Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-01-24
WALDO.
NORTH PALERMO.

The members of the Smith Cemetery
Improvement Society met. Wednesday
evening, at Mrs. Greeley's. and decided
to make some repairs on the Henry
Carr house for the purpose of hold
their entertainments there. Work was
commenced Friday, on the house and
the barn is to be put in condition for
the horses. All are invited to turn out,
Wednesday of this week. to put the
house and barn in readiness for the
next meeting.
John Black is putting in ice for his
next summers use. but has been him
dered by the recent storms. c. +. Carr
Will also put in supply of ice.
Miss Alice Spratt has gone to Au-
gusta, to work in a dressmaker's shop.
Mrs. Bradford Kenny of Friendship.
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Melissa
Spratt.
| Mr.. Bates and Oscar Turner went
cunning last week, and returned with
| four rabbits.
SOUTH LIBERTY.
| The coolest days of the winter so far
| here We're Saturday and Sunday when
| theFthemometer ranged from II to 20
! below zero.
Miss Ellen Morang of Palermo. has
been visiting her sister. Mrs. b. L.
| Cunningham the past week.
| Mrs. Bertha Overlook visited at f..
Prescotts, last week.
Stave and other kinds of lumber have
| arrived very slowly at the mills so
far this winter.
B. f. Cunningham and NJ. w. Len
fest have contracted for large lot of
hoop poles, standing on the Erskine lot
in Palermo.
Cunningham, the veteran fox hun
ter has captured five foxes in the past
four weeks. He has one of the best
hounds in this part of Maine.
THORNDIKE.
Several nice horses were sold in
Unity, last week.
Sayward & Vose have put in their
mill a large band saw.
Potatoes are five cents lower in price
per bushel. the present price being A.
cents and 80 cents per bushel
Sunday morning it was quite chilly
in town. At one place the thermome-
ter registered SO degrees below zero
Mark Palmer and Charles White are
each getting out lumber for two large
SilOs. A good many make the common
| mistake of making their silos too small
Those who put in silos here, last year,
and those who have had them longer.
speak of them in the highest terms of
praise.
Otis Cornforth of Unity, died, Sat
| urday morning.
Lincoln Munroe froze his right hand
| badly, Saturday. ..
CENTER MONTVILLE.
NJ w. SWEET of Knox, recently
bought large lot of apples in this
vicinity. These apples were sold some
| time ago to A. /. Hall of Rochester.
n. II. They were packed by a man
employed by Mr.. Hall, but for some
| reason his courage failed him and the
producers We're notified that he should
not take the fruit. Mr.. SWEET does not
seem to do business that way; but
takes what he trades for at the price
agreed upon and will be able to buy
| here again as the farmers here like
! that style best.
j. w. Wentworth has bought the w.
II. Churchill farm and came here Jan.
- from Pittsfield, with his family.
| Schools in town are closed until the
| spring term. Miss Nettie Ramsey.
aged eleven, spelled down all her
schOolmates at a recent spelling
match.
L. D. Wright has been visiting his
brother in Belfast.
BURNHAM.
The thermometer went down to 50
/ degrees below zero. Sunday morning,
the coolest of the season so far.
| r. A. Conant is conducting fine
singing school in this village. There is
about so pupils.