The Republican journal., 1902-10-02
NORTHPORT NEWS.

Capt. A. c. Batchelder is having 5 house
shingled.
Four children of Capt. Joseph Heal e~e
sick with the scarlet fever
Mrs. Joseph G. Lane is critically i'll and
is not expected to recover.
Miss Annie Rhoades is teaching in Sears
port, instead of Jay as reported last week.
Manassah b. Whiting has shipped to
Boston more than sixty bushels of plums,
and has nearly as many more to ship. His
trees e a grand sight to see, loaded as
they are.
Mrs. Iredell, three children, nurse and
sister left for home Monday, leavirg of the
summer colony at Saturday Cove only Mr.
w. A. Whitney and f. p, Reed, who will
have to draw lots to see which shall stay to
"blow out the lights We shall miss their
genial countenanceS
The chapel at Browns Corner was
plastered las, week, and as soon as it b
comes dry the floors will tie laid and the
finishing put on. So f it is ne9"Iy all
paid for, which reflects great credit upon
the Rev. c. II. Bryant, who has been the
pr me mover in avery worthy object, assist
eG by tie Ladies' Aid Society of East North
port.
The County Commissioners me- at the
Crockett hill Tuesday and heIu "a he ing
in regard to disseminating the location of
the road laid out by the Commissioners to
avoid the hill. The Commissioners dc cdel
10 discontinue the location us the freshet
last spring made it necessary to thoroughly
repair the old road and it is now in fine con-
dition.
The East Northport Sunday school, under
the guidance of Rev. c. II. Bryant, to the
number of nearly forty youths and adults,
went by c. o. Dickey and Oscar Hills buck
boards. and two private carriages, to Swan
Lake last Saturday, where they partook of
bountiful picnic dinner and spent the day
very pleasantly in rowing upon that beauti-
full sheet of water, returning at evening
highly delighted, especially the children,
with their outing.
Last year there was considerable discus
sion about persons holding property-land-
DS pOSSeSSloH, Wuell There Was ldlk Oh Sell
ing land on the South Shore. 1t occurred
to the writer that the following from the
Revised Statutes of Maine might be of in
te.est: Sec. Is of Chapter lo5 is as follows:
No req or mixed 2 ulon, for the recovery of
lands, shall be commenced or maintained
against any person in possession thereof,
when such person or those under whom he
al
more than forty years, claiming to hold them
by adverse, open, peaceable, notorious, and
exclusive possession, in their own right
Mrs. \. II. Rhoades returned to her Rock
land home last Friday frcm Temple Heights.
Miss Nellie Smiley left last week for her
home in Newport, otter spending the season
at her pleas; ltly situated cottage. Mr.
James w. c. Starbird and wife of Bangor
and Mrs. Lizzie NOVEL; and daughter of
Shows Corner left for their homes Satur-
day, after staying at their cottages though
the season Mr. StarbirdS health was
greatly improved by the healthful prop
critics of the water at the Heights Mr.. and
Mrs. W. 1. Clements and lady friend of Old
Town are having on outing at the ST. cot
tage.
While going from the Cove to Temple
Heights last Thursday the writer met Mr..
and Mrs. George J. Kelley of Boston Mass,
who we're me King bicycle tour through
Maine and were obliged to stop over at
Temple Heights owing to what might have
been very serious accident. While going
down the steep winding hill leading from
TemNle Heights to the Cove Mr.; Kelley's
wheel struck rock and sheered into the
the rider some distance, but fortunately do
ing him no serious harm. Mr.: Kelley when
''they were very good roads with the excep-
ton of the way the rocks were pie led in
them, the rider having in many places only
choice between two evils, a big jounce or
a bigger one. The absence of sand on the
roads, however, mikes the journeying easy
and the beauties Of the landscape from
Bucksport down make up for the shakeups
received - Mr.. and Mrs. Kelley,;;who were
very pleasant people, left on the M. & NJ.
Friday for Camden.