The Republican journal., 1902-12-11

| Dec 4th... Mrs. Augusta Spauldlng and
| Miss Winnifred Matthews attended the
Rebekah Lodge at Monroe last week..
Miss Lettie Nickerson is at home from
Standpoint, where she visited her sister,
Mrs. Eugene Blanchard. Mr. Ira Veazie
recently visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Nick
erson at Belgrade Mills.
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
PROSPECT FERRY.
| Harry CHM is at home from Massachu-
sets for d vacation. Miss Sue L. Kinks
spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in
| Bucksport. Capt. W. H. Hartman went
| to Philadelphia last week to bring the sch.
| Jacob NJ. Haskell to Boston. Mrs. Emma
Luke is working for Mrs. Ernest Partridge
| in Standpoint. The Helping Hand Club
met with Mrs Willard CHM, Dec 3rd.
WALDO STATION.
Enough snow for sleighing, but drifted
some. IA new preamble survey of the
| town line between Waldo and Swanville
was made recently by j. W. Brock, surveyor.
900. The schools in tonw began Nov. 23d.....
Mrs. Sarah Elwell is at home from Massa-
chusetts, where she visited a few weeks....
Ethel Staples is at home from North Ando-
yer for a vacation. Fannie Bailey has re-
turned to Chicago. DIR. Wilson, formerly
of this town, now of East Livermore, visit
| ed his mother last week and took her home
with him for the winter. E. We regret to learn
| that j. W. Chase is having another severe at
tack of lameness. We think this attack is
! largely due to overwork. w. l. Neal has
his fish dam well underway and had a
fine lot of trout placed in his pond recently.
| Fired Littletield is making business for
| hoop-shaverS.
| WEST SWANvILLE.
| Mrs. Sarah Peavey and daughter, Miss
| Daisy, entertained small company Thanks
giving day. Among the guests were MIR.
and Mrs Guy Peavey, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Marden of Belfast, and Mr.. a. II. Ellis and
daughter, Miss Minnie. A fine turkey din
ner was served. At P. NJ. all joined in
the game of auction pitch, with Mrs. S. E.
Peavy and Miss d. L. Peavy umpires. At
the close of the contest the accounts footed
to / with Mrs. Emily Peavey and Miss
Ellis Potio' MI anu W
, r. Peavey, Mr.. and Mrs. Lamont Hanley
and daughter Ruth took Thanksgiving din
ner with Mr.. and Mrs. James Wallace....
Mr.. Ezra knowlton and daughter, Miss
Clara, were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Beals Thank sgiving day.
FREEDOM.
VIM. Griffin gave graphophone concert
at the barber shop Saturday night. -. The
students of the Academy will hold box
social at Academy Hall next Friday night.
....Arthur Rand, our popular taxidermist,
is exhibiting some of his work in the win
dow of Albert Stephenson's store. -. The
! Sunday school of the Cong'l church appoint
ed Mertice Small, Miss Jeanette Stephen
son and Mr.. WA. Richmond as committee
on Christmas tree and entertainment. -.
The funeral services of Mr.. Lewis Maker
was held last Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Capt. Mcfarland, Rev. w. A. Rich
mond officiating. The family have the sympa-
thy of many friends. Fred Nichols is spend
ing few days at home. Mrs. Harding of
Troy is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. George
| Bryant. Miss Annie Bryant is in Thorn
dixie for week. go. There will be a Christ
mas concert in the Cong'l church Sunday
evening, Dec. Dist. Mrs. Happy Aver re-
turned home Saturday after short visit
with friends in Portland. Messrs. LedO
and Aubrey Flye have returned from Port
| land and are attending the Academy. Mrs.
Rankin and son have moved into the par
sonage. Melville McGrey of Burnham
was in town over Sunday.
WALDO.
Mr.. N. W. Patterson is on the sick list and
is great sufferer. His son-in-law, John
Rowe of Morrill,, has moved there and he
and his wife care for him.. Mrs. Lena
Gerry of Boston, who has been visiting her
mother, Mrs. Susan Barnes, left last Thurs
day for her home, taking her mother with
her for the winter. Mrs. Barnes is very
poorly. Softening of the brain is feared....
| Mr.. A. j. Simmons has been confined to the
house for several days with rheumatism
and heart trouble. Mr.. Charles Barnes
came home last week from Unity, where he
has been pressing hay since the first of DC
tober. He goes from Unity to Burnham
Some young cattle belonging to Edward
Evans were so wild at housing time that he
had considerable difficulty in capturing
them. Walter Harding and his dog corral
led them without injuring them and they
are now enjoying civilized life....J. R.
Bailey was in Waterville recently to get a
sale for some lumber. People were well
prepared for snow and it looks like busy
winter. Farmers have had difficulty in
getting their grain threshed the past two
years. Several lots are still unthreshed,
and no machine in sight, A few years ago
threshing machines were plentiful, but now
it is all hay presses. Most farmers consid-
er it extravagant to feed grain in the straw,
especially when straw sells for $40 per ton.
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