The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-08-29


will give an entertainment at the village.
Admission, % cents. Arthur Nado is at
home from Massachusetts,. Miss Ruth
Chase of Jackson is staying with her friend
Miss Myrtle Peavey and taking lessons in
elocution of Mrs. Alexander. Mrs. Arson
Ellingwood of Swanville visited friends
here last week.
CENTRE MONTvILLE. Forest Tibbetts
of Palermo has been visiting his uncle, j..
W. Tibbetts. Mrs. J. F. Burkill, who has
been the guest of her mother. Mrs. Ellen
Hartman, for some time, has returned to
Massachusetts. Mr.. and Mrs. H. G..
Greenleaf and daughter Ida, with Mrs. G.'s
brother Leslie of Attleboro Falls, Mass,
have been at E. S. Bachelors for time
I'M. G. Gordon and B. F. Thompson are
doing quite business buying and shipping
early apples to Boston.
NORTH STOCKTON SPRINGS. Mr.. and
Mrs Arthur Moore went to Bangor on bust
ness Friday and returned Saturday Mr..
N. W. Staples is quite ill....Mr. Freeman
Partridge's family and Mr.. Lyman Part
ridges family, and few friends, went to
the Bar, Searsport, for clam bake Thurs
day. The party secured a row boat and
passed pleasant day, boating, bathing, etc.
zee. The families of Mr.. Wilbur Ridley and
Mr.. Arson Smith had an enjoyable clam
bake at the Bar, one day last week. Miss
Stella Nickels of Roxbury, Mass, is visit
ing at Mrs. Hattie Calderwood's Miss
Nellie Ridley of Worcester, Mass, is visit
ing at Mr.. Wilbur Ridley's.. Mr.. Philip
Holmes of Salem, Mass, who is visiting at
ton at Belfast Old Home week. Miss
Edna Breed of Lynn, Mass, is visiting Miss
Jennie Crockett. -. Misses Eva and Amanda
Philips and Resse Roberts of Brookline,
Mass, visited Miss Helen Littlefield one
day last week. Miss Bertha Partridge
went to Bangor and Hermon Pond to visit
friends last week, and leaves Tuesday for
Castine, where she will attend the Eastern
State Normal school. Two little Parks
girls from Searsport Harbor visited Miss
Addie Crockett, their former teacher, last
week. -. Mrs. Walter Clark of Clark's
Corner called on friends here, last Sunday
FREEDOM. The fall term of Freedom
Academy opened Aug. Goth. There are
about one hundred pupils in attendance
now and more are expected. During the sum-
mer months the Acadamy building was
thoroughly renovated within and without.
The instructors are the same as last year,
with one exception; that of Miss Olive E.
Smith of Ashland, whose special depart
ment is that of Physical Culture and Ora
tory. Freedom Academy has taken great
leap during the past year, and we rejoice
that it is our privilege to have with US for
another year Prof. D. H. Perkins. We
know that under his guidance the already
attained standard will be retained. The
Academy offers the regular college prepar-
atory courses, and these courses have been
approved by the State Educational Depart
ment The graduates of the Academy are
accepted by all of our colleges that admit
by certificate without examination. Quite
a number of Freedom people attended the
wedding of George Edward Bryant and
Miss Katrina Harding Aug. 28th in Troy.
Mrs. Carter B. Keen of Washington, ID. c.,
sang solo at the Sunday evening service.
go. Mr.. and Mrs. Ithamer Bellows returned
to Chicago last Thursday. Forrest Earl
Richmond, who has been visiting his broth
er, Rev. W. A. Richmond, for the past five
or six weeks, returned to his home in Royals
ton, Mass, last Thursday. Quite a num-
Der of our young men who have been away
from Freedom for some time are spending
few weeks with US. Among the number are
Chester Banton, Clyde Carter, Norman Wig
gin, and Roland Sylvester We are always
glad to welcome our boys home. e. Mrs
Hattie Wiggin spent the past week in
Northport and Mrs. A. NJ Small OBLIGATED
as organist last Sunday.
THoRNDIKE. The Free Baptist quarterly
meeting will convene at the Centre church
Sept. els. Hutchins Bros. of Belfast
were in town last Wednesday doing work
in the Centre cemetery, where they placed
a sarcophagus to mark the resting place of
the late John Foster of Rockport, whose
remains were brought home for burial
Their work is highly satisfactory to Mrs.
Foster and her friends. 4. Rev. AlOnzo Brad
ford and daughter, who have been guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Bradford, returned to
Milo, Tuesday,. Herbert Cornforth, wife
and daughter of Mexico, and Allen Corn
forth and wife of Waterville have been
visiting their father, Edwin Cornforth. :.
James Monroe, wife and son of Waterville
passed Saturday night and Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Monroe. :. Miss Evelyn
G. Higgins of Lawrence, Mass, and Miss
Ethel R. Higgins of Springvale, Me-, are
visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Rebecca
Files. Geo. P. Higgins, wife and daughter,
are passing the week with friends in Ban
gor. :. "A S. Rand and wife of Stetson are
visiting in this vicinity and were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Higgins Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. FRED Howard and daughter
Leila of Belfast were guests Saturday
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Howard. Mrs. Isadore Tilton and chill,
dren, accompanied by Miss Addie Bishop,
passed Friday afternoon with Mrs. Jessie
Cook in Unity. Mrs. A. W. Ward and
Mrs. A. R. Murch passed Tuesday in Bel
FAST. Miss Alice Thompson of Montville
passed few days last week with Miss
Edith Harmon. Miss Lizzie Harmon re-
turned home from Seal Harbor last Friday.
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