The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-07-23
NORTH MONROE.

biOn, who have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs
A. K. Fletcher, have returned to their home
in Whitman, Mass. Mrs. Cobb has held a
position as teacher in the school at East
Whitman for several years. She has had
the control of 60 pupils and beside her
school duties has done the work for family
of four, doing her own washing and ironing.
If any other girl from North Monroe
has outdone Mrs. Cobb she ought to be
heard from.
sEARsMONT.
Mr. A. L. Ordway of Medford, Mass, is
spending week in this, his native place.
g.. Miss H. B. Alexander of Fort Wayne,
Indiana, is the guest of Mrs. Susan r.
Andrews. :. Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Ripley Of
Worcester, Mass, are guests of the McFar-
land sisters. Mrs. Jane Moody is visiting
her daughter in China. Mrs. Charles
Cross and children of Mattapan, Mass, are
guests of Mr.. Ephraim Z. Cross. Mr..
Charles Ripley has joined party of Boston
friends and will spend month at Squirrel
Island and in the vicinity. Miss Evange-
line Trefethen of Kent's Hill is the guest of
Miss Alice Simmons. :. Miss Alice Poor has
returned from Sebec for the summer vaca-
ton.
STANDPOINT.
The summer visitors are arriving nearly
every day. Among those here are Mr.. and
Mrs S. d. Smith, Mrs. Erwin and son, Mrs.
Henry Showers and baby, Mrs. Samuel
French and son, Mr.. Eddie Perkins, Walter
Houston and friend and Mrs. George Stow
erS from Massachusetts,. MIR. Walter
Small and family of Providence are occupy
ing j. P. Showers cottage for the season..
Mr.. Charles Showers of North Dakota has
been here for visit With relatives. Mrs.
Wealthy Watts has gone to Northport to
visit her granddaughter, Mrs. Ira NJ. Cobe.
....M Mr.. Granville Hartman is at home from
NorridgewOck, where he has been stone
cutting. The third party for this season
arrived at the Hersey Retreat July 21st.
The Retreat is superintendent by Capt.
Frank Marden and wife of Stockton Springs.
....F. Y. French has returned to Boston.
....H. F. Partridge was in Northport sever
al days last week. ...H. Nj. Griffin recently
bought new piano.. The weather so faI
has been very unfavorable for haying.
MORRILL,.
Mrs. Alvesta Hatch and daughter BERTHE
returned home recently after spending the
winter anG spring in Pasedina, Cal. Miss
Emma Murch from Augusta, Me-, is spend
ing her vacation with her mother, Mrs. Lottie
Murch. {. Mrs Emily E. Mears is visiting
her sister in Old Town, Me. Her brother
Warren Dolliff, has returned to Augusta
... Miss Althea Richardson, formerly OF
Knox, has been the guest of Miss n. ID
Thompson the past two weeks. OrriI
Nash of Montville was in town several days
last week. -. Miss TheOda Mears of PrOvi
dence, r. l., is visiting relatives in town..
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Chandler and daughter
and Miss Addie Clark from New Haven,
Conn, are visitors in town this week %. Mr..
Thomas Cornell has been giving the church
and church Steeple a fresh coat of paint.
go. Quite severe hailstorm passed over a
section of Morrill, last Wednesday night.
July 10Th, breaking glass and damaging
crops considerably. Last Saturday morn
ing Mr.. n. L. Simmons was awakened by a
violent barking of his dog in the barn. He
hurried out and found his horse loose and in
a vacant NOW, into which he had tumbled
and was held in a half upright position by
the floor timbers 1t was several feet to
the bottom. The horse was released with
out serious injury. Mr.. "A. Leach of
China preached here last Sunday from
John 4: 14....Our evangelist, Miss Nellie
D. Thompson, will occupy the pulpit next
Sunday at the usual hour. The August
meeting of the Standard Bearers will be
with Mrs Ossie Dutton. Our farmers are
much pleased with the quantity aud quality
of the hay being harvested. -. Mr.. Roscoe
Cross has bought the Abial Gay farm.