Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-08-06
The Beeches.

The Beeches. f.
The steady number of new arrivals
and the presence of a large number of
altsummer guests is sufficient recon.
mendation for almost any hotel, no
matter where it is situated, and this
can certainly be said of the Beeches,
which Is one of the most comfortable
and homelike houses in the entire
bay. Mrs. Charles e. Pettengill, who
has personal charge of the house.
spares no pains to make every detail
count, and the satisfied guests are
her best endorsement of this work.
The first of the month witnessed a
number of changes in the register of
the guests, some having regretfully to
leave after having spent a most
charming vacation here, but their
places being taken by newcomers who
have yet to experience for the first
time the delights of the island.
Among the new arrivals this week
were Inga Stejneger, Mrs. Mary Stej.
meyer and Mrs. Harriet w. Collins of
Concord, N. H. They are all delight
ed with the accommodations at the
Beeches, and have nothing but praise
for 1t and the island itself as well.
DR.. John Wesley Butler, Methodist
missionary in Mexico, and in charge
OF all the Methodist missions in Mex
leo City until recently, when he was
forced to leave the city on account of
the revolution, has been visiting at
Mr. Norman I. Blacks "Grayledge',
cottage, but left last Saturday for a
trip to the west. He spoke at Spring
held, Mass, last Sunday, on Monday
at North Concord, Ohio, where he de-
nvered two lectures on Mexico, re-
turning from there to New England
again. His further schedule calls for
a talk at the Willimantic, Conn.
Methodist Camp Meeting on August
10, at Edding, N. H., on the 23d, at
Asbury Grove, Mass, on the goth and
other dates at nine annual confer
ences through the states of West Vir-
ginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and
oklahoma. He expects to return to
New York about the first of October,
at which time it is hoped that Mexico
VIII De far enough at peace internal
~ to permit of DR.. Buffers return to
MS work there. In speaking of the
recent troubles in the country. DR..
Butler spoke of the pity of having
such rich country disturbed by war
rare, but he spoke optimistically of
the prospect of peace, saying that
Carbajal and Carranza seemed to be
coming to an agreement, which would
stand unless the various chiefs of the
trlDes would not agree to it. Speak
ing of the country itself, DR.. Butler
mentioned that there were thirty-sev-
en- indigenous languages there, al
though Spanish was the prevailing
one. Of the native languages only one
or two are written.
Mr.. F.. P. Greene spent the week
end at Camp Mysczery on Sunset
road.
Hon. J. Whitaker Thompson of
Philadelphia, who is Judge of the
Eastern District Federal Court of the
United States, has been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Charles F. Hunter here.
Judge Thompson is on his way from
Lake Winnepesaukee, where he has
been enjoying bass fishing, to New
Hampshire, but he Is expecting to re.
turn the latter part of August to Cliff
for another visit, which will be good
news to his friends around the bay
For the best in dry goods go to
Eastman's.-Adv.
Mr.. Hamilton H. Gilkyson. Jr.. re-
turned to Cliff Island Monday, ac-
companied by friend, Mr.. Ralph w.
Baker Of Philadelphia.
On Saturday last the Westbrook
Whist club was pleasantly enter.
tanned by Mrs. Peter Maasbyll of
Cumberland Mills, at her cottage.
Ocean Spray, near the landing. The
members OF the party who partook of
the hostess hospitality over Saturday
and Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs. Otis
Grafton, Mr.. and Mrs. John Skillinss,
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Phinney. MIR,
and Mrs. Frank Raymond, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Harding, DR.. and Mrs. r..
L. Ferren, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Chute.
Miss Dora Campbell met with n
painful accident last week, falling
from McKeen's wharf backward onto
the rocks, a fall of about twenty feet
AS soon as possible q doctor was
summoned from Chebeague, and he
found that she was fortunate enough
to come out of the accident with moth.
ing worse than sprained ankle
which although painful was not az
serious as a broken bone would have
been.
Mr.. Charles r. Hunter of pbiJadel.
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