The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-15
SOUTH NORRIDGEWoCK
commencement week

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step daughter, Mrs. w. B. Longley.
Our base ball boys went tn Madison
Saturday and captured another game
with score of 81 to q. It looks as
though both sides must have been some
what ratified by the large score.
Harry Weber was accidently shot in
the hand Saturday The wound was
dressed by Dr. Brown and is doing
nicely.
Preparations are being made for the
Eaton and NorrdgewOck high school
reunion which comes off in July There
/ IS some talk of having an old fashioned
school exhibition in the evening when
the old scholars will trot out all their
old and nearly forgotten pieces and
declaim them. II this plan is followed
+ it will be exceedingly interesting.
/ The crops for the past week have been
+ feeling the need OF rain and in some
cases there will be great loss unless rain
comes quickly.
Rev. b. f. Turner will preach the
memorial sermon before the K. p. lodge
next sunday morning after which the
members will march to the cemetery
and decorate the graves Of the brothers
gone before.
The members of the grammar and
high schools presented Mrs. Folsom
with nice spring rocker as a token of
their appreciation. Gifts received in
this way are cherished and in after
years bring pleasant recollections of the
old days.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs OBJ
served the service of decorating the
graves of the departed sisters and broth
ers Tuesday forenoon.
The graduating exercises of the gram
mar school took place in the Baptist
church yesterday afternoon with the
following program: Music prayer, Rev.
j. A. Jones; piano solo, "Song of the
Brook" Julia Belle Hall; Little Chris
tel, Florence Mae Wade; How Jimmie
Tended the Baby, Dennie Joseph
Haynes; The Builders, Annie Matilda
skillings; Woman Wanted, Florence
Sadie Worthley; Burdocks Music Box,
George Harold Lunt The Legend of the
Organ Builder, Edith Mae Rogers; pi-
ano solo, a, "Papillon," b, "Au Prin-
Temps" Maude Isabelle Turner; The
Bobolink, Hattie Mae Otis; The Black
Horse and His Rider, Forrest Knowlton ;
Uncle Ben's Experience with Rebates,
" arren William Ward; How He Saved
st. Michaels, Bernard Carpenter Carr;
Sheltered, Hazel Leavitt; piano solo,
"Valse Coquette," Edith Lowe Tobey !;
presentation of diplomas; benediction.
The class motto was Coward and Up
ward" and the class colors were yellow
and white. There were fourteen mem
bers in the class as follows: Bernard
{ arpenter Carr, Edith Mae Rogers,
Julia Belle Hall, Edith Lowe Tobey,
Annie Matilda Skillings, Donnie Joseph
Haynes, Maud Isabelle Turner, Forrest
Knowlton, Florence May Nade, George
Harold Lunt, Warren William Ward,
Hattie Mae Otis, Hazel Leayitt, Florence
Sadie WOrthley and they presented a
very pleasing entertainment and in their
new sphere of high school life will make
a sturdy class.
The commencement exercises of the
\. Ii. =. will take place in the Congre-
gational church this evening and the
graduates have been working hard to
get everything in readiness to make it
the affair of the school year An inter
esting feature will be the prize speak
ing and musical contest for which com
petent judges have been appointed.
The rivalry has been very brisk, there
fore the pieces will be well rehearsed
and will be well rendered. We shall
look for treat in the literary work and
a crowded house this evening.
There are lots of fine gardens about
town and among the finest is K. NJ.
Bakers. In the whole quarter of an
acre he has under cultivation it is al
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things that should be found in gardens
are there full size. 1t looks as though
he would get ripe English strawberries
by the last of this week and the peas
have pods two inches long on them
while the potatoes are very large and
thrifty. Mr.. Baker makes a speciality
of strawberries and early cucumbers.
{. +. Warren informs US that his
brother-in-law was one of the victims of
the tornado at New Richmond, Wis,
/ last Monday, and that his store was in
such position as to be among the first
when the storm reached the town.
Children's Sunday will be observed al
the Congregational Church one week
from next Sabbath.
The showers of yesterday did very
great amount of good to the crops and
if we could have about one every day
things would just boom.
The exercises in the Baptist church
yesterday afternoon, OF the grammar
school were well attended. and although
il Was swetering hot the audience en-
joyed it very much.
Mrs. Annie Powers is visiting friends
in North Auson, this week. Her sou
Lloyd is expected here the first of next
month to pass the summer vacation.
He is a teacher in the Shaw Business
College of Portland.
On account of the commencement ex-
ereises at the Congregational church
this evening, there will be no meeting
of the Good femplars until next Thurs
day evening.
b. l.. Frederic has returned to Boston.
1t now appears that the accidental
shooting of Harry Weber last saturday
was caused by revolver which he aud
his brother had play ing with and which
/ his brother aeedently discharged, the
shot passing entirely through the hand
and it is feared that one finger may be
injured permanently.
Fernando Carr has got his cottage at
North pond very nearly completed
Cornville.
| Ada HarViDp has learned RI ride 81