The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-05-10
ALL THE NEWS
from Somerset Towns
North Arson.

Iarance Mantor of Skowhegan was IN
town, Monday.
apt. Vaughan of Madison was in
town, Monday.
The farmers are sowing their grain.
Until this week there has been but very
little done on the land.
A flag pole was raised on the grounds
of the intermediate and primary schools,
Monday. II is 80 feet high.
Lemon Stream lodge, 1. o. o. F., Of
New Portland, will visit Table ROCK
lodge, this evening. The initiatory de-
gree will be worked.
Mr.. Willis c. Emery, E. F. Collins and
the pastor, Joseph Kyle, were chosen a
committee to purchase bell Tor the
Congregational church.
DR.. and Mrs. G. w. Hutchins Of
Watervile were present at the gradual
ing exercises, Friday, and visited with
relatives during Sunday.
DR.. Fred Cleveland of Woonsocket,
X. l., arrived here. Thursday night, TO
arrange for operating the Isaac Allbee
farm, this season. Mr.. Allbee remained
in Woonsocket.
rs. Parsons returned home Saturday
night, having during his absence, at
tended the session OF the Masonic Grand
lodge In Portland and also visited Bos-
ton and other towns In Massachusetts.
Bert Moore of Boston, who is taking a
vacation of few days, came to this vii
lage from Bingham, Friday, to attend
the graduating exercises of Anson
Academy of which institution he is a
graduate Saturday forenoon he re-
turned TO Bingham, and will take fish
ing trip of few days TO tue up river
ponds tore returning to Boston.
Secre,lry I, larke went To Lewiston,
Monday ntternoon.
TT. aine attended probate court at
skowb, an, Tuesday.
E n. Caswell and Lester Nitbam
were at home during Sunday.
iss Lena Donley is teaching the in.
Il, 1ediate school at Arson.
Mrs. g. E. Savage has Scent script
bill of the denomination of 1863.
Rev. j. E. Kyle went to Waterville,
Tuesday, to attend the ministerial con-
ference.
Miss Ada Ford of Bingham, and Mrs.
M. d. Salley of okowhegan, were in town
Tuesday
Monday, Miss Clara Robinson began
teaching at Pleasant Ridge and Miss
Daisy Barron in Embden.
Ansel stevens crew began driving on
his section Thursday. His camp is at
the toll bridge and the Weston island
was where the men first began river
service.
Mrs. Ward s. Gould of New Rich
mond, Wis arrived in town recently,
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Emery.
She will remain with relatives here
during the summer.
Ira Bailey of Worcester, Mass, was
visiting relatives In town, last week, an d
also attended the graduating exercises
of the academy, his daughter, Miss
Bertha, being member of the senior
class.
T. X. Atkinson of Fargo, N. d, was
in town during Sunday. He was called
to Maine on business connected with the
Sebasticook & Moosehead Railroad. He
Is the manager of the great flax fibre
mills of Fargo and was the man who
built the factory. 1t Is position OF
great responsibility and Mr.. Atkinson
friends in this village are glad of his
success
A building at Arson, consisting of a
blacksmith shop below and storage
room above owned by L. Ii. Spear was
burned early, Friday morning The
Madison firemen we're quickly on the
scene and prevented the loss of any
more property, one large building. at
least, would have been destroyed had it
not been for them. There was no in
surance. Cause of fire unknown.
The spring freshet came with the
heavy rain of Thursday. The Kennebec
river overhOwed its banks and the
low intervals were inundated. The
water was the highest it had been for
several years. 1t stood in the road near
Lysander Robnson's for two days and
for time travelling was discontinued
It also flowed into the highway at the
farther end of the toll bridge in Madi
son, an unusual occurrence in recent
years. The water carried many logs on
to high land, as there was considerable
lumber floating.
The Somerset county w. e. T. U
will be held at Pi,tsfield May Is and l6
M.F. Morrill, has, for the past few
days, been going home TO Madison every
night on account of the illness of his
mother.
While at Eustis, recently, Isaac II.
James went into the Blackeley camps, a
distance Of 10 miles, and during the trip
OF four days, counted Al deer and two
moose. Mr.. James has had quite an ex-
perience In the Maine woods, being a
well.known hunter and guide, has run
sporting camps, and has had two tame
noose in his day. He is a veteran of
the civil war, having served years and
u days. He has lived at Eustis from
the close of the war until three years
ago when he moved to this village.
Every fall he takes a few days trip up
river and frequents the haunts he knows
so we'll for game. He says game was
never more plenty in Maine than now