The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04
SOUTH NORRIDGEWOCK

Miss Annie Jones il visiting Mrs !.
". Hathaway. for a few weeks
Quite number attended the far at
Mercer, Monday, from here
YIN Preble of Mercer las bought
Almon Works store on Railroad -,
Mr.. Works contempates moving his
family to Mercer.
The pulpit Of the congregational
church was supplied, last sunday. by
Rev. } A. Jones. Mr. Jones supplying
the pulpit in Gray
The authorities decided to remove
George Robinson TO the State asylum at
Augusta, which WAS done last Monday
VI. Robinson has been failing in health
and mind for two years and lately has
been 30 bad as not to be considered safe.
The y :. will meet with Nrs L
Gard Edwards, tomorrow afternoon,
subject, Musicale, with quotations from
music of current events.
Rev. b F. Turner spent sunday in
Hebron, Rev H. VI Haywood supplied
the pulpit in the Baptist church.
The Pythian Sisterhood will give a
supper in their hail. tomorrow evening
The pubic Will be admitted.
Go to Dyer's for yarns
The s0ciable which was TO have been
given at A. F Overs on Monday even
ing of this week was postponed on &C
count of the deah OF Mrs Enos Gilman.
1t will be given next Monday evening.
Dyer's is the place to buy wrappers.
The chorus of this place will have
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this v eek, the following are intending
to be present: Mr. and Mrs G. l.. arr,
Mr. and Mrs NJ F. Carr, Mrs. Althea
campbell, Mrs. Francis Bolan, Mrs
ora smith, Mr.. Sanford and Mr.. David
" God
Best prints &c, at Dyers.
Miss Nina Hnssey attended the Ban
gor Festival with her aunt, Mrs Spauld
ing of atervile.
Ice cream or soda free with every
dollars worth of goods bought at Dyer 5,
Saturday, the 9th.
G. L Carr and son Philip returned
from Berlin, y. Il, last week where
they have been at work for the Berlin
Snlphite Fibre Company. Mr.. Carr has
commenced making wrought iron slugs
lDI MS W inter b IIdut.
Perley Veasie is in very poor health,
suffering from hemorrhages, having at
times as many as two or three a day
E. w Wing is getting ready to spend
the winter in a warmer climate.
Herbert rosby has his house up and
boarded.
E E. Nash returns to his home in
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tiyes in town.
Miss Effie Cleveland, who has been
spending several weeks with friends in
this vicinity, returned to Fairfield, last
week
Mrs. Enos Gilman died suddenly on
Friday night of last week. She was
about the house as usual and about five
O'Clock, while getting supper ready, she
complained of feeling badly and had TO
be assisted by her son to her bed, she
said that she was having a shock and
thought she shouldn't live. medical aid
was speedily summoned, but she passed
away at ten O'Clock the same evening.
Her sudden death was a severe shock
to her family and friends. The funeral
was at the house, Monday morning at 10
o'clock, Rev. II. NJ Haywood officiating
Mrs Gilman was an earnest member of
the Baptist church and of Somerset
Grange, a conscientious Christian. a
good wife, mother and friend and will
be sadly m ssed by all those whom she
was accustomed to come in contact
The floral offerings were bounteous and
the pieces presented by the church and
the grange were especially beautiful.
1t gave us pleasure to meet Rev J. W
Hanson of Chicago, last week who will
be we'll remembered by the older inhabi-
tants from the "History of Norridge
wock" of which he was the editor and
which he bought out in the year Of
1851. Since that time MIR. Hanson has
been the editor of several religious
papers and the author of many books
which have brought him competence
During the past year he published two.
one THE Wonders of the 10th Century,
the other Universal Restoration which
treat upon the doctrines of the first
three centuries In speaking of his
History of Norridgewock DR.. Hanson
naively remarked that he saw them
quoted in catalogues of old books at
s. 100 per copy, but that he only asked a
dollar at the time he published it and
was glad to get that. The DR.. is great
traveller in these days and has been
pretty much all over the United States
and made the trip to Alaska, he spends
his summers in Chicago and winters in
California.
There will be a special meeting OF
Cedar Chapter, tomorrow evening, al
which business of importance will be
transacted.
The work of labelling at the corn
shop is being rushed along in lively
manner.
The millinery store in the Hale block
recently vacated by the firm of Jones X
Jones is still vacant and we are at pres
ent without a mlliner, The men don't
seem to feel so badly about this but the
ladies say there is good opening here
for some one who wants to sell hats and
other frillabeaus with which the ladies'
like to adorn themselves.
No. COrnville.
Frank and Bert Folsom and George