The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21
SOUTH NORRIDGEWOCK

! lie weather is very favorable for A
good hay crop this year aud the others
are booming, therefore the farmers are
corfespondingly happy and al on &C
count OF the Republican administration.
Lots OF us are going to vote for this kind
Of weather right along.
Repairs are be ng made on the under
pinning aud stills Of the store ocCauied
by Albert Dyer. A good part Of the
wall under The back side had to he
| aiken out and felaid. It il now being
aone with cement IN workmanlike
manner
While at work on a cellar for Herbert
rosby last week Roll Sawyer vas sc.
verely burt by blow from an iron bar
which struck him on the left side Of the
face The visible effects are still pres.
ent with him. His son Ernest While
playing ball Monday Lad his thumb put
out OF joint by the bail striking il and
the bone was pushed out through the
flesh some distance.
Repairs are being made on the Watts
block; new jet along the front where
the old one had rotted, part of the roof
OF the piazza and a new platform and
steps in front of Mr.. Wrights who can
now set outside in the showers without
danger OF getting sprinkled
There was pleasant entertainment
and refresh ments at the Congregational
yestry Monday evening. Singing by Rev
j. A. Jones, Miss Neva johnson. Miss
Minnie Wyman and duet by MI and
hrs. Z. l.. Carr with several readings
and cake walk made up the program.
la the cake walk the parties were dress
ed to represent the different kinds Of
cake while the audience had the oppor.
tunity of guessing what kind each one
represented. Miss Louise Cross with a
pair of wings attached represented angel
cake; Phillip Neddu with sponges hung
around his neck OF course represented
sponge cake; Linnion Brown with part
of the calendar attached to her dress
represented date cake and Leon Taylor
by reason of his natural avoirdupois was
said to represent pork cake; Miss Jessie
Miller prettily decorated with ribbons
ribbon cake; Miss Carrie Cleveland with
gold stars and spangles, gold cake; Mrs
Elmer hitting in costume, Indian cake !;
Miss Belle Adams, plain cake; Mrs
Sadie Taylor with necklace of cherries,
fruit cake; arl ross, nut cake, and
Miss Martha Loring, spice cake Alter
the sale of cake and cream was over the
cakes remaining uncut were auctioneered
OF to the highest bidder by the repre-
sentative of the spice cake The net
receipts were something over $12
We can boast of a feature this year
the like of which will not be known in
many towns in the country. We refer
to the Tooth birthday of Mrs aroine
Hight of this place which will occur on
July 9Th. Mrs. Hight has been looking
forward with great pleasure to the event
and has been making arrangements for
several years to celebrate it in a way
that would please her fancy because it
isn't every day you know that you can
have a hundredth birthday The ar.
rangements have been practically com
pleted 1t is expected that the Eunice
Farnsworth Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution of Skowhegan, and
of which she is an honorary member,
and it is perhaps needless to say the
Oldest member, will be present in the
forenoon with relatives and invited
friends who will partake of a picnic
dinner on the lawn Relatives from the
far west are expected on this occasion
In the afternoon from 3 to o'clock she
| will receive visitors. Mrs. Hight has
been remarkably we'll curing the past
year and il is hard to realize tn At she is
so nearly five score years of age. We
hope she may live to see many more
birthdays.
Nr. John Grant of this place. and
Miss Esther May Vaughan of Madison
were married Monday.
Charles Nye has purchased the place
OH the Mercer road recently occupied by
" illiam Curtis and has moved onto it.
Work has been commenced upon the
cooling platform at the corn shop. 1t
will be extended to cover nearly the
whole of their lot on the west side of
the building.
+. A. Barker of Gloucester, Mass, is
visiting his father, John Barker. He
expects to return home next week.
The schools close this week
There is an urgent need of temperance
work of the most practical kind being
done here Immediately. The sight of
horses being abused and the smell of
liquor as person passes along the side
walks in the evening is becoming alto
gether too common to have the merit of
novelty Every person who believes in
temperance should put their shonlder
to the wheel and say temperance and
say it strong Then these sights. sounds
| tud oHlcilh AOuiu Uetbmt DtdutllbbN
less We have small patience with any.
one who will hold the cup to a fellow
beings lips and ruin his prospects and
life thereby and thoroughly believe that
imprisonment for term of years for
this class of criminals is much more
of a just condition than To imp1ison
thieves and forgers for they cannot steal
a mans character and will power like
the rumseller Parents IN this town do
you realize alat in a few years the old
drunkards will die off and then it will
be your children who will fill their
places in the next generation? If
thieves should break in and steal your
goods You would have them prosecuted
and if burglar were in town you would
organize posse and hunt them down
| Do you then think more of your
money then you do the danger to your
boys in allowing this traffic to go on?
The constitutional ceremonies of Ce-
daT Chapter, o. E. s., took place in their
hall Tuesday evening. The hall was
very tastefully decorated for the oeea-
sion with bunting and colored lights.
The graduating exc cises of the gram
mar school occurred in the Baptist
church yesterday afternoon The church
was very prettily decorated in the class
colors with bunting and ornamented by
ported plants, while the class motto.
Through Difficulties Ia Success in
large blue and white letters was Sus-