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

Mr.. and Mrs. BantOn are much improved
-. Mr. Lewis Murch is quite i'll. -. Mis-!
| Ella Edwards goes to Portland next week tt
reside with her brother. The W. c. T. U
met last Tuesday with Mrs. Knowles Bangs
-. The Ladies' Circle met last Thursday
with Mrs. G. Bellows. Mrs. Mae L
Cleaves of Rhode Island is visiting at james
Libby's. Mrs. Edmund Fuller will return
with her for special treatment for her eyes
-. Mrs. Daniels goes to Boston this week
for new stock of millinery. Mrs. Judso1
Wiggin will accompany her.. Mrs. Grace
Havner from Somerville, Mass, is visiting
her mother, Mrs. L. Wiggin.. Mrs. Perkins
returned Friday from visit in Waterville
.... The w. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs A
J. Billings Apr. 9th at 2 p. m.
MORRILL,. Mr.. Ephraim Richards moved
his family to Searsmont last week. Mr..
Frank Simpson of Brooks will shortly move
his family into the house vacated by MI.
Richards. g. Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell from
Massachusetts were in town last week visit
ing relatives. While here they bought the
Dolliff farm, in the edge of Searsmont. Mr.
j. R. Mears had very sick day last Sunday.
We hope he will be around again, by the
time this is in print. 1t is announced that
Rev. W. C. Stetson of North Vassalboro will
preach here next Sunday at the usual hour.
1.-THE families of j. F. Creasey and Elmer
Hartshorn each rejoice in a SON.. Erwin
Woods is at work for j. F. Sheldon, Belfast.
w The remains of James Sheldon of Belfast
were inferred in our cemetery last Wednes-
day.. Mr. Israel Woodbury. was thrown
from a load of wood some two weeks ago
and slightly fractured his hip; but it takes
more than that to keep him down long, and
he has been moving about more or less ever
since.
CENTRE MoNTvILLE. Two female rep
resentatives of the ''Holy Ghost and Us"
school called upon the people of this section
recently They claimed to have power to
heal all manner of diseases and intimated
that they could raise the dead. They tried
their powers on a little boy, but he died in
an hour or two from the time they left the
house. They ask for neither money nor
food, yet they are cared for by the kindness
of the people where they chance to be at
meal time or bed time. Geo. l.. Edmunds
spent several days recently IN PlttSheld
visiting relatives and friends. Frank Luce
is at work for T. S. Hatch ...Withln SIX
weeks to a day the two youngest boys of Mr..
and Mrs. William d. Thomas were taken
from the earthly to the heavenly life. The
older, Clarentine, died Feb. Sth, aged =
years and months, of inflammation OF the
bowels The younger, Lee r., died March
22nd, aged nearly II months, OF meningitis
He first had the Group. then pneumonia.
AS he got better of one thing another trou-
bic set in. He was a very sick child. They
were both very bright, promising children.
In each case the death occurred on Friday
and the funeral took place on the following
Sunday. The services were conducted by
Rev. E. ,Judson Hatch of Montville. At
the last service the music was by Mrs. e.
NJ. Cram and Mrs. L. F. Hurd of Liberty.
In less than a week after the death OF the
first child Mr. Thomas lost his horse. lie
started to 60 to Liberty and had not gone
more than 20 rods from his house when the
horse fell dead. Surely misfortunes never
come singly.. Miss Mary H. Mason, who
has been spending her vacation with
her parents in Montville, has returned to
Belfast Mark j. Bartlett and Wales X.
Bartlett from the University of Maine will
be at home this week for their spring vaca-
ton. Fred Gay and Weldon Poland are
marketing their maple syrup in Belfast go.
F. B. johnson has gone to Portland ...E.
O. Clement, who has been here few days,
returned to Camden the first OF this week,
accompanied by his sister, Mrs. W. +.
Jones. :. .Gershom Oxton is quite sick.
STANDPOINT. Capt. Norman Perkins
left Monday to take command OF schr. Susan
Stetson, which is chartered to load stone at
Mt. Waldo. Mrs. Perkins, who has been
very sick for several weeks, is gaining at
this writing. >. N C. Partridge has joined
stmr Cimbria at BuckspOrt.. Miss Jennie
Perkins of Penobscot, who has been here
several weeks with her sisters, left Sunday
for Verona, where she will work at Avery
Whitmore's. Miss Lucia Shute came from
Bangor last week for a visit OF several days.
-. Mrs. Nellie Grant died March Goth after
few weeks illness of paralysis at the home
of her mother, Mrs. Jane Shaw. aged 43
years. She leaves two daughters, Mrs,
Frank Leighton and Miss Jennie Grant of
Bar Harbor; one sister, Mrs. Mary Gray of
Orland; and her mother. They were all
with her during her last illness. The funeral
was held at the home Sunday afternoon,
Rev. H. W. Norton of Searsport officiating.
The burial was at the cemetery in Prospect.
-. Dorinda, wife of w. @. Spinney, died
Sunday evening after few days illness of
pneumonia Mrs. Eliza NORM, who lately
died in Bucksport aged nearly 10 years, was
a resident of Standpoint most OF her life.
She was the daughter of Edward and Abigail
Cousins Kneeland. She leaves one sister,
Mrs. Rebecca Brown, and one half-brother,
James Kneeland. She married 48 years ago
Mr. John NORM, by whom she had five
children: Mrs. Maria Simmons, who died
three years ago; Mrs. Abbie Waning of
Somerville; California NORM, Eden and
Herbert NORM, who reside in Boston. Her
husband died IA years ago and most of the
time since she has been with her relatives
and friends in different places. When very
young she became Christian and Joined
the Baptist church, later in life becoming a
member of the COngregationlist church here.
She was very self-sacrifcing and indus