Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-10-09
READFIElD.

| There has been some activity in real es-
tate this week. Jesse Spauldng of Bel
grade has purchased the Shaver place and
| will move in as soon as some repairs are
made. The Misses Shaver have purchased
| the Beede house opposite the entrance to
| the fair Sround and now occupied by Err
| nest MaSterIran.
| The corr shop has closed for the season
after putting mp 100000 cans OF corn. This
| is an amcilnt i'll excess of the usual pack.
| The returns from the corn sold to the fac
! tory have been very satisfactory. Many
| farmers have received an average Ct $4,000
| Der acre while III some cases, an acre
has produced as high as $1,000.
| The funeral of the infant child of Mr..
and Mrs Edward Breedo was held Tues
DAY. The interment was in the Corner
| Ncthwi, outstanding the hard times. extern
sive building and repairing has been done
| III this town. G. H. Beede is putting up
| a new house ON his lot which IS in the
| rear of the hotel and will occupy it as
soon as completed.
In: +. S. Hannaford is visiting friends
| Warren Butman has been shipping po-
tatoes to market from the ReadfielG sta
ton He reports about 200 bushels per
acre.
elected the following officers at it's last
regular meeting: NJ, Chas. NJ: Daciy: s.
w. NJ. J. Hartman; j. W., H. w. Morrow
S. d. J. S. Miliken; J. D., John A. Chase;
Finance Committee, f.. j. Bea, a. II. Will
son ana .J. "A. CnaSe.
DFtnr,Rela1iyes from Readfield were
ontertaineo by Mrs Mary Blake i'll Mon
mouth. Wednesday. A drive through the
village. by Mrs Blake, in the morning,
visit to Cumston hall and the beautiful
Methodist church in company with Mrs
Blake ard sister. Mrs. Woodbury., d drive
in the afternoon past the academy, also
the former home of Cumston and other
points of interest, including a team of 10
pair OF oxen and Il pa il of horses, moving
Il house, completed a day of interest.
While Mr.. Gile of Mt. Vernon was load
ing Il cart at the freight house Tuesday, d
pair of horses attached to the cart became
frig htened and ran quite Il distance on the
track. When secured. though the cart was
badly broken the horses were unlnjured
Commissioner Hunt mas just completed
Il hne piece of state road, past the homes
of J. Il Denton, n 7. Gordon and Isaac
Nad!eie,.
A party consisting of Ray Sanborn,
Francis Sanboin and Angus Mccormick
OF keadiield apd Victor Staples of Cart
hage are on a hunting trip near Moose
head Lake.
KENTS HILL--L +. Brooks lost a vau-
able horse Tuesday
work for Walter Smith at the Corner.
The Misses Lane have bargained for the
field which lays south of their home and
is owned by Mrs. ID. A. Willis.
Miss Georgia Lane who has been i'll for
several weeks is raridly recovering.
Many of the wells in this section have
been dry for 4 long time. The Seminary
has supplied the house occupied by Prof
j. .. Newton with water by running
pipe on the surface of the ground from
the tank which supplies the school build
inSs.
T.. +. Peacock had green peas rom his
garden on oct. s. They were planted July
~ and Welded abundantly.
Mr.. j. 7, Bishop, the Winthrop contrac-
tor is rapidly rushing to completion the
new house which he is building for c.
J, Cole inst east of the Methodist church.
He expects to have the building ready
for the pasterers by next Monday.
Emery Hackett Is working for Henry
Brown.
Elliot j. Beal, the efficient foreman on
the college. farm with Mrs. Beal have
been attending the fair at Brockton. Mass
Fen Iiarri"'ar was at his old home
here the first Of the week.