The Republican journal., 1906-03-29
County Correspondence.

County Correspondence.
UNITY.
c. W. Ross was remembered Mar. % with
a few excellent, juicy oranges just received
by Joseph Kelley, from California. Ruel
Berry, Edwin Rand and Mr. Kelley each
received box direct from friends living on
the Pacific slope. ........ At a meeting of the
school board last week James Libby, Jr..
was elected to the Office of superintendent
OF schools for the ensuing year. The new
man on the school committee was George
Grant, elected for three years. The La
dies Aid Society will give a supper in Ma
sonic hall on the evening of March %. -. El-
mer Bagley will improve his farm buildings
to some extent the coming spring. There
was very interesting meeting of the La
dies Aid Of Troy at the home Of Rev. J. c.
Lamb last week.
sWANvILLE CENTRE.
Ed. Curtis has taken down the old Jacob
Curtis house and is building fine tool
house of it,. Lauriston Nickels and wife
have returned to their home in Belfast >.
The old neighbors and friends of Horace
Marden are sorry to learn that he is not en-
joying very good health. -. Laura Curtis is
| HoW dS Wcll do uoudl. IOl. vi lie
| U. of NJ, OrOnO, gave a very interesting
lecture at Comet Grange hall last Wednes-
day evening. His subjects were Renova-
tion, Clover Culture and Rundown Farms,
and the new method of planting potatoes.
1t was a great opportunity for farmers to
Grant and wife of Frankfort were guests of
| Lleweiiyn Knowlton Sunday. 80 Mrs. David
Moody is visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. E.
Clements, in Searsport. John McKeen
and wife of Frankfort were guests of his
mother, Mrs. Beal, Sunday Mr.. and
| guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. White Sunday
:. Joshua Littlefeld of Waldo has a fine
yoke of oxen. One of them he can harness
into a sleigh or wagon and drive as well as
a horse. Mr.. Andrew Moody of Frank
fort married March 2lst one of Swanville's
| fairest daughters, Miss Hattie Mae Har-
thorn. Their many friends wish them
much happiness and prosperity through
| life. They are soon to give wedding re-
ceptiOn.
| WINTERPORT.
Influenza and grip are quite prevalent.
| Among those who have been quite i'll but
are now recovering are Mr.. d. Fl. Smith, c.
A. McKenney, Mrs. T. D. Eaton, Mrs E.
S. Young, Miss K. II. Croxford, Frank
Young and Lewis Grant. Many others are
still on the invalid list....F. W. Carleton is
recovering from Il recent attack of the
mumps. -. } ohm Seavey, who has been sick
for several months, died of consumption
March 18th at the home of Lemuel Lord.
The funeral service was held Tuesday
afternoon at the Congregational vestry,
Rev. j. F. Schneider officiating. The Con-
gregational church, which has been closed
for repairs since the late fire, was re-opened
last Sunday morning. President Beach of
| the Bangor Theological Seminary preached
| a rededcatOry sermOn... The w. &. L. U.
met at the NJ. E. parsonage Wednesday
afternoon with good attendance and an
interesting program. Miss Annie Clapp
has bought the Leslie Carleton place and
after putting the buildings in thorough re-
pair, will move into it...A game of bas
ket ball was played at Union hall Friday
evening between the w. II. S. and the Ia
comet Club of Waterville. The visiting
team were the victorS by a score of q to IA.
Ernest Colson is making extensive i'm
provements ON his buildings. The telephone
men are making good progress in repairing
the damage done by the recent Storm.
The spring term of High school began
and the grammar and primary schools on
Monday, the 26th.. Mrs. Dwyer and sons
are again at the Commercial House for a
short STAY. Miss Daisy Young is at home
from Bangor for awhile..... Mrs Benz.
Thompson has returned from Maiden,
P. C. Rich, who has been boarding in
Iiampden for the winter, has returned
home.
LsLEsBORO.
Meetings have been held every night this
week at the End Baptist church by Mr..
Hosea W. Rhoades of Belfast, assisted by
young man who did good work in singing.
The services have all been well attended,
and the young people have made the biggest
part of the congregation. High school
began again March 10Th and Monday all
the other town schools opened. An innova-
tion in the Dark Harbor school is the
kindergarten department. taught by Miss
Nellie Gilkey.... Miss Lizzie Warren ar
rived home Sunday morning after three
weeks visit in Boston,. Miss Addie Rand
is teaching. Mr.. Topman of Phippsburg
has been here this week, looking up brown
tail moths, and found evidences of Il good
many of Them. The funeral of Mr.
Stephen Knowlton took place Sunday
morning at ten O'Clock. He was buried
Allie Bunker are glad to hear of his con-
tinued improvement. MIR. Bunker is at
Hebron Sanitarium taking the open air
treatment and it is doing him much good.
....Since the last snow fall the spring birds
of the advance guard have had a hard time.
About ten days ago large II ok OF Wild
geese settled near Gilkey's Harbor. Sew
eral of the birds were shot by boys, and
they had to wade out knee deep to get them.
Only this morning the song of the box spar
row came to me as blitheiy as though there
were no foot or more of snow to 60 through
before he could get good scratch at mother
earth. The robins are very scarce. | have
seen one or two whenever | have been out
this winter, and they are no more in evil
dence now than then. With April only
week off, however, we shall soon have
spring birds galore, and music that will
make everyone get up early in the morning.
THORNDIKE.
Miss Adelaide Holway of Waterville was
the guest Of Misses Martha and Ruth Small
from March 23d to 27th....O. j. Farwell
visited his brother, Samuel Farwell, in
Rocklanti last week. M RS. Charles Smith
is with her daughter, Mrs. Miller, in Booth
day. e. Mrs. b. F. Stantial and son Maynard
of Brooks passed last week with MIR. and
Mrs. Thomas Keene. ... Mrs. Sarah r.
Lewis of Belfast is the guest of Mrs V. N.
Higgins. ... Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gates rel
Gently visited Mr. and Mrs. Edison Webster
in Watervile.. Nv. N. Higgins and Ii. NJ.
Higgins passed Friday night and Saturday
with their sister, Mrs. J. T. Hatch, in Jack
son. IN Miss Hazel Andrews passed Satur-