The Republican journal., 1902-01-23
PROSPECT FERRY,

| PROSPECT FERRY.
| The pie sociable at the school house last
Thursday evening was a success, both soc
! ally and financially. 80. Mrs. Annie Emer
son entertained the Helping Hand Club last
| Thursday and all enjoyed a very pleasant
| day. Rev. Robert Sutcliffe of Bucksport
was present. Mrs. Josephine Banks viii
| entertain the club Jan. 29th. 90. William
| Kenney died at his home here Jan. 18th OF
| heart trouble. He had been confined to the
house for about six weeks and was cared
| for by his son and sons wife, Mr.. ahd Mrs
| Fred Kenney. Mr.. Kenney was 10 years
old, was good neighbor and q hard work
ing, industrious man. He leaves to mourn
their loss, daughter, Mrs. Mary j. Felch
! of Rockland, son, Fred Kenney of this
place, and several grand children. The
funeral services were from his late home
Wednesday, Jan. 18th, at 10 a. m., Rev. Rob-
ert Sutclife officiating. The burial was al
Winterport. Capt. Rufus Hartman has
been at home the past week with his wife
and mother. He returned to New Haven
Several from this place attended the Grange
supper in Frankfort last Saturday night.
PALERMO.
Abbie Arnold did not go to Albion to her
school last week on account of having a
bad cold. The First Baptist church is
making an effort to build horse-shed at
the meeting house at Carr's Corner. -. Miss
Clara f. Allen Of LeOminster, Mass,
Bates 1902, now assistant teacher at Free
dom Academy, was the guest of &. b. Il.
Soule last saturday and Sunday Her
brother, ". f.. Allen, was a former partner
of Nh Soule's in Leominster in market
gardening. -. The schools in town closed
last Friday with the exception of the
Branch Mills school. The Carr'S Corner
school united with the Centre school in
their closing exercises In the evening the
teacher, Earl Nelson, gave IA reception at
his home Nh Nelson is one of our best
teachers. Games were played, and the fol
lowing program was carried out: Opening
exercises with song defamation. Johnny
Black recitation, Florence Black song,
Ina Hanson: recitation, Almatia Nelson !;
singing by school; recitation, Blanche Mel
son defamation, Willie Chadwick decla-
nation, Lester Nelson recitation, Sadie
Jordan: quotations by schools declama-
ton. Mahon Nelson; defamation, Harold
Bowler, recitation, Edna Osgood; essay
Rilla Black; march; declamati IN, Harry
Chadwick recitation, Grace Black recita-
tior, Jennie Chadwick; singing by school :;
recitation, Lillian Hanson; reading, Mabel
Nelson; question box, Jennie Chadwick :;
recitation. Margie Howard; Mother-G Goose
singing by school.
ISLESBORO.
The Sunday school Christmas concert and
Sunday school Christmas trees came off at
the Baptist Church after some delay by
storms, and were very largely attended,.
Since Sunday, January ~, there has been
excellent sleighing, about five inches of
snow having fallen on that day Ice-cut-
ting on the ponds will begin this week..
Work on the new cottages is progressing
rapidly. DR.. James c. Whites and Prof
Samuel Tucker 's-both of which face Gil
.
are completed outside. Masons, plumbers
and painters are now doing inside work
Charles S. Pierces cottage is 80 feet long,
and part of it three stories high. The ex-
terror is not quite completed. The H. j.
Morse cottage, over 100 feet long and three
stories high, is now finished outside. The
R. T. Bond cottage, 1O4 feet long, is not so
far advanced. The last three are on the
new east shore drive, facing the east bay,
and are the first thus far built in that part
of the town. In addition to these fine, large
and elegant cottages now in progress, David
Scull of Philadelphia is building an addition
to the south end of his cottage, and adding
a third story to the top of the old part to
correspond, in height, with the new. DR..
Daniels is adding another story to his cot
tage and building large wings on the
north and south sides. In no former year
We're so many cottages of as large dimen-
Sions built as at present. ...J. r. Bracket
ton employed for the past six or seven
weeks, measuring and dividing large areas
of his property situated at the southern end
of the town, into building lots preparatory
to putting them into the market. ... The
selectmen have added to the taxable real es-
tate property of the town about 100000
year for several years past. This is an in
dication of prosperity. The mails are very
irregular. In former years the mail was
brought from Belfast to Northport by stage,
taking one hour, thence across the bay, two
miles, by sail or row boat. But of late years
steamers have done the work. But few
weeks ago the government gave the contract,
for a period of four years, to Ernest Sprague
to carry the mails across the bay by sail or
row boat, connecting at Northport with the
rural free delivery team, which takes an
hour and half to 60 the distance of seven
miles from Belfast to Northport. Thus we
are set back to the old stage coach days,
only worse, and more so. Stormy days we
have no. mail. Petitions have been forward
ed to Hon. E. c. Burleigh, showing that
town, whose business is rapidly increasing
over 100000 added to its real estate every
year-shOuld have better mail arrangements.
Mr.. Burleigh, in reply, says that the post
office department has assured him that the
matter will receive early attention.