The Republican journal., 1901-05-30
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
Deferred from last week. !


this spring after hard winters work -.
| Grass is looking we'll in this vicinity and
with wet June we will have good hay
crop. large acreage of grain will be
sown E. r. Howard and W. S. Morse are
| intending to build silos and will plant corn
| to fill them. A man from Rockland was in
town Saturday buying pigs. Prices range
| from 50 to So. The hog is good
mortgage LITTER. The roads about town
James of Belfast was in town Saturday
visiting. -. Frank R. Moody is on the sick
| list.
LINcoLNvILLE. Mr.. and Mrs. George
| Wheeler and George Wheeler, Jr., of Cas-
tine are visiting Mrs. Lizzie MathewS....
s. j. Gushee was in town Wednesday. His
granddaughter, Miss Mabel Gushee, return
ed with him and will visit her aunt, Mrs.
Will Newbert, in Appleton. 49,. Howard
French of New York is visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. o. W. French. Miss Winni-
fred French attended the teachers conven-
ton in Vinalhaven. Rev. H. E. McFarlane
will preach a memorial sermon Sunday,
May 26th..... Mrs. A. L. Raymond re-
turned to Boston by boat Monday night. -.
Almond and Harry Gushee spent Sunday in
Appleton. "A card party was held at the
O. E. S. Hall last Saturday evening Mr..
and Mrs Alton Monroe are visiting at Mrs
Jane Drnkwater's. Mrs. John Monroe
went to New York Wednesday to join Capt.
| Munroe in the brig Leonora :. George Bull
lock spent Sunday with his family at the
Trap :. Capt. Albert Gould is visiting his
brother, Capt. Joseph Gould. Mrs. p. K.
Frohock and Mrs. r. E. Easton visited Mrs.
Laforest Rankin at the Centre last Satur-
day ... .Rehearsals are in order for the farce
Popping by Proxy" Mrs. Helen Holt of
Camden is visiting her sister, Mrs Olive
Duncan. Mrs. Helen Trussell and daugh-
tersAlice of Lynn came Monday--night and
are stopping at Mrs. Frank Duncan's.
TROY. Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Soper of
Newport, with their two children, Hazel and
Sedrick, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs
}. f. Pierce Saturday and Sunday. Mrs
Emma Hodge and son Ralph of Dxmont
We're visitors at J. E. Pierce's Sunday.
MI. Pierce, who has been at home for the
last four weeks, left Monday morning for
| Gloucester, where he is employed on the
electric railway. Miss Aida Head has
| been quite sick of late with measles and
her sister Lillian has had to suspend her
| school to care for her Your correSpOn-
dent was shown skein of yarn this week,
| that was spun by Mrs. Betsey Pierce the
grandmother of John f. Pierce. 101 years
ago. 1t is in excellent state Of preservation,
and is as fine and evenly spun as number
80 thread. 1t is greatly priced by the
Pierce family. There are eleven knots of
the usual size, and when twisted together
| the whole skein can be put through COM
mon sized thimble Mrs. Fred Trask of
Albion is visiting her father, Mr.. George
Carter. Il noticed in the Thorndke items
of last week, that Mr. Charles Hogan had
treated to rhubarb Sass Mrs b. F. Hard
ing shipped to Waterville parties last week
60 pounds of rhubarb, besides over bushel
of Egyptian onions, grown in her garden,
this spring. There are not many who can get
ahead of ''NIaude'' on rhubarb, or Goats '....
Miss Erdene Pierce and Mrs. NJ. F. feathers
visited in jackson last week. E. Mr.. Frank
Seavey of Auburn visited his father, Elias
Seavey, last week. He took away with him
several good carriage horses.
SwANNILLE. A very pleasant gathering
was held at the home of SylvaGus Nickerson
on the evening of May 10th, which was the
s7th anniversary of his birth. The children,
six in number, were present; also four
OF 6ch h l1ran and lott of ,b,,,
We're received from the absent grand
children. A six O'Clock tea was served, of
which all partook with a relish. The re-
mainder of the evening was spent in a
social manner, Mr.. n. seeming quite as
merry as any of the company. At late
hour each returned to their several homes
hoping, if Divine Providence permits. to
meet on a like occasion May 10, 1902 =.
The Sunday school at the head of the lake
has organized with the following officers
Supt., Mr.. Chas. Walker; Vice Supt, Mrs
Ansel Ellingwood Sec and Treas, Miss
Nellie Rose; Librarian, Miss Matte Curtis
..... Mr.. Ernest R. Littlefeld of Bangor was
in town last week setting up the wind mill
for Mr. E. ii. Nickerson on Maple Terrace
L
yards is progressing, and the first lot of
chicks was Matched Tuesday Mr.. II. p
Thompson and friend visited Cliff Cottage
one day last week. ... Among the recent
successful fishermen may be mentioned Mr.
E. r. Littlefeld of Bangor, Messrs. Havner
and Rogers of Belfast, and Mr.. W. E.
Damn and Louis Nickerson, local anglers
I've are sorry to have Mr.. and Mrs Guy
Peavey leave town, but congratulate Belfast |
Treat them kindly; they are two of our
best. Mrs. Gertrude (Hutchinson) Parker
and children of Bangor are visiting relatives
here. Mr.. p. T. Clements of Monroe,
painter and paper-hanger, is busy in town
at present making things beautiful for Mr. |
Alonzo Damn. Mrs. A. E. Brown is do
ing dressmaking in Prospect. Come back
George; you are wanted here. &C.. Mr. |
Percy L. NickerSon from the University of |
Maine spent Sunday with his father, Hon. !
A. E. Nickerson.