The Republican journal., 1901-10-31
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

MONROE Mrs. Barker Piper fell on the
doorstep Sunday morning and broke her
| wrist. The bone was set by DR.. Holt and
she is as comfortable as could be expected.
-. Clarence Stevens while climbing on
beam stuck nail into his leg near the knee.
causing him great suffering for few days,
but he is doing well now... Mr. and Mrs.
John Nealley were in Portland last week,
where they we're sent as delegates from
Loyal Rebekah Lodge. Ripe raspberries
were picked by Mrs. E. G. West in this
town Oct. 18th :. Mrs. E. C. West has gone
to Boston to visit relatives. :. Mrs Helen
Cooper entertained her Sunday school class
of young girls last Saturday p NJ. Miss
Susie Bowden received the prize for best
lessons and prompt attendance in the class
"a nice Bible. :. Miss Mary Plummer is the
guest of Mrs. R. W. Mayo.
STOCKTON SPRINGs. Mrs. Henry Moul-
ton went to Searsport last Saturday to spend
couple of months with her uncle, Mr. A.
J. Biather, during her husbands absence.
Her daughter, Miss Annie, will remain with
her aunt, Mrs. Herbert Mixer, through the
present. WEEK W llulSu Gl1o Idll G6Tlu O1
school, after.which she will join her mother.
....Mr. Rufus Mudgett arrived home from
Kingman last Saturday, the mills in that
place being shut down on account of the
low state of water in the river. Messrs.
A. NJ Ames, F. E. West, John Merrithew
and II. R. Hichborn went to Hampden last
Saturday evening, to attend " Masonic
Bangor last week buying millinery, which
her customers are invited to inspect. :. Mr..
Wellman Hanson, who is employed in
Frankfort, has moved his family from Bel
fast into portion of Mr.. Edmund Shutes
house, formerly the Ira Blanchard place..
Mr.. Ed Overlook left Saturday for weeks
visit in Boston. Mr.. Wilson Staples spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs Ray Bowden.
go. Mrs. Olivia Ryder and daughter Lillian
of Bangor were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
E. West from Saturday until Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Twiss left Sunday for
visit with relatives in Levant, Maine...
Capt. Horace Staples is spending several
weeks in Boston on business. :. Capt and
Mrs. Oscar Ellis of Hampden recently spent
several days in town, returning Monday to
their home. Mrs. Clara d. Farnham of
Oakland, Cal, arrived Monday from Boston
to visit her cousin, Mrs. Melvin Colcord.
She will return in a few weeks to California,
where she makes her home with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Richard Lollings. -. Mr.. and Mrs.
Barnes of Prospect Ferry were the guests
of Capt. and Mrs. Horace Griffin Monday
.... The cold Maids Convention given
Monday evening by Church street, for Vii
lage Improvement purposes, was great
success in every way. The weather was all
that could be desired, the full moon lighting
out-of-town visitors on their way most con-
veniently. The Convention proved all that
was expected of it as mirth-producer, be-
ing uproarously funny from beginning to
end. The costumes were original and strik-
ing, and the billed announcement of an call
star cast" was fully realized. Messrs. Will
lard Berry and Charles Sharp were two
"aged spinsters' worth going miles to see,
while the President, Secretary, Treasurer
and all the other sisters were droll beyond
expression. The literary program render
ed by the sisters gave opportunity for some
fetching solo work by Mrs. Susie Rendell,
Mrs. Lura Kimball, Mrs. Meldora Marden,
and most affecting song by Mrs. Addie
Dickey, with chorus by the sisters. Profess