The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-07
CORRESPONDENCE.
SO. NorritlgewOck.

spring work.
Chas. Bigelow is on the sick list.
B. l.. Federe returned from Boston,
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Williamson have
returned from Buffalo, y. y, 10 spend
the summer here.
Miss F. Belle Carde was in town
Thursday to attend to her class in
eloeution.
Miss Alice Rogers commenced her
school in Smithfeld last Monday.
The V. L. 5. met last Friday with
Mrs j. y. Hathaway. Subject current
events. One very Interesting feature
of the meeting was the talk by Mr.,
Hathaway on Cuba. The programmes
for the year were presented at this
meeting and are as follows April 3,
Musical, Mrs. Maria Hopkins, Miss
George Morrow; April Il, Colonial
Times. Miss Carrie Hilton, Miss Mabel
Taylor; May |, Current Events, Mrs
J. ". Hathaway, Miss Emily Danforth !;
May ID, Scotland, Mrs. johnson, Mrs.
Chas. Ward; June ), Numerous, Mrs.
Chas. Whiting, Mrs. Mary l.. Carr !;
June 10, Flower Day, Miss Mary Page,
Mrs. Chas. Warren; July 3. A trip to
the North Pole, Mrs. 5. X Fuller, Miss
Carrie Cleveland; July Il. Musical,
Mrs. Cora Smith; Aug. :, Miscellaneous,
Mrs. {. A Harrington; Aug. p, New
England Coast Service, Miss Annie
Beard, Mrs. b. l.. Frederic; Sept. /,
Miscellaneous, Mrs. b. +. Turner, Mrs.
Elias Hussey; Sept, Is, Parliamentary
Law in Women's Clubs, Mrs. Sarah IL.
Frye; Oct. ,, Autumn Tea, Mrs. +.
w. Spaulding, Mrs. j. A. Jones, Mrs.
Augustus Bailey; Oct. l6, California,
Misses Clark; Nov. 6, California, Misses
Clark; Nov. 20, Thanksgiving, Miss
Alice Danforth. Mrs. Hattie Fields !;
Dec. 4. Miscellaneous. Mrs. Webster
Reed; Dec. Is, Christmas, Mrs. Mary
Spaulding; Jan. |, 1897, Mexico, Mrs
j. d. Ames, Miss Mary Tobey; Jan. ID,
Mexico, Mrs. j. b. Ames, Miss Mary
Tobey Feb. ), Numerous, Mrs. K. E.
Pepper, Mrs. VIM Sawtelle; Feb. 10,
Chicago, Mrs. Could Mrs Sarah Brown !;
March 5, Current Events, Mrs. a. H..
Conant; Mrs. Henry Sawyer; March 10.
Annual meeting, Mrs. Lillian Hall.
Mrs. E. E. Pepper is confined to her
house with severe cold.
Henry Hussey was home from hents
| Hill over ounuay,
There was meeting called at the
| High school building last night for the
purpose of forming an Alumni Assoca-
alton of the graduates of the Eaton and
Norridgewock high schools.
VIM. Blaisdell got quite severe cut
on his head, Tuesday afternoon. while
having his horse shod at Witheralrs
! shop. 1t seems that the work had been
completed and Mr.. Baisdell was about
to unhitch the animal when it reared
and struck him with its fore feet cutting
a cash about two inches long. Several
stitches were required to close the
wound.
Benz. Tompkins an aged man living
with his son james on the Mer~er road,
while grating trees tor +. w. Wing of
this place, last Saturday morning. fell
dead from tree, probably from heart
failure. The funeral occurred at his
sons residence, Monday at ! o'clock and
the remains were inferred in Townsend
cemetery. Mr. Tompkins was about %
years of age,
An entertainment was given at the
Baptist church Monday evening by
Nehemiah Society" programme of
reading and music WAS furnished, after
which cake and ice cream were
sold. The net proceeds were about
SIS 90.
A team belonging to Horace Brown
of Mercer, ran away on Main street
Monday morning. As far as we can
| learn no serious damage was done.
Tuesday afternoon the down train
was delayed about an hour at Madison,
by coal car getting off the track, so
that they were unable to pass and
again at night the up train was delayed
at Oakland, by one of the shifting
engines getting off the track there, so
that they could not pass aud were again
compelled to wait an hour,
Geo. Simmons made a business trip
to Watervile Tuesday.
The kennebec Log Driving CO., have
small crew located here and quite a
number of logs have already made their
appearance.
Quite number of our people contem-
plate attending the concert and ball
at Oakland, this evening.
A pair of horses attached to truck
wagon belonging TO Alec futile took
frightgnear the phosphate shed on depot
street last Saturday afternoon, and run
ming down depot to main street turned
onto the railroad track near J. NJ.
Pierce's store and struck 40 gait
for Oakland. Unfortunately the rail
road bridge across the mill stream is
built on the porous plaster principle and
when the horses tried to run the sleepers
| they made bad failure of it and stop
ped suddenly gently reposing on their
sides with their feet in the openings
between the sleepers. In "A few min
utes the track WAS covered with men
and boys aud after much hard labor aud
! loud talk they succeeded in getting the
team again on terra firmas. The
horses were but slightly injured.
Informtion a. 10 the whereabouts of
/ Frank W. Penney is desired by +. {.
Holt OF this place.
Dr.. J. l.. Pepper of East Madison,
was in town this week
Monday morning John Burgess AT
/ TEMPTED suicide by hanging. lie was
discovered and cut down in time to save
/ his life however. For sometime past
i Mr. Burgess has been suffering from. d
mental trouble aud lately has had very
gloomy views of life. At present he i.
doing nicely.
Nh. G.. II. Sawyer has leased studio
/ in Watts block where ne will do his
eravon work BY an ingenious meehani
cal arr ingement he takes his compressed