Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-27

Miss Edith Mariner is home for two
weeks visit from Boston.
The officers of Vassalboro Rebekah
Lodge were installed Jan. &c by District
Deputy President Written of Fairfield.
Messrs. Starkey and Kennedy will
ship a carload Of apples from Vassal-
boro, this week.
The officers of Kennebec Lodge, A.
o. U. W., were installed, Jan. IS.
MT. VERNON.
Hiram Baisdell and daughter, of
Fort Fairfield are visiting his sister,
Mrs. r. Towles in this village for IL
short time. Mr.. Blaisdell was formerly
=, resident of Rome. He removed to
Aroostook rlany years ago and is one
of the successful and wealthy farmers
of that county. He is brother of
William H. Blaisdell of Rome, the
veteran school teacher of Kenneeec
county.
William NJ. Newth and little son OF
Massachusetts, are at present staying
1T Aloin Buffers, his wife's father Md
Ncwth is Il painter and paper hanger
| by trade and is doing painting for MI
| Butler in his new house.
Ernest Gilman is hauling the hem
; lock logs from ii. A. Mooer's woods to
! the lake to be RATED to the mill OF
Elbridgc Tracy at the foot of the lake
c. w. Mansur and family are now
settled i'll their new home.
Ebcn Leighton of this village will be
| 81 wears old on Wednesday of this
| week. Mr.. Leighton is remarkably
| smart for his age. He has cut his wood
in the woods, hauled the same to his
door and worked it up in nice shape,
without assistance.
| Mt, Vernon Dramatic Club is booked
to give an entertainment at Chester
vile village, next Friday evening. The
club did not go, last Saturday, as ar
ranged.
| Church services have been very much
INTERRUPTED for six weeks on account
| of storms.
| Mark Il. Gilman is cutting some pine
tree bought of Weiser on the Yeatnn
farm. \ w. O. Parln is hauling the
same to Long pond to be RATED to
Oakland in the spring.
LlTcHFIELD CORNER.
| Geo. w. Smith of Lewiston, is spend
| ing few days with his sister, Mrs. AL
mira Smith.
| Mr.. and Mrs Asa Smith received
news last week, of the birth of a grand
son, at Chicago. The little stranger is
~ son of Prof. Warren Smith.
| &c; ~
health.
| Mrs Olive Stewart had a very Sc
we're sick spell last week but is little
better now, though still confined to her
bed.
DR.. Kindricll is improving, and is
now able to drive out in pleasant wea-
| thcr
| The Lincoln School, after purchasing
some good curtains for their school
room. and a Webster's Academic Die
tionary, had $4.02 left in their treas
ury. The pupils wanted the walls OF
| the schoOlroom tinted, so most of them
agreed to earn some money for that
purpose. Thursday afternoon the par
! entS and friends were invited in to
visit them. After the usual exercises,
supplemented by some exercises in re-
view, the children told in rhyme how
they had earned their money. This
| exercise was very interesting and
amusing. The League treasurer. Miss
! RhOna MalOon, reports nearly, If not
quite, enough for the desired purpose.
SOUTH MONMOUTH.
| Fife Arno is sick and DR.. Blake is at
tending her.
NJ. A. Benner is improving in health.
There was no singing school Friday
and Saturday nights. Mr.. Cook, the
instructor, went to his home in Bel
| grade.
Last week with a pair of 10 hundred
/ horses, Gan. Dixon hauled $50 bbls. of
a2plcs from Charles T.. t'rosts to Mon
mouth. Center, in one and One-half
days. a distance of Az miles. During
the same time he hauled back three
tons of freight for A. F. Tinkham. Vino
can beat it?
| A successful term of school, taught
| by Gertie Hathaway, closed Friday.
! ]. D. Buker is buying apples.
NORTH MONMOUTH.
His son Willis of Hyde Park, Mass, who
has been with him a few days, returned
home Monday.
Charles Robinson. who has typhoid
pneumonia, seems to he a little better.
Mrs Archie +. Fairbanks who is very
ill will 20 to Lewiston Hospital for treat
mont. if she is able to he moved. Mrs.
Fairbanks sister Of Lewiston arrived