The Republican journal., 1905-07-20
ISLESBORO.

ISLESBORO.
About forty of the summer cottages are
now occupied. Among the prominent Wis
itors are Winston Churchill, Richard Hard
ing Davis and Charles Dana Gibson. Three
women are related to Presidents, viz Mrs
Douglas Robinson, a sister of Preside
Roosevelt, Miss Cleveland, sister of the
ex-President, and Mrs. Quincy, who is in
direct line of descent from John Adams
and John Quincy Adams. Lady John A.
Barran of England, with waiting,
and her young son, now in his second year,
and who is heir to an English title, arrived
some days ago to spend the summer Her
husband will come later. Mrs. Barran was
formerly Miss Alice Parks, eldest daughter
of Rev. Dr.. Leighton Parks of New York.
Emmanuel church, Boston, when her father
was rector there. Owing to the wet
weather, the grass has grown fast on the
golf links; and the lawn-mowers, worked
by hand power and by horse power, have
run steadily every day all summer. The
notwithstanding good many of the cottage
people bring their horses and coachmen
with them. There are a good many stylish
saddle horses as well as carriage horses. go.
The. roads most frequented for pleasure
d a are st the West Side" and GrIndel's
oAht w GllV AiSAtuOuoS. LIS lakes Ill
natural scenery of great beauty. There
are a large number of sail yachts in Gill
keys harbor, but fewer steam yachts than
during the past few seasons. Last fall an
organization, known as the Village In
provement Society, decided to sprinkle a
streets and the work was begun in June.
The plant, including pump, standpipe,
watering cartS, and expense of running
them, will cost during this season about
$1,000 The residents and quite number
Of the summer people, including j. Murray
money-which is raised by voluntary sub
scripton-n this way. Their plan was to
elevate the road-bed and drain it by max
ing bitches on each side and then gravel it
generously. Thus, it was argued. that the
dust would practically be gotten rid of in
spring and fail. In this way, by doing
section each year, the money spent would
be turned to a permanent benefit to the
town. However, majority did not favor
the latter method.
STANDPOINT.
Sch. Pearl arrived Sunday with grain for
F. S. Hartman. Miss Jennie Lawrence
of Searsport has been here two weeks, the
guest Of Miss French. -. Mrs Martha Part
ridge and daughter, Mrs. George Clapp of
New York, are visiting relatives here. IF.
!. French, wife and daughter Elizabeth of
Hyde Park, Mass, arrived Friday and are
at their cottage for several weeks. :. EnOch
Perkins,. who has been i'll since last spring,
is now able to ride out on pleasant days..
NJ IS Lucia Shute was at home from Bangor
over Sunday. Mrs. Rose Mfitehouse of
Bucksport, who has been in the Bangor
hospital for treatment for blood-poisoning,
IS here with her sisters to recuperate.
Mrs: Wealthy, Watts is in Northport, visit
ing her granddaughter, Mrs. Ira NJ Cobe.
....H. F. Partridge spent several DAYS last
week at Northport Campground. 80. VIM.
Grant of Boston is here for his vacation.
Fred Perkins from Seboeis and John Per-
kins from Milo spent Sunday here.
Frank French of French & Co. is here from
Boston for Il visit. Warren Barrows of
Waltham, Mass, has been here the past
week, the guest of Miss Alice Richards. :.
Fred Pitcher and family from Chelsea, |
Mass, are occupying their cottage for the
summer. Seven lady teachers from Chel- !
sea, Mass, are at Capt. J. P Showers cot |
tage for their vacation. Mrs. Stephen |
Smith visited her sister in Thorndike re-
Gently. Mrs. Alwilda Meade of Natick, !
Mass, has one OF B. +. Rice'S cottages. Her /
mother, Mrs. Abbie Croker, is with her
and several members of her immediate fam
lily are here and others are expected. -.
Mrs. Annie Thompson, who has been in |
Massachusetts since last fall, is here for the |
summer with relatives....A strawberry
supper was given at the hall last Thursday |
evening with large attendance and a good
sum was realized. -. Mr.. Newton from Ban
gor preached here last Sunday. MIR. Foote. |
who has been seriously ill from nervous |
collapse, is slowly improving. but will not |
be able to preach again this season. -. The |
carpenters have finished the station and it !
is ready for the painters. The contractor,
Mr.. Astle, and family, with friends, are oc- |
cupying one of B. F. Rice's cottages near
the wharf. The weather has been very |
warm the past two weeks. All the |
farmers have begun haying-the fishermen |
have taken the marlin from their weirs as |
close time began July 18TH. Noticing in |
your last issue reference to a box of straw !
berries raised by Mr.. Stantial which con i
tanned but % berries, we wish to call at
tention to the fact that E. A. Partridge, |
our local strawberry grower, had on sale at ,
F. 5. Harriman's store last week a box of !
strawberries which contained but IL ber- /
ries, and six other boxes which contained |
but Is berries each. Try again next year,
Mr.. Stantial, and see if you can't raise the |
kind we have in Standpoint. Boxes which |
contain % berries we call second grade |
here.
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