The Republican journal., 1902-04-24
SWANVILLE.

anu Ianlly are going TO Montague BuSl-
ness is rushing at c. r. Nickerson'S steam
mill. A large crew is employed getting out
spool Nv. w. Grey, A. f. Brown
and A. d. Moody are employed on Mt.
Waldo. Mr. f. c. Marden is in Bangor.
....Schools will begin next Monday.
SOUTH MONTvILLE.
&. W. Prescott who spent the winter
in Peabody. Mass, with his daughter, Mrs.
Goodrich, returned home last week ....
Quite a number from this place attended
the funeral of Mr.. Chas Bradstreet in
| Liberty last Monday. The many rela-
tlves and friends Of Chester NJ Howes
and wife of North Carolina were grieved
typhoid fever Friday, April H. They have
the sympathy of all in this section.
FREEDOM.
Mrs. Hattie Wiggin is in Boston for
two weeks getting her spring millinery.
Mrs. Gustavus Bellows has been visiting
friends in Belfast for the past week =. The
base ball team OF Freedom Academy plays
its first game in Castine Thursday. Rev
W. A. Richmond and Miss S. R. Perley at
tended the organization of the Congrega-
| tiOnal Church at Brooks last Tuesday.
The masquerade social given by the senior
class of the Academy last Friday was very
successful affair, socially and financially.
The Ladies' Circle will serve a dinner at
the Grand Army Hall every Thursday until
school Closes. Mr.. james W. Libby cut
his foot badly while chopping in the woods
| 1.r%
gone to Boston, where he hopes to find en-
ployment THE junior class of the Acad-
emy rendered the seniors formal recep-
ton last Tuesday evening in the Grange
| Hall. The baskst ball team of Freedom
Academy presented the base ball team with
very handsome banner. Miss Avis Moody
presented the banner and Mr.. George Lamb
responded in behalf of the base ball team. ..
| Mrs. Fannie johnson is in Lewiston Hospi-
tai, where she has been operated upon She
is doing as well as can be expected
BURNHAM.
Hollis I. Gowen died at his home in
! Burnham April 17th,aged - wears He leaves
! to mourn their loss, three daughters, Mrs
Charles Wood of Burnham, Mrs. Charles
Ryan of Unity and Mrs. Elmer Perry of
| Waterville, three brothers, Asa of Mont
| vile, Benjamin Of Thorndike and George of
Waterville; and two sisters, Mrs. James
| Young of Watervile and Mrs. Madison
Whitten of Montvile. Mr. Gowen had
| been in failing health for several years and
| for the past year has been able to perform
| but little labor; gradually failing until he
! passed peacefully away The deceased
! was married when a young man to a Miss
/ Mcfarland, who met a tragic death 50 years
ago, after which he Went to live with MI and
1 Mrs. Franklin Cook son of Burnham, where
he had a happy home, surrounded with every
comfort and was kindly cared for in his last
sickness. Every thing was done for him
which kind and loving hands could do. He
was a veteran of the Civil war and served
under Capt. A. ". Fletcher of Burnham
| During his service he distinguished himself
| by many brave and heroic acts. He was
/, one of Burnham's most respected citizens
Always strictly honest in ali his dealings, he
will be remembered with respect by all who
knew him. His immediate relatives have
the sympathy of all in their sad bereave-
ment. Funeral services were held from his
late home April 10, conducted by Rev. G. H.
| Gray. A select choir, with Mrs. Fred
Fletcher organist, rendered several appro-
pirate selections; the floral offerings were
many and beautiful. Interment was made
in Halldale Cemetery.
MONROE.
| One of the finest entertainments ever
given in Monroe was presented at the town
hall Wednesday evening, April 10Th, en-
! titled The Blossoms. Mrs. Helen 4. Cooper
as Mother Blossom conducted the entertain
| ment. The play was in two acts. Act first
showed the Blossom family about to leave
, their farm by the foreclosure of a mortgage
placed on it by Father Blossom, who want
ed the money to go to klondike to make
his fortune, leaving his mother, wife and
seven girls on the farm, and the girls decided
that they would lift the mortgage by ar
ranging vaudeville show. In act 2,the Bios
SONS were introduced by Mrs. II. A. Cooper :;
opening chorus by the Blossoms song, The
Old House at Home, Mrs. F. l.. Palmer
monologue, Miss Susie Bowden; song, The
Kissing Bug, by the twins; violin solo, Mrs.
Blanche Stevens. Scene 9 shadow panto-
mines. 1st, Illustrated poem, A Lack of
Memory; I'd, The Influence of Matrmony;
3d. The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe;
4th, The Tragic Ballad of the Oysterman.
Scene 3. Song, Stay in Your Own Back
Yard, Mrs. Louise Holt, song and dance,
Alice Palmer aud Carrie Wildes balcony
scene from Romeo and Juliet, Mrs Evie
Nye and Mrs. Louise Holt song, parody on
Ben Bolt, Ethel Chase and Jessie Cunning
ham; solo and quartet, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs
Nye, Mrs. Holt and Mrs. Stevens rec, par
ody on The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck,
Mrs. Louise Holt; song, When Pa Gets
Home from Klondike; the Blossoms
Lecture, Mrs. II. A. Cooper; song, Mrs
Evie Nye; stump speech, Black Face, Susie
BOwden; farewell chorus and tableau, Pa
Gets Home from Klondike, and they
are all rich. The proceeds of the enter
tainment are for the benefit OF the church.
The quilt was drawn by Mr.. F. L. Palmer
and was donated back to the Blossoms It
was then sold at auction, and as Mr..
Palmer's bid was the highest he still owned
the quilt. The show as whole was an
immense success, both financially and artis-
tically. The violin solo and the solo and