The Somerset reporter., 1900-01-25

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first and third Friday afternoons Of the month
Miss Addie Lawrence of Skowhegan
visited Miss Blanche Gilman a few days
during The past week
The work of can making was commenc-
ed at the corn shop on Monday morning.
There will be two ladies' work in the shop
this year which will be something of an
Innovation. The work of can making will
occupy most of the time until the next
packing season and something like mil
lion cans will be made up
The new large churn which was order
ed for the Creamery sometime ago has
been set in place and they have the old
one 10 use which will give them a large
capacity in this line. Some new arrange
ments are to be made in the way of
handling the buttermIk. etc, with an
idea of making the manual labor lighter
than heretofore.
A sad lesson of the evils of intemper-
al &c was presented at the depot on Tues
day afternoon, a man so intoxicated as TO
be unable to stand up attempted to get on
to the afternoon passenger going west but
fell on the platform and was unable TO do
so. He was laid upon the baled hay in
the freight house TO sober eff. and later
when the freight came down had TO be as
sisted on to the car. During the time he
spent in the freight house he had several
severe falls while wandering around such
as would have severely hurt a man in a
sober condition and which would doubt.
less serve as reminder OF the spree for
several weeks to the party in question.
These sights are too sad 10 be funny,
there was a time in this mans life when
he could have chosen, when he probably
said Il can drink or let it alone but can
he say so now9 And yet there are over a
thousand people in our State who are
allowed to sell the acoursed stuff. 1t is
time 10 wake up to the facts and meet
them with force enough to put it down.
Mrs. Fred Tobey is visiting in Industry
Miss Fannie Emerson of Skowheear
has been visiting Miss Florence Jewett.
There will be supper in the Baptist
vestry next Monday evening The
pupils who have been attending tbs
winter term of the "Shaginaw schulz
deestrict No. g." will give an exhibitor
for their townspeople and friends and ths
| whole for fifteen cent piece.
The 10Th anniversary of Old Poinf
lodge |. .. G. T. will arrive on the SIS
OF this month and it will be appropriately
celebrated by the lodge on THURSDAY
evening. Feb. l. Stalks ana Madison
lodges have been invited and a nice tim,
is expected. Members of the order ART
invited
Mr.. William Colby is very sick from
cancer which has been troubling him for
long time.
Mr., A w. Dunlap of Minneapolis
MINI. who has been in this vicinity 70
several weeks settling up his father
estate, returned to his home last week
The regular meeting of the order of tn,
Eastern Star occurred at their hall, las
Friday evening.
The supper and entertainment present
ed by the Pythian Sisterhood bad a gooC
attendance and Melted a good sum
Music was furnished by Tibbett's or
cheslra of four pieces.
The fire company had a meeting a
Cars hall on Friday evening for bushes
purposes and among the things decidel
upon was TO have new lock placed uooI
the door OF the Baptist church and a ke,
placed in box with glass front on tn
outside of the building so that thefi
would be no delay in getting in an alarm
in case OF FIRE in the MIS- hi or when III,
other keys were not available.
The supper and entertainment given b.
the social committee OF the Congrega
uonal church IN their vestry on Mouua
evening MAS a success. There wer
about one hundred took supper Al
entertainment of music. Rotations IN,
readings was presented. The soclet,
netted something ike SIC.
The January thaw arrived On time an
for several days il was quite sloppy an,
the streets presented the appearance c
spring.
S. b TibbettS. (. \ Staples. f W
Allen ana Miss Neva Johnson have form
ed an or ,hestra ana have already CON
menced practice on new music, which "
expect they will renoer in first class styl
in short time.
Carlton w Moore. teacher in n
Frederick Dist. sends the following Il
port School closed Jan. 10. Whol
number of pupils twenty-one. Those nc
absent during the term were, Berth
Young, Ralph Carleton. Lee Shorey an
Grace Tuitle Those absent but half
day or day were. Atwood Frederic. Lur
Tuttle, Grace Young and Clayton Tomr
kins.
Miss Neya johnson Is elerking for +