The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-11-22

North Arson.
Nj. L#zzls Berry Of Mercer is visiting
Mrs. {. q Ryder.
Thursday evening prayer meeting.
this week, vii be held at the home =
j. g. Peakes
The winter term Of the academy CON-
meuced. Iuesday Of this week. The at
tendance Is large.
4 Misses Nadie Young and Annie VII
hams Of >olon, students a. the academy,
returned To school, Monday
Miss Grace Ames who has been visit
ing Der uncle. Oiestine savage. for tbs
/ past few weeks, returned home. Friday.
Nh aud Mrs. Maylon Dunbar Of Au.
burn, Who Las been visiting Mr. Dun
bars parents il Embden, returned
home, Tuesday.
Miss Edie Davis. who has been teach
ing school a. scion, returned home.
Saturday. having taught a successful
term Of school.
George Clarke made short business
trlp 10 Lewiston the first Of the week,
to attend 10 business in connection With
the Maine State fair.
hester Bailey had shipped from Au-
burn a matched pair Of bay team horses.
The price Of heavy team horses is nearly
double what 1t was few years ago
Mrs. { Z. Tozier of ~kowhegan and
her brother, Mr.. L. Peakes, Of Eastport
were in town, sunday, visiting their
parents, Nr. and Mrs J g. Peakes.
Leon Merrill Of scion was in town.
last week, looking after the interest of
the scion butter factory, which has
. given tie farmers very satisfactory Ie-
turns Tor their cream the past year.
There was fall of two inches Of snow
at Eustis, last week, and was noticeable
down as far as North New Portland.
The mountains in the northwest were
clothed in white aud the air had the
appearance of winter.
Friday and Saturday of last week were
cold days The basin below the iron
bridge was frozen over, ice was running
in the kennebec and saturday night. the
main channel between here and Madison
was frozen over, but sunday was warm
again.
Hon c. y blanchard of Wilton, one
OF the fourteen speakers from Maine.
who took an active part III the late cam
paigu in the Empire State will be re-
membered as former student at the
academy and graduated in the class of
1888.
Emery, Porter d 60. already have
three hundred Thousand feet of lumber
yarded for the commencing of winters
work. Times have changed within the
last few years. Now nearly all lumber
is yarded before the snow comes, and
only few years ago no one started TO
60 into the woods for a winters work
until after the snow had come
The winter term of school at the
lower village commenced, Monday, with
the same teachers VIII were employed
for the fall term.
Miss BeIuiee NliteLouse. who has
been spending her vacation at home in
South China, returned to attend the
winter term Of the academy, Monday.
Don't forget that all the stores will be
closed Thanksgiving day evening at .
o'clock and don't forget to come to
Central hall at 80 aud give thanks for
all your blessing Of the past year.
Allen Spragne. who has been in North
Dakota for the past year and half, re-
turned home, Friday night. Mr..
~prague will remain at home through
the winter and return 10 Dakota in the
early spring
A party of ladies from our village,
consisting Of Mrs Fred Mantor, Mrs. A.
simmons, Mrs. Z. E Sawyer, Mrs Olive
Barrett, Mrs keturah Mclaughlin, Miss
Alice Moore. Miss Emily sawyer and
Miss Marian Payne spent the day at
Madison, last Friday, calling on friends.
The cold weather for the past week
has been unfayorable for the driving of
the pulp nevertheless they have sue
ceeded in reaching the Madison boom
with ii except few cords they left on
the Carrahassett few miles above the
village. Niies & Perkins will cut 700
cords, tins winter. to be driven in the
spring.
Miss Franc Jones has sold her farm
below the village To Frank Lander of
Tennessee. Nr and Mrs. Lander's
early home Was kingfeld. but thy have
been living in Florida and Tennessee
for the past twenty years Mr. Lander
intends To raise early vegetables for the
market and his farm located between
the two villages is favorably situated for
that business
Lemuel A Gray, one Of the organi.
zers in Maine of the Greenback party,
and well-to do farmer, who lived in
what is known as Arson Valley near the
New Portland line. died, Monday morn
ing. at the breakfast table. from heart
disease The deceased was a veteran of
the civil Har and a member of the
Grand Army. He was prominent in
politics in tie palmy days Of Greenback-
ism and in the campaign of 1879 was a
central figure of the state canvass He
Was " lower and "a wears of age