The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-01-26

The weather during the past week has
seemed like spring
Miss Emma Reed left, yesterday, for
short visit to friends in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs c. L. Carr are visiting
friends in Phillips, this week, and will
return home, Saturday,
Mr.. Fred Jewett of Exeter, is visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Jewett,
this week.
There will be a Rebekah supper at
their hall tomorrow evening.
DIR. d. Ames has purchased the Mrs.
A. d. Brown house and expects to move
from his house at the corner as soon as
possible This new purchase will make
him nearer his office and will be very
convenient.
Mr. and Mrs. rockingham expect to
go to Portland soon for short time and
when they return will occupy rooms in
the house where they now reside, and
take their meals out
Will and Louise Twaddelle of Water.
vile, were in town over Sunday, visiting
friends
The boys and girls had skating party
on the mill pond last Monday evening.
Mrs Norrd is slowly gaining. 1t has
been hard for her with her family of small
children to be taken care of. but the kind
ness of the ladies' of Norridgewock crop
ped out here and the little ones have been
looked after and made comfortable and
the patient has also received good care.
Several meetings of the Good Tempars
have been called and there has not been
enough interest to get a quorum. 1t is
lamentable fact that the question of tenn
perance seems to have entirely dropped
out of the minds of our cizens. We
need a good strong temperance lodge
here and some vigorous temperance work.
1t don't do any good for US to look to the
other fellow and say these things are
needed, but the proper way for each one
who believes in temperance is to say so,
and if he does not believe in temperance
is to say so TOO, and then we can see
Where we are at" Now if the brothers
will issue loud call and say they want
meeting on a certain night to fix up this
lodge and discuss matters, we will gladly
insert the notice and also gladly attend
the meeting And there are lots of
Christian people here whose duty, cord
ing to their profession, is to assist, and
when they feel the call of duty they will
come. Name your date brothers and
sisters. and only name it loud enough so
that we can hear, and though we are busy
and have all the ordinary excuses which
man can so readily invent, we will
come.
There was special meeting of Bates
Post. No IS. G.. A. r., an. II, at which
the following officers were Installed for
the ensuing year: Com, A. Works; S.
V. c.. Steward Wing; J. V. c., {.
Longley; Chap, f, c. Doyen; Adjt.,
H. H. Cross; O. M, H Z, Hale; Serg,
F. S. Wade; 0 d, B. B, Wells; S.
Maj. F. Clark; Q. NJ. S, S. Allen; O.
g., II. Stevens
The sale of machines of the Murphy
estate which was advertised to come off
last Thursday morning, found no buyers.
They preferred to sell them in one lump
but would have sold separate pieces.
With the present slack times in the coat
business, the coat mer are chary about
loading up much with second hand ma
chinery, but that there is good trade for
a person that could make use of them
there can be no doubt.
Frank Hardy is still confined to the
house.
1t beats all about the pictures that
Hayden is taking; First some one of
family will come and Sit and then the
contagion seems to strike the whole fam
lily and they will all have to sit, and then
they will have to sit in group pictures,
etc OF course not all families get the
disease, but that is the way it is on
good many occasions. Everybody has
just seemed to think about it, and so they
are happy and the photographer is happy.
Report has been current on the street
that Mr. Cyrus Bean has purchased the
Spaulding house on Main ST., but we are
informed that it is mistake. Negotia
lions have been carried on but the pul-
chase has not been accomplished and it
is doubtful if Mr.. Bean will buy the
property,
dropped in to see the worthy broth
ers of tn, Knights of Pythias just after
they had finished supper, Tuesday even
ing. 4 more portly and aldermanic
crowd would have been hard to find in a
year. L ne ulSnl was u IlllIC SUNNY OuN
was all the same to them within. Par
ties were distributed about the room,
chatting and laughing, and two long
tables showed the devastating effects of
Pythiau appetites. lt WAS very enjoy
able evening. Following are the officers
installed f.. B. Nickersor, c. c.; Cor
ham Bailey. V. G.. Ray Bigelow, p; c.
\. staples. h. of Il. & S. = G. 5. Jewett,
Nj. of F.; Almon Works. NJ. Of E.; L. II.
Burgess, NJ. of A.. f. w. Allen, NJ. of
W.. II. W. OTIS, l. G.; j. S. Cleveland,
| O. q.
Word was received here of the death
of Frank Lessor at Augusta, yesterday
afternoon.
1 We are sorry to learn that the Misses
/ ClarKe have heen sick ever since leav
ing here for Massachusetts.