The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-06-27
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
Deferred from last week, I

and Mrs. w. B. Morse. Miss Ruth Linn-
kin, who has been employed in Howard, r.
L., for the past year, is at home for few
weeks. Mrs. David Prescott and son of
Howard, R. l., are visiting her parents, Mr..
ard Mrs. F. Linnikin.. Rev. and Mrs. E.
I A. Dinslow, Erva Conner and Ethel Howes
! attended the quarterly meeting in North
| Gushing last week. Roy and Edie Fuller
spent Saturday and Sunday with their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. @. Adams.
HALLDALE. Rev. S. II. Burton of South
Jefferson preached at the church last Sun
| day P. ME-. E. Hall and J. w. Plummer
| are helping F. c. Lucas on his barn.. H.
| M. Howard attended the F. w. B. quarterly
| meeting in North Gushing last week. -. Mrs
| c. NJ. Clement returned to her home in
Lowell, Mass, last week.. w. E. Overlook
of Raz0rville attended the church here last
Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Poland re-
| turned home from Medford, Mass, June
| 18th. .GOldie Thompson is at work for c..
| A. Hall. IF. Hahn and Mr.. LevensalerDof
| WaldobOro called on friends here last week.
BURNHAM. Mrs. Justus Thorndike and
family of Belfast are visiting Mrs. Thorn
| dike's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Bassler, at
! the village. Mr.. Sanford Perkins of
| Clinton, while visiting relatives at this place,
was taken suddenly insane and it is thought
it will be necessary to take him to the III
| sane Hospital. Mr.. George Wyman has
large force at work building his new barn.
The frame is up and partly boarded. 1t
will be when completed the best barn on
| the road. Mr.. Everett Libby has had a
| number of men engaged for the past week
| halter-breaking and otherwise disciplining
| his drove of over 100 wild horses from the
west They are fine looking lot.
| PROSPECT FERRY. Charles CHM of Bel
| fast and his sister, Mrs. Ruth Snow of
Connecticut, called on relatives here last
| Sunday. Mrs. George Brown has gone to
| Waterville to attend the graduating exer-
| cises this week at the Coburn Classical in
stitute, from which Alfred Fry, boy whom
she brought up, will graduate. Mrs. Fan
ME Wilson and her three daughters arrived
home from New York last Thursday....
| Mrs. Bessie Harvey of Boston is visiting
friends here. Mr. and Mrs. George Gruby
Of Boston arrived last Saturday. Mrs
! Gruby will spend part of the summer here
| in her new home with her mother, Mrs.
Sarah Glidden.. Miss Hannah Heagan is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith in
Stockton. Charles Banks has gone to Hal
lowell, where he has employment
SEARsPoRT. J. II. Sullivan in clearing
up his desk recently came across the follow
ing record of game of base ball played by
the Scion Base Ball Club of Searsport in
Ninalhaven, Aug. s, 1878, upon the occasion
of Searsport Band excursion:
SCIONS VS.. GRANTEES.
Amos d. Carver, scorer. A. G. Coburn,
umpire.
]: H Sullivan, c... R Murphy, o.........' R
b. i. Warren, s. S.. Catlin, p...........1
| L. t. Nichols, p.....1 Carver, 1b...........1
Amos Nichols, 2b. II Webb, r. f.. .........o
Frank NJ Porter, r.f..2 Bodwell, |. f........2
, Chas. Sullivan, 3b. - Murphy, S. s...O
y. j. Biather, 1b. "A Green, c. f......1
+. W. Colcord, C. ..3|Grffin, 3d.
IL. b. Wright, |. f.. 3 Colson, 2b. ..........0
In the game Biather and Amos Nichols
| made triple play.
| WALDO. c. w. Barnes who has been
very sick with inflammation of the bowels,
is able to ride OUT. L. E. Burnes is poorly
| He has heart disease and other compica
ons....Mrs Lois Littletield of Milford,
Mass, was in town last week visiting
frlends....B. A. Clary has gone to Liver
more, where he has employment. :. Mr. and
Mrs. Mott Wilson of Bangor were in town
recently calling on friends. Mr. and Mrs
III. {. Marden have returned to Howard, R.
L.. Avon Webster, who has been in Bos-
ton the past winter and spring, made brief
visit In town last week. e. L. Harding and
| wife of Belfast were in town over Sunday.
....Potato beetles are numerous and some
OF the best farmers think it pays to hand
pick and destroy them Paris Green on
! onions seems to invite rust -. Crows have
been very destructive this spring, paying
| little or no attention to Irvine or scarecrows.
and very saucy to the man with the hoe, but
keeping safe distance from the man with
the gun. Squash bugs have been present
i'll swarms the past week, and only those
that were covered have escaped their
ravages Potatoes and grain are growing
i timely but other crops are small and weak
THE apple crop will be very light {. :.
! Mrs. Maria Miller of Montpelier, VT, accom-
panied by her son George and daughter
Winona, has been visiting her son Charles
at Clarence 7. Smiths. Charles E. Miller
has gone to Calais to visit his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thompson.
W1NTERPoRT. The High School closed a
very successful term under the direction of
Principal G. A. Palmer, Friday afternoon,
June 14th,and goodly number of people lis
tened with pleasure to the following inter-
esting program: Music, school choir ;essay,A
Trip to Swan Lake, Louise Smith; recita-
ton, Lost, but Found, Bessie Downs decla-
nation, The Storming of Missionary Ridge,
Carroll Young; recitation, Limpy Tim,
Belle F. Thayer; recitation, The Monks
Picture. Annie Hardy; recitation, How He
Saved st. Michaels, Lenora Kneeland; rec
itation, Dead, Name Unknown. Marian
Philbrook; recitation, The Wreck of the
| Hesperus, Louise McDonough; essay, Clean
ings from Whittier, Ethel H. Baker; recta-
ton, The Blue and the Gray, Jennie L.
Quigley recitation, Hannah, the Quakeress,
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