The Somerset reporter., 1899-05-18

Iolt luu Vi but uOOh, anu Two Neskb AItSr al
Miller's Hall.
BATES Posi- No. IS G. A. RE. c. Doyen,
Commander; H. II. Cross, Adj; H. (. Hale,
Quartermaster Meetings FIRST Tuesday even
tngs In Grange Hall.
BATES RELIEF Corps No. i4-Edith Tomp-
kins, Pres; Mary L. Carr, Sec, Electa p.
Tobey, Treas Meetings second and fourth
Tuesday afternoons of each month at the homes
of the members.
THE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT socIRrY-Mrs.
J. W. Hathaway, Pres; Mrs. j. ID. Ames,
Sec. Mrs. C. A. Harrington Treas. Meetings
first and third FRIDAY afternoons of the month.
Still cold with some quite heavy frosts,
recently.
We hear Of one man who has had five
acres of sweet corn planted for a number
of days.
Bully for our base ball boys. At the
game at Madison last Saturday afternoon,
they succeeded in scooping in the honors
with score of 7 TO 9 in their favor
There will be return game here next
Saturday afternoon, if fair, and here's
wishing them success
Burnham & Morrill, Co. will put in a
new water pipe from the bridge on Main
street to their factory, a distance of
nearly 1900 Ieet.
Our road commissioner, w (. Perkins,
has commence to repair the highways
A. Whitcomb IT,. is doing rushing
business selling wagons
The " |. S. entertained their gentle
men friends with an excellent salad sup
per at the Congregational vestry, Monday
evening 1t was very pleasant affair
with hot coffee, hot yeast biscuit, salads
of all kinds, cake, etc, etc. Four large
tables very beautifully arranged accommo-
dated the ladies and their guests After
the supper, toasts on the Ladies' The
society," Literature. "Our boys and
girls" "Norridgewock," "Women's so
cieties. 1.-THE soldiers monument" etc
were proposed by the toast mistress of
the evening, Mrs. Blanche Ward, and
aptly and wittily responded to by Mrs S.
H. Frye. Mrs. M. J. Hathaway, Mrs.
Mary Carr. Miss Eta Danforth, Mrs
FulSome and Mrs. lsa Wing. The toasts
were interspersed with vocal and instru-
mental music.
The meetings called out large attend
ance, Sunday, quite a number coming
up from Skowhegan TO the morning ser
vice, and the evening service was largely
attended by the members of the Congre-
gational society and their pastor, Mr.
Jones. The speaker, Mr.. Taylor, has the
power Of holding his audience by his
earnes,ness and ready illustrations and
comparisons. There will be meetings
every evening of this week and next, ex-
cept Saturday evenings. There was also
, meeting Tuesday afternoon. The Sun
day services, as usual. will commence at
1889 in the morning and 7 50 in the
evening and all are cordially invited to
attend
In recent conversation with Mr.. c..
S. Jewett. manager of the corn shop, we
learned that he had served IN that CapaC-
ity for the past seventeen years, or ever
since the shop was built here, and during
all this time his work has been so salts
factory to the management that no fault
has been found with him. AT the com
mencement of his work here the process
of canning corn was very crude compared
to the methods now in vogue. One thing
in particular he spoke OF was the cutting
of the corn from the cob which at that
time was accomplished by hard by the
use of straight knife. Afterwards there
came the crooked knife, then the hand
machine and now the steam machines
which take all the corn from the cob IN a
flash and which are so hungry that it
takes the combined efforts OF TWO BOYS to
supply their mouths with the ears fast
enough to satsfy them The shop has
beer remodeed and enlarged until it is
one of the largest in the State and con-
tains two complete lines or machinery
At present they are actively engaged in
can making which has also taken great
strides and in which there is still room
for improvement They are turning out
forty gross OF cans per day, or 500 cans
for a days work and il will require 10
days TO make the million cans necessary
for the corn they expect to pack this sea
son if the weather is favorable Four
hundred and fifty acres have been sub
scribed for by the farmers, and there has
been nearly as much improvement in the
machinery for the farmers to plant and
take care of the crop as there has been in
the machinery for the shop. All the
planting and caring for the corn, such as
blowing with Sulky plows, and narrowing
with Sulky harrows. wedding. Cutlvatius
cutting and binding the stocks after the
corn has been picked from them, etc, is
work almost entirely accomplished by the
use of horse power. The world do
move"
The following general order is from the
headquarters OF Bates Post. No S.,
Dept. of Maine, G. a. r.. General
order No, /, Memorial Sunday will be
observed at So. Norridgewock. Sunday,
May rs, 1899 Post will meet At G.. A,
r. hall at 9 80 a. M, and march to the
Baptist Church, where will be delivered
the Memorial sermon by Rev b. F. Tur-
ner. Per order a. Works, Com H. H.
Cross, Adit.
Headquarters of bates Post, No S..
Dept. OF Maine, O. A X, General order
No, = Memorial day will be observed