The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-04-30
STOCKTON SPRINGS.

Miss Auljne Croker Of WinteTpnlt is the
guest of her cousin, MIS-. \. NJ. Gardner,
for a few weeks.
SIX vessels were at Cape jellison piers
Monday morning; two sailing lumber laden
in the afternoon.
The Ladies' Aid Society Will meet at the
pleasant home of MIS-. Charles {. Park,
West Main street, this, Thursday, Afternoon
Miss Florence Nickersun went to Belfast
last Friday to visit her sister aud returned
Sunday afternoon to Mrs A. VI. Gardner's.
Our new sdeaer, Mr. j. II. Wardwell, has
considerably increased his stock recently.
Give him call, if needing anything III the
line of books or periodicals.
Capt Edmund lIichborn arrived home
from New York last Friday Tor an ill.,
definite stay with his invalid mother, Mrs.
Robert IlIehborn, " est Main street.
The public schools throughout town be-
gan Monday Rev. ii. f. Rouillard is the
Superintendent and L. d. blckmore, l.. F.
Murray and F. l.. Marston constituting the
school board.
Mrs. Lewis F. Clifford is again in charge
of the ice cream tables at the irult store Of
MI. James Lawrence, place she hEied last
summer very satisfactorily to proprietor
anu pdtAoLS'
Capt C. A. Sprague arrived home last
Friday from Boston to spend short time
with his family on Church street. We are
glad to see his Iamllitr figure upon our
streets again.
Notices were received Monday OF dis
play OF millinery to be given by MIS-. b. Y.
Larrabee, Wednesday and Thursday, April
29th and 30th in The NJ. /. Colcord store,
East Main street.
Whom shall our citizens vote for as CUB
eruatoriaI candidates next autumn? Is the
political question before our people IL
looks like Ianes for oar Republican con
tingent at this date.
Sunday and Monday gave US summer-like
weather, indeed! Open windows and no
fires scarcely kept one comfortable within
doors. Vegetation Will come forward RAPID.
ly ii this (Monday's ) temperature continues
We are glad to announce the continued
improvement-quite marked Tor three or
four dayS-Uf Mrs. Albion +. Goodhue. 10
have sufficient vitality 10 recover from pneu-
muuIa at Sc years OF age. SET ms quite re-
markabe to her numerous friends.
The Current Events Club viii be enter
tanned Wednesday afternoon, May 9th, by
Mrs. Lillas n. Staples, Maple street. Ma
ture studies are still continued, the ladies
evincng deeper and deeper interest in the
absorbing topics brought before them.
Mrs. Sarah Smell left by early train last
Saturday morning to spend several weeks
with her son and wife, MIR. and Mrs Cliff
ton Shell, in Maiden, Mass. Mr.. Smell is
principal of the Grammar schools i'll that
city, which position he has filled most ac-
cepta oily for number of years
The town is to have new industry. The
j. d. Young Canning Co. are to establish
| plant ON MertneW Point and will can ev-
erything from sardineS to apples. They
| nine or ten months in the year and want to
be ready for business by July list.
MIR. and Mrs. F. w. Collins of Bucksport
have been guests at "The Stockton" for
the past week. They intend leaving soon
| for Rockland. Mr.. c. owns this hotel,
! formerly the Cleaves House, which is now
| leased by Worcester Brothers; and run APP
| parently very satisfactorily to the travelling
public.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon O. Norwood moved
last week to their home in Union. Mr..
Norwood was one of the civil engineers en-
ployed in the construction office OF the N.
NJ. 5. R. R., and was the last of the force to
finish his lab0rs here. Our community re-
grets the departure of himself and family
excellent citizens in any town.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Hopkins and son
George arrived home last Friday from a
winters sOjourn in DaytOna, Florida. They
| report delightful season in the "Land of
Flowers" yet return with hearts loyal to
the Pine Tree State. The 80 degrees in the
shade. through early April, they found
rather exhausting, as the temperature con-
tinued day after day at that height Their
visit in Washington. d. c., they greatly en-
joyed. Who could be other than delighted
with our wonderfully beautiful Capitol
| We are glad to see our old neighbOrs again
| in town.
| We have received the following account
| of the annual gathering of Stockton Springs
natives and their families, now residents of
| the "Twin Cities,' St. Paul and Minneapo-
lis, MINI: "Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G..
| Staples opened their hospitable residence,
No. $50 Lincoln avenue, for the congregat-
ing of "Twn City Mainites" recently, and,
although the evenings program was quite
informal, a most delightful social season
was enjoyed by all participants. Many
pictures were displayed, and the Waldo
county map shown to interest the older
Haskell Gee wrote an original poem for the
occasion, describing stockton village on
the Penobscot River and Bays" and another
poem by Crawford Griffin was read, after
which the "HistOrical Paper of Stockton,
Maine," was given by Mr.. Andrew q.
younger members of the association, who
know SO little about the actual Maine town.
The banquet was spread upon two long
tables in the sitting room Of the Staples
home, which seated thirty-two persons, and
in the dining room, where the table accomo-
dated twelve people. The pacecards con.
tanned the State Seal of Maine at the left
hand corner and the State Seal of Mime.
sofa at the right hand, with the names
St. Paul - Stockton Springs Mime
with ribbons for hanging each. The young:
er members waited upon the guests al
the tables which were handsomely deco
rated with carnations and ferns in the sit
ting room, and with roses and ferns in the
those present: Mr.. and Mrs. George W