The Republican journal., 1908-08-06

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Sadie Gowen, who for two years has been a
student at Moody Institute. Chicago, and
for the past six months studying in New
| York, gave very interesting Bible talk at
| North Troy church Sunday. Excellent
music was furnished. Miss Gowen will
speak at Troy Corner church next Sunday
p. IN. on India, where she expects to go as
| a missionary. Special music will be fur
nished and large attendance is anticipat-
! ed. An enjoyable meeting of the Ladies'
| Aid was held with Mrs. Frank Conner last
| week.
SWANVILLE CENTER.
Mrs. Watson Robertson had sixteen cal
lers last Sunday. Mrs. James Knowlton
is visiting her sister, Mrs Caroline Mari.
..... Mrs. Helen Cummings has gone to
JoneSport to visit relatives. MIR. Cunning
ham, who works at Mr.. Jennys, is having a
vacation. The Monroe Il Brooks Tel. Co.
held a meeting at Martin Robertson's last
Thursday evening. ..... Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
Snow and four children of Frankfort visited
relatives in town last Saturday and Sunday.
.... Mrs. Elmeda Bowen, who has been with
Mrs. Watson Robertson for several weeks,
has returned home and Mrs. Eliza Pattee of
Searsport is with her now.. Mrs. Caroline
Mari and her son had nice monument set
on their double lot last week. E. FL. Little
| field and family and Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
| Cunningham visited Mr.. and Mrs. Lauris-
ton Nichols of Belfast last Sunday. Mrs.
Rodney Haswel of Monroe has been quite
sick, but is much better. Miss Mabel Rose
is at work for Mrs. f. A. Robertson. ... The
! young people report a fine time at the dance
in Cunningham's hall last Friday evening.
| Ice cream and cake were served. ..... Blue
berries, raspberres, buck lebarries and
black berries are all ripe together this year,
which is out of the usual. Clarence Dickey
of Monroe was the guest of Richard Robert
son last Sunday. Martin Robertson is get
ting out the poles to extend the telephone
| line to the village. Mrs. Joan Robertson
let a window down on her hand and hurt
her fingers quite badly. Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Moody and sister visited at E. A. Rob-
ertson's Sunday. Miss Ethelyn Moody
began work for Mrs. Elizabeth Knowlton
| of Belfast last Monday. Henry q. Nick
erson and family have moved into their new
| house. Mrs. Beal, who has been poorly
for two weeks, is rather better. Mrs Max
i'm is on the sick list. Mr.. and Mrs Ray
mond OF Waterville are visiting at Isaac
| Cook s..... Mrs. Elizabeth Stearns of Water
town, Mass, is visiting her son, Hamlin
jenkins.
THORNDIKE.
NJ 5. Hatch of jackson and Richard c..
Higgins bought, sacked, and shipped about
1000 lbs. of wool Friday. The wool was
shipped from this station.... Mrs. A. L..
Ward visited her mother, MIS-. Chase, in
| Winterport, last week.. Mrs Fred and
Charles Patterson passed Friday in Belfast.
... Rev }. b. Parry, who has been away on
a short vacation, returned last week and
held service at the usual hour last Sunday
Z. NJ. Miss Carrie Ward came from
Pittstield Saturday night to visit her par
ents, MI. and Mrs. K. S. Ward. The
shower last Friday afternoon was quite
heavy. The wind started the roof off of
Burton Gross barn, but we have heard OF
no other damage in town.. Lincoln Black
is kept busy by our farmers spraying pota-
toes and reaping grain. Mr.. keech also
has spraying machine and does good work
for those who employ him.. :. Master
Albert Higgins is the proud posseSsor of d
handsome gold watch, chain and charm, a
present from his father, Willie P. Higgins.
Mrs. +. S. Hogan and son Carl passed
SUN day at her old home in Jackson.... Mr..
and Mrs. Willie P. Higgins, who have been
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Higgins for
two weeks, returned to their home in
Salem, Mass, Friday. Mr.. and Mrs.
James Clement went on BURBERRY trip to
East Knox Aug. list, and were quite sue
cesSful.. Charles Heath, wife and daugh-
tiers passed Tuesday in Searsmont.. Our
carpentering work for S. F. Files this week.
"Osmond" was quite busy last Tuesday
After the thunder shower Monday night
there were eleven telephones in the east
part of the town that had to be new fused
At ii. Nj. SmalpS the plasterlng was torn
off and lathS scOrched by the bolt 80. Fred
| Patterson went to Fairfield Saturday to
visit his daughter, Mrs. Win Ward. The
Thorndke baseball nine played the Clinton
niue db tllhboil ltoL .odbuIu dy anu Wclo Iu0
victorS. The score was - to 5. Next Sat-
urday the Thorndike's play the A bion's at
Thorndike.. While ON a raspberry trip
| Tuesday after the shower of July 9th we
noticed that the leaves of the beech and
maple trees overhansing a spring of clear
water were badly eaten, and in the spring
were myriads of green worms about one
inch in length Apparently they were sha-
ken from the trees during the shower.
Wonder if this is the worm that is strip
ping our maple, beech and elm trees?
FREEDOM.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Bangs, accompanied
by Mr.. Bangs sister, Miss Happy Bangs,
from Lynn, Mass, spent last week at Win
dermere Park, Unity. Mrs. Nellie Banton
visited her daughter in Fairfield, July Goth.
........M Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Boynton from
Taunton, Mass, and Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Brown from Weeks Mills visited their sis
ter, Mrs. Arson Knowlton, July 18th and
29th 49,. Mrs. Olive Seekins from Portland
and her sister, Mrs. Clara Parting from
| AroOstOOk are visiting their father Mr.