The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
Miss Fila Bickford Of Fairfield Is visit
ing at J. M. Owens.
b. l.. and Il. r. Frederic of Norridge-
wock were In town sunday.



North Arson.
Mrs. |. l.. Salley and children Of
~kowhegan, passed Sunday In town with
relatives.
w. A. Laughton and wife of Natick,
Mass, and Mrs. <. j. Philbrick of Au.
rusta. were in town last week to attend
the funeral of their father, Rev. q. A.
Laughton.
DIR. F C. Dunbar returned to his home
in Boston Thursday. His mother aci
companied him and will remain during
the winter.
The ordination of Rev. Ernest R. Cas-.
we'll took place at Lowell, Mass, Tues.
day. Feb. s. Last winter he supplied
the pulpit of Middlesex chapel in that
city and before his labors closed he was
unanimously called to take up the work
permanently. Mr.. taswell is the first
settled pastor of the Middlesex mission
and he has large field for his labors.
He Is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram
Casyell of this village, and was student
at the academy in 1888 where he took
college preparatory course. In the
autumn of 1894 he began three years
course at Revere Lay college, Revere,
Mass, In preparation of his chosen pro-
fession. from which institution he was
graduated last May.
John Carville of Bingham. was in town
Monday.
Frank Estes of Sxowhegan, was in
town Friday.
VIM. b. Snow of Skowhegan, was in
town Saturday.
George Clarke went to Waterville on
business Wednesday.
Henry Merry and Fred Bunker went
to Skowhegan saturday.
C. II. Nelson of Waterville, was here
Tuesday, looking after fine horses.
c. w. Tufts of Lexington, has shipped
five car loads of hay to Boston the past
week.
Ansel Holway of Skowhegan, was in
town Friday, looking after the interest
of the Grange.
Ed French of Madison Centre, was in
town Friday, looking after live stock for
the Brighton market.
Miss Gertrude Smith, who has been
visiting in Skowhegan for the past few
weeks, has returned home.
B.F. Bartlett and wife of North New
Portland, were in town Friday to attend
the funeral of Rev. c. A. Laughton.
William Morton of New Vineyard, was
in town Friday on business. Mr.. Morton
will soon leave the State for Alaska.
Mrs. d. H. Norton, who has been Wis
iting relatives in Massachusetts, the past
few weeks, returned home Wednesday
night.
l.. K. Smith of Augusta, has been
visiting for few days at his old home
below the village before starting for
Alaska.
The following were present from So
lon to attend the funeral of Rev. G. A.
Laughton last Friday: John Rowell
and wife, Malon Patterson and wife,
Moses French and wife, Daniel York
and wife, C. A. Merrill and wife, c. B.
McIntire and wife, DR.. and Mrs. Paul,
Mrs. Will York, Mrs. Parkman, Turner
Davis, Will Jackman, A. W. Rowell, W.
f. Cram, P. $. Longley, Thomas Cross,
Rev. C. W. hapman, Leslie Mc1ntire.
Lecturer T. D. Sallsy has prepared
the following program for the nextl reg
ular meeting Of Arson Grange: Subject,
agriculture; music; quotations.; l, pres
emit system of agriculture contrasted
with that of so years ago, ID. M. Norton;
2, Should the prospective young farmer
take special course in agriculture? II.
B. Ellis; 8, should farming be special or
general? should soils be studied with
view to their adaptation to special
cropsp Stilman A. Walker; song by
Leonard Emery The Grange voted to
change the day of meeting from the End
and 4th Saturdays to the 1st and Sd of
each month.
Rev. W. F. Small preached in Rich
mond and Bowdoinham, last Sunday.
Miss Maud Pullen has returned from
Mercer, where she has just closed sue
cessful term of school.
VA large quantity of white birch is be-
ing taken to the shank factory from up
river, over the Somerset railway these
days.
Clement Getchell, who is stopping
with his grandfather, L. FL. Walker, this
winter, has a Jersey heifer calf ten
months old that girts 4 feet and 10
inches. Clement is only nine years old
but he takes ali of the care of the calf.