The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-16
SOUTH NoRRIDGEWoCK


enjoying life in the gold region, saying
the weather was fine there at this season.
Mr. G.. w. Emerson is busy making
shovel handles. This is something of
new industry in this section, but Mr.
Emerson is veteran at the business.
Mr. M. B. Corliss is again able to per
form his duties in the school room. We
hear very nice reports as to the progress
of his school as well as all the others.
We seem 10 have very efficient corps at
the present time.
MIS- B. C. Crabtree and Mrs. w. S.
Parkman of Skoshegan, visited Mrs.
Fillebrown at Laforest Browns. last
Thursday.
We understand that Mr.. Cook is to or
ganize singing school here. The first
meeting will probably be in the Baptist
chapel, next Friday evening.
There is nothing fimsy about the
Round Oak ranges, they are made good
and solid, they will do good work and
last lifetime. They cost little more
than cheap ranges on the start but you
are the gamer in the end-Veasie &
Jones.
The meeting of the V. |. S. with Mrs.
Henry Sawyer was very interesting to all,
as the subject was "Norridgewock," and
many things, both ancient and modern,
were raked up to show its pleasant and
peculiar features.
We have had quite winter of our own,
during the past week. There was snow
enough came, Saturday night and Sum
day, to have made good sleighing, had
the wind allowed it to remain in place
Several water pipes were caught 10 the
freeze up, as well as some of the steam
boilers
1t looks as though there would be skat-
ing on the pond, soon. All the boys and
girls are interested in the matter and
, some of them think if it should freeze up
and remain good skating all winter, it
would not be very bad idea
The ladies of the Congregational socie-
ty are getting ready to have fair in the
vestry of the Congregational Church,
sometime during the second week in
December. When the arrangements are
fully completed they will make full an
nounCement.
The K. of P. Lodge will give musical
concert at their hall, tomorrow evening.
There will be selections by c. X S.
quartette of SkoWhegan, Miss Eldena
Smith, Hamin f. Hale, J. A. Kendall,
Mrs. L. r. Folsom and others.
DIR. Edwards, who was suddenly called
away, last week, on account of the seri-
Gus illness of brother, will be absent
until the oath inst. His brother, for
merly private secretary to Gen. Hale at
Manila, is now at Washington and Jeffer-
son College, Washington, Pa, where he
is completing his education.
The roses, pinks and chrysanthemums
in the greenhouse are in the finest con-
dition, and the banana tree is looking fine
and has large bunch of half grown
bananas on it, They are in better shape
| to fill orders than ever before and it is
| seldom, indeed, that an order has to be
turned away for want of material to
| fill it.
The V. |. 5. will meet Friday of next
, week. with Mrs. Caroline Morse. The
subject will be Maine Authors.
Mrs. G. f. Veasie is failing in health.
Look out for the man with the bogus
| checks said To be operating in this State
at the present time.
There has been a new business deal
here the first OF the week. when a few
of our well known business men bought
| a controlling interest in the New Sharon
and Norridgewock Telephone line. This
| line has been growing one ever since
| its erection and now has about twenty
six Instruments. IL is thought it will be
| paying investment and it is surely a
great convenience.
We are now possessed with a genuine
| fire company. The citizens interested
met at Carr's hall on Friday and Monday
evenings, and volunteers to the number
of nearly fifty were readily secured. On
Monday evening they met from an ad-
| journed meeting to elect officers and get
into working Trim. The matter had been
pretty thoroughly talked up previously,
and men well suited for the places tacitly
agreed upon so the matter of election was
rapidly disposed Of The officers elected
were c. H. Hussey, clerk; Geo. SimondS,
chief; William Bracket, End chief, Car
roll Staples, captain; Z. A. Hilton, and
captain; William Hobbs, foreman of ma
chine; w. F Brown, End foreman :;
Charles Farand. supply team; w. B..
Pierce, captain Hook and Ladder Co. ;
H. K. Sawyer, 2nd captain 1t will be
noticed that there are two complete sets
Of officers so that in Case of sickness or
absence from town, there would still be
men who would understand each part of
the operations and thus be able to work
all our resources to the best advantage.
The officers held an informal meeting to
place the men at their various positions.
The assignments were as follows Hose,
William Wheeler, Ist; Lewis Whiting,
End pump men, Geo Gilman, w. K.
Deveraux, H M. Walker, John Lunt Ed.
Burgess, William Curtis, J. NJ. Pierce,
Alfred futile, Phil Carr, Howard Wood
man, James Watts, J, T. WEIGH. Alvin
Otis, Henry Hussey, Ralph Tibbetts.
Supply team, Charles Farrand, Cony Rus
sell. Axe men, Lymon Emmons, ISt;
Elmer Whiting, I'd Hook & Ladder
Co., w. b. Pierce, captain; Henry Saw
YER end captain; Charles Ward, Frank
futile, Harry Danforth. Arthur Works,
Geo. Worthley, Frank Trench, n. S.
Whiting, Eddie Whiting, p S. Watts,
Charles Thomas, o F. Hall. F c. Holt,
Frank Jewell, Chauncey Smith, Howard
Mitchell. The assignments were read
and everybody seemed to feel satisfied.
After the meeting the whole force went
up to look at the machine and get gen
eral idea of what they were expected to
do when occasion required their services.
1t is now thought that large bonfire in
something similar to the conditions ex
listing in building would be built and a