The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-11
SOUTH NORRIDGEWOCK
Wet and muddy this week.

| before hristmas.
Perley Veasie is feeling much better,
/ this week.
Mrs. George Staples returned to her
home In West Newton, Mass, last week.
Rev. j. A. Jones and family are IN
templating trip to Pennsylvania some
time in the near future.
The sociable which was to have been
held with Mr.. and Mrs A. +. Dyer,
Monday evening, for the benefit of the
Baptist society, was postponed by the
severe rain.
There was a special meeting of Cedar
Chapter, o. E y, last Friday evening,
at their hall.
Almon Works moved to Mercer, last
week. Mr.. Preble, who purchased his
store here, has arrived and is getting
things settled ready for business
The supper given by the sisterhood at
the X. of Z. hall, last Friday evening,
failed to score their usual attendance on
account of the rainy evening, although
the spread and entertainment was all
that could be desired
Mr.. f. l.. Conant informs us that it is
his intention to shut the Quinnebassett
up for the winter, soon. They have had
a very fine run of custom during the
summer months. The genial treat
ment, good cuisine and charming loca-
ton of this house is reaching the ears Of
an ever widening circle of summer out
ers, who, when they once come, are
ready to come again next year.
Repairs are to be made on the Watts
block and it will be treated to a new
coat of paint. The old building at the
rear will be partly torn down and what
is left of it fixed up for woodshed.
These improvements will add much to
the looks of Main street at this section.
Mr.. {. l.. Carr. is making arrange
ments to move his family to Boston
sometime within week or two. Mr..
Carr has az good position offered him
there and the boys can also find employ
ment when they wish TO.
The Skowhegan and Norridgewock
Electric r X. commenced running on
the new time, Monday morning ars
will leave Norridgewock on week days
for Skowhegan at 8:12, 1902, 1:22 a
m; POS, 4:57, 700 and $50 m. sat
urday evening there will be car leave
Skowhegan at 9:10 arriving at Norridge-
wock at 800 and returning Immediately.
Sundays, cars will leave Norrdgewock
at 9:40, 1110 a. M. 30, 3 40 $40 and
$40 p. m.
The members of the Congregational
Sunday school will give an entertain
ment and supper at their vestry on Fri
day evening; sort of jubilee affair and
no admission is charged nice time
with large attendance is expected,
Fred Woodsome and Mr.. Jarvis Baker
were thrown out of wagon, Sunday,
and severely shaken up. Mr.. Wood
some volunteered to carry Mr.. Baker
home from church and everything went
lovely until they arrived down in front
of the Norrdgewock House, when the
bolt which holds the whitfle-tree came
out, letting the whtfie tree down on TO
the horses heels, causing him to get
excited in short order. In drawing up
the reins one of them got shorter than
the other and two very lively circles
were made ia the street. On the third
turn around the wagon tipped over,
throwing the occupants out as before
stated They were both very much
shaken up and it was some minutes
before they could collect their scattered
senses. 1t is fortunate that they came
out so we'll, as right on the corner where
the accident occurred, is the vacant
cellar of the Jenkins store, and had the
wagon tipped in such way as to have
thrown them into this, they could not
have helped being severely injured.
The members of the Baptist church
and the whole congregation are feeling
particularly gloomy, just now. over the
resignation of their pastor Rev b. f.
Hurpar upbn fapdaiaH his RESIGNATION
last sunday morning, to take effect the
2Sth of this month. He has been called
to new field at Buckfield and for a
number of reasons thinks that it is de-
sirable for him to make the change.
Mr.. Turner has been here for the past
five years, and has been very progress
sve worker and will leave the church in
good order. Every body is sorry for the
change.
With the crusade against the liquor
business making such active progress in
various counties of the State, it is high
time that the temperance people of our
good county of Somerset was taking the
cow by the horns and see just how hard
she could shake her head. We are
rather inclined to the opinion that the
business could just as well be dried up
treatment would be plenty of single
sales, search and seizures and public
nuisances wrapped around with from
thirty days to life Jail sentences. We
would not recommend the life sentence
only for those who thought through a
NAL formation of the mind that their
special duty in life was to sell rum and
] like perverse setting hen would fail to
break up after having their leg tied for
a sufficient amount. But honestly, we
would just like to see what kind of a
nice clean, healthy county we would
have with this yilianous traffic driven
out of it.
The members of the Bates Post q. A..
/ r., No SO. were very pleasantly enter
tanned by their State Department ON
mander, Seth l.. Snipe, at their regular
meeting on Oct. ?. The attendance of
/ the members was one of the largest in
many moons. Commander Snipe talk
! ed very interestingly of the dark days
of the war from Gigs and of the early
| history OF the G.. A. K. with its wonder
full progress up 40 about ten years ago,
at which time it numbered about a half
! million of the old comrades but at the
present time, he remarked, at is with
| feelings of sadness that | speak of the
great losses that have taken place in our
order during the past ten years. Nearly
one half of that great. grand army have
answered the roll call above and reduc-
ed our numbers to less than one half"
| Department Commander Snipe is one of
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