Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-02

port the fair was a success financially
Miss Hattie L. Starrett is visiting
Mrs. Miles Moody.
Miss Lizzie Hall Of Waterville, ha.
recently visited her father, Mr.. Geo
Hall OF Windsor Neck.
Mrs. w. A. Pinkham and daughter
Helena, are visiting friends in Boston
and vicinity.
Mrs. Ann Folsom. who has beer
visiting at Rev. c. w. Lowelrs i.
spending a few days with her son
Elery in Augusta.
Rev. T. F. Jones, presiding elder OF
Rockland District, was in town
Wednesday evening, and held services
in the Methodist chapel at North
Windsor.
WEST GARDINER.
William p. Haskell. Eugene Wake
field and Fred Blaisdell, who are the
most extensive bee keepers in town,
report one of the best years for this
industry known in long time. Honey
producing flowers have been very
abundant Honey of the finest quality
is being sold for Is cents pere pound.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Hopkins, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Horn, Mr.. and Mrs. Eben
Horn. Erwin Horn and Miss Bertha
Nickerson attended the Readfield fair,
last week.
Raymond Hopkins, who was quite ill
last week. is better and able to attend
school.
The farmers will commence picking
apples, this week. They will not har-
vest half the crop that was harvested
last year. Warren Davis, the Towle
brothers, and Walter Fuller have the
largest orchards in town. Erwin Horn
will gather the apples from the large
orchard on the farm of the late N. J.
Benner. These are mostly Of the Ben
Davis variety.
Harry Horn is making great i'm
prcvements on the old homestead on
the Mill road. A new chimney has been
put into the upright part. also a hand
some dormer window. The interior is
also undergoing extensive repairs and
changes.
A good many sportsmen are now
securing the woods in search of game.
and grey squirrels are quite
plenty.
John DAILY, who purchased the Paul
ina Towle place last fall Of Warren
Davis, has improved the little farm so
much that it has become a pleasant
place. 1t has also produced consider
able fruit of different kinds this year.
Timothy Clark is making consider
able cider with hand press, which he
says is of very fine and superior quail
ity. He makes only enough for his own
use.
Will Hopkins, one Of our most indus
trious and hardworking citizens. has
purchased a machine for wood saving.
He went to Monmouth, Saturday, and
returned with the machine. He is now
prepared to cut up into stove length
any number of cords of wood.
William Woods saw mill is now run
ming on full time. He has cut off a
large amount of shingle timber from
the wood lots of Mrs. William Wood
bury and George Clark. Sherman Cal
lahan. Will Howard and Charles Lint
have been chopping on their lots, the
past week.
Mrs. Josie Clark is quite i'll at her
home on the Neck. Mrs. Louise Skeetup
has been engaged as nurse and also
for her. Mrs. Skeetup is
the daughter of the late Samuel Grouse
and is well recommended as an expert
enced nurse.
Warren Davis mother, who was 80
years old, Sept. %. received serious in
iuries from fall, last Friday. Mrs.
Davis is also the mother of Mrs. Ira
True and Mrs. Charles Richardson of
Hallowell. and is one of our Oldest and
most highly respected residents.
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Mrs. Preston Lancaster has recently
purchased two house lots in this viii
lage, one owned by Miss Carrie Fuller
of Waterville, and the other by Albert
Robinson and son.
The odd Fellows and Masons are
having their hall painted and the
walls and ceiling tinted. The work is
being done by John Grant OF North
Vassalboro.
Mrs. Arthur jackson returned home
from Thorndike, Saturday.
Mrs. Will Day and two grandchildren
of Lewiston, who have been spending
the summer at her home in this village,
returned to Lewiston, Saturday.
Miss Carrie Smiley and Miss Lois
Meserve, visited Waterville, Wednes-
day.
Mrs. G. Peckhart, State secretary OF
the Home Missionary Society, arrived
at this station, Saturday afternoon, and
crossed the ferry to Sidney, where she
spoke in the evening.
Mrs. John Turner, who has been IN
feeble health for a long time, went TO
Lewiston. Saturday, to stay with her
son. She was accompanied by her
daughter. Mrs. LOUISA Gilpatrick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Howard and son,
Harold, visited Mrs. Emma Mckay OF
this village, Sunday.
Mrs. Arlenza Gilbert is reported sick
with typhoid fever.
EAST vAssALsoRo.
/ Hon. ]. w. Butterfield of Washing
ton, d. c.. is spending few weeks at
his old home in the village.
Carl Wheeler of Massachusetts. IS
visiting at Mr.. and Mrs. William Davis.
MFR. and Mrs. Howard Weeks and Mr..