The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-10-03

Grant OF OrOnO visited mrs. n. y. Reagan
last week ;. Mrs. Anna Hartman visited
Mrs. G. R. Hillin Winterport last Saturday
-. Several from this place attended Jenison
Grants funeral in Winterport last Friday
....M Mrs. Emma Luke is visiting relatives in
Massachusetts,. 49, Mrs. Georgia BREWSTER
and little daughter Clara of Camden visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Heagan recently.
STOCKTON SPRINGS. Mrs. Paulina KIM
| balD Collins and sister, Mrs. Susan (Treat)
Brown, who have resided for many years in
Kansas, and are both widowed. have dis
posed of their property in that State, and
arrived last week to spend the remainder Of
| their lives in their native town, occupying,
at his request, the home of their nephew,
| Capt Charles W. Ames. John Mudgett
visited relatives in Jackson and Unity, re-
Gently, in company with his sister. Mrs.G E.
johnson of Belfast. DIR. j. A. Peirce and
son, James A. Jr, returned last week from
J a visit in Windsor, Me-. Miss Martha
WescOtt of Castine was the guest OF her
cousin. Miss Leora Partridge, for a few days
last week. Miss Laura Marden and Free
man Burden returned Sept. 25th from visit
to his relatives in Fredericton, n. B., MI.
Burden leaving the following Friday for
Denver, COL. Miss Phoebe Ellis Of Cape
Jellison suffered a paralytic shock on Fri
day last, from which, at the present writing,
she seems somewhat improved. Eman
Dickey, Jr., and family are visiting his par
ents. -. Mrs. Rufus Hartman and daughter
Grace went to Boston Saturday, to visit her
brother, Frank Goodhue, and other relatives.
Mrs. Susie Randell moved Saturday into
the house formerly occupied by DR.. PIERCE,
on Church street .... C. S. Hichborn of Au-
gusta spent Sunday in town with his sister,
returning to his home Monday....A fine
memorial sermon on President Mckinley
was delivered in our church last Sunday by
Rev. A. A. Smith of Belfast. The church
was trimmed and draped for the occasion,
with purple and white asters, flags and
symbols of mourning, two large pictures
Of our martyred President being used, one
on the pulpit and one in the vesti-
bule. The special music for the day was
the anthem, "Blessed are the Dead Which
Die in the Lord" sung by the choir,
without accompaniment, and the hymns,
| A>OdAO15 1N OOus w ACO, eeAN 1AHOA-
lea" in which the congregation joined. .....
Miss Lizzie Wardwell, who has been the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. John Lancaster, re-
turned to her home in Rockland Monday,
accompanied by her aunt, Miss Nellie
Berry. Ion Monday morning last Mrs.
Abigail R. Hichborn, widow of the late
Capt. VIM. Hichborn, passed quietly away
| of hor homo fhnroI, of no cd
vanced age of eighty-one years. Although
her illness had been of long duration, it
was almost painless, there being only a
gradual wasting of natures forces, the
end coming very quietly after two days of
unconsciousness. She was woman of
strong character, a faithful wife and
mother, charitable and helpful in all public
matters, and lifelong member of the Uni
versalist church, active in its support and
in the Sunday school as long as health
would permit. She is survived by one sis
ter, Miss Maria Rendell, one brother, Mr..
S. A. Rendell, and one daughter-in-law,
Mrs. W. D. Hchborn, all of this place.
The funeral services were held at her late
residence Wednesday P. NJ, Rev. A. A
SllllbL VI DolldSG OlICltbluS
MONROE. MI and Mrs. Horace Weber
have gone to Massachusetts to visit his chill
dren for two week. Mrs. Manter Dolloff
of Gardiner is visiting at her fathers, Capt
TolfOrd Durham ST.. Mrs. j. S. Blair is in
town, guest Of Mrs. EVE Twombly, and
will call on friends. Miss Mary Forbes of
Belfast has been the guest of Mrs. Mary
Moore. Mrs. Agnes Dingwell and chill
dren, who have spent the summer here,
have returned to her home in Amesbury,
Mass. go. Mrs. Eliza Sargent, lady ovel
80 years of age, who lives with her daugh.
ter, Mrs. Albert White, and who has been
dangerously ill for the past few weeks, has
begun to gain and is comfortable although
confined to her bed. She is a lady whom to
know is to love. Her patient submission
and thoughtfulness of others that care for
her is wonderful for her age. The Journal is
, her favorite paper. reception was ten.
dered at the /. 0. 0. F. hall by the members
of Monroe Cornet Band to Mr.. Stanley
Richie and wife, of which band he is a
member. The following is list of the
, presents: Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Stevens
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Nye, Mr.. and Mrs. E. c
, Richie, Mr.. and Mrs Sidney Weber, Dr.
, and Mrs. HI A. Holt, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Knights and L. Bachelor, a nice chair; Mr.
!. and Mrs. Sanford Richie, IS; Mr.. Geo
| Bachelors family, quilt, tablecloth, tea
spoons, white tablecloth and one dozen nap.
kins; Mr.. and Mrs. F. Richie, table cloth
and dust pan; Mr.. and Mrs. N. Curtis, Il
yards of sheeting; Mr.. and Mrs. F. l.
Palmer one pair silver tablespoons; Mr.. ]
B. Nealley and family, lamp and syrup
pitcher; Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Palmer, one