The Republican journal., 1909-05-20
swANvILLE CENTER.
Mrs Allen is at work for Mrs. Lewis Murphy.

SWANvILLE CENTER.
Mrs Allen is at work for Mrs. Lewis Murphy.
Charlie Riley is at work for Joseph Pattee
for the summer. Mrs. Walter Evans is quite
sick and is confined to her bed... Mrs, David
Wingate of Monroe was the guest of her
cousin. Mrs H. P. White, recently. Oscar
Dow is out again. He has been sick two weeks
with the grip. Herbert York has had a
stroke of paralysis and is very low There
is to be dance at Comet Grange hail. May
22nd. Good music will be furnished and cake
and coffee will be served. .Hermon Batchel-
der has not been well of late. He has over
worked. {. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Gray were
ill last week with the prevailing epidemic. .
A nice time was enjoyed by all who attended
the dance at Comet Grange hall and fine sup
per was furnished. {. Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Mar
den of Brewer have returned home after Wis
iting their children in town.. VIM. Clements
visited in Monroe Wednesday,. 49,. Eugene
Jennys arrived home for visit last Saturday
....M Mrs. Elwyn Dickey of Monroe spent the
weekend with her mother and sister, Mrs
Watson Robertson and Mrs. Walter Evans
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Murphy have lost their
baby. 1t had adanoids and got heavy cold SO
very sad, as Mrs. Murphy is in poor health
Their friends extend sympathy to them.
Miss Ruth Marden is better than she has been
for several weeks and is able to take automo-
bile rides. Mrs Martin Robertson is sick
with the grip. Mrs. Charles Curtis is in Door
health. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons remain about
the same; both are very ill.,. Mr.. and Mrs E,
E. Clements and three children of Searsport
visited his sister, Mrs. H. P. White, last Sun
day.. Willis Briggs has bought the Herbert
Cunningham house and will soon take posses
sion.... Charles Marr's two little daughters
had a hen that an uncle bought in Portland and
sent to them. She is a very small hen, but of
high blood and is a great pet. This hen was
setting on four eggs and but short distance
from her was a hens nest that Mrs Caroline
Marr's cat had appropriated for herself and
two baby kittens. The second morning the
mother cat acted strangely and seemed to be
in trouble and Mrs Mari went to the barn to
investigate and found the little hen mothering
the two kittens and her eggs all cold.
FREEDOM.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Murch have moved in
to Chas. SIMPSONS upper rent One of the
smartest little fellows in the village is master
Harding Bryant. He is almost "a years old
and he can tell you his name and age and what
town he lives in, what State and the capital of
the State... Miss Minnie Webb was in Belfast
ILL
in the village May 18th. John Taylor was
the lowest bidder for the contract for shingling
the church, and will do the work. -. The grass
on the lawns in the village is looking quite
green and the shade trees are beginning to put
forth their foliage, but it is so cold and cloudy
they progress very slowly. 1t does not look
now as though the last Sunday in May would
be white Sunday. Robert E. BEDFORD is work
ing for M. Gates in Unity. -. Miss Edith Law
renee has leased the Weber Downer place for
two months. Her nephew, Lawrence Clark, is
with her, attending school in the Penney dis
trict. W. A. Sparrow was in Belfast on bust
ness May 10TH. Joseph Wing of Thorndke
visited lis schoolmate, Loring Stewart, May
18th. Mrs. Jennie R. Webb has bought what
is known as the George Peavey farm in Swan
vile, and she and her husband Porter F.Webb
have moved there. -. Fred N. Flye has been re-
pairing the home buildings. He has built
piece on the barn, laid new floors, built pi-
azza and had cistern put in the cellar. The
A. A. A. club met with Mrs. Grace Linscott
Friday evening, May 18th, They read the life
Augusta Evans Wilson, after which fruit punch
and peanuts were served. :. Juanita Temple
has changed its meetings from Tuesday even
ing to Saturday evening. -. Mr.. FRASER from
Bangor Seminary occupied the pulpit Sunday
morning, May 10th, and delivered very inter-
esting sermon from Isaiah 1922
LINCOLNVILLE.
DR.. Alfred W. Veazie of Bangor and Boston
called on his friend, Russell P. Ames Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. Will Newbert of Appleton Wis
tied Mrs. Ms brother, T. E. Gushee, Sunday.
Miss Ruby D. Kimball of Camden is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. Will Barton. Miss Mae
Pendleton called on her friend Miss Stella
Derry in Camden Friday. Mrs. Harriet Ben
ner of Lynn, Mass, is visiting her parents, Mr..
Vinalhaven Friday, where he has employment
in granite quarry. F. S. Richards, who has
been visiting relatives here and in Camden,
returned to Searsport Tuesday,. Capt. O. E.
Ames placed his motor boat, Wahneta, in COM
mission Wednesday,, Edgar S. Mathews of
Springfield, Mass, is visiting his grandmother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Mathews. F. S. Coombs of
Camden called on his father, L. S. Coombs,
Sunday. He came up in his new runabout..
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pendleton visited her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Flagg, in Belmont,
Sunday. Louie Drinkwater is stopping a
few days with his grandfather, Mr.. R. B. Sher-
man. We are glad to hear that Mr.. Sherman,
who has been quite ill., is much improved at
this writing. DIR. Hart is attending him. .
Fred Young and two friends of Dark Harbor
called on Mr.. Young's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
U. Young Sunday. They went back with Capt.
Ames in the Wahneta.. Sam Stevens, who
has been visiting relatives in town for few
days, has returned to Searsport, where he has
employment.
To feel strong, have good appetite and d.
gestion, sleep soundly and enjoy life, use Bur-
dock Blood Bitters, the great system tonic and