The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-08

Sec; Mrs, {. A. Harrington, Treas Meetings
INST and third FRIDAY AFTERNOONS OF tie month.
Grand Chief Templar Game CT the
Grand Lodge |. O. q. T. of Maine. was
in town, last week. Thursday, ard visited
Old Point Lodge.
The baccalaureate sermon before the
high and grammar schools viii be preach
ed in the Congregational church, next
Sunday morning by Rev. a. Jones
/ There will be no services in the Baptist
church in the morning but the SUNDAY
school will convene at the usual hour.
Z. H. Cooley has been visiting his rel
atyes here for the past few DAYS and will
leave tomorrow Tor his summers work in
Bar Hatbor, in florists store. His sis
ter, Mrs. Annie Mills will follow ia about
week.
The prize speaking and graduating ex-
ercises Of the y II S will be held in the
Congregational church, Thursday even
ing, June IS, at s O'Clock. They have a
long and interesting program prepared
and We shall expect to see the house
crowded.
There was a baptism Sunday, and one
new member taken into the Baptist
church.
The crew who have been here for the
past two weeks laying pipe for Burn
ham & Morrill, finished Their work. Satur-
DAY and returned to Portland 10 all they
put down over 1900 feet of pipe all OF it
five feet below the surface
Our base ball nine went to Skowhegan.
and played good game. the score stood
s to s. 1t looks as though they might
make it winning game next time
Commissioner Perkins is keeping the
road machine going and improving the
ways rapidly.
There will be work in the Kebekah
lodge tomorrow evening.
Miss Alice Williams will visit her
sister in Water1ille, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hussey are
spending the week in their cottage at
North pond.
Mr.. and Mis- e. S. Jewett were called
to Fairfield, last week, by the illness Of d
relative.
Are YOU going to Lakewood. HAYDEN
Lake, Madison, Saturday. to attend The
opening:
Mr. and Mrs. B l. Frederic and Miss
Cora Wood passed through town. Sun
day, on their way to Mercer, called there
by the sickness OF their father, . n.
Wood
The Y I. S will meet with Mrs. John
Burgess tomorrow afternoon, the meeting
is in charge Of Mrs. E'ecta p Tobey, the
subject is the Philippines.
Miss Louise Carr is expected home in
about three weeks from Radciti College
where she graduates this spring.
Harry Taylor, the evange isl. finished
his labors here last Friday evening. after
several weeks OF earnest work during
which time there were a number Of cor
versions, though not as many As he
would have liked to have seen, vet the
-seed has been soWn and the results may
come later.
The Festival Chorus will have Re
hearsal at the home OF Mrs, Francis
Bolan, Tuesday evening Of next week
Mrs Jane Richardson OF Farheld,
visited her neice, Miss Efie Cleveland,
this week.
Mr.. and Mis-. Harry Boardman of Ban
COR, were in town a few days OF the past
week visiting Mrs. Boardman parents,
Mr. and Mrs + \ Hilton.
Mrs. Lydia Crosby returned from
Brunswick, last Thursday. where she has
been spending the winter with her daugh-
ter, Mrs Eaton,
Lester Record Of North Arson. visited
at c ( Neasies, Sunday.
Mrs. Clara Longley, wife of " B.
Longley died at her home, Sunday night
She had been in poor health Tor some
time.
Mrs. John Spaulding has been visiting
friends in Madison during the past week
George Diggles has an Interesting
souvenir in the shape of one of the eN-
plosive shells used IN the army and alsC
pieces of armor plate after the shell ha,
been fired into it. We expect To give
our readers q better account of il neXt
issue.
The funeral OF Mrs. W. B. Longley
occurred yesterday morning.
The State assessors have assessed
the Savings Bank tax for six months,
aggregating sl9S, 574.s3. The tax or
the banks in Somerset are AS follows
Fairfield, sl,30o.35; Skowhegan, 81,
OBJ SC. The State tax on the loan anC