The Republican journal., 1903-10-29
County Correspondence.

reSpOnQenCe.
STANDPOINT.
Mrs. Abbie Waning and Mr.. Eden NORM
have returned to their homes in Massachu-
setts. Mrs. Hattie Leach has returned to
Bucksport after few days visit here....
Mrs. Martha Partridge has gone to New
York to spend the winter with her daughter,
Mrs. George Clapp. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
White and children have moved here from
Columbia and will occupy F. A. Maxfeld's
house on the bluff. Miss Abbie Perkins
and Miss Bessie Perkins left Saturday for
StOneham, Mass. -. Mr.. and Mrs. j. D.
Staples and Mrs. Augusta French left Sat
urday for St. Paul, Minn.. There was q
heavy thunder storm with rain, hail and
snow last Monday morning in this vicinity.
....Susie Patterson has gone to Rockland
for visit... Sch. Maria Webster loaded
hay here the past week.
LIBERTY.
The selectmen are rebuilding the bridge
across the Georges river at the upper dam.
1.-The two new houses are now nearing
completion. G. H. Cargill has crew of
men repairing and shingling his house and
shop. 49,. The boiler at the tannery has not
yet been repaired. IA. j. SkidmOre, who
has been very sick the past two weeks, is
slowly improving. A A. Brown continues
about the same. .. Harry Brown has given
up the High school and it is now taught by
a young man named Verrill, from Wayne,
a student from Bates College,. The firm of
Nelson & Meservey has been dissolved, Mr.
Meservey retiring. ....J. j. Walker is on a
business trip to Boston and New York;.
Geo. Meservey and wife are visiting friends
in Newport. IT P. Mathews, having rent
ed the Prescott store, is vacating the Lowell
store, and is moving his large stock of goods
across the street.
PROSPECT FERRY.
d. W. Chaffin and Edward Kee went to
Bangor last Monday on business. ....J james
Berry has been quite i'll the past week, but
at this writing is doing well. He is attend
ed by DR.. Towle of Bucksport. ...O Otis CHM,
who has been sick with small pox the past
two weeks, is doing finely. There are no
new cases and the scare is about over.
Nearly everybody in town has been vacci-
mated. Capt. w. Fl. Hartman spent a
few days with his family last week while
his vessel, sch. Jacob NJ. Haskell, was dis
charging in Portland. ..... Levi Berry came
home from Mortified, VT, last week owing
to the illness of his son James. .... Mrs. n.
j. Heagan spent several days in Camden
last week with Mrs. j. A. Brewster. .....
Percy Harding returned to Norwood, Mass,
last week 500. Charles Banks came home
from Stonington last Saturday and spent
several days with his wife,. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Grueby returned to their home in
Boston last Saturday.
ISLESBORO.
Prof Ingram B. Oakes and wife of Wolf
vile, n. S., recently visited David Fl. Smith,
agent of the Dark Harbor property belong
ing to the summer people, Mr.. Oakes is a
graduate of Acadia college and was princi-
pal of Horton Collegiate Academy about
twelve years. He recently resigned and is
now one of the government examiners of
teachers. Mrs. Oakes is a sister of Mr..
Smith. Two families of the cottage peo-
pie are here yet, namely, j.. R. Bracket of
Baltimore and Dr.. f. A. Daniels of Boston.
The latter is detained by the illness of
Mrs Bracket, who is now improving and
able to sit up short time every day. The
new cottage of Ii. L. Brown of Boston is
now boarded in and the roof Shingled. The
lime for plastering and the bricks for the
chmneys are on the spot. The builders
are Hatch & Weymouth. This firm is do
ing a large amount of other work. VIM.
II. Glover & Co. have the contract for build
ing cottage for Charles Dana Gibson, the
distinguished artist, whose pictures, it is
said, bring him about 100000 year,.
Miss Leonora Bedell Boardman has sent in
vitations to her friends to be present at her
marriage to Mr.. Edward Alfred Madden of
Boston, Nov. 9th, at II O'Clock. IA. A.
Jameson, who kept the Dark Harbor fish
market, burned in the recent fire, has
bought the grocery store of Capt H. A.
Dodge for $1,000 and is now filling it with
goods. ... Work has begun on the burned
district and the new buildings will be more
expensive than those destroyed. Frank
w. Sherman, Guy Hatch, a recent graduate
of Coburn Classical Institute, and Mrs.
Maria Hatch left last week for California
to spend the winter. Sunday morning,
Oct 25th, Rev. II. C. Hull of the Free Bap-
tist church, and Rev. George E. Tufts OF
the Baptist, preached on exchange OF the
five churches in the town these are the only
two having resident ministers
THORNDIKE.
The Sunday School convention held at
the Centre church last Saturday was an
unusually interesting and profitable session,
with good attendance. Among the speak
ers from abroad were DR.. Pearson and wife
of Morrill,, whose words Of encouragement
added much to the interest of the meeting
Rev. Mr.. Hoxie of Freedom, and the Prin-
cipal of Freedom Academy. Miss Carrie
Weymouth of Troy, secretary of the society,
was also present. All these, with the help
of others, made the day one of enjoyment to
all. Mr.. and Mrs. Ephraim johnson were
in Belfast last week to attend the funeral
of Mr.. Johnson's niece, Mrs. Gurney......
Joseph Littlefield and Mrs. Florence Rose
of Belfast were guests Sunday of Mr.. and