The Somerset reporter., 1899-12-07
SOUTH NoRRIDGEwOCK
Everybody enjoyed Thanksgiving
4. y Baker was In town this week

Everybody enjoyed Thanksgiving
R.N Baker was in town this week.
The V. l. s. will meet with Mrs.
Carrie Ames tomorrow afternoon, the
sui Jet plantation days before the war
will be in charge OF Mrs. 3. F. Turner
Quotations from Uncle Toms Cabin.
|, vas very warm and pleasant all last
week and did not seem bit like December
but more like spring. the change Monday
night got US out of that notion in a hurry
and We now firmly believe that it is
December
And It's only little over two weeks
before Christmas how many have all
their presents looked out7
Miss Rena and Ralph Tibbetts spent
Thanksgiving with their grandparents in
Scion, returning home. Monday morning
of this week
Our traders report that business is look
ing up and that they are doing a very
much larger volume of business for the
season than at any similar season during
the past three years.
The rain raised the Kennebec so that
there looks as though the mills might run
for week or so without any trouble.
This is the season for the election of
officers in the various societies, some of
them have already nominated list. We
shall be glad 10 have them for insertion in
current issues as fast as they come along.
F. W Spaulding has had an electric
light placed in front of his store where it
will light up the show windows nicely
A new street light is also 10 be placed
near the greenhouse.
The freeze up this week left the streets
in the r. ughest kind of condition and the
teams 20 bumpety bump if the horses get
out of walk.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ Pierce spent
Thanksgiving at West Mills with Mrs
Pierce's parents.
Mr. and Mrs J w Hathaway have
gone to Mrs. Hopkins house for the
winter; new furnace has recently been
put into this house and it will be a cosy
arrangement for all concerned
We learn that there is. to be a union
temperance meeting at the Congregation
al Church in the near future. The tenn
perance people of the State are waking up
and there is likely to be a lively crusade
early in the twentieth century which we
hope will continue throughout the CEN
fury. 1t occurs to US that there is now
too much bar-splitting in regard to the
law in many parts of the State and the
sooner it is stopped the better for future
generations. Rum is rum and it is against
the laws of the State of Maine to sell it
then why all these niceties about a few
minutes difference of time in regard to a
seizure as occurred in Lewiston the day
before Thanksgiving. when several humid
reds of dollars worth of the stuff was sent
in there with the intention OF which no
one could doubt Of being peddled cut in
that city Let's make things lively for
any one who is unprincipled enough to
sell rum in our vicinity.
The ladies of the missionary society of
the Baptist Church met with Mrs. Charles
Whiting. Tuesday afternoon
All our citizens who are interested in
the result of the Mormon Roberts case
and who signed the petition protesting
against his being sworn in as member OF
Congress will be glad to know that there
were seven million other people in the
| United States who have the same opinion
and when Congress convened this week
| Mr. Roberts met this monster petition of
seven millions of names there on the floor
of the house and had to step aside.
The members of the high school will
give their entertainment on next Monday
evening.
Mr.. Cook will have charge of the sing
ing in the Baptist Sunday school, COM
mencng with last Sunday.
1t is almost impossible for the creamery
to make enough butter TO supply their
customers.
The grangers enjoyed fine supper at
their hall, last Thursday evening.
Mrs. John Spaulding has gone to
Arson 10 spend the winter.
Miss Louie Walton and Miss Florence
Jewett are attending the Shaw Business
College at Augusta.
Hon. Frederick Danforth ard family oil
Gardiner have been spending several
days in town. Mr.. Danforth is one oil
the members OF the board of railroad COM
missioners of Maine.
The skating on the pond was quite
good on Thanksgiving day in the morn.
ing and many OF our young people enjoy
ed it,
The sermons were very interesting in
both churches last Sunday morning and
there was good attendance
Mrs c. Z. Veasie still remains very
low and is not expected TO live.
Mrs. Frank Laid and daughter OF
Pennington are spending few days in
town.
Miss Aura Gilman has been on the sick
list for the past few days
Miss Florence Carr returned from Port
land, last week, where she had been visit
ing her aunt
About forty of our people attended the
canlata at Skowhegan last Friday evening
Joshua Hilton and family of Starks and
Mr.. and Mrs. James Boardman OF Bangor
spent Thanksgiving with Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Sawyer.
Mr.. and Mrs George DiggIes spent
their Thanksgiving with heir son Charles
in Augusta.
The electrics were laid off the first of
the week by the breaking OF the main
driving shaft in the power house. The
mails were brought by team.
There was pleasant Thanksgiving
party at S. K. Fuller's. Mr.. and Mrs
J. F. Frye and W F. Brown and family
were present,
c. L. Carr has commenced his usual