The Republican journal., 1903-09-10
KNOX CENTRE.

win was the guest of her nephew, MIR. B. M,
Shibles, one day last week. Mr.. Harry
Higgins and Misses Ida Spencer and Acadia
Ingraham of this town are attending Free
dom Academy. Edw. Shibles of Knox
Station has been quite sick for the past two
weeks but is now improving rapidly. Dr..
Kilgore of Brooks attends him. =. Several OF
our most progressive farmers have employ
ed Mr. Frank of Freedom with his up-to-
date reaping machine for harvesting their
grain and speak highly of it. Lisle Bessy
came home last week and will spend his va
cation with his family. IA heavy thunder
shower passed over this section early Satur-
day morning. .. The remains of Mrs. Pamela
Penny, formerly of this town were brought
here for burial last week, accompanied by
her son, Mr.. Walter Penny of Boston,.
Miss Marion Foster and Miss Dorothy Daily
were the guests of Mrs. Bertha Shibles for
a few days this week
THORNDIKE.
Revs. Simeon Whitcomb of Bangor,
Smith, of Ellsworth, d. Bracket, II. Small
and E. F. Colburn of Brooks, Miss Millett of
Boston, and David Douglass of Albion,
were among the pastors present at the Free
Baptist Quarterly meeting at the Centre
Church, Sept. 4, 5, o.. Carl Coffin has en-
ployment for short time with DR.. Bryant
in Pittstield.. Miss Edna Thompson of
Centre Montvile has been passing week
with her aunt, Mrs. B. A. Gowen.. Miss
Lila Belle Reynolds of Benton was the
guest last week of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Howard and Miss Edith Harmon. Omar
johnson returned to keene, n H., Saturday
90. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Simpson of Brooks
were guests Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Patterson. Mrs. A. w. Ward passed sew
eral days recently with friends in Northport.
...Mrs Charles Smith, and Mrs. Flora
Hunt passed Friday at Northport. Mrs.
Peter Harmon spent Wednesday and Thurs
day in Belfast, the guest of her brother.
Fred Howard. =. Mr. and Mrs. S. c. Files
of Bangor, and Miss Evelyn c. Higgins of
Boston were guests Thursday of Miss Bessie
/. Higgins. l.. &. Monroe and wife spent
Sunday with relatives in Lincolnvlle....
Sidney Ward and wife of Pittsfeld are
visiting relatives in town.. Mrs. i. F.
Stantial and son Maynard of Brooks have
been the guests of Mrs. J. C. Whitney....
MI and Mrs. j. II. Stevens returned from
Lowell, Mass, Thursday night, leaving
their son convalescent. Mrs. Sarah Chase
of Unity was the guest Saturday night of
her brother, J. S. Files, THE heavy
thunder shower of last Saturday did no par
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a heavy frost on low land Sunday night,
which must have injured crops. The hay
and grain crops in this vicinity are very
good Potatoes are rotting badly. The bean
crop will be very light, and the corn crop
nearly failure.
LIBERTY.
A very sad accident happened in this viii
lage last Tuesday in the drowning of the o
year-old son of Charles Marden. 1t appears
that two little boys, Adelbert Marden and
Allen Cook, were at play on the dam at the
grist mill pond when a rotten plank gave
way and let the Marden boy into the pond.
The little Cook boy was not old enough to
comprehend the situation and he went and
told his mother that Dellie Marden was
playing in the mill pond Mrs. Cook
thought nothing of it, supposing he and
others were playing around the mill pond
asl was usually the case with the children.
She now remembers that two or three times
during the forenoon he spoke of Dellie play
ing in the pond, and wanted to hurry about
his dinner so that he could go see him play
ing in the pond. The real situation was
not known until noon when Mrs. Marden
went to call her children to dinner. On be-
ing told that he was last seen near the pond
she went there and found the body in
a bout six feet of water. She gave the
alarm and Tendon Cook was the first per-
son to arrived. He dove down and brought
the body to the surface By that time Mrs. |
Cook had arrived and took him from her |
husband and bore him to the Marden home,
which was about 20 rods distant. DR.. Hoyt |
was called and said that from all appear
ances the little fellow had been in the !
water about two hours, which caused Mrs. |
Cook to comprehend what her little boy !
meant when he first said that the little |
Marden boy was playing in the mill pond. |
The exodus from this place for the past |
week has been great The Pulsifers and |
the Blauvelts left for their New York |
homes Thursday, and Prof. Geo. Z. Berry |
and family left for the same State Monday. |
90. Mrs. Elthea Perkins has closed her |
house and gone to Howard, R. l., to spend |
the winter. All three of her children have
employment there. Mrs. s. I. Young and
family have moved to Pittsfield Miss Flo
Sherman will make her home with them |
and will attend the M. G. 1. Miss frankie
will spend the winter with her aunt.
Mrs. Perkins, in Howard, r. L.. Gran
Vile johnson of Boston is visiting his |
father, M. M. johnson, and other relatives
in this vicinity. .Anson Moody of Mime
sofa is visiting his brother, W. Fl. Moody.
go. The village High school begins Mon
day and will be taught by Harry Brown of
this village.