The Republican journal., 1902-11-06
SEARSMONT T.

SEARSMONT.
Charles Brown lost a valuable COW last
week. Mrs. Fred Inabit and daughter
Margaret of Billings, Montana, called upon
friends in town last Friday. They will re-
main east until after the holidays... Mrs,
Catherine Ilillman has gone to Northport
for the winter. Mr.. Charles Morrison has
been seriously i'll, but is now improving.
CENTRE MONTvILLE.
Charles Ring is having new windows put
into his house. George Gordon is doing the
work. Solomon Palmer employed Amos
Brown last week to build a chimney....
George Edmunds has hired }. w. Went
worth for month to work on the farm and
in the blacksmith shop. Solomon Palmer
hauled some wood to Liberty village last
week which he sold to A. g. Cargill...
Charles Oxton has been with the hay press
the past two weeks pressing hay.
NORTH TROY.
Mrs Hester A. Smart, who has been quite
sick, is reported as improving slowly....
Mrs. Cora F. Batchelder, who has been in
FoXcroft and Sangerville for several weeks,
returned to her home here last week 80. Mr..
j. II. Ames of L nifty was in town on bust
ness Saturday -. Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben
Rhoades visited W. f. Colley of China,
Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Gould cele-
brated the eighteenth anniversary of their
marriage Saturday evening, Nov. 1st... j.
week ON business. -. Mrs. Eva Marsh of
FoXcroft is the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. @. b.
Rhoades. Mrs. Adele Seavey of Auburn
is visiting her mother Mrs H. A. Smart "
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w. Munroe have passed a
very pleasant vacation with their DAUGHTER,
Mrs. Cora J. Goodwin of Upton. Miss
Myrtle Sargent of Stetson visited friends in
town last week Hiss Nina Jackson re-
turned to her home III Unity Saturday.
I>LESBORO.
Work On the large new cottage of Dr.. Alex
ander Biddle of Philadelphia is being rapid
ly pushed. The outside is nearly complet-
ed. Y few rods south of this stands the
cottage of Rev. DR.. Leighton Park 5, and an
addition is being put upon the eastern side
Changes have also been made in the drive
ways and ornamental grounds, Mr.. j. r.
Bracket of Baltimore has reshingled the
roof of his cottage. 1t required seventy
thousand shingles. ....W. II. Glover * Go.
cottage on the '.Blutf, So-called, which W i'll
be the largest in town, covering All area OF
six thousand square feet The elegant
private residence Of Capt John Davies is
Completed outside. Alphabetically it does
not suffer in comparison with any summer
cottage III town from the front view The
interior arrangements are first class and up
ton is the master builder. The grounds are
well laid out. The lawn is smooth and the
graveled foot paths and carriage-way. with
green edges, are made with excellent taste
and skill. Capt. Davies is commander of
the sch. Pendleton Sisters, land his wife is the
younger daughter of Capt. Richard p. Pen
dleton. Miss Alice NJ. Parks, eldest
daughter of the Rev. DR.. Leighton Parks, is
to be married in Emmanuel church, Boston,
of which her father is rector, on Tuesday
at noon, Nov. IS, to Mr.. John Nicholson
Barran, grandson of Sir John Barran of II
Queens Gate, London. Quite number of in
vitatons have been sent to lslesboro friends
The fall term of the public schoolsc losed
Oct. 31st, for short vacation. Free text
books are provided and much effort is made
to give the children educational advantages
Every year a goodly number go from home
to higher institutions, such as Commercial
colleges, Castine Normal school, Coburn
Classical Institute and kent'S Hill Semi
nary. All of the young people away at
present are doing well and their teachers
speak we'll of them. Some years nearly
thirty are away to school. OF late, about
half dozen have graduated each Jane at
the Castine Normal school. Not only is the
town sending out a good many teachers,
but also young men in other colleges.
Some are very successful in business in
New York and elsewhere. One has been
elected to the Massachusetts legislature;
another, after taking the degree of NJ. D., at
Columbia University, has become a prac-
ticing physician in Brooklyn; and another
is pastor of large church of over four
hundred members in college town. Thus
the public schools of the town are an i'm
pOrtant ctor in fitting the young for use
fulness; and the superintendent does the
best he is able to further their interests
\ ct there are some parents who are not
Away satisfied, and often keep their chill
dren at home. But all persons engaged in
public duties-from the President down
lawyers, doctors, editors, teachers, preach
ers, school officers, town officers and even
church chOrs, come in for share of
criticism and possibly the critics would do
no better if placed in similar positions.
In addition to the public schools for helping
the young, two public libraries have lately
been started. In the Dark Harbor section
of the town there is at present a nucle us of
over five hundred volumes, nearly a hun
dred of which are juvenile hooks. Mrs
Frank Hatch is librarian. For the use of
these books and magazines fee of fifty
cents a half year is charged. During the
past few weeks town library has been
started in room provided for the purpose,