The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-03-25
STOCKTON SPRINGS.

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Miss Nellie Hchborn returned last Friday
night from shopping trip to Bangor.
Mr.. Harry R. Hichborn spent last Friday in
Bangor, called there by business. He return
ed by late train.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert NJ Ames are expected to
reach home from New York the latter part of
the present week.
Miss Mary Hichborn returned from her Ban
gor visits last Friday evening by train. She
was absent two weeks.
Mrs. Harriet c. Hichborn, who recently had
tedious sick spell, is somewhat improved at
this writing, Monday evening.
Mr. j. H. Wardwell and son Stanley returned
Monday from Bucksport. Mrs. W. is detained
there by the sickness of her father.
! Mrs. Levi Griffin had an ill turn Monday,
which necessitated calling DR.. Stevens We
hope to learn of an improvement very soon.
Mr.. R. L. Arey electrician, has been called
to Bucksport to wire several houses for electric
lights He left Stockton on Monday afternoon.
Mr. Charles Heath is putting repairs on the
dredger, lying here through the winter. She
will go to Bangor as soon as the ice leaves the
river
Mr.. and Mrs Manley Grant are receiv
ing congratulations upon the coming of the
third little son into their household, last Satur-
day.
Mrs Ralph Morse returned last Thursday
evening from brief visit in Bangor with her
niece, Mrs Almeda G. Whittimore and hus
band.
A notice in our post Office requests proposals
for carrying on theTown Farm for the coming
year to be sent April LIST to the selectmen's
office.
Owing to some misunderstanding the trans
fer of Mr.. Goodere from Limestone to Stock
ton as station agent has been postponed a
month.
The Misses Mary and Phoebe Calkin arrived
Friday from Bucksport Seminary to spend
their Easter vacation with their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Calkin, School street
Mrs. Vera M. H. Ryder arrived last Friday
evening from Boston to remain for ten days
with her aged father, Capt. ]. French Hichborn.
She is anxious to have him return with her for
visit
Mrs. Ralph Morse entertained the Current
Events Club in regular session Wednesday
afternoon of the present week. The study of
Anthropology is still continued by this society
of ladies'.
Through typographical error in the obitu-
airy of Capt. Frank Marden in last weeks issue
of The Journal, the bark Courser was printed
Courier, to the regret of correspondent and
newspaper.
/ Mr.. Crawford Treat came home last Friday
evening from Charleston Me-, where he is
attending Higgins Institute, to spend three
weeks vacation with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvah C. Treat.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet this,
Thursday, afternoon with Mrs. Alvah c. Treat
Church street, for needle work. A cordial in
vitation is extended to all interested in parish
matters to be present.
The social that was to have been held in
Hichborn Hall Monday evening under the aus
pieces of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Uni
versalist parish, was postponed, because of the
weather damp snow fall
Mr. j. H. Wardwell left Sunday to join his
wife, who is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Walker, at their home in Bucksport. Mr.
Wardwell has been in poor health for several
months, and we are glad to know he is able to
be ut-ofdoors
| Mrs. Eden Shute, accompanied by her son.
Mr.. Harry Shute, and little daughter, Miss
Louise, arrived Saturday from New York.
they having been with Capt. Shute on a voyage
South. Neighbors are glad to see the Shute
house re-opened after its silence of some
months.
Mrs. John Randel has so far recovered from
the effects of her accidental injury to the hip
and limb as to attempt walking out to the
dining room last Sunday by leaning upon
chair, which she pushed before her. Her
neighbors are glad to hear of that degree
of improvement after her long sufferingtI
Mrs. Perry Sprague arrived home last Sat
urday from Boethbay, where Capt. c. w.
Spragues vessel has been loading ice for
Philadelphia, to bring coal back to Boston.
Mrs. S. made the passage from Boston to
Boothbay in the vessel with her husband and
his father and enjoyed the trip very much.
The Young Peoples Guild Of the Universe
list parish will hold an entertainment on
Thursday evening, March 25th, in Denslow
Hall, consisting of concert of college
Songs ETC., followed by social hop. Ice
cream and cake will be served. Admission 10
cents. Don't miss the enjoyment of the even
ing
The schooner l.. A. Plummer is loading lum-
Der at Cape Jellison dock for New York. Barge
No. 8, of the Rockland and Rockport Lime Co.
arrived Monday at the piers to discharge a
load of fertilizer for Aroostook county. The
big auxiliary schooner Northland locked Mon
day at Cape Jellison pier to load paper from
the Great Northern Paper Co. at Millinocket
for New York.
March is giving mild month. Last week
we had three snowstorms, each so damp that
it threatened rain continually, and four days of
charming sunshine. The optimists rejoice in
such weather; but the pessimsts predict cor
respondingly cold wave later in the spring.
Better accept smilingly 1.-THE gifts the Gods