The Republican journal., 1908-05-28
SEARSPORT LOCALS.

Swan Lake Saturday.
See NJ. A. Cooks advt. in this weeks
issue of The Journal.
Miss Lucy Holmes was in town Tuesday,
the guest of Miss Hattie Erskine.
Miss Mabel E. Griffin left last week for
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Dana NJ Dutch.
A. B. Ferguson has been confined to the
house for several days with rheumatism.
Mrs. w. D. Smart arrived Tuesday from
a visit with friends in Boston and vicinity.
Mrs. Laura NJ Perry, who spent the win
ter in Brooklyn, n. Y, returned home last
week.
Bucksport with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. c. Homer.
Capt D. S. Goodel and family, who have
been visiting in AllStOn, Mass, returned
home last week.
Capt. j. F. Peterson, who has been visit
ing his sons in Boston and vicinity, returned
home last week.
Henry P. Farnham returned to his home
in Salem last Friday. He took with him
his driving horse Billy.
Steamer Bay City, with the barge Brit
tannia in tow, sailed Saturday from MACK
OlUI New pUlt news.
r. E. Sargent, night Waterman Of the A.
A c. Co. at Mack's Point, was in Hampden
last week calling on friends,
Andrew Pendleton arrived Tuesday from
Boston to visit his parents, Capt. and Mrs.
A. S. PendetoD, at Park.
Prof. Frederick r. Sweetser arrived Tues
day from New London to visit his mother,
Mrs Susan L. SweetSer
Mr. and Mrs. r. P. Chase of Belfast were
in town Sunday the guests of Capt. and
Mrs. Henry q. Curtis.
Miss Gladys Butman left Monday for Bos-
ton to resume her studies ii the New Eng
land Conservatory OF Music.
The foundation for the large cooper shop
which Pike Bros are to build in the Carver
shlpyard is nearly completed.
w F. Runnells of Newburyport was in
town last week, the guest of his parents,
Hon and Mrs. w. T. G. Runnells.
Sch. Prescott Palmer, Capt. Carlisle, az
rived Monday from Newport News with
4,422 tons of coal for the Penobscot Coal Co.
at Mack's Point
Miss Mabel l. Nichols, who is teaching in
one OF the public schools at Milo junction,
spent sunday with her mother, Mrs. C. Nj.
Nichols, on Water street.
Capt Mitchell Reed of SCH William
Carnegie went TO Boothbay Monday to visit
his family while his vessel is being dis
charged at Mack's Point.
Edward Duffy head ianitor of the Sears
port House, has resigned his position and
left for Rockland, where he has accepted d
position in Hotel Samoset,
Miss fnez II. Dolliver arrived from Brock
ton, Mass, Wednesday for her summer
vacation and is with her mother, Mrs. Ella
S. DoIliver, on Main street.
Fred c. Kane and friend Edward Bond of
Boston. who have been on fishing trip to
Swan Lake, returned to Boston Friday with
nine good sized salmon and trout.
Capt. Phineas Pendleton, who spent the
winter in Brookline and Worcester, Mass,
returned home Saturday, accompanied by
his daughter, Mrs Andrew McGown.
Sch. William C. Carnegie, Capt Mitchell
Reed, arrived Saturday with 4434 tons of
coal to the Penobscot Coal Co. at Mack's
Point. She was locked Monday morning
and the work of discharging began.
Capt, Ross, of the sch. Gardner G. Deer
ing, arrived Sunday from Boston, where he
has been with his family while his schooner,
which is due here from Newport News in
command OF Capt Wallace, has been MAX
ing trip.
The village cemetery is being put in first
class condition for Memorial Day. All the
lots in the cemetery are being reseeded
which require it and it is the intention of
the ASSOCIATION to put the cemetery in as
fine condition as any in Waldo county.
Amos P. Lord, sailmaker and contractor,
is repairing sails, making several boomS
and an anchor stock for the Scho0ners Gard
iner g. Deering, Cora F. Cressey and Mar
tina p. Small. Mr.. Lord is also making sew
eral awnings for MrS.J. Manchester Haynes
of Augusta and others in that vicinity.
The foundation which Pike Bros. are lay
ing in the Carver shIpXard for their new
cooper shcp is on the site where the famous
topSail schooner Mexican was built in 1885
by Master Sebra CrOoker for the late Capt.
Benjamin C0cord. The Mexican was the
fastest sailing schooner engaged in the
coastwise trade in her day on the coast of
Maine. She ran for many years as packet
between Searsport and Boston, carrying
wood, bark and passengers to Boston, re-
turning with full cargo of freight on each
trip.
HOTEL ARRIVALS. The following out
of-town guests registered at the Searsport
House the past week: a. L. Gatchell,
Providence; Frank Brown, Boston; Mrs. j.
S. Nheelwright, Miss j. Z. johnson, Miss
+. c. Wyman, Miss Eugenia Wyman, Ban
ROr, MIS-. George H. Eaton, CdldlS MIS- IL.
j. McCabe, Eden; Mrs. d. n. Beach, Ban
gor; Mrs. Warren Morse, Brewer; Mrs.
Elmer Clark, Bangor; F. c. Hinckley, Ban
gor; L. F. Wilson, New York; E. c. Phil
lips, c. L. Sullivan, Boston; j. II. King,
Belfast; Mrs. H. W. Clark, Bangor; c. NJ.
Young, W. 0. Trimm, Belfast; E. L. Day,
Stanley Keene, Ii. L. Arnold, b. j. Flye, Fl.
j. BaSsett, Bangor: II. L. Crosby, Port
land; E. C. Saunders, Bangor T. D. Haml-
ton, Frankfort; d. L. Constantine, Bangor
ID. n Mortland, Rockland; f. A. Cushman,
Montville; John L. Kitchener, Boston; F.
E. Burns, Portland, W. NJ. Berry, Stock
ton; w. A. Bragg, Linconville; 7. H. John
son, Bangor; Edward Evans, Waldo; R. F.
Dunton, Belfast; II. A. Stetson, w. NJ.
Irving, Boston; G. W. Montgomery, Port
land; W. S. Remission, Rock land; F. E.
Treadwell, Boston; Ii. F. Clough, H. H.
Hoxie, F. II. Wood, Bangor; c. A. Wade,
Portland; F. r. Summerside, Portland; c.
4. Dexter, Bangor F. S. Dennson, Brewer
c. +. smith, Boston; Mrs. Hattie Wilson,
Rockland; Edward G. Duffy, Rocklan !;
John F. Ropes, S. j. Robinson, Bangor.
The special praise service at the COngre-
gational church last Sunday evening proved
unusually interesting. The choir carried
out the idea, now popular in large city
churches, of taking up the compositions of
a popular composer of church music This
service was planned as an evening with
Dudley Buck, and all of the selections were
his works except the Congregational hymn
"Lead Kindly Light" The service opened
with the anthem, "He Shall Come Down
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