Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-26

InI 49, eoDer. who Is attending
Saturday and Sunday
Ralnh w. Leighton. ESQ. spent. Satur
day and Sunday in Augusta.
Guy smith of Belgrade Lakes spent
Sunday in Mt Vernon, spent
samuel Davis of Lexington. Mass. is
spending few weeks with his danphtar
Mrs. W. +. Carson 80 "a
MOI much mas been heard from the
nun.ers; VINO left a few weeks ago for
the North. Ihey are expected to return
the last of the week They have had
| beautiful weather. "'e ht'u
John Fairbanks has moved 70 vienn.
Hiram A: Comstock has been annointed
substitute letter carrier on Route r.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamont Tyler are expect
ed home from Boston, this week.
Fred Palmer of Fayette is at work for
John E. Carson. WAN A''
Ralph *. Thing, of the Board If Ssloot
men. is spending two weeks in Norther,,
Maine. i'ne'h
c. w. Manser has bought a. norsa oe
Sherman Weber. vi
Alfred Tyler has bought a colt of E,
W. Manser -
Ed Haskell is working for Linwood
Wells.
w; H; H. Williams has bought a farm
c. A. Hall has purchased a piano
| Sumner Cole is running a meat cart f,r
| c. w. Whittier.
| w. c. Comstock is attending the High
school.
SOUTH CHINA.
| Fred Davis of East Hebron. is in this
place in the employ of the China Tele-
phone Co.
| Hon. w. ]. Thompson was in Skowhe
| gan over Sunday.
Mrs. Mae d. Harrington spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Lot Barton of Windsor.
Carroll Bragg of East Vassalboro called
| on friends here, Sunday.
| Daniel Whitehouse captured fine lot of
| woodcock, last week.
Mrs. Minnie f. Farewell was in River
side, Saturday and Sunday.
w r. Jerolmon is having his house
painted and Elwood Jones is shingling
| his house.
Perley Merrill a student at Erskine
| Academy, shot a fine deer Saturday.
FAYETTE.
c. Fl. Tobin and Gilbert Underwood
who have been sick are much better. and
are able to be out.
Mrs. J. S. w. Hewett spent last week
| in Augusta.
A. c. Gilbert wounded deer last week
but failed to get it.
Archie Wells is at work for Walter I'm
derWoOd.
The water in Echo Lake is very low
There have been no sales of apples So
far. the price offered being too low to
meet the views of the raisers
READFIELD DEPOT.
Carroll Hewitt of Kent's Hill, was tn:
guest of Ralph Allen, Saturday and Sun
day. They called on Ferde Henry. Cob
| bossee. whose injured limb is reported
as doing well.
Among the visitors in Augusta. satur-
dow 20 I ioh AIrl
Baron and Miss Julia l.. Gordon.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace
| Saturday. was born a fine baby boy, Al
pheus Murray Townsend Wallace.
Mrs; Mary J. Townsend, who has been
New Hampshire and Maine. arrived nome
Saturday. Mrs. Townsend has been witt
her daughter. Mrs. Charles Collins of Var
| mouth, for several weeks on her return
Among the smart old gentlemen men,
| toned is John Wright, who cuts easl:
one-haf cord of wood in one-half day
Mr. Wright is a reader and is well in
| formed on the current topics. and though
81 years of age, he reads readily with
out glasses.
A. T. knowlton and family. who have
moved to Belfast. will be missed by their
! many friends. Mrs. Knowlton Will be a
/ loss to the Literary Club as she is an
efficient worker in that organiza ton.
WAYNE.
Emery NJ. Wing and his mother, of
Bath. We're calling on friends in town,
last week.
J. NJ. Pike has sold from his orchard.
this fall, 700 barrels of apples He has
paid all the bills for running expenses
and netted the snug little sum of $500
from his farm, this year. Who says
farming does not pay?
Stillman Berry has purchased the Stur-
tevant farm.
The golden October days of late have
been well improved by the farmers and
| their apples are nearly all gathered.
Daniel Graves of Oakland. is camping
out near the head of Pocassett lake hunt
| ing and trapping. On Thursday of last
week, the dog drove two foxes up the
hollow trunk of "a large bass tree Mr.
Graves cut the tree down and captured
both of the foxes
One Of Wayne's favorite and valuable
| cats recently caught and brought into the
house a big rat that was perfectly white
Such specimens are very rare.
Mrs. Clayton and daughter May. visit
ed her sister at the Twin FRS. last week.
| Supt W. w. Walton is visiting the
| schools of the town. The schools are
proving pleasant, progressive and salts
factory.
| II. n. Walton has sold 81 barrels of APP
pies from his home orchard. at 80 cents
per barrel on the trees.
| Tudor G.. Jennings has his large crop
of apples nearly all picked. He has al