The Republican journal., 1904-04-07
CENTRE MONTVILLE.

ton with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. james
o. Bartlett. Most of those who have beef
sick with the prevailing epidemic are nov
improving. Mr. Mark }. Bartlett of thu
University of Maine Law School is at hom'
| for the Easter vacation.
| PROSPECT FERRY.
Miss Harriet Heagan Hartman of thi
| place and Melvin Bartlett Grant of Stock
ton Springs were united in marriage las
Saturday night by Rev. b. B. Merrill o.
Brewer. Both bride and groom are yer,
popular and their host of friends wish then
long and happy life together. They will
board for awhile with Mrs. Miralda Blacl
of Stockton Springs. 49,. Mrs. W. d. Harrl
man is confined to the house with sever,
attack of sciatica. She is attended by DR.
Emerson of Bpcksport. Mrs. Annie Dew
ereaux entertained the Helping Hand Clut
March 23d. ..... Mrs. Orrilla McMann came
home from Stockton Springs last Saturday
and will stop for awhil lie with her daughter
Mrs. W. ID. Hartman. :. Mrs. James Pierce
is on the sick list. She is attended by DR.
Soule of BuckspOrt.
WINTERPORT.
The annual meeting of the Winterport
Free Library was held March 23d and the
following officers were reelected: A. F
Carleton, president; f. NJ. Hall, secretary
Fred Atwood, treasurer; trustees for !
years. Ellery Bowden, A. F. Carleton. 1t
was voted to extend the thanks of the asso-
citation to Mrs. Helen Sargent for the gift
of 800 to the trust fund; to Garfield Lodge
for reducing the price of rent of the library
rooms, and to everyone who has taken part
in any entertainment for the benefit of the
rian, from July 1902 to July 1908, shows
number of volumes in the library to be /, >
740; purchased, 81; donated, % The dom
ers were Thomas w. Lawson, Mrs. Abbie
(. Durham, Mrs. IL. Il. Fellows, Mrs. Mary
A. Haley, Mrs. Benz. Atwood, Miss Har-
riet Snow, Mrs. Lillian cAulitfe, Homer
McAuliife, Ellery Bowden, Hon. F. p
Stearns, Rev. c. II. Pope, Hon. VIM p.
Frye; periodicals, Misses Harriet Snow,
Louise Eveleth, Lena Sproul, Mile
Haley. The Blaisdell evenings for stu
dents continued from the previous year
to September. BY the generosity of
Hon. Fred Atwood the library was
kept open one evening each week for the
use of the students during the spring term
of school. The donors of money were Mrs.
L. A. Stokell, c. r. Hill, Treat 4 Lowe, T.
III. Sproul, c. +. Littletield, II. F. Lougee,
ayln L I j.,
ley, Fred Atwood, E. NJ. Hall. The young
ladies' entertainment Melted SIG and the
concert of nations, S4S-..... Mrs. Patrick
Fahey died at the town farm Wednesday,
Funeral services were held at the Catholic
church Friday. Mrs. Flora Cole, who has
been very i'll, is recovering. ..... Capt C. E.
Littlefeld arrived from New York Satul day
to spend few weeks with his family. 900.
Mr. James Freeman returned to Houton
Monday to remain about a month longer. 80.
The ice is out Gow little way above Oak
street The ferry boat began running We'd
nesday. =. Mrs. Gutierrez and daughter have
gone to Portland, where they have secured
a good position. Captain Benjamin At
wood, commander of Warren Post, G. A. R.,
has fortunately secured the services of
Judge Warren c. Phibrook of Wateryille
to deliver the memorial address May 3oth.
LIBERTY.
Frank Bennett is doing quite brisk
business at his machine shop. He is rushed
with orders from all over the land. His
newly invented planer for planning barrel
slaves is proving a great thing. Through a
New ork house herhas received an order
from Paris, France, and several orders from
the West. The first one was completed last
August and since that time he has shipped
thirteen and has orders for others. The
cost is about 500 and the machine weighs
about 800 pounds. He has a stave machine
ready to ship to Massachusetts. He also
manufactures heading machine of his own
invention, which is great improvement
over all other machines for that purpose
The day we called on him he was engaged
in putting the steel part that contains the
teeth on to cylinder saw. He has sold his
clapboard machine to L. c. Morse, who will
put it into his mill....The grist mill is run
by SeWall Meservey. -. lien & Palmer are
overrun with work at the foundry. They
do all the castings for Frank Bennett,
which is considerable, and are now at work
on an iron fence for cemetery at Palermo,
which is a 5000 job....W. j. Knowlton is
doing the usual amount of business at the
spring bed factory. Field Sanborn has
returned to the village and to the old black
smith stand. Clarence Sylvester is now
working continuously for Frank Bennett,
H. n. Dennis having been sick. For
time we were without horse sheer. Mr.
Dennis has now recovered and is at work.
NJ. J. Greeley has just finished a contract
to furnish the Coopers at Belfast with three
frames, all of which were standing in the
tree in the woods two weeks ago. Austin
Crockett, barber and taxidermist, has just
finished mounting three deer heads. one of
which is for Thomas W. Lawson, the Cop
per King of Boston. 49,. Ralph l. Morse of
Yale will spend the Easter vacation with
his parents in this village. County
Attorney Arthur Richie was in town for
a few days last week. Easter will be
observed by the people of the village.
Rev. II. w. Abbott will preach in the
morning and the Sunday school will have
concert in the evening. Mr.. l. P. Griffis
of Boston will have charge of the music
and decorations. Donald S. Walker