The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-04-19
North Arson.

Mr. and Mrs. l. X. Smith of Augusta
we're visiting friends in town, sunday
and Monday.
The Alpha Cooking club was enter
tanned. Saturday, by Miss Paulenah
simmons.
1t is expected that the can making at
the factory will bs finished in about
! three weeks.
| Fred Williamson and Arthur K. Tarr
started for Massachusetts, Monday on
business trip.
Hon. r. ". Ellis of Embden has re
Gently returned from a trip To Boston,
and other places in Massachusetts.
Wednesday evening about 80 neigh
bors and friends met at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John Taylor and passed very
pleasant evening The children played
games while the older ones held happy
converse. Refreshments were served.
Mr.. Taylor passed his 81st birthday in
| January and he and Mrs Taylor are
among our Oldest and most highly re-
spected citizens.
| The ice left the Kennebec river at
this village, Sunday.
Mrs. Everett Fenlason was visiting
friends in Scion, Tuesday.
John r Vies of Flagstaff was a guest
at the Somerset hotel, Monday
Mrs. Charles Knapp of Bath was the
guest of Miss Susie Paine, the last of
the week
S. Bunker d Son shipped 81 sheep and
three lambs to Hide & " heller of Bos.
ton, Tuesday.
H. Y. Romer returned from Ellsworth,
Wednesday, after a few weeks visit
with his relatives.
Mrs. w. G. Robinson has moved into
the Colman house which she has re
Gently bought. Quite extensive repairs
have been made.
Rev II w Kimball of Skowhegan
will preach sermon before Table Rock
and Emerald Rebekah lodges in the F.
b. Church, sunday, April Goth, at 3
o o'clock, p. m =, to commemorate the 8lst
anniversary of Odd Fellowship in
America.
Misses Lizzie Marshall, Frances Sim
mons and Lena Smith were the guests
of Mrs. George II. Clarke, " ednesday,
followed by a whist party in the even
ing, In honor of Miss Gertrude Goodwin
of Skowhegan, who was Mrs. Clarke's
guest, last week.
George Wood of Flagstaff, has been in
town the past week visiting relatives
and friends. He is proprietor of Hur-
ricane stream ranch, a sporting camp a
short distance below Flagstaff village
and his camps will be open to the public
after October as usual.
Emery, Porter & COS men started for
the river, Tuesday. For several days
before a crew of about ten men had been
employed cutting sluice-way through
the ice by which the logs can be floated
across the pond. The crew of drivers
consisted of about 40 men.
Mrs. D. w. Caswell, who carries on a
large farm above the village, has flock
of shropshire sheep that for size,
would be difficult to duplicate. In this
flock there are three yearlings that have
just dropped lambs weighing 10, 104 and
II pounds respectively. During the
past year this farm has been receiving
some fine blooded animals to be kept on
it, and there will be much more done
on the tillage crops than last year. Mrs.
Caswell has the general supervision of
the Work on tnls ldTRe ldTiu ds Weii hs
the buying and selling of the stock all
of which she has done with rare tact and
success.
Thursday afternoon Hon. N. A. Luce
gave an instructive and scholarly adj
dress before the Academy students in
the hall of the institution building. AT
2 o'clock Prof -anborn introduced the
speaker, america was rendered by
the school choir The room was de-
corated with red bunting and the stars
and stripes.
Colonel John Heald of Madison was
buried, Sunday, under the auspices of
Northern Star lodge of Masons, of this
village of which he was a member.
Euclid lodge of Madison, assisted in the