The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03

Ray Pierce came home from Portland
Sunday morning.
Fine line of bicycles at Smiths music
store at low prices.
w. II. Clark and Mrs. Clark of Cara
funk are in town today.
Mrs. c. NJ. Lambert returned from
Boston on the evening train of Friday.
Miss jamie Michaels went to Old Town
Saturday afternoon where she passed
Sunday with her parents.
You can have your lawn mower
sharpened In first class shape at the
Machine shop on the Island.
The ordinance of baptism was adj
ministered to one candidate at the First
Baptist church, Sunday evening.
Lakewood will be ready to receive
guests next Saturday, but the formal
opening will not occur until June Il.
Mrs. Philo Steward returned from
Washington, D. c., Saturday afternoon.
She will pass the summer in Skowhe-
gan.
Taffeta silk waists S4.9s at Ordway's.
w. II. Langley, who was called to
Marblehead, Mass, by the illness of his
sister, returned home on the evening
train of Saturday.
Don't forget the new General Repair
shop, 1876 Water St, in Bison building,
II. L. Oliver, manager. Lawn-mowers
ground in first class shape. Cycle work
speciality
The new Baptist church was dedicated
at Smithfield, yesterday, and Rev. Elmer
f. Longley ordained as pastor. Revs.
A. n. Dairy and c. Y. Hanson and others,
attended from here. We have an excel
lent report of the proceedings, kindly
furnished US, but are obliged to defer
publication until next week.
The vacation In the mills and shoe
factories extending from Saturday noon
until Tuesday morning, gave many their
only opportunity to try their luck with
rod and line, az a consequence there was
a large emigration TO the ponds up river,
Carry Ponds being the favorite destina-
ton. The protracted rains have kept
the waters at such high pitch that the
catches of trout were smaller than usual.
Mr.. John n. Shaw, brother of Mrs.
T. II. Howard Of this place, died at his
home in Bangor on Monday of last week
of pneumonia, at the age of 60 years.
The funeral occurred Thursday follow
ing, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard attending.
Deceased was a resident of this place
previous to the war, enisting at that
time in the 9th Maine Reg't. He is well
remembered by many of our citizens.
A widow survives him. The burial took
place in Veazie.
There are some people who seem to
regard the river bank, even though it
be part of some ones garden, public
property. There is certain needless,
willful hacking, and worse still cutting
down of valuable trees and shrubs on
the river bank, which is most exasper-
ating to the owner. The places are in
some instances too far removed from
the house to be constantly observed and
when tree is found utterly destroyed
and the offender out of reach, one feels
that it is almost useless to plant trees.
Members of Russell Post, the Relief
Corps and Camp Wildes to the number
of 50 attended the Memorial service at
Madison, Sunday afternoon, upon invi-
tation of Nathan Weston Post, G.. A. r.,
taking a special car at 100 and return
ing upon the conclusion of the service.
The service was in the Congregational
church, and the sermon by Rev. George
E. Leighton of Skowhegan, whose pas
torate embraces the Universalist church
of Madison, as well as Skowhegan. The
audience was large and the discourse
was an earnest, impressive, patriotic
one upon public topics of interest and
Importance.