The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-09-05
STOCKTON SPRINGS.


Miss Chapman OF Gardiner is the guest of
Mr.. Lawt0n at the Stockton.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. Hichborn spent day
at Bangor last week. taking in the fair.
Capt. Eden Shute was with his family
the past week. His vessel sailed this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sellers were guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. Dreamer
through last week.
Mrs. Fred iced and Mrs. Gushen Burgess
sister at Vinalhaven.
DR.. and Mrs. C. E. Britto and Mrs. Maria
F. Blancherd were in Bangor last week to
attend the Eastern Maine Fair.
MIR. and Mrs. Lovejoy and Miss Lovejoy
of Rockland are visiting Mrs. LIS mother,
Mrs. Darius Berry, at Cape Jeilison.
Capt Horace Staples is on fishing trip
,, down the bay. A two or three weeks alb
sence was planned, we understand
Mrs. Tena (Cleaves) Groves and little son
Clayton, after spending a month in town,
left Saturday for their home in Lynn, Mass.
James Whitmore, our station agent, left
Monday for Bangor, returning Tuesday to
join Capt. Eden Shute's vessel for voyage
south.
|. L. & NJ. A, No. III, of Stockton, sent a
delegation to Bangor by the a. m. train to
participate in the Labor Day parade in that
city.
Misses Mary and Harriet d. Hchborn
spent Saturday in Frankfort, the guests of
Hayward Peirce and his visitor, Mrs. A. X.
Clifford.
Mrs. Ruggles and little daughter, guests
for month of Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. West,
took Saturdays boat for Boston, en- route
to Lynn, Mass.
Mrs. D. ". Nckels, her daughter, Eliza
beth, and son Albert, with Miss Katherine
Nickels of Searsport, called on relatives
here last Friday.
DR.. H. 6. Hichborn is making his annual
fishing cruise in PenobScot bay, preparat
to his departure with his family for his
| home in Cambridge. Mass
| Rev. II. E. Rouillard went to Portland
| the middle Of last week for an indefinite
| stay. He is on vacation and the Univer-
| salist church is closed until the last Sunday
in September.
| The game of baseball, Belfast VS. Stock.
ton, played on ''the level last Saturday,
was witnessed by large number. The
| home team won, the score standing s to II
| in favor of Stockton.
| Arrangements are being made for the
organization of Cuisines Mems Club
in town. Rooms in Sprague's Block have
been secured for the various purposes tt
which it will be devoted.
The new station agent sent to take the
Monday. Mr.. Mosher is a stranger il
town. We trust he may like Stockton
scenery and sea breezes.
Last Friday evening a dance was held il
Denslow hail under the auspices of on
newly organized sbraSs band,' which wa
largely attended and highly enjoyed. Hick 7
orchestra furnished the music.
Mrs. Vine NJ. Cleaves spent last week il
our village, her first visit in % years. Sh,
| was the guest of her sisters, Mrs. S. II
West and Mrs. L. NJ. Partridge. Old &C
quaintances welcomed her genial presence
| in her native town.
Monday cur Stockton baseball nine play
ed Labor Day game with the Frankfor
team on the latter's diamond, coming hom
joyous over a victory, the score standin!
| II to Is in favor of the Stockton boys. Hur
rah for our winning nine.
James Il. Griffin, accompanied by hi
, wife and little daughter, arrived Monda,
from his home in North Adams, Mass, t
visit his mother, Mrs. Edward n Hartman
| and her husband. Here's d welcome tt
each and all, in Mr. Griffin'S native town.
DR.. and Mrs. Fl. &. IIichborn, their sol
Everett and daughter Ruth, with their som
| guest, Naidemar Adams of Portland. RAJ
up to Bangor Wednesday afternoon to TOOL
over the fair. returning about eight o'clocl
at night. Quick time his fine, big machin,
makes.
Stockton seemed deserted Labor Day
The business places were closed, as was tn,
<,Nffr aF.,Ntp
people were out of town. The evening
brought us needed rainstorm. The gar
denis were thirsty, both flower and yege
table plots.
A portion of the spool bars taken from
the Inflated steamer Freysdal, has beer
brought back To Cape Jellison and stored
in the warehouse of the Great Northern
Paper Co. by the underwriters. t.
whom it belongs. The steamer has becom,
total wreck.
Miss Susie a. Cousens left last Saturda,
for Boston on her way to Attleboro, Mass.
to resume her school duties. She wa!
accompanied by her cousin, Miss Pauline
Griffin, who, after spending her vacation
with her maternal grandparents, Capt au(
| Mrs. Frank A. Patterson, was returning t(
her parents home at Mattapoisett, Mass.
The following vessels arrived recently a
Cape Jellison piers: schooners Abel BoWke
and William Jones to load lumber; d. Ii
Rivers, with railroad steel, and the Italian
bark Colombo, to load orange shocks fo
Italy. She came here from Cuba in ballast
The Hawthorn and the large schooner Hen
ry +. Kreger sailed recently from Cape Jel
lison.
Last week nearly all our citizens went t,
Bangor either on Wednesday or Thursda,
to "see the sights at the big Fair" Forty
five took the train the first day and % til,
second, while others went by boat, auto
mobile or carriage. The crush was tire
mendous at the fair grounds One of ou
sea- captains remarked: Il never saw such ;
crowd and jam anywhere in my life!'' Tn,
"crowd' is said to have been the bigges
sight of the fair.
Mrs. Levi S. Griffin at this writing il
seriously i'll and her family and friend
have been anxious for the past week. W,
hope for speedy improvement in this neigh
boris case. Her daughter, Mrs. Amy G
Coleman, is with her, having arrived Angus
Goth, from Sea Wall, Mount Desert, Ell
route to- her home in Medfeld, Mass.
whittier her husband has gone. She wa
astOnished to find her mother so sick an,
will remain with her until she is better.
Henry S. Lampher of New York, treas
urer Of the John PIERCE Granite Co., arrive,
in town by evening train, August 26th, t.
call upon old associates. He was the CUES
Of his cousin, Mrs. E. F. Staples, until hi
departure the next afternoon. He, with hi
wife and three young sons are at Pittsfield
spending month with his sister and Lus
| band, MIR. and Mrs. j. W. Manson. at thej