The Republican journal., 1916-08-31
MONROE.


Mr.. and Mrs. Napoleon Cyr are guests of
Mrs. Cyr's parents. Frank Littleield and wife.
Archie Roundy and his mother are occupying
the house formerly owned by Mrs. Horace
| Weber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross and son, of Natick. arrived
on Saturday for visit with her mother, Mrs.
Ella Lincoln.
Guy Twombly and family motored to Free
dom on Saturday to attend the anniversary
celebration at Freedom Academy.
Harold Ellingwood writes that his regiment
stationed at Nogales, Arizona. will start this
week on seventy-mile hike.
Mrs. George Palmer and friends motored to
Winterport on Sunday afternoon and made a
brief call on Mrs. Roscoe Clements.
The High School will open on Monday. Sep
TENDER 18th. and MIR. Carl Whelan has been re-
engaged as a teacher, to the great satisfaction
of his pupils.
Charles Riley last week slipped while closing
window. in the:barn and fell into the silo, re-
ceiving painful injuries, but is much improved
at this writing.
Mrs. Perry and daughters. Margaret and
Vera. who have been visiting Nelson Curtis
and other friends here. will return to their
home in Revere. Massachusetts, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Knight and three chill
dren of Worcester, Mass, are guests at Mr..
John Moore's. They motored from North
Lowell in the estern part of this State, where
they have been staying for some time at their
camp.
Little Basil Kicker met with a painful &C.
cident recently when he fell, driving rusty
nail nearly through his hand. Treatment was
promptly applied and although the hand for
time was badly swollen it is now much i'm
proved.
Fred. son of Charles Knight, was thrown
from load of hay during the storm of last
week, and was carried into the house Of John
Strattard near by. He was unconscious for
several hours, but after treatment by DR.
Watson, he revived and was taken home and
soon recovered completely. His sister. Fran
ces. who was with him. received painful
bruises.
e. A. Palmer and Fred had curious ex.
perlence during the storm of August 23d, when
their car in which they were returning from
Bangor was stalled for short time by LIGHT.
ming which struck in their immediate vicinity.
and which seemed to play about the machine.
They were able later to continue their iournev
but felt the effects of the occurrence for some
time.
destructive electrical storm passed over
this place GA the afternoon and evening of
August 23d, causing great damage to all crops
and buildings, and creating such havoc as has
never been seen in this vicinity before All
grain was destroyed, fields Of potatoes entirely
stripped of leaves. corn broken off or laid fiat.
and apples beaten off or ruinously bruised BY
'he oattefing OF hallstones from one-h half inch
to one and half inches in diameter, which.
driven by the tornado-like wind. whitened the
ground. Roofs were torn off by the wind or
broken by the hail frozen together into masses
and thousands of window panes were broL.n
by the fusilade. Water pouring in tbrouoo
the openings flooded the fioors and flying glass
and ice were real dangers. House wives worked
until late at night removing the debris and I
next morning the local dealers mad disposed of
their stock7of window glass long before the
pemand was supplied. In many nIaces not
only the glass but the entire sasb w.s do
stroyed. The lightning was incessant and
struck In several places. but no fires followed.
The storm appeared to come over what ia
known as the "Dolliff hill", then followed the
general direction of the stream. Among those
who lost heavily, either in buildings or crops.
are John Eastman, Frank Sargent, Guy Twom-
bly,, Dr. Watson. and others on that road
Nelson Curtis. Nathan Mansur, Herbert Pc avey,
Edward Evans, and others on the Belfast road:
Walter Twombly. Herbert Cooper, Harold
Moody, John Bowden, Almon Nilsson, Clifton
Moore, E. A. Hathaway, D. M and Caleb
klmball, and many others. Where the center
OF the storm struck there will be no crops to
harvest