The Republican journal., 1901-06-27

way home from q weeks visit in UniOn....
A. E. Fletcher of Roxbury, Mass, is in
town visiting at O. F. Allenwood's. =. There
will be Christian Endeavor meeting at
Halls Corner schoolhuuse Sunday, June
sOth, at 2 p. M. Everybody is invited to at.
tend. o
PALERMO. George Marden had his horse,
harness and wagon taken from his stable
one night recently. The next day the team
was found in Montville, all right. A pipe
was left in the wagon. Mr.. Prescott of
Mount Vernon was in town last week and
sold several carriages. Mrs. Efie Pope OF
China, formerly Of this place, visited rela-
tives and friends here last week. Charles
Arnold shingled his house last week.
Wesley Marden has gone to Waterville for a
short stay. Mrs. Alice Bowler went to
Albion recently to call on friends. Her
horse became frightened by dog and threw
her out.
BURNHAM. Joseph Mathews has con-
tracted to cut the hay on the large hay farm
owned by D. NJ Parks of Pittsfeld. This
farm is situated on what is known as the
Horseback road in Burnham and contains
100 acres unbroken by fence or wall. Up
wards of 125 tons of first quality English
hay have been cut here in one season. This
farm has one of the most beautiful Norway
pine groves to be found in Maine. The
grove is on the west side of the Horseback,
extends along on one side of the road
for nearly quarter of a mile, and covers
about ten acres. The trees are very tail
and straight and are as close together as
they could well grow Mr.. Parks also has
on this farm one of the finest boiling springs
in this part of Maine. A ten quart pail can
be filled in Is seconds from the flow. The
water is ice cold and perfectly pure. A
two-horse team hauls this water to Pittsfeld
finds ready sale. ...G. F. Wyman has his
large. new barn nearly completed. Fred
Bachelor has charge of the work. .Oakes
Dodge has very large patch of cultivated
strawberries, which are now ready for the
first picking.
FRANKFORT We are to celebrate the
4th of July here in grand sly lie. There will be
two games of base ball, and sack races, and
boat races, creased pole, ETC., with fire works
in the evening. Geo. Alley will build a
platform and have dancing all day.. Sch.
Helena finished loading Saturday night
with paving for New York. :. About 40
members of Venus Grange visited Gran
lite Grange, North Searsport, Tuesday
evening, June 18th, and enjoyed fine enter
tainment and harvest feast. As we enter
ed the hall the first object to greet our eyes
was "Welcome to Venus in large ever
green letters above the stage, and as we
looked around and met the smiling faces
and clasped the extended hands in our
fir aternal grip we were glad that we were
patrons. Promptly at o'clock Worthy
Master Hartson's gavel fell and after the
opening exercises an address of welcome
by Sister Nickerson was listened to with
much pleasure. 1t was replete with thought
and fraternal greetings. The response was
by the Master of Venus Grange. The
visiting members returned home in the wee
small hours, feeling that it was evening of
pleasure long to be remembered Morning
Light Grange also extends greetings and a
invitation to Venus to meet with them and
enjoy harvest feast Thursday, June 9th
and to which all are looking forward with
pleasure, knowing that great benefit is
derived from these social gatherings.
Miss Helen Peavey is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Peavey
CENTRE MONTvILLE. Miss Inez Barker
is caring for Mrs. w. S. Mahuren.
Thompson could always sell carriages, but
his year he finds it difficult to keep one in
the varnish room long enough for the var
nish to set before some anxious customer
comes after it. Western carriage dealers
are not in the same class with Volney... F.
A. Cushman has been making extensive re-
pairs on his barn, employing large crew.
Mrs. M. H. Clement and two children of
Ellsworth are at G. S. Berry's. A part of
last week j. j. Clement was in Liberty
helping to appraise the stock of goods of
the late l.. l.. Prescott. w. S. Davis from
Camden was in town few days since buy
ing cows for G. E. Nash and himself. w.
D. Thomas and family have gone to Wash
ington to live. Mrs F. B. johnson goes to
Portland this week to stay for time. i.
W. Plummer has been converting Fred
Lucas old two-story house on Ayers Ridge,
into hay barn.. Ira D. Grams store at
the Kingdom was broken into June 18th, A
small sum of money, some tobacco and
cigars were taken. Deputy Sheriff W. A.
Poland arrested Rudolf Cox last Saturday
night and took him to Belfast Monday.
go. Mr.. George Carter, instructor in the
Bangor Commercial College, is at home for
a months vacation. Most of the schools in
town closed last week. The remainder will
clio Sc this week. The school at the Centre
will close with an entertainment Friday....
Many of our citizens attended the circus in
Belfast last week....Mr. and Mrs. Mayo
Clements and three sons visited Mr.. Gard
ner Berry last week. Mrs. Clement and
children will remain several weeks. -. Mr..
W. H. Bartlett is visiting in Washington.
D. C.
PROSPECT VILLAGE. Mr.. Amos Part
ridge and bride, accompanied by Mr. B.
Darby and Miss Ella Partridge of Belfast,
spent last Saturday and Sunday with Mr..
P.'s mother, Mrs. l. F. Gould. The MANY
friends of Mrs. Flora Sprowl of Winterport
are pleased to learn she has so far recover
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