The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-08-19


SOMERSET GRANGE No. l8 p. of HE. P Hol-
way, Master +. II. Tobey, Sec; Eben Miller,
Treas. Meetings Thursday evenings or be-
fore full of the moon and two weeks after at
Miller's Hail.
BATES POST No IS G. A, RIB b. Wells.
Commander; c. A. Harrington, Adj; Herbert
f. Hale, Quartermaster. Meetings first Tues
day evenings in Grange Hall.
BATES RELIEF Corps No. 14--Mrs. Lizzie Is.
Jones, Pres; Mrs. Mary L. Carr, Sec; Mrs.
Electa 2. Tobey, Treas. Meetings second and
fourth Tuesday afternoons of each month at the
homes of the members
THE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT Soc1KTY-Mrs.
j. w. Hathaway, Pres; Mrs j. ID. Ames
Sec; Mrs {. A. Harrington, Treas. Meetings
first and third Friday afternoons of the month
OosoLA CoMMANDERY No. 6S4, L. o. G. Cd
ID. Ames Noble Commander Mrs Caroline
Ames, Keeper OF Records; Z. L. Dyer, Treas.
Heavy thunder showers Sunday and
Monday.
W. b. Wetherbee arrived from Boston,
Tuesday evening, TO accompany his wife
home yesterday.
b. G. True of Clinton, was in town
the first of the week visiting relatives.
o. F. Hall and family returned from
kenduskeag, Sunday afternoon.
F. c. Holt is in Portland, this week
having his eyes treated.
Mrs. Arthur Foster and baby of New
York are visiting at w. b. Longley's.
Miss Myrtiee Cheney who has been
visiting relatives here returned to her
home in Waterville, the first of the
week.
Charles Jones and family of Skowhe-
gan, were in town Tuesday.
Ed. Whiting will return to his home in
New Jersey, this week.
Mrs. Mary Welsh is in poor health.
Mrs. c. S. Wright has returned home.
Mr.. Robert Mailman of Lubec, has
been engaged as principal of the \, H.
5. Mr.. Mailman is graduate of Colby
class, "a, and has had q large expert
ence as a teacher. He comes well rec
commended. The school will commence
Sept. 6. Miss Viola Piper will continue
a assistant. The catalogues giving the
course of study, tuition and other infor-
nation will soon be out. One of the
features of this years catalogue will be
a fine halftone cut of the school building.
Geo. Jewett has an assignment on the
kennebec journal as reporter at Rigby
Park, this week.
b. l.. Frederic arrived from Boston,
Friday evening, and will spend a short
time in town.
Mrs. Jennie A. HUFF, whose illness we
have mentioned from time to time pass
ed quietly away at 10 80 Sunday morn
ing from consumption of the bowels, at
the age of % years and 5 mos, Mrs.
Huff was the youngest of family of
ten, the daughter of Alvin L., and
Lucinda B. Chapman of this place and at
whose home she passed away. She was
married at the age of II and has lived in
town ever since. She leaves husband,
kind father and mother, brothers and
sisters and a large circle Of friends to
mourn her loss. The broken hearted
father gave US the strongest recon-
mendation of her character when he said
she was always dutiful and with never a
cross word to him or her mother, none
could leave better record Of kindness.
The funera! services occurred Yesterday
at 10 o'clock, Rev. B. f. Turner otficiat-
ing. The interment took place in her
fathers family lot in Starks.
James Robbins is spending few days
with us.
Loire Bigelow of Mercer, has been
spending few days with Miss Mabel
Wells.
We think by the improvement in the
street around Odd Fellow building, since
Commissioner Hale had it up and made a
stone drain under it that it would be a
good scheme to serve Main street the
same way at the lower end. At present
every passing shower stirs it up and the
result it is either muddy or rough most
of the time. possibly there is drain
under it already but if there is it must
be lazy one.
DR.. j. ID. Ames has purchased the old
windmill that formerly belonged to the
Brown estate, of w f. Perkins and
moved it up to his house, where he is
now keeping it out of mischief by max
ing it pump water when the wind blows.
The chapel of the Baptist church is
newly shingled.
Cony Russell is having telephones put
in between his house and store also con
Meeting with the switchboard.
Mrs. Cora Smith aud family have beer
having an outing at North Pond, the
past week.
Burnham & Morrill, have a man here
setting up their new Gaping machine
which soldiers the small caps on the top
of the corn cans, at time or about
40, 900 per day, think is the figure. 1t
has whole gas plant of its own which
will be located underground at dis.
lance from the factory, the gas being
conveyed in suitable pipes to the ma
chine.
A number of the boys attended the
trot at Arson, Saturday.
John Pillsbury returned to Boston,
last week.
Ironi Wells will return to Boston,
next week.
Miss Maria Carr went to Madison,
Monday, to visit Mrs. John Pepper.
The V. |. S. will meet with Mrs.
william Tobey, tomorrow afternoon,
subject, Home and Home Making. The
ladies are expected to bring specimens
of cooking with the recipe by which
they were made.
A few tickets were sold here yester-
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