Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1909-07-01

ported considerable rough weather.
After short stop she left again fitted
for three weeks, stay.
The summer schedule of steamers
went into effect Sunday. which gave
the island two steamers from Port
land In the morning. It il too early
In the season to expect q rush of ex-
cursionists but several were seen
landing from the boat.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Rowe of West
Minot, Me-, are here at their summer
home at the extreme East end of the
island. Commencing July 9Th. Mrs.
Hattie Bonney and party Of friends
from South Paris. Me-. will be here
for two weeks vacation.
E. s. Leeman. the expressman, IL
having a great amount of work at the
present time. In order to handle his
increasing business he purchased on
other horse Saturday. and even with
| four hourses he will find plenty OF en-
ployment. Harry Croucher Of BUT
falo Is assisting Mr.. Leeman.
Miss Helen Louise Boynton of East
Orange. n. j.. who has been visiting
friends at Easthampton, Long Island,
came down Sunday to occupy Miss
Bertha Schoff's cottage which the
Boyntons have leased for the season.
Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. b.
Boynton will arrive next week. Miss
Boynton Is very popular among the
younger set on the Island as Is also
her brother. Mr.. Lawrence Boynton.
who will not be able to be here this
season.
Mrs. Charles T. Root, sons, George,
Royal and Waldo, and daughter
Esther. arrived here last Wednesday
for the season. Mr.. G. T. Root Is
expected this week. The family will
entertain largely during the season.
Mr.. George Root is at Princeton Uni
versity and Mr.. Royal Root
has entered the Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology after
hayeing been at the Univer-
sity of Chicago two year and at Har.
ward one year.
Mrs. H. B. Baldwin and her two
daughters. Helen and Ruth of Newark.
n. j., and Mrs. c. H. Beedle and
two grandchildren, Madeline and
Eleanor Graf of Indianapolis, are
occupying their cottage on the east
side of the Pasture" Mr.. G. H.
Graf and Mr.. n. b. Baldwin will
come down later in the season for
short vacation. Mr. Baldwin is an
eminent chemist in Newark. His son
Dalton will probably accompany him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert E. Day OF
Washington. ID. c., arrived here Sat-
! urday via the Metropolitan line and
Eastern S. s. Co. and caught the
morning boat down the bay. They
opened up their cottage. Grey Rock
where they will spend the entire sea-
son as they have for eight years past.
Mr.. Day is Associate Professor OF
Physics and Botany in Gallaudet Col
lege. Washington, an institution for
the deaf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank T. Thurston
and daughter, Miss Mabel Thurston
! Of Washington, ID. c., arrived the first
of the week to open their attractive
cottage in the Pasture" which they
built last year. Both Mrs. Thurston
and her daughter are authors OF re-
pute. Miss Mabel Thurston is on
J the STAFF Of the Youths Companion
and Is the author Of Summer in
Already" Mrs. Thurston has written
several books for children and also
1.-THE Bishops Shadow"
r. s. Davis Co. have what you
want for furniture. adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred d. Aldrich OF
Worcester. Mass. have leased Mrs.
II. y. Stokes cottage for the sum-
mer which they will occupy soon. Mr..
Aldrich Is Professor of Mathematics
4 in Worcester Academy. The family
have spent several summers on Bal
ley's and their many friends will be
pleased to welcome them back.
| Charles s. Thomas. the Bailey Is
land contractor will be very busy this
summer. Besides working on several
cottages for summer residents he will
/ start work in a few weeks on three
new houses:-a ten room, French
rooted dwelling for Charles York will
be built on the east end, a six room
cottage for Mr.. Joseph Lubee, near
the head of Mackerel Cove. and an
other similar six room cottage for Al
bert Smith on Abner's Point will be
constructed by Mr.. Thomas.
Miss Amy z. Blanchard, one OF Bal.
/ ley's best known summer residents,
announces that she has a new book in
press which will be published In the
fan or sometime during the late sum-
mer by Dana, Estes and Co. The
title OF her latest work Is wits End"
and we understand that much Of the
local color and character sketching
will be taken from Bailey Island.
Misses Elsie and Myrtle York fin
ished their studies at westbrook
Academy, Thursday last, and are here
for the summer with their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. NJ. York. During
the closing days OF school the young
ladies were guests at several OF the
functions given by the graduates.
Miss Myrtle will return to the Acad-
envy next fall, but as yet Miss Elsie
has not decided whether she will
do likewise or enter another institu-
tion.
Mr.. Charles Sleeper went to East.
/ port for few days last week on a
business trip.
Messrs. John 9. Crowley and Scott
b. Putnam Of the Breeze" were the
guests Of Xanthus Smith. Jr.. and