The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-30
SOUTH NOKHIDGEWOCK.

fears OF severe freshel Should tnrre
be even moderate rain nov. however
the old KenneDee would make things /
lively
DR.. Pepper Of Colby VAS Ia town ard /
supplied The pulpit at the Baptist church |
His discourse on progress Vas d master
piece and though clothed in simple Ian
guage, went forcibly to the mind and set
people thinking.
The Y s will NEE, with Mrs B
F. Turner tomorrow afternoon. The
subject will be ancient and modern notion
with quotations from Rudyard KipHng.
Talk about suppers, well the ordinary
supper isn't IN ii when you compare i
with the boys oyster stew 81 Mondas
evening at the Baptist vestry, no; taat
the ordinary supper ISN'T good and al
right but then gu know the women cook
it and you expect il to be all right. Bur
the boys supper, gotten up BY the boss
and served by the boys all attred 10
white aprons and caps. Just filed that
vestry to OVERLOOKING and OF course they
didn't have supper enough for such a
crowd for who ever supposed such
crowd would turn out 10 see what the
boys would do9 But they were equal to
the occasion and in a few ffys they bad
another oyster stew all reaoy for business
and the hungry multitude were filled to
overlooking, after which a good literary
program was enjoyed. 1t Vas a success
and II Melted the Sunday school SD
These bows are the members of Charles
| Writings class and il seems they ntyer
do anything by halves but 60 in for sue
cess every time.
Mrs. NJ. A Watson Of New Portland,
has been visiting in town this week, and
made Us pleasant CALI
The electrics have not been running
since week ago Sunday. When We had
our last snow storm OF importance There
is quite good reason for this state OF
affairs as the heavy SHOWS OF the earlier
part Of the winter blocked the road so
that only deep cut remained for the cars
to run in and ii takes only very little
snow now to oblige the management 10
employ shovelers for nearly three quarters
of the way, consequently 1t becomes very
expensive to keep II open.
The high and grammar schools com
menced the spring terms, Monday. The
other village schools and most Of the
rural schools will commence on the 10th
OF April.
The coat shops are running mostly on
heavy work now. The help like to do
heavy work in the cool weather much
better tn n in the hot summer season as
most of them can keep warm enough with
the thermometer in the nlneties without
having a heavy ulster IN their laps to
work on.
The community was shocked Monday
to learn OF the sudden death OF Eben
Taylor at Briggs near Pleasant Pond
last Monday morning. A telephone mes
sage announced his serious illness and
was followed almost Immediately by an
other announcing his death from heart
failure. He has been familiar figure in
our streets He was born in Scotland
sixty seven years ago, and over fifty years
came to this country accompanied by his
sister and settled on the Mercer road.
Soon after coming here he commenced to
follow the business OF surveying lumber in
] the woods and was for many years head
scaler for the Coburns. He was es.
pecially noted Tor two things. industry
and honesty, and throughout the lumber
/
taken without question as being just
measure For more than forty years he
| followed this life but for the past four or
! five years has not followed the business
much. though every spring found him up
the river somewhere as a boarder in
lumber or a sporting camp the past three
or four springs being spent at Carrying
Place Ponds Two weeks ago he went
up river as usual. and had been stopping
at briggs as before mentioned. and
| had started, Monday morning, to 90 to
the ponds when he was suddenly taken
dizzy and was carried into the house
where he only lived an hour and half
The remains were brought here on the
two O'Clock tram. Tuesday afternoon. and
the funeral services occurred yesterday
afternoon at , O'Clock at the residence Of
his niece, Mrs. Fred Tobey. Rev l.
/ Pepper, officiating The remains were
placed in the tomb IN the south side Gem.
etery. He leaves no brothers or sisters
but a number of nephews and uieCeS,
among whom are Mrs. Byron Johnson.
Mrs Fred Tobey, Mr. Eben Miller Nh.
Charles Miller, Mir Nicholas Miller and
Mrs. William Mills OF this place. Mrs.
NdtlldU OluNdf AUG MIS- IiuSH i4uliCe
OF Skowhegan. two nephens and a niece
in Rockford, Illinois, and one niece ia
Alexandria. Da. With his relatives aud
friends he was always ready 10 assist with
a helping hand OF financially. While II
work AT his business be had good pay and
by prudent management saved a good
share OF this worlds goods, and it always
gave him pleasure to do good With means.
Higam Pattee has returned from Boston
and reports his boy better after under
going a severe surgical operation.
Mrs Rachael Cleveland, the aged lady
who broke her leg few weeks ago, Is
failing RAPIDLY and her recovery IS eX-
ceedingly doubtful.
Charles Fdrrand has been confined to
the house for several weeks from vdrcose
veins and Is having very painful time
OF it.
The grange had an exceptionally large
meeting last Thursday evening. Thu
degree team from SkoWhegan Was pres
ent and conferred the third and fourth
degrees on nineteen Candidates. after
which regular grange supper WAS
served by hc sisters TO evt4 Two hut-
dred peopla.
There will pc union temperance
meeting AT the Baptist Church uext SUI
day evening, under The management ut
Rev. j. 4. Jones, assisted hy others Of
the temperance people of the town.
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