The Republican journal., 1912-10-10
played. Oyster and clam stews and soused
CLAIMS are served daily to his patrons.

clans are served daily to his patrons.
At the last meeting of the Village Improve
ment Society, recently organized. the mattel
of having a sewerage system in the town wa
discussed. At present all sewerage is pri
vate, but regular system is greatly needed.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Harris. who have beer
spending week at Swan Lake with Mr.. ant
Mrs. ]. A. Clement, returned to their home il
Somerville, Mass, last week. Mr.. Harris sue
ceeded in landing seven salmon and trout
while at the lake.
Levi Trundy, who broke his arm in Presque
Isle several weeks ago. had the misfortune te
break it again at Kent's Hill Wednesday
Oct. End. He tipped over in a chair. and put
ting out his arm to save himself caused the
second break. He will not return to schoo
until his arm is well united.
John Innis raised from measured acre -four
hundred bushels and thirty pounds of Green
Mountain potatoes. The average was sixteen
pounds of potatoes to one pound of Bowker
fertilizer. Mr.. Weeks, agent of the Bowker
Fertilizer Co., measured the land and weighed
out the potatoes.
Mrs. D. W. Nickels entertained the Friday
club last Friday afternoon at her home on
Main street. The afternoon was pleasantly
spent in sewing and light refreshments were
served Those present were Mrs. Amos
Nichols, Mrs Wilfred Nichols. Mrs. B. F. Col
cord, Mrs. Henrietta Young, Mrs. John Frame,
Mrs Cora Dow, Miss Ida Curtis, Mrs. James
Parse, Mrs. A. N. Carver, Mrs. N. F. Gilkey
and Mrs. James O. Butman.
OBITUARY. Capt. John A. Durham, the
we'll known whaling master, who died sudden
ly in Boston, Oct. LIST, of heart failure. was
the commander of the Provincetown whaling
schooner William A. Grozier, which rescued
the two survivors of the bark Wakefield of
Searsport, commanded by Capt. Peter c. Cane,
which sailed from New York Feb. 9, 1889, for
Brisbane, Australia, and capsized Feb. 18th in
a northwest hurricane and Capt. Cane. his
wife and two DAUGHTERS were lost and all OF
the crew except the two who were picked up
by the Grozier and landed at the island of
St. Vincent.
Mrs. Andrew M. Ross entertained at bridge
Wednesday afternoon, Oct. End. in honor OF
her daughters, Mrs. Frederick F. Black Of
Fort Leavensworth, Kansas, and Mrs. Andrew
Allen of Orange, N. J. The guests filled
three tables and Miss O. ]. Lawrence was the
happy winner of a silver jabot pin as the first
prize. Mrs. Henry G. Curtis, was given a
dainty needle book. fitted with threaded needles,
F.. 1ofy rIf oirfx,
refreshments were served by the daughters Of
the hostess. The guests were Mrs. E. D. P,
NckeIs, Miss Ida Curtis, Miss o. J. Law
renee Mrs. Henry G. Curtis. Mrs. J. W. Black,
Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln R. Colcord of Searsport
Mrs. Porter of Marietta, Ohio; Mrs. Lucy
Carter of San Diego, Cal, Mrs. C. P. Treat
and daughter of New York and Mrs. Edward
Calderwood of Roxbury.
AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE WITH A RAT. J.
W. Sweetser, one of the members of the j. &
B. Sweetser painters crew, who lives at the
end of the Mortland road, one and halt
miles from the village, after getting through
with his days work last Thursday drove tc
his home, put up his horse, put on his overalls
in the shed and going into the barn to milk his
cows he stepped on large rat. The rat i'm
medately proceeded up Jerrys right pant leg
going to his hip. Jerry then proceeded to the
tie-4p door where he got the rat across the
corr er of the door and braced himself with all
his night for about twenty minutes. The
prespiration rolled down his face during those
long twenty minutes. after which he relaxed
hist pressure on the rodent and found that he
was dead. The rat was about eight inches in
length and an old-timer. Mr.. Sweetser die
not state how much flesh he lost during those
twenty minutes, but says he does not want te
go through the same experience again. Tradi
ton has it that when rats crawl up mems
trousers legs as early as October the white,
will be severe one with an abundance Of
snow.