The Republican journal., 1901-04-25
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

PROSPECT FERRY Mrs. George Gruby
of Boston, Mass, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
E. r. Batchelder, who is in very poor health.
.... Miss Lulu Avery has returned to her
school in Andover, Mass.... Mrs. Jessie
Harding and son have gone to Providence,
R. l., to join Capt. Harding in barge Belle
of Oregon. Miss Martha Hartman came
down from Old Town recently and spent
day with her mother, Mrs. Rebecca Harri-
man. Miss Ruth Good has gone to Boston
to visit her mother for several weeks...
Miss George Wescott is at home from Ban
gor and will spend several weeks with her
father and mother.
CLARkE's CORNER, (Prospect) Hen
thieves have begun stealing at Daniel Don
avan's. They captured five of his best hens
and are still at large. Miss Aggie Ward
visited at Mrs. Sarah Clarke's last Wednes-
day Some of the young folks meet at
Mrs. Thomas Clarkes last Friday evening
and all enjoyed a very fine time... Gene
and Allard Sprague and Robert White, Jr.,
of Vinalhaven, were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. C. Clarke last week. They are all
stone cutters and will probably work on
Mt. Waldo. Charles Clark will go to
Waldoboro this week to work on stone....
Frogs were heard in this vicinity April 18th.
. Mr.. G. Brown is remodeling the interior
of his house.
LINcoLNvILLE. Mrs. E. c. Freeman
has returned home from a visit to her son in
Troy. There is to be sOciable at Good
Tempiars hall Monday evening, April 2eth;
if stormy, the first fair night. There will
be good program and ice cream will be
served. Misses Clara Woodbury. and
Beulah Rhoades of Sparkling Water Lodge,
Northport, visited Bay View Lodge of Lin
colnville last Friday evening. Retta
Carver has the mumps. Annie Miller will
teach the spring term of school at the Trap.
.... Mrs. Ina B. Frohock and Mrs. C. A.
Warren are on the sick list....C. A. E.
Long spent Sunday at the Beach. Fred
W. Melvin is now our stage driver for the
six O'Clock mail to Camden. Mr.. Chas.
Frohock of Massachusetts was in town
Saturday. Mrs Fannie Brewster of Free
port, Maine, is visiting her parents, Capt.
and Mrs. Israel Adams of this place. .....G.
A. Prock has gone to Strong, Me-, to teach
this spring.
LIBERTY. The ice went out of the lake
Saturday and all the fishermen are getting
their tackle in order with view to captur-
ing a monster salmon in the near future.
This appears to be of more than local in
tereSt for telephones have come from sew
eral persons in different parts of the State to
know when the ice will be out. Some have
had their bait in tanks here for week..
1t is said that George Hall of Appleton, the
mail contractor of the routes from this
place to Waldoboro and to Branch Mills has
bought the A. P. Cargill place on River
street and will shortly take possession. Mrs.
J. S. Aver, who has been occupying the place,
has rented the George knowlton place on
the knowlton road. George W. Young and
wife of New York visited friends here last
week. Mr.. Young was the village black
smith here thirty years ago. For the past
three years he has been foreman in large
horse shoeing establishment in New York
City. 1t is said that he came to Maine with
a view to buying home near Belfast....
George knowton of Bath has been in(town
for few days looking after his property
here.
MONROE. Arthur Ritche, Esq. of Liberty
has been in town the past few days calling
on friends. .., Mr.. and Mrs. George Gould
havea little son, who arrived at their home
last Saturday night. Mr.. John Nealley
has been on the sick list recently. Mr..
Leonard Colson and his daughter Esther
have moved back on their farm, about one
mile from the village, to spend the summer.
His health still continues to be quite poor
and he is great sufferer at times. ... The
W. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Maria
Atwood next week. Much interest is shown
among the members of our union and we
have many interesting meetings. e. The re-
pairing of the church, which was suspended
during the cold weather, has been taken up
again and will soon be completed. -. The
services of the Odd Fellows will be at the
Brooks officiating. :. Mr.. George Smith from
New York is visiting his sister, Mrs P. T.
Clements, and his mother. -. Mrs Rachel
Ward and son from Carmel visited her sis
ter, Mrs Cynthia Webber, whois quitepoor-
ly this week.
APPLETON. After an illness of nearly IS
months Miss Ella NJ, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. E. Wentworth, died April 18th,
aged Is years and Z months. The funeral
services were held in Union church We'd
nesday, Rev. A. L. Nutter of Union officiat-
ing. Mrs. Martha Keller, Mrs. Helen
Gushee, Messrs. Jesse Wentworth and Geo.
II. Page sang the following selections
Sailing down the river cover the mystic
sea- and ''We are but strangers here"
The pallbearers were Albert Sherman,
Will Arlington, Frank Bryant and George
Fish. The burial was in the family lot in the
Friends cemetery. Among the many beauti-
jul floral contributions were large cres-
cent with the name s'Ella,'' and 18 roses
and hyacinths from friends and school
mates; Is pinks from Mr.. c. c. Ripley of
Bath; Is pinks from Weston Wentworth of |
Hope; Gala lilies and other flowers from
Mrs. Myron Wentworth and daughter
bouquet from Harold Allen of Hope; calla |
lilies from Mrs. Carrie Cummings; bouquet |
rom Helen R. Wentworth; white petunias |
rom Mrs. Helen Sherman; bouquet from
Mrs. Lizzie Newbert and Mrs. Viola Pit
nan. aa1la 1i1iac on1 otlo, Ao,,,orc fro,,,