light.
NORTH GORHAM.
North Gorham, October 9.--Mr. and
Mrs. Keyes and Mrs. Mari are visiting
at Mr.. A. B. Hawkes..
The work on the new power house Of
Sebago Electric Light company is pro-
crossing very rapidly.
A large number from here attended
the Musical Festival last week,
Mrs. Abbie GoOld Woolson is to lee
ture at the Congregational church Wind
ham hill on Wednesday evening on 'Ex
periences in European Travel " =
Mr.. and Mrs. @. ID. Prince of Deering
were calling on friends here asst week.
GRAY.
Gray, October 9.-Mrs LII. Gushing at
tended the Musical Festival.
Mr.F. L. Clark and family passed the
Sabbath at Falmouth Foreside.
Misses Susie A. Hall, Margie Andrews.
Kate Leslie and Amy CLARK were pat
rons Of the Musical convention
Mrs. Latimer of Boston is visiting her
son, Mr., W. G. Latimer.
DR.. L. Z. Gushing is in Worcester,
Mass, on business.
J. W. Stevens and son visited Thomas
ton last week,
Mrs. CIarice Sawyer Erand her sister,
Mrs. Sarah Webster, contemplate a visit
to Washington.
Mr.. F. n. Douglass will put in large
engine to drive the machinery at his
mill.
Messrs. Porter and Burnham who con-
tracted to build the new congregational
church expect to complete their work this
week. They have given the people inter-
ested as fine structure for the money
as can be erected, This firm deserve the
patronage Of everyone who desires fine
workmanship and honest dealings. The
society has ordered circular peWs OF an
tique oak from a firm at Grand Rapids,
Mich, which are expected In November,
The lady members Will carpet the church,
which will require about three hundred
square yards. The building Is piped and
scetelyne gas will be used for lighting.
The church will be heated by furnace
or furnaces. The date of the dedication
will be announced later.
sWe often hear people say that farming
does notspay. We do not believe this
statement when applied to Mr.. Samuel
III. Cummings method of agriculture.
What better evidence to the contrary can
be had than by taking look into his
corn house and seeing six hundred and
tW snty-five bushels Of ears Of as fine yell
low corn as the soil ever produced.
Thence to the cellar where oneHhundred
and fifty bushels of fine marketa bic pota-
toes can be seen. This perhaps will not
satisfy some and we viii take look at
the many barrels of fine BaldWins and
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