The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-03-20
SEARSPURT LOCALS.

The Givers and Cleaners will meet with
Margaret Pendleton Saturday afternoon.
Ed. Gilkey left Wednesday for Kent's Hill,
where he will take course in the seminary
Miss Edith Williams arrived home from
Colby Wednesday evening for two weeks
vacation.
William f. Closson has taken charge of
the Pike farm, and moved there with his
family last week
George Curtis, who spent his vacation
here. returned to the seminary at kentS
Hill Tuesday.
Mrs. Abbie S. Merrill, who spent the
winter with friends in New York, returned
home last week.
The Book and Thimble Club will meet
with Mrs. L. j. Cunningham Tuesday after
noon, March 18th.
Mrs. \. B. Colson and her son George
have gone to New York to make trip with
Capt. Colson in schooner Gladys.
Sociable this, Thursday, evening at the
NJ. t. Nestry. Mrs. A. d. Field and Mrs
/. j. Cunningham will entertain.
Mrs. Clara Evans, who spent the winter
with friends in Somerville. Mass, arrived
home by steamer Penobscot Saturday.
Miss Katherine Kneeand and Miss
Fastnet Erskine, teachers in Union district
are spending their vacation in Boston
Capt. and Mrs. Lincoln A. Colcord spent
sunday in Orono with their son Lincoln,
VINO is a student at the [ University of Maine
The Christian Endeavor sociable will be
entertained by Misses Ethelyn Havener and
Margaret Butman N the upper vestry Fri
Gay evening.
The young people gave social dance at
e. A. r. hall Tuesday evening" Richards
orchestra furnishing music. All report
having good time.
Capt. A. 7. Whittier left Wednesday for
New York to take command of ship Paul
Revere, which has been chartered to load
at Baltimore for san Francisco.
!. + Sargent, who has been in the employ
of the New England Telephone Co. in Ban
gor during the winter, has been ordered to
Fail River, Mass. He spent Sunday in
town.
Gordon Curtis, who lives with his grand
mother in Prospect, a lad about thirteen
years old, disappeared from his home last
week, since which time no tidngs have been
heard 1t is hoped nothing serious has
happened to him.
A meeting of all the parishioners of the
Congl society is called for Thursday after
noon at o'clock, at the church. to take
action in regard to repairing the old church
Or building d new one. If stormy. the
meeting will be postponed until Friday
afternoon.
Quite delegation from here are planning,
Il the roads are passable, to attend the
eXemplitcation of the w0men's masonic de-
gree, to be given at the exhibition by the
ladies of Bethany Chapter, order of the
Eastern Star, in Denslow hall, Stockton
Springs, Monday evening, March 9th
William p. Sargent has some potatoes
raised four Years from the seed that he
calls the Mckinley. Last year they yield
ed ten bushels from half peck planting
and are OF very fine quality He has a
few bushels of seeds that he will spare any
of our farmers who desire to improve their
stock
L. W. Rich has been employed by Messrs.
Grinnell x Monroe for several weeks in
neW-toppinG their steam launch, and has
made fine job of it. He has added spon-
sons, which strengthen and very much i'm
prove the shape of the boat, in addition to
making her much more staunch. In short
time She will be ready for a trip in the bay,
and some Of our expert mariners predict
she will prove fast, as she has a clean
model.
William S. Towers, a veteran of the 18th
Maine Regiment, has been unfortunate all
his life. During his service in the civil war
he came near being captured when so mary
OF his regiment We're taken at the Devils
Den during the battle Of Gettysburg, but
escaped up the face of cliff where it was
supposed to be impossible for man to
climb. He joined a Western regiment and
fought long enough to receive terrible
Shell wound, which everybody supposed
would prove fatal but surviving he return
ed home, and has from time to time met with
several serious accidents. About a year
ago he fell from load of hay and broke his
leg. Tuesday he was thrown from carriage
and quite seriously injured, but it is hoped,
and expected, he will soon recover, as his
nelghbors have come to believe that he will
never be killed by accident