The Republican journal., 1901-02-21
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS.

SEARsMoNT. Ernest S. Wing attended
as delegate, the meeting of Modern Wood.
men at Augusta last week. -. Wilfred f.
Cross has gone to New York, where his
uncle, W. c. Cross, will give him employ
ment. John Luce was the most surprised
man in town last Saturday evening. He
was sitting alone in the kitchen, his wife
having gone to care for sick neighbor,
when his daughter called from the sitting
room: 'Papa, come quickly" Hehastened,
fearing his daughter was sick, and when he
entered the room company of his friends
were standing there and greeted him with a
burst of song. Then began series of
blows upon the man, until they numbered
ffty-four, before it dawned upon him that
they were celebrating his birthday They
presented him with silver spoon, silver
napkin ring, cup and saucer, and then with
drew as quietly as they came
PROSPECT. Mr.. Murch Clark was united
il marriage to Miss Alma Partridge last
Y eek. The snow blockade stopped up the
reads SO that the mails failed to arrive, the
school was closed and about all passing was
ended for time. Some towns have noted
places for big drifts OF snow and in this
last storm our big drifting road was clear
up and higher than ever before That place
is the Brown hill....I F. Gould has some
good stepping colts. &C. H. Partridge is
wintering 4S sheep, and has about so tons of
pressed hay, three years cut, to sell. No
bar oil
horses abreast now. 30. B. Gray is gather
ing in the taxes for a settlement before the
coming March town meeting. go. Manzoni
Lanpher has arrived home from visit to
his brother George on Cape Jellison
LINCoLNvILLE BEACH. The drifts are
now higher than when the snow shovellers
began to work on them. We shall all be very
polite if thank ye-marms will make us So
Miss Alta Head spent Sunday with her
parents in Northport.. Miss Ella Thomas,
WHO'S attending Camden High school, spent
Saturday and Sunday at home. :. "A dona-
ton party will be held at the I. 0. G. T.
Hall Monday evening for Mr.. Ingraham
Maddocks. who is very feeble and is also
losing his eyesight. We hope to see a good
supply. Although the travelling was very
bad quite a good sized audiance witnessed
the plays Me and Otis" last Friday evening.
....Alton French spent Sunday at home /.
Rev. II. l. Holt preached very interesting
sermon at the NJ E. Church last Sunday
morning, taking his text from Psalms 99-9.
Mrs. James Carver, Almond Gushee
and Orrin Ames are on the sick list . Fred
Melvin has the humps.
CENTRE MoNTvILLE. The Grange so
ciable, supper, withdrawing, etc., will oc-
cur on Wednesday evening, Feb. 9th.
Charles Oxton is working for John Thomp-
son in North Searsmont Nathaniel Page
has returned to Winterport after short
visit with his brother-in-law, w. Fl. Church
ill, at Mrs. M. M. Thompson's. Mr..
Churchill is gaining slowly. A. Cush-
mans wife and son James are in Boston,.
| c. L. Atkinson is off duty with rheumatism.
! ....M Mr.. George Carter, an assistant teacher
in the Bangor Commercial school, who has
been at home for several weeks, ill with
typhoid fever, is rapidly recovering. Mrs
F. A. Cushman is visiting friends in Massa
chusetts 1t was with considerable diff
Guilty that the roads were kept passable
during the last two weeks, the almost con-
slant high wind filling them with snow
about as fast as it was removed. Many
buildings wei nearly buried in huge drifts
Teams went trough to Belfast last Fri.
day.
The Granger with the shovel
| The snow no longer lifts;
He has given up discouraged
\ And is driving DER the drifts.