The Somerset reporter., 1898-10-13

THE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT socIRTY-Mrs
=. W. Hathaway Pres; Mrs. J. D. Ames
Sec; Mrs 6. A. Harrington, Treas Meetings
FIRST and third Friday afternoons Of the month
People are looking around to see where
they put their coal stoves last spring when
they got through using them.
Arthur WEIGH and Arthur Rogers have
returned from their hunting trip but the
deer is still in the woods.
Hamln Hale is playing cornet in Ken.
alls orchestra this season. Miss Alice
Williams has charge of his shoe store dur
ing his absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Fuller visited
friends in Watervlle, Sunday.
O. F. Hall and children went to Skow
hogan one night last week to hear the
Festival chorus at Bangor over the long
distance telephone.
The opening of Stevens & Jones mill.
merry store last week was an agreeable sur
prise. When the curtains were taken
away and the public eye could look upon
the array they found one of the best select
ed and finest lines ever displayed in Nor
ridgewock. If they keep up to the high
standard at which they started they will
have plenty OF business.
A couple of fellows tried to run their
toll at the bridge one night last week and
when stopped made some loud and yigor
GUS talk which the parties having charge
OF the bridge could not appreciate and 50
they sent officer Jones after them to teach
them better manners, the result was the
/ yNoiA ct,tta a.
privilege they had taken.
The primary school building IS receiy-
ing coat of paint this week
Double windows are being put on all
about town in anticipation of something
colder.
T. d. Emery of Harrison. one of
Names leading coat men, has formed a
contract with Mr.. Nickerson for a
partnership in Mr.. Nickerson's shop, this
shop is we'll located for the coat business
and they contemplate charging the
output which will make things better all
around town.
The poles for the Bell Telephone
Company's new line have arrived in town
and construction crew will soon be on
the spot to erect them.
Last Thursday morning a bad accident
occurred at Dodlin quarry. Newell Boy
ington was endeavoring to light a fuse
connected with charge Of black powder
in the rock below. The fire must have
run down the fuse without giving any out
ward sign as all at once the charge ex-
poded right in Mr.. Boyngtons face,
burning and brushing him in a terrible
manner, an eye witness to the accident
says that it threw him clear across the
road Drs. Ames and Brown were i'm
mediately sent for and on their arrival Mr.
Boyington was placed under an anaesthe.
tic and the wounds attended TO, OF
course the eyes were filed full and there
was some fear of looSing the sight of one
or if inflammation should get in, both At
last accounts, however. we learn that the
chances are looking more favorable to
save both of them.
The members Of the Festival Chorus of
this place left here for Bangor last
Thursday morning and returned Sunday.
There is to be a chicken shoot at the
usual shooting grounds today and it is
expected that everybody will have chicken
for dinner tomorrow.
Mrs. J. NJ. Pierce has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Fred Tobey, and is expected
home this week.
Rev. Mr.. Haynes OF Mars Hill. has
been stopping with friends in town for
the past few days. He will return home
this week.
1t was our express agent who absent
mindedly walked home to his dinner one
day this week and lett his horse at the
seemed to think it was pretty fair kind
of joke but no doubt the horse had
thoughts OF his own concerning the affair.
DR.. NJ. Gard Whittier of Clearheld,
Pa, is visiting with Or. Edwards this
week Dr. Whittier is Madison boy
Mrs. Susan Vaughn. matron of North
End Mission Boston, is visiting DR., Ed
wards.
Rev G. &. Haynes of Mars Hill gave
little talk at the Baptist church last
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Gould is on the sick list this week
Ernest Wade is improving from the
typhoid fever
Harry Wade is home from Augusta for
few days.
a number of the young ladies who
took part in the operetta short time
since will go to Madison, Saturday to
assist in presenting the same thing there.
The Arson Rebekah Lodge have sent
word to the Rebekah Lodge here that
they will be unable to visit here at
present, as has been arranged. on account
of the prevalence of scarlet fever at that