The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-16
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Our Loo
cal Correspondents.
srANDIsH.

Sebago Lake, January 15.--Mr. II. b.
Weigar, an agent for Western lumber
company, has moved his family from
Boston TO this place, occupying one of
j. l.. Rich's tenements.
Rev. q. H. Parker will attend Bates
College while away on his vacation. On
February 10 he will again take up his
work, assisted by MIR. Halliday, for one
week OF special meetings.
MIR. Geo McGinle has returned from
Woodstock, n. b., where he has been
visiting his relatives for number OF
W eeks.
The ID. W. Clark les Company have
commenced scrsping their Ice field, pre-
paratory to cutting ice.
MIR. +. A. Chaplin and wife of Port
land, time keeper on the ice. are boarding
at the Lake View cottage.
Mira. Geo. Whitney has eturned to her
work in Portland, after staying several
weeks with her mother, Mrs Clint Shaw.
MIR. Nj. p. Sawyer, of Bonny Eagle,
visited his sister, Mrs Geo. Dole, few
days last week, returning home Monday.
Mrs tieo Fifielu still remains quite
sick, not being able to cit up at this
writing.
Mrs. Bert Harmon of So. StandIsh
called on her mother, Mrs. Belle Mason,
Sunday.
A missionary concert will be given by
the Sunday school, Sunday morning,
January "a, In the Congregational
church, In behalf of foreign missions.
Concert exercise, ''Ihe story OF China's
Need
HARPSwELL.
West Harpswell. Jan. l4.-Mrs. Lydia
Randall went to Oakland last week, to
spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs.
Frank +. FAIR.
Ne are pleased TO hear that Mrs.
Thomas Leeman OF Bailey's Island, for
merly Miss Evelyn FaFr, OF this place.
has recovered from her recent severe i'll
ness.
MIR. Charles 1 Slower recently pur-
chased a large wood lot near brunswick.
He has crew Of men at work for him
there. Mr.. Alyah johnson, who Is at
work for him, has also purchased q wood
lot at East Harpswsll, containing about
Is aa-es. MIR. johnson and MIR. Slower
spent sunday at home.
Miss Viola Moody is SICK with the meas
lea
Miss Mabel Soule. from South Portland
is visiting friends here.
Ia number of the young people here have
u
emit engaged In the study of Greek his
tory. Their programmes usually consist
of music, readings from Greek history,
with talks on the same, debate o some
question, select reading by some enc OF
the class. etc. The last meeting was Al
Miss Vera b. Dysr S, and was largely
attended. The next nesting Will be al
Mrs. Vim. Randall s, next Wednesday
evening. 1hs following ara tbs officers
| for the ensuing year: President, u. ,.
| LittIeheld; secretary, VIM. III. Richard
| son; literary committee, Daniel H.
Slower, Vera B. Dyer and Mabel A
| Stover.
At the meeting of the Methodist Circle
at Miss Julia Showers thu following
officers were chosen: President, deorgis
A. johnson; vice president, Arcelia III
Alexander; secretary, Lizzie nj, Hodg
| kips; treasurer, Emma p. Merriman
directors Annie Il. Randall, Mabel A
| Slower, Annie r. Palmer, Vera Ii. Dyer
| Susie Il. Maxwell.
/ WATERFORD.
North WATERFORD, Jan. l5.-fn some o
the local items In some of the paper
mention has been made of some yer,
large swine slaughtered by different per
| sons. We wish TO call the attention o
those interested in swine raising to tn
very large swine raised and slauRhteEei
by Cyrus Tbyng of this town. In
swine weighed as follows; ls9I. $50 lbs
1898, 7a5 lbs 1900. $50 ibs., making
total of 20T0 lbs. OF pork In three years
John l.. Chadbourns met with pscu-