The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-12-29
County Correspondence.
SOUTH CHINA.

SOUTH CHINA.
Rev. Charles d. Crane, field secretary of |
the State C. E. Society, gave an interesting
talk at the chapel Monday evening of last |
week. >. The Whitehouse brothers will add
q grist mill to their saw mill this winter.
Mrs. Emma Plaisted, who has been critical
ly i'll, is slowly recovering. =: Pearl Austin
Mr.. and Mrs. b. WhitehOnse attended the
funeral Of his aunt Sunday, Dec. 18th. She
was s. years Old....A big reception was
given by Buford Reed. Some Is Erskine
students, also the neighb0rs, were invited.
Pop corn and candy, ice cream and cake
Bile time. :. The ice cut last week was of fine
quality and IL inches thick. james S.
Burnes has three men chOpping wood for
him. =. Miss Nellie Clark was recently the
guest of Miss Matte Jones.
LIBERTY.
The friends of Miss Gertrude Kelley
have received invitations to her wedding
reception at the home of her mother, Mrs.
G. n Stevens, Saturday evening, Dec. 31st,
at eight O'Clock. The groom is Mr.. George
Tindall of Edinburg, n. J.... MIR. Charles
J. Ross, principal of the High school, spent
Christmas week in Boston and in New
Hampshire. Harry. A. Brown, Dist:
Christmas week at his home here. The
Reading Club according to its usual custom
will watch the Old Year out and the New
Year in... The Christmas trees Friday
afternoon in the Primary room and in the
school in the lower village, by their re-
Aver, were much enjoyed by the children
and their parents and friends. Both rooms
were filled to their utmost capacity.
Friends of Miss Nellie r. Carroll of South
west HarbOr, a former teacher in this place,
will be interested to know of her approach
ter of Probate in Houiton, Me. The mar
riage will take place Dec. 2Sth
MONROE.
Loyal Retekah Lodge, No. 80, will unite
with Monroe Lodge, i. 0. 0. F., and have
their installation at the next meeting 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Boyd of Searsport
visited at jackson Curtis one day last
week The w. c. T. U. will hold the
next meeting with their president, Mrs.
L. w. WOOdman.. IAN entertainment and
evening at the schOOlhouse at North Monroe
by the Sunday school and day school, A
fine program was carried out, including
music, Rotations, etc. Santa Claus ap-
peared Oh the scene and helped distribute
the presents on The tree. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Jenkens had fine baby girl for
Christmas present. -. Mr.. Edwin Jenkins,
master of Morning Light Grange, attended
the State Grange in Lewiston last week 80.
Mrs j. Ii. Lufkin has gone to Boston to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Frank Henderson,
few weeks. Miss Mary Plummer of
Searsport is stopping with her daughter
Nora during her absence. Miss Maud
Knights has been quite sick with the
grip. 1.-The Grange sociables and the
whist parties given by the RebekahS every
two weeks, with other entertainments,
keep things lively this cold weather.
sWANvILLE CENTRE.
Miss Mary Cunningham has been moved
from the hospital to her sisters. Her gain
is very slow Frederick Curtis and
Ernest Maddocks recently got fine fox. -.
MIR. Johnson's woodshed burned Sunday
| morning about O'clock But for the snow
his buildings would have gone Cause OF
| fire unknown. John Morrill, has bought a
new jumper. -. Mr.. and Mrs. lloratio Mari
had all their children and grandchildren
| at home for Chrlstmas... Eli {. West. wife
and son of Monroe took Christmas dinner
with Mrs. BealS. Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim
| Lttlefield made Christmas for the Cunning
| ham and Littleiield families. Charles
| Walker and wife were guests of ii. p.
White and wife Friday evening. Two
men from South Newburg bought 135
sheep here Friday and drove them as far as
! the Centre, putting up all night at E. A.
| Robertson. They started for South New
| burg at O'Clock the next morning and are
| to take the sheep to Bangor to be slaughter
| ed....E. A. Robertson and family took
| their Christmas dinner with David Moody S
| folks. Fired Brown went to Waldo Sunday.
MORRILL,.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Meader from Au-
burn, Me, spent Christmas with bis par
| ents. .. Fred Simmons, student at the
| g. of NJ, is at home for the holidays. -.
! Pearl Berry attended the State Grange at
| Lewiston as a delegate from Honesty
| Grange. Miss Matte Cross from Belfast
| is taking vacation at her parents, Mr.. and
| Mrs. John Cross. Mr. Waters from
Waldoboro was a visitor at Mr.. Silas
| Storer's last week. While there he bought
| a fine colt of Mr.. Storer, which he took
| home with him. Israel Woodbury. and
| his son Frank got into a perlous position
| while moving a building last week with
| horses The building slipped forward on
| the ice, and men and horses became crowded
| together, with the men underneath. Frank
! Woodbury. was badly cut about the head
| and face by the horses calkS. He had
presence of mind enough to pull his father
| from out of danger as he lay within few
inches of one of the 'shoes" on which the
| many made glad with Christmas presents,
| we must notice Comrade Silas StOrer, who
| was the recipient of very nice fur over
| coat from his sou, Oscar StOrer, Esq, of
| Boston,. Christmas sermon last Sunday
| BY Rev. VIM Vaughan of Belfast. .. Christ
mas greetings from the Morrill, correspond
| ent to all The journal family.
sEARsMONT.
| Miss Edith Farrar, who has for long
time been an invalid, has received much
| sympathy and many kind attentions from
| friends scattered from Maine to California
Especially at this Christmas time do friends
almost innumerable remember the suffering
one. Among these came letters and loving
remembrances from the Eastern Star in
Liberty, of which order Miss Farrar is a
member; but the most touching incident
occurred Saturday afternoon, when a little
| girl living more than two miles away came
| to the door and. asked permission to s'brine
| in Christmasstree for Edith" The tree
was brought in, and little Miss Clara
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Burgess
decorated it in such tasteful manner thai
it would reflect credit upon a much Older
person. The gifts all came from herself
and family. The tree was taken into the
sick room, making it look like a bit of fairy
land. Such thoughtfulness in girl o.
Mr.. Samuel Miller is visiting his son Harolt
brated her 90 birthday Dec. 10Th. Mr.. an(
with their daughter, Mrs Hill, in Union...
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