The Republican journal., 1906-02-22
There will be food sale in the vestry of
the Methodist church Saturday, March Sd.

VALENTINE AUCTION AND SOCIAL. tt g
members of the Epworth League gave a
Valentine Social at the home of Mr.. and
nesday evening, Feb. 18th, which was in
every way success. The double parlors
were tastefully trimmed with red paper
hearts and the favors were pink and blue
hearts with appropriate rhymes. Little
Parker Blodgett, dressed in white with red
hearts and anchors, bow and arrow, made
an ideal Cupid Home made Valentines
were on exhibition, and prize was offered
for the best design, which was won by
Tileston Wadlin. Miss Triggs won the first
prize in the archery contest and Miss Belle
Carter the second prize Games relative to
st. Valentine were enjoyed, after which
the Valentines were sold at auction. Tiles
ton Wadlin as auctioneer caused much
merriment and some bids ran high. Re-
freshments were served and a goodly sum
was added to the treasury of the Epworth
League.
VALENTINE SUPPER. The regular
monthly parish supper at the North church,
Wednesday evening, February 14th, was
elaborated in honor of st. Valentine and
the organ fund. A chicken pie supper was
served to about 100 people on tables made
gay with appropriate decorations. in which
hearts of red crepe paper and hearts of
candy had a part. After the supper social
hour was spent, preceding the entertain
ment Miss Helen NJ. Dunton gave fine
piano solo, and "Grandmas Album" was
displayed by Mrs. S. A. Parker, who was
appropriately costumed for the part, and
who gave the monologue accompanying the
pictures with much cleverness. Smother"
was represented by Mrs. Charles NJ. Craig,
who looked her character to perfection,
Rev. D. L. Wilson as "Father" made a de-
cided hit. ''Me at Seven was portrayed
by little Miss katherine Kittredge, who
was gowned in an old fashioned dress and
looked very quaint and sweet. "Me as a
Bride" was represented by Miss Pills
bury. "Eben, my Husband" was Mr..
Bert L. Davis, who just suited the char
acter. Mr.. E. S. Bowker as the long suf-
fering and i'll fed "Parson" was great sue
cess, and Mrs. Bowker looked the vain and
simpering "Parson's Wife, to perfection,
while Houston Small, in a harlequin CO.'S
tune, represented the hayward "Parson's
Boy" s'Sister Jane'' was well portrayed
by Miss Steward, and 'Sister James Hus-
band" the parsimonious and pious old
man, was taken by John r. Dunton. "The
Village Beauty in big straw bonnet
and coquettish curls, was finely pictured by
Mrs. J. Osborn Lord, while Mr.. Perry as
"Grandpa Hobbs" was the end of the al
bum, and the success of the evening. Candy
was on sale, and quite sum was added to
the organ fund,
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch Helen Montague
arrived at Stockton Springs Feb. 10th with
a cargo of phosphate from Weymouth,
Mass. 1t was consigned to Fred S. Jack
son of this city for shipment to Aroostook.
IS. W. Goss of Stonington has bought
for $4,000 the three-masted sch. Fannie &
Fay and will put her into the stone carry
ing trade. .Schs. William P. Hood and
Sullivan Sawin arrived at Rockport Feb.
18th to load ice from the Rockport Ice Com
pany, the Hood for Washington, d. c., and
the Sawin for New York. Schs. Rebecca
NJ. Walls, Estelle Phnney and Ella M.
Colder have been chartered to load from
the same company, the Walls for New
York and the Phinney and Colder for
Portsmouth, Va. The above company is
housing about 1900 tons of ice Gay, be-
sides the large shipments. Captain Geo.
A. Hendricks has sold the schooner Geo. A.
Lawry to Capt. Fernald of Frankfort, who
will use the craft in the general coasting
trade. The three masted schooner Henry
I'll. Chamberlin of Bath has been sold to
John D. Colwell OF Boston, by her former
owner, Shipbuilder Bowker, of Phppsburg.
She is vessel of 2O4 tons and was built at
Phippsburg in 1891. She has been laid up
at Boston all winter, and is now loading
fertilizer for Stockton Springs. The
National House has passed the "wreck
BILL" The bill repeats the present law
granting American register to foreign
ships wrecked on the American coast in
the discretion of the Secretary of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor, and re-
quiring special act of Congress to grant
such register.