The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-02-25
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS.

JACKSON.
Miss Vesta Fletcher is sick with measles.
Mrs. A. j. Fletcher is in very poor health
and is unable to work.. Miss Emily Brown,
graduate from Pennington Normal school,
has just closed very successful term of
school in Detroit and has accepted a posi-
ton as teacher in the Industrial School for
Girls in Lancaster, Mass. -. Mrs. Geo. w.
Kimball of Worcester, Mass, is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. C. Stevens. =. The
selectmen have completed the annual settle
ment of the town accounts and their report
is in the hands of the printer. see. Lyman
Stevens is confined to the house with bad
cOld......E. f. Morton has hauled about 80
dozen shovel handle blocks to the Brooks
railroad station this winter, made from ash
lumber that he sold to Knox parties -. .Po-
tatOes are being moved to market (BrO0ks)
as fast as the weather and travelling will
permit. Seventy-five cents per bushel is the
price now obtained. The last of the apples
are being taken away to market. Many Of
our farmers had their apples and potatoes
frozen in the cellars. Rev. and Mrs. K. A.
Myers of ThOrndike called on Mr. and Mrs.
NJ. S. Stiles last Saturday. .... Mrs. Geo. w.
Hasty, who was injured by being thrown
from sleigh several weeks ago, is now so
far recovered as to ride out in pleasant
weather. -. The spring session of the F. w.
Baptist quarterly meeting will be held in
East Jackson beginning March 4th and con-
tinuing three days.
IsLEsBoRO.
Among the arrivals home last week were
Captains Mason f. Pendleton, Frank R.
Pendleton, Mr.. Ralph Pendleton and Mr.
Percy Clements. These men walked across
the bay from Northport to Crow Cove
They kept about Is feet apart and had a
rope passing from one to the other for
safety in case of accident. The first man to
drive across the bay from here was Mr.
Rawson Warren, who drove to Castine
Saturday and returned. Mrs. Emily Par
ker arrived home recently from a trip to
Boston and was the first woman to appre-
ciate the new order of travelling Mrs.
Edith Garland is at home taking care of
her mother who is L.. The stmr. Gather
inc came up from Rockland last week with
load of freight. ..... Many teams drove to
Seal Harbor Saturday afternoon hoping for
some good trotting. The ice, however, was
found too slushy. Some one enquired at
the library the other day where Woodrow
Wilson was born. In letter recently seen
from him he says: 81 was born in Staun-
ton, Virginia, and spent all my boyhood
and youth in the Southern States'. Mr..
j, P. Bragg and Mr.. Herberts drove to Bel
fast Sunday. For fear their veracity would
be questioned when they told where they
had been they brought back paper signed
by two Belfast men stating the fact. :. Mr.
Edwin S. PendletOn of Pendeton Brothers,
New York, is at home for a few weeks
visit. He and his mother, Mrs F. {. Pen
dleton, reached here Tuesday forenoon.
coming by the way of Northport and a
special trip of the mail boat on runners.
Mrs. Pendleton has been visiting in New
York for several months. ..... Capt. W. J.
Small is confined to the house by an abscess
on the arm. Mrs. Rebecca Dodge, who
has been seriously i'll, is somewhat better
The many friends of the popular young
protracted illness.
WINTERPORT.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Coson, former resi-
dents of this town, arrived from Roxbury,
Mass, Wednesday, bringing with them the
remains of their little daughter Louise for
burial. Funeral services were held Thurs
day afternoon at the home of Mrs John
Young, Rev. }. W. Hatch officiating.
Louise E. ColSon was a very attractive,
lovable child and was general favorite
with all who knew her. Her age was
years and months. Her death was due to
pneumonia and peritonitis. The afflicted
parents have the sympathy of their many
friends. Among the pr0fusiOn of floral Of
ferings sent by relatives and friends in
token of their affection for the little one
were 9 white roses, Mrs Denever; pinks,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Gleason cut flowers, E.
R. Burlington; roses, pinks and tulips,
Charles and Cliff Cooper; white pinks,
Mrs Eva Bayard white sweet peas, Misses
Coats and Care; pinks, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. E. Doane; bouquet cut flowers, Mr..
and Mrs. Tasker; white pinks, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cook; white roses, classmates; pink
roses, Miss Phalen, her former teacher.
Mrs. Benz. Atwood, who returned last week
from visit to Boston, has been quite i'll
since her return. Mrs. NJ. L. Willard and
Mrs. Eva Wardwell have also been on the
sick list but are recovering Frances
E. Willard Memorial service was held by
the W. c. T. U. at the home of Mrs Helen
M. Baker Wednesday afternoon. Rev. j.
R. Wilson of Frankfort occupied the Meth
Odist pulpit Sunday in exchange with Rev.
j. W. Hatch. Rev. Carlotte Garland will
preach next Sunday. Mrs. Ruth Emma
Dorr died at her home on Washington
street Sunday afternoon. She was the
daughter of the late Elisha Treat of Frank
fort and was born in North Jay in 1S45.
Her husband, Joseph c. Dorr, died in De-
cember, 1898, after years of suffering caused
by injuries received in the war of the Re-
bellion. He was a member of Co. D., Goth
Maine Reg't. Mrs. Dorr had been an in
valid nearly ever since the death of her
husband, but the immediate cause of her
death was grip. She was tenderly cared
for by her only daughter, Elizabeth, who
with one son. E. Treat Dorr, survives her.
Miss Elizabeth has been quite i'll for several
WaaES and was hardly ahlo RI no a hout Of