The Somerset reporter., 1898-12-15
SOUTH NOKRIDGEWOCK
Z-ro weather this week.

A. Whiteoms l. up river this week,
selling slrighs.
Yesterday morning il was "a degrees
below zero here.
The snow storm of Monday made good
Shedding Ia this vicinity.
The river Is froz n so they have been
crossing on it for week or 80 past.
Mr.. Gregory and Mr.. Kmball of Bing.
ham, were in town, Friday Of last week.
Mrs. George Boston left for Massachu-
sets last Saturday, to visit her daughter
Maud Jones is expected home to spend
Christmas from her school at kent's
Hill.
Mrs. Harold Boardman returned to
her home in Bangor, last Saturday
morning.
K. II. Cooley left Tuesday for Brook
line, Mass, where he ffas position in
/ Il iur store.
The meeting of the ". 4. c. was to
] occur with sister Electa Tobey, yester-
day afternoon.
There will be Christmas entertain
ment at the Congregational church, sat
urday evening, Dec. u.
The meeting of the Y. J. :. next week,
Friday, will be With Mrs. Henry Sawyer
II is Christmas meeting.
On account Of trouble with the electric
lights, Poets Corner was ia darkness a
couple of nights last week.
MIR. and Mrs. Cyrus Bean have come
to town to spend the winter with their
daughter, Mrs. A. r. Dyer.
for Boston, where he has position IN
the drug store of W. j. Middleton.
The post office will be closed at seven
O'Clock every evening hereafter, by the
order of the post office department.
Mrs. Webster Reed is to spend the
winter with her brother, Horace Pratt Of
Portland, who lost his wife in the Port
land disaster.
The sociabe at the Congregational
vestry last Thursday evening deserved Il
better attendance than it got, those who
attended had very enjoyable time.
Mrs. A. b. Bailey of Materville, was
a visitor ut the Rebekah meeting last
Friday evening. II is proposed to have
Christmas entertainment at the meet
ing which occurs on the BIRD.
Mrs. w. F. Brown met with very
painful accident last evening, by falling
through an open trap door and down a
flight of stairs, landing on a pile of
wood in the shed. She received a very
severe shaking up, but fortunately DO
bones were broken.
The V. |. S. met with Mrs. Carrie
Ames last Friday afternoon, the subject
was MARTIN Luther and the Reforma-
ton with quotations from the subject
or from current events. In the paper
which was read the frugal life Of the
Luthers was wildly portrayed.
Mrs. Cornelia Main, who has been
suffering for number of months from a
cancer, and who had a surgical opera.
tion on ii in a Providence hospital about
two months ago without avail, passed
away quietly, yesterday afternoon, at
$50 O'clock. The remains will be taken
TO Rhode Island Friday.
Mrs. A D. Brown passed away, Satur-
day morning, at the age of 81 years
She was formerly Miss Mary Sawtele and
daughter of John Sawtele and Caroline
(Sylvester) Sawtele and after her mar.
rage to Mr.. Brown they resided in Port
land until the time of his death about
eight years ago, when she came to live
with her daughter, Mrs. Stephen Froth
ingham of his place. Funeral services
occurred last Tuesday afternoon. at three
o'clock at the house, Rev. !. A. Jones
officiating. The remains were accom-
panied to Portland. Wednesday, by Mr.
and Mrs. rockingham, where they wert
inferred in Evergreen cemetery. She
leaves son and daughter, Mrs. Stepher
rockingham of this place, and Capt
Russell Brown OF Montana.
Ernest Wade, whose sickness witt
typhoid fever we have mentioned from
time to time this summer, passed quiet
lv away last Saturday morning. 1t haC
been thought that he was getting better
for the past few weeks and his death
came as a shock to his many friends
Last spring he volunteered his services
MS private in Battery ID, First Maine
Heavy Artillery and was accepted, for
some time he was camped with the
Battery ut Camp Powers in Augusta and
was there at the time of private Hussey'
death at which time he was moved home
at first he WAS not considered to be in 8
critical condition, but as time went or
ne grew worse until a few weeks ago
when his life was despaired Of, after thi;
he seemed to rally and all thought h,
would ultimately recover. He was
twenty three years of age, and ha:
always held the respect of his associates
he was of an industrious turn and haC
worked for long time in the coat shops
before joining the Battery. The funera
services occurred Tuesday afternoon Al
, O'clock from the house, Rev. b. f
Turner officiating. The floral offerings
were numerous and appropriate. Echo
Lodge X. of p, of which he was a'valuec
member, presented an elegant triangle OF
flowers with the word Brother, his
former associates in the eoat shop q,
u. Nickerson Il Co.'S a nice bouquet
flowers and wreath from the family ant
the Young people and friends. Member.
of the X. of p. Lodges from this plac,
and Skowhegan attended in n body anc
ministered the last sad rites to a brother
Ernest leaves father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs Frank Wade, two brothers anC
sister of the immediate family 10 mourl
his loss. his brother Harry is member
of the same Battery and is in Savannah
he was unable 10 attend the funeral
The interment occurred in the Soutl
Side cemetery,
1t used to happen n Java that. owing
to want of transportation facilities, the
Inhabitants of one part OF the island
might be starving while those Of an
other had as much rice as they could
eat. Railways have remedied that state