The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-12
CORRESPONDENCE.
So. NOrridgewock,

Master John Matson of Scion, who has
been stopping with MIR. and Mrs. John
Cleveland and attending school, returned
home Saturday.
The Y. /. 5. met with Mrs. c. y.
Harrington last Friday. Subject,
barrie. The meeting was in charge
of Miss Bessie Danforth.
| A few of the members of Old Point
| Lodge |. o. q. L. attended the District
| Lodge at Bingham last Friday. Part of
them going on the morning train and the
remainder taking the afternoon train.
After enjoy ing the hospitality of the
| Bingham Lodge they returned by special
| train.
The entertainment given by the senior
class of n. H. S. at the Baptist church,
last Friday night was well attended.
| he pieces appropriate aud well render
ed. Music WAS furnished by Maloney's
orchestra. The program was as follows
Music; prayer; music; Home Sweet
Home, Ellen M. Emmons; Boy of Seven
| Islands, Edith r. Jones; That Swamp of
Death, Florence A. Carr: Getting the
Right Start, Clarence IL. Tompkins
| The Painter of Seville, Louie NJ. Walton
! The Old Fashioned Mother, Elra NJ.
DIoMD. Hc sOCiloOl master ) 1utSlSs
Susie NJ. Huntoon; Voices of the Dead,
| Edith S. Newcomb; College Oil Cans,
Dora B. Works; Toussaint L'Ouverture,
Elmer G. Bates; Count Eberhard's Last
Foray, Jessie NJ. Miller; Old Age Com
ing, Elizabeth A. Walker; Selling the
Farm Abbie Woodsome; The New
South, Lloyd o. Powers; Pledge with
| Wine, Mabel A. Wells; Good Educa-
| ton Walter II Hight
Spaulding has fine assortment of
| Indian hand made baskets, prettily dec
| grated.
S. ribbetts & Co, and W. NJ. Murphy
& Co., have been out of work the past
few days but more is expected soon.
We learn the Hilton will case has been
appealed.
Mr.. Geo. Iussey is quite sick with
pleurisy, but was better yesterday.
Frank Wvman left Wednesday for
Mechanics Falls, where he has employ
mcnt in the shoe shop.
Mr.. Bert MAntor aud Miss Alta Saw
age OF Skowhegan, were in town Sunday
calling on friends.
The Misses Baker have just had an
electric bell outfit placed in their house
connecting them with the house of Mr..
| Cleveland.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. H. Sawyer attended
the funeral of Mr.. Sawyers uncle at
SkOwhegan, last Thursday.
| w. NJ. Hobbs 4 Son are putting hot
water heater in K. B. Nickerson's house.
| Mrs. James Campbell died, last Thurs
day, after being in i'll health for long
time. He leaves a wife, three children
and many friends. He was go yrs.
mos. and 10 days of age.
Mrs. f. w. Wing is visiting relatives
10 Boston.
Mrs. John Metcaf of North New Port
land, Is visiting at o. F. Halls a few
days this week.
The Odd Fellows had private as
sembly at their hall last Saturday night.
Only Odd Fellows and their families
were present.
DIR. j. G. Pierce of armouth, was In
town last week
| Ole night last week Mrs. l.. =. Holt
| locked her safe as usual but when ready
to open it the next mornng the com
binatIon failed to work, the various in
genious men about town were interview
ed but the safe .emained as firmly lock
ed as ever and it looked AS though moth
ing short of the services of some expert
hair-raising burglar would ever induce it
to yield up its contents. Applications
of pounding etc. We're without effect. by
a happy thought it occurred to f. {.
Holt to have the safe laid on its face
this caused the combination to work.
Mr. John Metcalf President and Super
intendent of North New Portland Tele.
phone Co., WAS in town this week.
Some time during the summer an
agent left a pair of spectaees at the
Post Office to be called for but at present
writing are there yet.
Mr.. c. +. Veasie our genial Post
| Master undertakes to forward subscrip-
tions for any newspaper or periodical
published in the United States at the
regular rates thus saving the subscriber
postage and trouble of writing.
| Miss Elva Brown of Mercer, no has
been attending Norridgewock High
school, returned home Saturday.
The teachers of the High and Gram
mar schools all left for their respective
homes Saturday.
| The Somerset County Pomona Grange
| was held here, Tuesday, with large at
| tendance. A fine dinner was served by
members of the home grange. About
twenty five were initiated into the 9th,
degree.
| Spaulding ivertises the largest aud
best stock of holiday goods he has ever
| offered.
The lst and 2nd Primary schools com
menced Monday after a two weeks vaca-
ton. Miss Mary Anderson teacher of
the lst, and Miss Nellie Parlin teacher of
the bud.
Mrs. j. F. Ingalls, of Bangor was in
town last week
Mrs. b. l.. Frederic is visiting in Bing-
ham.
! Miss Carrie Blackwell was quite dis
agreeably surprised yesterday morning
when on returning to the house she
| found it full of smoke. Investigation
showed the cause defective chimney.
Prof. c. W. Pierce has returned to his
home in Yarmouth for his vacation.
! We hear there is to be a wedding in
town Christmas by which we shall lose
one of our popular young ladies'
The high school closed last Thursday
and the Grammar school closed Friday
for a short vacation.
Preparations are being made by the
ladie, of The Congregational church for
an elaborate Cantata "Jack Frost aud
| his Fairies, after which the children
and incidentally the older Dponlp in ha