Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-22
READFIELD.


est growers report their plants wholly
winter-kil1ed.
The road commissioners are busily at
work repairing the damage done to the
highways by the freshets of the past
winter 1t appears to have been wise
move in appointing IL commissioners
instead of one, as formerly done. BY
this method the entire town is more
quickly covered and roads in different
sections are being put in good CONDITION
at the same time.
Some farmers report newly seeded
fields of grass badly winter-killed-
Mr.. CoIman, station agent, is build
ing several cottages on his lot at
Maranacook, in addition to those butt
last year. w. P. Walker is foreman or
the crew of carpenters employed.
There was no preaching service at
either church here, Sunday last, but
both societies held a session of Sab
bath school at usual.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Record return
ed from Boston, Friday.
Guy Elliott came home from the
Maine General Hospital, Saturday
where he had been for the last few
| weeks, being treated for appendicitis
Mrs. ]. G. Allen is visiting friends
! in Oakland.
Ed Swift is soon to move to Wilton,
whore he has work in the Wollen mill.
James Harvey was reported as very
sick at Gardiner, Saturday.
Repairs and a general cleaning up
about dwellings in this village are go
| ing on now.
The Readfield Corner Cemetery As
sociation are at work in the cemetery,
| this week.
The brick church has been covered
| with tarred paper and gravel.
Mr.. Russell and Mrs. D. Haines are
| both reported better. Several new
| boat houses have been built at the
Dead Stream bridge.
| Farmers are active where their land
| is dry enough to work, but it is rather
to cold to do much farm work yet.
| Road repairers We're busy, last week.
CROSS HILL.
| J. S. Briggs with a crew of men and
l several ltdIllS, WdS lIltihiiS, NatSiioA =
and much needed repairs on the road,
\ last week.
Orrin r. Smart of Augusta, and Alba
| II. Smart and his sister, Mrs. Alice
| Chadwick of Waterville, were on the
| Hill, Sunday, spending several hours
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
drick Smart.
| Mr.. c. E. Lowe and Mrs. G. S. Per-
kins are on the sick list. DR.. Mabry
of North VassalbOro, are attending
them.
| Rev. r. F. Millett of Gorham, deliver
ed an illustrated lecture at the Bap-
| fist church, Friday evening.
! James D. Randall while returning
| from South Vassalboro, Saturday fore
noon, saw two handsome deer in the
| Ballard field on the Meig's road.
Cross Hill furnishes three teachers
in the public schiols in town. this
spring, Ora Briggs, Eva Crosby and
Edith Farwell.
The schools of vassalboro COM
menced, Monday, the 21st, with the fol-
lowing assignment of teachers: River
side Grammar, F. b. Whitehouse;
Riverside Primary. Mrs. Gertrude
Whitehouse; Vassalboro, Miss Abbie
Burgess; Burleigh, Miss Gertrude
Richardson; Aver, Miss Eva Crosby;
| North Vassalboro Grammar, George
Fletcher; intermediate, Miss Sadie
Weeks; Primary, Miss Martha c.
Smiley; Pope, Miss Edith Farwell;
Perley Miss Ora l.. Briggs; South Vas
salboro, Miss F. Bell Taylor. East Vas
salboro schools have been consolidated
| and Mrs. Alice Randall will have the
| care of the scholars.
j. NJ. Cross of Augusta, was BUSH
ness caller on the Hill, Saturday.