The Republican journal., 1902-07-10
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

| with the same music.
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE
| LIBERTY.
Two persons have died in town the past
week Of paralysis-Mr Daniel Baker of the
village and MI, Warren Towle of the
| western part of the town. Nj. Baker was
! Is years OF age and native of Knox. He
came to this place a bout 40 years ago and
was the village black smth for many Years
He leaves wife. His only son, Freeman
Baker, died about two years ago. His re-
! mains We're taken TO Knox for burial
| Mr.. Towle was Al years of age and was one
of the towns best citizens He lived but d
few hours after the shock He leaves a
| wife and three children. Paralysis seems
70 prevail in this vicinity. In about
a months time four have died from il viz,
! L. B. Cox, Mr.. Lunt and the two mention
ed above. I he Glorious Fourth was cele-
brated here in the usual form with an
| abundance of noise and few DRINKS. The
firing OF guns in the early morning nearly
caused tragedy. Many of the charges fir
ed contained shot, which were scattered
over the town in an exceedingly careless
manner. One charge smashed the window
of d sleeping room in the house Of e. II.
Cargill and shot We're taken from the bed
usually occupied by his SON VIII, who for
some reason occupied another room that
night. Windows were broken by shot in
li4e house Of Dr. IIoyt, and the summer
hpilS.a ri ADsriO ('ru.l-.-t Il
with shot. .. r. u. Woodmau OF Westbrook.
Treasurer OF the Westbrooi Trust Co., a
former resident OF this place y hose parents
died here, was i'll town Saturday and Sun
day looking after their graves in Mount Re
! pose cemetery. lie is d liberal contributor
toward the funds for the renovation of the
| cemetery. 1t is hoped that Others who
\ should he Interested, seeing his good work,
/ VII! Go and do likewise. Mr. Woodman
gives So. 90. The Telephone Company be-
gan Monday to stretch the double wire from
Liberty to Belfast The sociabe at Crock
I'll =, Hall Monday evening To raise funds
To buy a new flag for the lower school house
was an enjoyable affair and very success
! flu Ii was under the direction of Mrs.
arrie Aver, teacher
THoRNDIkE.
! our K. F. D. mail carrier, F. S. Hogan,
/ began his trips over the route July 1st. We
! fee. d pride i'll our mail boxes, which are
the new Model Bates-Hawley Signal Mail
! Box, made in Joliet, III. They seem per
! lection for rural service, and we are conf
dent that Mr.. Hogan will. by his prompt
ness and correctness, give satisfaction to all
| go. Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Stevens were guests
of Mr.. ant. Mrs. Ira Pitman at Belfast Sat-
urday afternoon. -. Russell Hamlin and Mr.
and Mrs. Boardman of Massachusetts were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Leach July
18th. Rev H. Small and wife were guests
noon Mrs. S. {. Files and daughter, who
have been passing d few weeks with Mr..
and Mrs. V, n. Higgins, returned to their
home in Bangor July md Mrs. Everett
/ Ward, who has been in NasSalb oro the past
two weeks. returned home Saturday Mrs
&. W. Downs was the guest of Mrs. Addie
Ward July I'd and 81. -. Mrs A H. Higgins
and daughter Leila are passing few weeks
with friends in Burnham. Mrs. F. T.
! Webster passed a few days last week with
Mrs. Eliza fhilbrick. John Cox and wife
OF Searsmont spent Sunday with Charles
Cox and wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Howard
returned to Pttsfeld Monday, accompanied
by Mrs Alfred Howard, who will remain
| for few days viSit....V. \. Higgins and
wife and Mrs. S. c. Files We're guests of Mr.
and Mrs +. NJ. Hunt June ;}0th. -. Mr. and
J Mrs. Alfred Wright OF Troy passed Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Walker. Arthur
Rand and friend of Unity were guests Sun
day of DR.. and Mrs. Porter Hurd -. r. C.
Higgins and family and Blinn Hogan and
wife passed July Sd aud 4th with friends in
Fairfield. Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Stevens,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Stevens and Mr.. and
Mrs. V. n Higgins attended the Veterans
meeting, at Swan Lake July 3d....L. G.
Monroe and wife took a carriage drive to
| Waterville Sunday. Charles Porter of
Searsport is visiting his sister, Mrs. L. A.
Bradford. miss Addie Sawyer OF East
Belfast has been the guest of Mrs. Porter
| Hurd the past week. DR.. and Mrs. j. C.
Whitney of Embden are stopping for a
while with Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Keene :.
land last week. Mrs. Nelson Gordon, who
has been quite i'll, is improving. Mrs. F. L.
Philbrick is also improving in health. =.
Mr. A. L. Ward is confined to his room with
rheumatism. Schools in town closed July
3D.. Eben Small is employed by Coffin &
Ames during the haying season. Miss
Bessie I. Higgins is stopping with Mrs.
George Higgins for few weeks. Haying
will not begin in earnest until next week, as
grass is still growing. All crops are back
ward, and unless warm weather strikes US
soon the corn crop will be failure, except