The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-09-21
CORRESPONDENCE.
SO. \orritigewock

Mr. and Mrs Harvey sawyer also
Mr. W. \. Crawford of Medield Mass,
are IN town.
Mr.. W. ;. Pierce and wife formerly
nf Smithtcld but now of kausa, City,
are visiting N the home of her parents.
Ms. u. l.. Allen, who for week past
has been quite i'll with heart trouble, is
thought to be improving.
Mis- Florence ". Lander and Miss
Allie Gay of Mrdtieli /, MIS-. are visit
ing a. the home of YIN. i. HAYNES.
The potato crop which was thought
to- be a partial failure, i nov being har-
vested by the farmers and there will he
quite Il large crop. of most excellent
quality.
Mr. +. y robcy wa> uutci In mar
riage 10 Mis- Carrie Norton of Industry,
last "Wednesday evening Al the home of
the bride. They have the hcS' wishes
of all THEN friends.
The corn shop ha, been running for Il
few weeks. but the crop of corn i small.
perhaps not more than half what ii has
been in former years. Much of the corn
WAS planted late on account of back
ward spring, and having been touched
hy an early lro>t. Will never be tit for
the market.
Roy. j. \ Jones h1> gone To Chicago
to visit the great fair. ia company with
Rev. 'l'hos. L. Williams of WinsloW.
The anniversary meeting of the Bap-
ti,t church held last week was "A great
success. \ large number was in attcnd-
aucc, many from adjoining towns sup
per was held in the vestry between the
afternoon and evening session. The in
tercsting feature of the afternoon srS-
sion was the roll call at which eighty
persons responded, viva voce. by letter
and through friends. In addition to
to pleasant "reminiscences by members
and home friends, appropriate addresses
were made by Rev. Dir. and Mrs {, V.
Hanson. Rev. and Mrs. |. b. Mower and
Y. II. Sprague of Skowhegan aud Bro.
+. II. Spaulding OF Arson and others.
In the evening the history of the church
was given by Miss Sarah T.. Taylor. an
address by Rev. +. Pepper, a former
pastor, and IA poem by his wife, Mrs.
II. NJ. Pepper. The First Baptist church
was organized in 1916, the second. Sept.
Il. ls2s, Il third on Oak Hill in 1872.
For Il consecutive Years there has been
n Baptist church in this town and part
of the time two churches. Present mem
bcrship il -. The oldest member pres
est ut this celebration was Bro. Clement
Bell in his 95th year. the youngest,
kittie Drew, IL years of age Sunday,
Sept. Il. was the 65th anniversary of
the second church. The services OF the
day were made with reference to that
fact.
Mr.. |. b. Tibbtts. who injured his
ankle so badly recently, is getting
along we'll.
All our coat shops are running again,
and the out look for work this winter Is
Il little brighter.
Mr.. Geo. Crosby of Reno, New, who
has been spending the summer here,
started to return a few days since ac-
companied by his brother. Herbert
Crosby.
the 5. ID. A. campmeeting at Bath, re-
turned home Monday.
Mr.. Chas. Davis was in town Friday.
The Troubadour Guitar and Mando-
lin Club gave Il good entertainment at
Miller's Hall, Saturday evening, but
owing to the inclemency of the weather
there were but few in attendance.
1t is generally understood that one of
our coat firms is about to charge hands.
NJ. c. Holt Is still enroute to Chicago.
Herbert Haynes, who has "A situation
in Providence, Il. l., as druggist, is nj
home OH short stay.
Howard jenkins and his sister Clara
went to Boston Tuesday to visit friends
there.
The corn shop is still busy, and con-
siderable more canned here this fall
than was anticipated.
The creamery is prospecting fine,
steady gain OF milk. The farmers have
their milk brought to the factory free
now, and from the 18th of Sept. are re-
ceving winter prices.
Forty-tive from Norridgewock were
in attendance upon the kennebcc Asso-
citation at the First Baptist church at
Skowhegan, Tuesday afternoon.
We understand that there will be
quite IA large amount of work done at
the Dodlin hill granite quarry under
tile new management this winter, many
orders are all ready received We are
pleased to know this. and surely the
quality of the stock in this quarry is
too well known to need any comment
in that capacity.
The Forks.