The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-07-28
SEARsPoRT LOCALS.


boat for Boston.
Herbert Gilkey left Sunday by boat for
his home in Bangor.
Mrs. Esther Griffin and Ned Griffin are
in Roxbury, Mass.
Maurice Dolliver visited friends in Ban
gOr few days last week.
MIR. and Mrs. s. A. Prescott of Everett,
Mass, were in town Monday.
Irving PendletOn of Lewiston was in
town for fe', day last week.
NJ. P. Dunton and wife of Augusta are
the guests of Mrs. Caro- Whittier.
Capt. and Mrs. William Gilkey arrived
home from Hurricane Island Monday.
Subject at the Methodist church next
Sunday morning. "The visions of Christ"
Mass, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Sar-
gent.
Capt. Amos Dow arrived from New York
Sunday and will remain at home for short
time.
Mr.. William Putnam of Boston is visiting
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Putnam.
Mrs. Lucy Adams of Bangor, who has
been the guest of Miss Hopkins, has gone
TO Camden.
Mrs. Ella Morey and daughter Lillian
left by boat Friday for their home in RoX
bury, Mass.
Mrs. Lottie Ford returned to Boston
Friday after short vacation spent at her
cottage on the Belfast road.
Mrs. Frank Sheldon of Brookline was
one of the passengers from SearSpOrt on
Fridays boat for Boston.
Mrs. A. J. Nckerson left by train Tues
day for Bar Harbor, where she will visit
relatives for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Black and son of
MelroSe, Mass, are spending week with
MIR. and Mrs. j. W. Black.
Don't forget that the first meeting of The
children'S dancing class is to be held Friday
afternoon in G. A. r. hall.
Rev. j. E. c. Sawyer of Williamstown,
Mass, was in town last week to attend the
funeral of his sister, Miss Sarah Sawyer.
The schooner Kittie Lawry loaded with
lumber for F. Trundy and sidewalk planks
for the town, arrived Saturday from Ban
gor.
Sch Edward L. Warren was in the
harbor last week, waiting for one of her
crew. She sailed Saturday for Vineyard
Haven.
Capt. James I. ErSkine has gone to Hurri-
cane Island to take command of schooner
George Gilkey, loading paving there for
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Woods and chill
dren of Dorchester, Mass, arrived Thurs
day by boat and are to spend few weeks
at Mrs. J. Webbers.
Mrs. Charles Whittier, Miss Ida Whittier,
Mrs. Daniel Nichols and Mrs. Caro- Whit
tier have been spending few days at Lake
side cottage, Swan Lake.
Misses Jessie Nickerson and Ellen n
Farnum OF Brooklyn started Monday to
drive through to Bar Harbor, where they
will spend the coming week.
The Indians broke camp Sunday and re-
turned to Old Town. They seem to be at
tached to Searsport, however, for they prom
ised to return later in the season.
Elmer Hanmons of West Newton, Mass,
and George Hammons of Chicago drove
over Saturday from Belfast, where they
are visiting, to make brief calls upon some
OF their friends in town.
At the Methodist church next Sunday
evening, installation of the officers of the
EpWorth League Chapter will take place
with special music prepared for the coca
sion. All young people specially invited
Alton and Arthur jackson, who are
spending the season in town. are thoroughly
enjoying their new naphtha launch the
Remlik. She is y feet inches long and
was built for them by Barrett Il Young of
Rockland
Will the members of the Magazine Club
plea.e look over their files OF old magazines
and see if any 1904 Scribner, Strands, or
t0SmOpolltans happen to be among them !?
If any are found they may be left with
Maude Cocord.
Dou't forget the apron, homemade candy
ana ice cream sale on the lawn of the
Methodist church by the Eadies' Aid So
ciety Tuesday, Aug. End, afternoon and
evening. Ii not pleasant it will be held in
the church vestry.
The steamer Merryconeag left here at 6. 80
D. Ill. " ednesday for Northp0rt with peo-
pie to attend the musicale gwen last even
ing in the auditorium tor the benefit Of the
Campsround. Searsport was represented
on the program by Miss jamie Curtis and
Mi. Albert Kane, who gave solos, and by
Miss Elizabeth Whtcomb, whistler.
OBIrU AIRY. The community was shocked
and saddened Thursday by the report of the
finding VI the burned body OF Miss Sarah L.
Sawyer. Miss Sawyer lived alone in her
house on the Belfast road and Thursday
morning her nelghbors noticed the absence
OF smoke from the chimney and went down
to discover the cause. The house was
found IN Its usual perfect order, but its mis-
treSs was not in the house and further
search i'll the grounds revealed her body in
d charred condition. 1t will of course never
be known how the awful accident occurred,
but the most reasonable explanation seems
to be that Miss Sawyer had lighted d fire in
the yard and as the day was a windy one
her skirts must have caught from the flames
and DIS there was no one to hear her cries the
poor woman must have died before she was
able to rid herself of her burning clothes.
1t is supposed that this happened Wednes-
day afternoon about > O'Clock. Sarah
Louise Sawyer was born May II, 1916, in
East Thomaston, now Rockland She was
the youngest child in a family of three and
the daughter of Judge Emery Sawyer and
Margaret A., his wife. The only surviving
member of the family is the brother, Rev.
James E. c. Sawyer, pastor of The NJ. Z.
church in Willamstown, Mass. Judge
Sawyer came to Searsport in 1918 and
bought the house new owned by his SON. He
died in 1882 and his widow and daugh-
ter lived together until the mothers
death in 1901, since which time Miss
Sawyer has been alone. She was of
most reserved and retiring nature
and so made few acquaintance, but she
was an ardent lover of books and her
quains, little figure, and smiling greetings
were well known in the village, for until
within the past twelve months it was her
custom to walk to town every Saturday and