The Republican journal., 1901-01-24

, land has bought two small islands in the
] Ragaduce river, known on the U. S. Coast
Surveys chart as Molly's island and Sparks
island. 1t is reported that at an early date he
will build a small cottage thereon. Ezra
Conner is making arrangements to move to
Castine that his boys may have better school
privileges. -. Amy l.. Hutchins, having
tried a year in Orland, is about to return
: here. Miss Estella Perry has returned to
Orono to pursue her studies during the win
ter. ....Capt. Ernest c. Perkins has been at
home on brief visit, after a voyage to At
RIGA. He reports very rough passage on
his return, and the death of all his passen-
gers, consisting of three monkeys, twenty
! parrots and two cats.
PROSPECT VILLAGE. Mrs. Lydia NJ.
Haley has returned from visit to her niece,
Miss Lizzie Norton, in Bangor Miss Nor
ton is a teacher in the Bangor city schools
and her Prospect friends are glad to hear
of her fine success. Mrs. James Killman
visited her brother, VIM. Smith, in Winter
port last week. Farmers are improving
the snow by hauling their years supply of
wood to the door. Mrs. Eva Dockham and
son of North Sullivan are visiting at the
home Of her husbands parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Dockham. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Haley and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Haley are re-
| joicing over the birth of sons. Miss Lulu
Burton of Bangor is the guest of Miss NJ.
Gray. IL Fred Dockham has the grip.
! Fred Clark, who has been sick for year
with consumption, passed away Jan. DIST.
His family have the sympathy of this COM
munity in their affiiction.
| LINCoLNvILLE. Good Will Circle held a
| Jan. 18th, and it was decided success des-
pite the bad travelling. The little people
sold homemade candies, after which the fol
| lowing program was rendered in very
able manner: Singing by the choir; recta
! ton, RennlS Mathews; Duet Blanch and
| Gladys French; rec, Allen FrOhock song,
Herbert Bullock; rec, Mabel Gushee song,
| Bessie Fernald; dec, David McCobb; dia-
| logue, by five girls rec, Winnifred French
reading, Amanda Duncan, Southern melo-
| dies, in character. Refreshments were serv-
ed at the close of the program. -. Miss Lot
ia circuit of Northport was in town last
week. Miss Susie Post closed very suc-
cessful term of school last Thursday
Some of the boys attended sociable at the
Cove on Saturday evening. OF course a
| fine time was reported. E. An ice cream SOci-
able was held on Monday evening, Jan. 21st,
at the 1. O. G. T. Hall for the benefit of a
fence around the Trap cemetery. %. Mumps
have at last arrived at the Beach,. :. R. W.
Mathews and wife have moved over to his
fathers, VIM. R. Mathews. Mr.. and Mrs
Lucius Duncan of Rockland visited at Frank
Duncans last week.
| PROSPECT. Mrs. John Harding passed
away Jan. 21st, aged So years. Shehad lived
the most of a century, and was one Of the first
settlers. John Harding made clearing
and built log house in the woods before
there was any road in the Clark District.
| We remember him when boy as jolly
man who could tell a good story, and who
had spotted bull dog, a large jawed, stub
| tailed canine, the oldest of the dog kind
that We have ever seen. Where such a
breed came from we never knew. There
was never any more dogs like him around
here. There was an exciting boy and
coon fight here last week. Simon Littlefield,
Jr., was driving the cattle to water when
he saw coon under an old apple tree that
seemed to be hunting for apples. The coon
ran some distance and went up spruce
| tree, and up went the boy after him. The
coon showed fight and was ugly. The
boy had only whip, and the first clip he
struck at the coon with the butt broke off
about foot of it, Then the boy tried his
fist, and the first clip he struck, or intended
to strike, the coon in the head, but the coon
lodged and caught the boys wrist and bit
through his coat and sweater and got in a
| good bite for all that. The next clip the
boy hit the coon in the side ana knocked
him off the tree. Then the coon tried to get
back again, but the boy kept the coon from
going up the tree and got down at the same
time. The coon was big one and growled
ugly and the boy tried kicking with rubbers
| on, but the coon spoiled one rubber the first
grab Then the boy tried to get to the fence
| to get stake, and the coon and boy kept on
with a hot fight until somehow in circling
around the boy got the coon by the tail and
struck him on a rock, but the coon finally
| got away. The next best thing was to jump
on the coon and he made success of that.
He got the coon by the back of the neck
and ran for the watering place and held the
| coon under water. In the mean time the
coon had scratched some good holes in a
new sweater. But Simon got the coon, and
took off his skin and has sold it to man by
the name of Trask, who was around buying
furs: His wrist is most well now, but he
would not advise everybody to try that way
of killing a big raccOon.