The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-10-05
Coz. SEARSPORT.

ter, N. H.
for Dorchester Mass.
Miss Mary Littlefield returned Tuesday from
shopping trip to Boston.
The Robbins cider mill is now in operation
near the Enoch Robbins farm.
Mrs Ellen L. Leb is visiting DR.. and Mrs.
George Jennison in Lowell, Mass.
Capt W H. Goodell left Monday on bust
ness trip to Boston and New York.
Sumner j. Nickerson picked several apple
blossoms in full bloom, October End.
Capt. and Mrs. D. S. Goode1l and daughter
Danny are visiting in Alston, Mass.
Fred C. Kane, who has been spending two
weeks at Swan Lake, returned to Boston Mon
day.
Mrs, F. A. Carver, who has been visiting
friends in town, returned to her home in
Brookline, Mass, Monday.
Mrs. H. n. Edwards of Jackson was IN town
Saturday and Sunday, the guest of Miss L. W.
Edwards on Water street.
Mrs. L. L. Nichols has closed her house o
Water street and left Monday for Boston,
where she will spend the winter.
Charles F. Treat arrived Tuesday from New
burg, N Y. to visit his parents, Capt and
Mrs. F. W. Treat, Water street.
Steamer Kennebec, Capt. Wainwright, finish
ed discharging Saturday at the Penobscot Coal
dock and sailed for Newport News.
The Xix & Co., apple canning plant in Me-
chanic's Hollow is paying rs cents per barrel
for good sound apples, landed at the plant.
Parties in town who have shipped apples to
Boston have met with poor success thus 1ar,
netting only from Is to 50 cents per barrel.
Mr. and Mrs. M A. Cook left Monday to at
tend the Unity fair. Miss Inez Buker Will be
in charge of the store during their absence.
Miss Louise D. Leib has gone to Lake Forest
Ill.,, where she is teacher in physical culture
in Ferry Hall, young ladies finishing school.
Miss Joanna C. Colcord. who has been spend
ing two weeks with her parents, Capt. and
L. A. Colcord, returned to New York Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Dodge, who were in
town to attend the funeral of Mr.. Dodge's
uncle, George E. Merrill, returned to Boston
last week.
Misses Mida and Lucy Blanchard, who spent
the summer at the Pendeton homestead on
Main street. returned to their home in New
York Monday.
Joseph E Carr of Goldfeld, Colo, who has
been touring in Europe the past three months,
arrived Wednesday from Boston for visit to
his old home.
Miss Eudavilla Cleaves, who has been in Bos-
ton studying the fall and winter styles in
millinery, announces her opening for FRIDAY
and Saturday of this week.
Mrs. Edward Calderwood and sons, Samuel
H. and Thomas W., who spent the summer in
town at the Ford cottage on Main street, re-
turned to Roxbury, Mass, Saturday.
News was received Monday of the death in
Salem, Mass, of Willard Whittu1n, only son
of Melvin NJ. Whittum of this town. aged 81
years. The remains will be brought to Sears
port for burial
Mr.. and Mrs. William King announce the
marriage of their daughter, Ruth Lillian, to
Mir. Leo Marshall Sargent, Saturday evening,
October It'll, at 7.30 o'clock at their residence
159 Webster street, Cambridge, Mass.
Rev. FIR. D. A. McCabe has been wrong
ly reported in several papers having been
appointed assistant to Rev FIR. H. H. Ha-
makers. Fr. McCabe was appointed pastor of
St. Francis church in Belfast by Bishop Walsh
of Portland last June. FIR. McCabe will hold
services here the first Sunday of each month
Mrs. James Parse of Brooklyn, N. Y, for
merly Miss Margaret Sargent of this town. en-
tertained the Friday club last week at her
summer home, formerly the old Porter home
stead. Five hundred was the game and four
tables were made up as follows: Mrs Henrietta
Young, Mrs. Amos Nichols, Mrs. David
Nichols, Mrs. John Frame, Mrs Nathan F.
Gilkey, Mrs. E. C. Pike Miss Angelina Carver,
Miss Mary Mcclure, Mrs. B. F. Colcord, Mrs.
W. M. Parse, Mrs. F. A. Nye, Mrs. S. NJ. Web
Der, Mrs W. H. Goodell, Miss Mabel Griffin,
Miss Ida Curtis and Mrs. Fred Smith, The
score cards were printed on birch bark and
were very dainty. At the conclusion of the
game Mrs. Parse and her sister, Miss Lucy A.
Sargent, served sandwiches, Nabiscos, cake,
chocolate and candy.
ADRIFT IN DoRY. The steamer Kenne-
bee, Capt. Wainwright, which arrived from
Norfolk at noon September 28th, had on board
four men who had been picked up off Cape
Cod in dory at about sunset Wednesday af-
ternoon. The men had been adrift since Mon
day morning and when picked up they were
nearly exhausted. They gave their names as
Richard Pettibone, John H. Bloom and Everett
d. Graham of East Boston, and Daniel Steele
of Maiden, and were members of the crew of
the fishing schooner Cora Nickerson of Boston.
They said that they left the schooner in their
dory Monday morning, to set travis, the
schooner at that time being near the southern
end of Cassns shoals, off Portland The fog
shut in and they could not find the schooner
nor could the schooner find them They also
said that two men started out from the
schooner in dory at the same time with them
but what became of them they could not say.
The four men left Searsport on the afternoon
boat for Boston.
GOLDEN WEDDING OF Mr.. AND MRS CHAs.
WHITTIER. Smith Baker, D. D., contributed
the following article of interest to Searsport