MAYNARD
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| Martin Lord of Boston Highlands spent Sunday with F. F. Robertson. |
| Miss Hannah L. Sweeney has been spending the past two weeks in Abington. |
| Mr. Will H. Gutteridge is taking his vacation in Conway, N. H., and vicinity. |
| One of our barbers is wending his way, matrimonially, towards Marlboro, we understand. |
| The new blacksmith will occupy the vacant tenement in the house with Mrs. Wentworth. |
| Mr. B. F. Johnson and a few others from Maynard have been enjoying a fishing excursion. |
| The Maynard band has been engaged to furnish music for the Boxboro fair, on the 20th inst. |
| The ladies of the W. C. T. U. are preparing for an entertainment to be given in the near future. |
| Sir Knight Edwin Hooper accompanied the Trinity of Hudson, and their guests on their pilgrimage. |
| The Ladies' Schubert Quartette will appear in town hall, Hudson, Oct. 10, with their popular talent. |
| A new fence is talked of in front of the old Catholic church on Main street. The old one is slightly out of repair. |
| Dr. Rich has put in a telephone at his new residence, and connected the same with B. F. Johnson's drug store. |
| Mr. O. S. Fowler took a trip down the harbor, by invitation of the N. E. Undertakers' Association, this week. |
| Miss Cora Cheney is taking a vacation, Miss Laura Woodart supplying her place at Mr. Persons' music store during her absence. |
| The funeral of Michael Mahoney, who died form consumption, took place on Wednesday. He had been sick since last winter. |
| “What shall we do with our teachers?” was the important question last week, but they have all succeeded in finding boarding places now. |
| Work on the new tomb in Glenwood cemetery has been commenced. The Acton Granite Co. has taken the contract to perform the work. |
| A crowd of about fifty Italians came into town Sunday night, ripe for the conflict. It is but the beginning of what may be looked for later on. |
| Dr. Rich put in a telephone line from B. F. Johnson's drug store to his new house on Summer street this week, to be used by those desiring his services. |
| Mr. Creighton finds his venture in the shoe business is succeeding beyond all hope. George is deservedly popular among many friends, and is bound to win. |
| The wild Indians created a sensation among the boys on Monday, by distributing their medicine literature, arrayed in all the glamor and glory of the great warriors. |
| John Doyle is engaged in clearing off the wood and brush 8 feet wide, on the line where the water pipe will be laid from White pond to the pumping station in this town. |
ACTON CENTER
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| Will Noyes is selling produce in Boston, and has a stand on the dump. |
| Mr. Herman Tuttle started for Philadelphia Monday to continue his studying. |
| Mrs. Alonzo Tuttle and daughter are spending the week with her daughter in Boston. |
| Wm. D. Tuttle's new wind mill looms up in good style. It is almost as high as the monument. |
| Nathan Johnson has the carrying of the high school scholars from here to West Acton, this term. |
| Charles B. Worthley has his vacation this week, having gone to Marshfield to attend the cattle show, and he will no doubt visit the home of the late Daniel Webster there. |
| Mr. Atwood, who bought the Waugh place, has moved on to it, and is harvesting the crops. It looks pleasant to have people come into town and occupy the places so pleasantly situated. |
| The old shoe shop is no more. It is now “Chapin's Block,” with a very convenient hall on the upper floor, with tenements and offices on the second. The lower one has a very commodious store, fitted up in front with a first-class tenement in the rear. It is an ornament to the village now, and with the grand stand ought to be appreciated. |
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SOUTH ACTON
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| Mrs. C. H. Davis has a sister from Maine visiting her. |
| Miss C. A. Allen and Tessie Smith are visiting at Lawrence. |
| Dr. Sharp and family of Saxonville were in town last week. |
| The poor little Lockwood and Love flag has been pulled in, line and all. |
| Wm. Fletcher shot four crows and five grey squirrels last Monday afternoon. |
| The Acton base ball club will play the Concords at the agricultural fair at Concord, Wednesday, Sept. 26th. |
| Quite a number of people from this village went to West Acton to attend the services at the Baptist church Wednesday and Thursday. |
| Two of Mr. Bean's section hands came up from Boston on the 11.20 p.m. train last Monday night. The train does not stop here, but they did, as they jumped off and from the experience they received they will not try that trick again. |
| MR. EDITOR,—I wish to ask through your valuable paper what has become of the committee appointed at the last town meeting of Acton, to collect money to pay Messrs. Brooks and Pike, two soldiers who are entitled to the bounty by reason of re-enlistment. I have heard several gentlemen ask for the subscription paper, and have been told that some money has already been sub-scribed. If the committee do not intend to do the work we hope they will be able to give some good reason when called upon to report, other than they did not try. D. |
SUDBURY
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| The rockery at Mr. Horatio Hunt's is an ornament and a credit to the place. |
| One of the firm of Brigham, Rowell & Tower was in town this week, drumming up his milk producers. |
| Rev. H. S. Richardson, Lincoln, brother of the pastor, here, was present at the chapel meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 11th. |
| Rev. H. E. Wilcox attended many of the chapel meetings, and others of the M. E. church also have been present. |
| Packages of clothing are being sent from G. W. Hunt's store to the Maynard laundry every Tuesday, and returned the following Friday. |
| It is said that Gus Thomas, the painter, has gone to the hospital, and that he contracted a disease while in the war that has never been cured. |
| Miss Clara Whitehill, a student at Northampton Seminary, has been visiting at her grandfather's, Mr. G. Parmenter, during the past week. |
| Is it an unkind reflection upon our street lamps that these pumpkin lanterns appear on each street corner, dark nights, or is it merely for a little fun? |
| The old parish committee have decided to let Mr. Frost do their painting, and he has gone to work as if he meant business. It will not be long ere the old church will shine forth in a new coat. |
| The young sons of Mr. Horatio Hunt have driven his barge from the centre to the chapel, accommodating all who have no other means of conveyance to the meetings. |
| Wadsworth corporation have been working upon the cemetery well, and hope to succeed in reaching through the ledge that has obstructed digging, by blowing rocks, which is a difficult work among the monuments. |
| Special meeting of the Grange for the purpose of adopting two brothers, was held in town hall, this week Tuesday evening. The meeting was not as fully attended as we could wish, but the work was well done, and we ought to be satisfied. |
| Mr. Wm. Goodnow and wife have been rambling among the N. H. hills this week past. Mr. Goodnow has an Uncle in Fitzwilliam, N. H., who used to preach in Sudbury and still bears upon his heart the interests of our townspeople. |
| The Boston artist, who is taking cuts of residences for the town history, will be here again within a few weeks to take the house of Mr. G. E. Harrington, when it is completed, and will attend to any other, who has hitherto neglected to have their's brought out. |
| Mrs. Jane Merriam of Cambridge spent a few days last week with James E. Bent of No. Sudbury. Mrs. M. is over 70 years old but insisted upon going fishing on Sudbury river and baiting her own hook. Many younger ladies can't do that. |
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