The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-12-24
STOCKTON { SPRINGS.

remain through the winter. % she did last
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Colson of Searsport spent
Sunday afternoon with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. B. Merrithew, Church street.
Miss Louise Shute. Sylvan street, arrived
home Dec 18th from fortnight's visit with
her brother, Mr.. Eden Shute, in Alton.
MIS-. Alvah C. Treat, Church street. left
Friday for Bangor to remain the guest of her
sister, Mrs. J. F. Gerrity for few days.
Capt. Eden Shute. Sylvan street, left Dec.
18th for New York to take command of the
interest.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. A. Flanders, East Main
street, arrived Dec. 18th from New York on
steamer Millinocket, after an absence of
several weeks.
Capt. C. W. Sprague, Church street. after
weeks visit with his wife, left last Friday to
join his vessel, loading at Stamford, Conn.
Very few sea captains now hail from Stock
ton.
There will be no meetings Of the Auxiliary
Aid of the Universalist parish until after
Christmas, the young ladies being busily oc-
cupied with their personal fancy work before
that near at hand holiday.
Mrs. Eden Shute, Sylvan street. and young
daughter, Miss Louise, in Capt Shute's alb
sence at sea will close the home and spend
the winter in Alton with her son, Mr.. Eden
Shute, station agent in that town.
Mrs. Herbert Mixer, Sylvan street, in the
absence of her husband for the winter. closed
her residence last Thursday and went to
Standpoint to board with her sister and hus-
band, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Heath, through cold
weather,
Have you seen j. H. Wardwel's beautiful
line of Christmas goods--attractive Flower
beads from California, games of all kinds.
ranging in prices from $40 to 10 cents, very
pleasing selection of books, fine Indian bags,
etc? Look these things over before buying
your entire Santa Claus collection.
Mrs. Clifford Simpson has sufficiently re-
covered from her serious ailment to leave the
hospital in Massachusetts and join her hus-
band and two sons housekeeping on Cross
street, in our village We congratulate her,
her family and her parents. Mr.. and Mrs Sam
uel H. West, upon her great Improvement.
Bethany Chapter. O. E. s., held the annual
election of officers Dec. 8th. followed by an
appetizing banquet and customary enjoyable
evening, The installation of the officers will
be held late in December, in order to have that
ceremony previous to the departure of "broth-
er" A. M. Ames for Augusta, to take his place
amid Names legislators.
Frequent messages have been received from
DR.. and Mrs. G. A. Stevens at their enjoyable
southern home in Georgetown, Florida, where
summer time warmth rarely departs. Although
knowing he is needing the relaxation himself,
the doctors many patrons wish he were at his
Stockton office when physicians services are
required in the family circle.
Miss Fannie A. Mudgett announces to her
friends and former patrons that she has her
customary New York candies and lines of con-
fectionery in general, which she is selling at
prices ranging from 60 cents to 20 cents per
pound, hoping the lovers of such saccharine
condiments may patronize her in her efforts
toward self-support, remembering her various
accidents and consequent illnesses.
Old Santa Claus will not need to send abroad
for nece ssary articles for filling the Stockton
stockings, sure to be chung up" wherever
children bless the home. Dolls, ornaments,
toys, handkerchiefs, neckware, ETC.. can be
found galore at Trundy's, and at Lambert's,
all dress goods, bathrobes, towels and fancy
good are abundantly displayed, while Goodhue
& Co. offer silver ware, crockery and glass
pieces, mingled with toys and substantial
house furnishings, well worth inspecting dur
ing the Christmas buying season. M. R. La
Furley and the Ames Grocery Co-Hupper
and Pinkham, proprietors-can furnish the
confectionery and fruit needed for the holiday
feasting. What need of more to satisfy the
taste of this benevolent Saint, the idol of
juvenile hearts!
The large Christmas tree to be placed on
Boston Comm on by The Boston American was
bought in Stockton and was cut on Mr. Emery
Calderwood's place-a big spruce, SO feet high,
d feet in circumference at butt, requiring a
four-horse team to haul it to the Prospect
R. station (nearer than Stockton's depot)
where it was loaded upon two fiat cars, at
tached to the Saturday afternoon passenger
train-a most unusual occurrence-The Boston
American being in hurry to have the tree in
the city. 1t was great job to get the large
evergreen wired and tied "accordng to law"
properly for shipment. The Boston American
telephoned Mr.. H. L. Hopkins to secure vari-
Gus photographs of the tree along the way from
farm to railroad and MIR. W. F. Trundy, Church
street, took the pictures. Presume the Hearst
publications will present numerous reproduc-
tions of these views, in which Stockton citizens
will take special interest.
The many friends far and near of Capt,
Ralph Morse, West Main street. will regret
with his Stockton neighbors the strange dis
ease which has seized his system-his first ILL
ness in his life of over SO years. Dr. Pattee
of Searsport is in medical attendance at this
date Monday-and his wife and daughter,
Mrs. Jennie NJ Bragg. are assiduously watch
ing him. Apparently in perfect physical con-
dition, with his accustomed ambition and exc
cutive habits he attempted gardening, prob
ably beyond his strength, particularly when
the man hired to spade up his strawberry bed
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