The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-12-29

G. 8. Wright b II town fn3o week.
Miss Louise Twaddls VI n town over
Christmas.
Miss Neva Johnson returned from Bos.
ton last Friday evening.
The w. X. @. met with Mrs. Helen N.
Pierce, Tuesday afternoon.
A. o. Frederic Ia confined to his house
with the prevailing distemper.
George Carr has been on the sick list
this week, but is again able to be out.
The Christmas meeting of the V. |. S.
was with Mrs. Henry Sawyer last Friday
afternoon
Mrs. H. l.. Maddocks returned from
Rindge, N. H., last night, where she has
been taking care of her sister
s. B. 1ibbetts, who has been confined
to the house for the past ten days, has
so far recovered as to be in the shop
again.
We are sorry to learn that Miss Maud
Jones Is sick at Kent's Hill. She was
intending TO spend her Christmas with
her parents here but was too sick to
come.
Miss Mary Selden McCobb will read at
the Baptist church, this evening, for the
benefit of the soldiers monument, adj
mission has been placed at IS CTS. Re-
freshments for sale during the intermis-
sion
The following officers were elected at
Quinnebassett lodge, |. o. o. F., for the
ensuing year: N. G., w. B. Longley !;
V. c., w. X. Devereaux; Sec, F. G..
Holt; Treas, G. A. Ward; Trustees, G.
S. Bates. A. o. Frederic. o. F. Hall !;
Janitor. F. Z. futile. The installation
will occur the OH of January.
There were over 400 took supper at the
Rebekah hall, last Friday evening. This
was busy night for the sisters, supper,
election of off ers and a Christmas tree
must have been enough to make the
average person crazy. but ii would take
more than that to effect the sisters, as
when they have anything to do they just
hustle around and do it and don't stop to
thing about getting crazy, when they get
ii done it's done right. Therefore the
big folks enjoyed the supper and the little
folks enjoyed the tree and the little and
big 70 ks enjoyed the election of officers
and everything else. The following are
the officers elected: N. G., Musette
Hale; V. G, Jeanette Johnson; Sec !,
Isadore Wing; Fin. Sec, Alice Williams j;
Treas, Sadie Frederic.
The Christmas tree at the Congrega-
tional church was attended by a full
house. Mr.. and Mrs. Santa Claus were
there and showed the people how they
got ready to make the hearts of all the
children glad. by having their reindeer
team on the stage and loading it up with
good things and in another scene they
were on their way to Norridge yock, and
in a third they had arrived and went
down the chimney and filled all the little
boys stockings which had been carefully
hung near the great fire place. The per-
iormanoe was a masterpiece and old
Santa was roundly applauded. The
presents on the tree were more numerous
than usual and though the most of them
were not of the expe nsive class they
showed more fully perhaps that peace and
good will was well represented in Nor
ridgewock. The whole audience was
furnished cake and ice cream without
money and without price.
All honor to the dead, and while you
are about it honor the living once in n
while. We have been trying for some
time to get the people interested in our
Maine boys down 10 "Dixie" enough TO
give them flag, and with that end 10
view, communicated with our leading
State papers and filled the requirements
of signing our name, etc, only to be
completely ignored. But the boys are
to have a flag, just the same. We will
quote from Litter home from one of
lhe boys: ave are going to have flag
but Maine is not going 70 present it to
us; so through the neglect of our State
we will have a flag to be doubly proud
of, rs it was given to US under quite
peculiar circumstances. Major New
comb went into the reviewing stand and
President Mckinley wanted to know
where those BOYS were from and the
Major told him they were from Maine,
and Il am proud of the honor to COM
mand Il body of such good men and the
State has neglected to give us a flag aud
we are sorely in need of one, as we have
no way of showing who or what we are. ,
The President turned to Gen. Alger aud
said: Telegraph for flag for the boys
of Maine at once Now is Maine
ashamed of herself?" The last question
is indeed, aptly asked. This occurred
on the occasion when the President re-
viewed the troops, and for this prompt
and effective recognition of their needs
il for nothing else. the boys of Maine
would always have a warm spot in their
hearts for President Mckinley.