The Republican journal., 1908-12-17
County Correspondence.


deferred from last week.
SOUTH MONTvILLE.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Bartlett have been visiting
in Dover and Newport for the past few days.
There will be a Christmas tree and enter
tainment at the Grange Hall Christmas night.
....J. @. Adams End has bought the Keen farm
THE next session of the Montville F. B.
quarterly meeting will be with the Rockland
church December 1920. Rev. A. w. Jefferson
of Portland will speak to the young people
Friday evening.
LIBERTY.
Miss Gladys Skidmore has returned from the
Castine Normal school for the fall vacation -.
Mr.. William Revere of Peabody, Mass, is
guest this week of Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Walker.
miss Georgia Knowlton has been spending
her school vacation with Mr.. and Mrs. w. J.
Knowlton Mrs. Jane Leman of Sherman's
Corner is in Burnham for an extended visit
with her brother, Mr.. Charles E. Sherman -.
A. ]. Skidmore has been one of the legislative
committee on the inspection of liquor agencies,
and spent last week inspecting agencies in diff
ferent parts of the State. Mrs. Percy Leman
was weekend guest at her old home at City
point, Belfast go. Allen Knowlton is working
for the American Express Co. in Belfast.
NORTH STOCKTON.
Mrs Rose Cunningham is living in the house
owned by Mr. Sylvester, which was repaired
and painted last spring. .... Mr.. Henry Little
field had work at the coal wharf, Searsport,
last week. . Miss Hattie Partridge visited at
her grandfather in Waldo last week. How
ard Littlefield bought another horse recently
and now has pair ready for work ...... Mrs.
Blanche Littlefield and baby daughter are visit
ing Mrs. Littlefeld's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Dunaver of Prospect. zee. Miss Helen
Calderwood is at home from Winterport for a
two weeks vacation. She is attending the
High school there and likes very much =. Mrs.
James Killman is very i'll and Mrs. Lizzie Libby
is also seriously i'll again. Mr.. James Cum
ningham has employment with his uncle, Mr..
James Cunningham of Searsport, who is a real
estate dealer ..... Mr.. C. N. Staples went to
Bangor on business last week. He buys the
beef for his meat cart there when he does not
use native beef ...... Mr. F. Percy Partridge
went to Bucksport to sell his furs last week,
having been in the trapping business this fall.
Mr.. Manson George has also been trapping in
this vicinity ....... The burning of the George
schoolhouse last Sunday night about IL O'Clock
was much regretted by people here, who have
enjoyed attending religious services or enter
tainments there. The people in that neighbor-
hood have been having sociables for over
year to repair it. 1t is supposed that a defect
i've chimney caused the fire. Fred Ellis re-
ceived news recently that his mother, Mrs. w..
F. Ellis, had returned home to Searsport Mrs.
Ellis has been in Boston at the hospital for
surgical treatment for some time and her
friends at her old home here are glad to hear
that she is gaining :. The electric power crew,
who are putting up poles from Buckspoat to
Belfast, are at work in this vicinity. They go
by the John Ladd place and then along the
cross road and by the Leroy Nickerson place
The crew have board and rooms at Mrs. Llbby's.