The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-02-01
CORRESPONDENCE.
PALMYRA,

Considerable sickness prevails in the
village school district, AM in consequence
there Is n small attendance of scholars.
Farmers are getting out large amount
of lumber this winter and are hauling it
To the mills This would seem to indicate
that q large amount of building and re-
pairing will be done the coming season.
One of our citizens traded horses the
other day, with a wel-known sewing ma
chine agent who set forth the good quail
tics of his horse in a candid sort of way.
After considerable colloquy, they decid-
ed to exchange horses evenly But VIII n
he the citizen wanted to draw load of
cord wood to market the "honest truth"
of the fact is brought out, and the horse
demonstrated that he wasn't always will
ing to go. 1t proved to be one of the
balky kind.
Joseph Chase of this village is danger
ously i'll at this writing, with pneumonia
His physician entertans encouraging
hopes of his immediate recovery If moth
ing new takes place.
The Kemp family colorcd troupe from
the sunny south visited this place Tues
day night and gave lecture and concert
in the old legro style. Those present
pronounced it an excellent entertainment.
The auction sale at lIaydcn's Lake clos
ed "Wednesday evening after a duration
of nine days. The remaining part of
stock will be closed out at private sale
Mrs. l.. c. Hayden, her son Bert, aud
daughter Lulu, are packing their house
hold goods, preparatory to moving to
Council Bluffs, Iowa. They will start in
the course of two weeks.
That the REPORTER is in a prosperous
condition, is shown by the fact that the
publishers have in contemplation its en-
fragment by increasing the length of its
columns. Its thousands of readers will
be glad to learn this announcement
Miss Annie .Johonnett has recently
closed a term of school in IIartland. Sh,
has given the best of satisfaction, a. i,
the case with all Palmyra school marms.
Freeman Fernald of this town will be &
witness on the Dexter Bank robbery case
| He, the same as many of the other wit
nesses, was "in Dexter on the day of the
robbery"
Extensive preparations had been made
for grand socable at the Town Hall
last Friday evening, but the rough stat'
of the weather prevented. This is thu
second time that snow storm has put /
'damper" on the sociable.
T.. II. Tibbetts is doing rushing bust
ness as general agent of the Bowker Fer
tiliZer Co for the State of Maine ii
has agencies established in nearly all i'm
portant places in the State.
+. f. Rowe is contemplating trip int
Aroostook Co, on business, next month
The last storm was the hardest an,
most severe experienced in this sectio
for several years. 1t commenced Thurs
day morning and continued with ter III
violence all the next day. The high wind
which accompanied the storm piled til
snow into the highways in every conceiv
able manner and a vast amount of sho,
cling was required before the breakin
teams were enabled to get through. TIL
general opinion of the people previous t
the last two storms were that we shout
have an open winter Verify, the preser
condition of things, we think, doesn
seem to corroborate this idea.
Owing to the blocaded condition of tn
, roads, the mail carrier was unable to &c
, Thursday and Friday nights mail froI
t Newport until Saturday forenoon.
We send the following question to tn
! readers of the REPORTER, which ma
r prove interesting, besides furnishing
, little recreation: How many words ca
be made from the word Somerset. n
single letter to be used more than once i
+ a word, and the answers to be given i
the issue of Feb. sth The person senC
7 ing the largest list of words to be consiC
r cred the best "fcler." l.. III a.