The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-10

LOOK out Tor the Ladies Town Meet
| ing tomorrow evening, at the Congrega-
tional Vestry.
The drama "Our jim" will be repeated
at Miller's Hall next Monday evening.
There was crowded house at the first
presentation.
The town officers are busy getting
things in readiness for the annual town
meeting next month.
| A. o. Frederic is on the sick list this
| week.
Miss Mary Boston has resigned her
position IA teacher, in Waltham. and ii
is expected she will accept another soon.
Some young ladies' from Oakland
were in town last week looking up
place to open up a millinery business.
| This is good location and it is probable
they will conclude to locate here.
Mrs. Philena Boston left Monday for
New York, to spend the remainder of
| the winter.
The Board Of trade met Monday, even
ing and chose the following committee:
Village Improvement and Sanitary At
| fairs, G. l.. Carr, A. o. Frederic, Herbert
+. Hale, F. f. futile, o. F. Hall; Agri-
| culture, ). h. Burgess, II. 5. Whiting,
| f. 5. Miller,G. S. Jewett,C W. Farrand;
Village Government aud Public Morals,
Is. +. Jones, NJ. F. Carr. c. :. Wright,
+. W, Spaulding,F. c. Holt; Mercantile
| Affairs and Insurance, c. A. Harrington.
| Cony Russell, A. Whitcomb, ,Ir', W. F.
Brown, F. c. Holt; Water Power and
Manufacturing, FL. Watts,G. 5. Jewett,
e. II. Hussey, j. Fl. Burgess, w. r Dever-
eux depot Railroad Affairs, c. E. Yeasie;
| f. g. DanfOrth, G. A. Ward, {. ". Farr-
and, +. A. Hilton; Education and Public
| Library, F. w. Spaulding, Jay NJ. Pierce,
+. W. Wing, Hamlin K. Hale, Almon
| Works. The next meeting will be Mon
| day evening March I. We expect at first
| that some of the committees in their zeal
over new thing will propose many i'm
practical things and think Ii possible to
make the world move little faster by
making a stentoriap fort, but after we
get well organized there can be no ques.
tion but what good results will come
from the organization.
| Rev. E. l.. House will give an ilustrat-
ed lecture at the Baptist church Friday,
evening Feb. Is, consisting of stereopti
con views of the Yellowstone National
| Park, and Chinatown. The entertain
ment is under the direction of the two
Christian Eudeavor Societies.
| Mrs. c. II. Hussey remains about the
same as last week, unable TO sit up any
length Of time.
F. c. Holt has lot of cent bleached
remnants and new line Of fancy shirts.
Levi Holley of Skowhegan dropped
dead at the residence of Mrs. Joshua
| knowlton, last Sunday evening while
waiting tor the electric car, he had been
visiting his daughter Mrs. Lyman
Emmons, and was on his way home. The
funeral services occurred Tuesday.
| Mr.. Cross pertinentlv remarks THAT if
there is any one who has been banker
ing for old fashioned month of January
he thinks this month will fill the bill.
There have been eight snow storms in
which the SLOW fall has been feet y.
inches, one rain with fall of 3 inches,
highest temperature "a, lowest tenn
perature 40 below. average , above, al
zero and below 10 times, all clear days,
9 partly clear, average temperature Tor
the last II days, below.
The ladies have a town meeting to-
morrow evening to show the men now
to conduct the affairs.
The V. |. S. will meet Friday after
noon of next week with Mrs. Cony
Russell instead of tomorrow afternoon,
Business is rushing at the creamery,
one day this week a collector on one of
the routes brought in about ton of
cream and the other collectors also bring
in large loads.
Thirty of the members of our V. l. 5.
attended the joint meeting of the Show
hogan, Madison and Norridgewock clubs
at Skowhegan, Tuesday afternoon, and
report lust elegant time, they say
that the Skowhegan hostesses used them
white and spell it in capital letters.
A feature in the meeting was the papers
on the subject of education. Miss
Henrietta Danforth and Mrs. Blanche
Ward prepared the papers for our repre-
sentation.
A Pythian Sisterhood was organized
at the hall Monday evening of last week
and large number of visitors from
Skowhegan were present, after the ex-
ercises were over an attempt was made
to get them home by the electric ear but
the storm had reached such a stage that
it was impossible to get the car through
and the ladies were brought back to the
Norridgewock House. Some of the
ladies of our town were also obliged tC
take shelter at the hotel.