The Somerset reporter., 1901-06-27
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.


Mrs. Sarah Rogers Of Pittsfeld met
with painful accident, Wednesday Of
last week. she was leading her horse
from the stable to the yard when he
suddenly jumped, throwing Mrs. Rogers
TO the ground with considerable force,
breaking her wrist.
State Committee 5. &. {. Ward has
been in Madison for the purpose Of
organizing the Knights Of aaccabees
and has already secured a large charter
list Of the leading fraternal order men.
The night Of institution will be On
Friday, June z8th.
News have been received at Madison
Of the safe arrival Of Mrs. capt. ].
Bailey Of that place in Manila, Philip
pine islands. Mrs Bailey sailed on the
ship susquehanuah from Norfolk, Va.
last November. The vessel Vas mouth
overdue and part Of the insurance had
been paid.
Nj. Arthur CaYanaugh Of Madison
died very suddenly, Monday night, June
9th, aged "a years, II months and ;
days. Tuesday morning Mrs. Cava-
naugh came down stairs and found him
lying on the dining room floor dead.
His death was due 70 acute alcoholism.
He leaves a wife and one sister to mourn
their loss.
The trustees and many friends Uf Miss
Marina A. Everett are sorry that she
felt obliged to resign her position as
principal of the normal department Of
Maine Central Institute and take a much
needed rest after L years of earnest,
faithful work as teacher, the past ten
of which she has been connected with
this school. Miss Everett is a graduate
of Pennington State Normal school,
class Of "a, and her universal success
shows her TO be well equipped for and
adapted to the work of teaching.
The primary school house at Madison.
the erection of which is just begun, will
be Of brick, two stories high with gran.
lite trimmings and contain four school
rooms. The structure will be 34x63
feet with a projection 13x41 feet con-
tanning entrance hall, stair cases, teach
ers rooms and cloak rooms on the first
floor; corridors, teachers rooms. cloak
rooms and recitation room in the second
floor. The inside will be finished in
hard pine and cypress. The building
will be heated with hot air, with COM
plete system of ventilation. The base
ment will contain boys and girls play
room with entrances direct from the
yard in the rear of the building. There
will also be furnace room, a complete
system of water closets, etc The build.
ing will be plumbed in modern style,
having all the necessary conyeniences.
The Madison grammar school gradua-
ton exercises were held in the Congreea-
tional church, Wednesday evening, June
19lh. The following program was finely
Invocation, Rev. C. D. Booth
by; chorus, the school; 1.-THE free seat"
i A"HSio Oi9NO ACOACi 1ub l6S60u OF
Bregenz," Fannie Louis Shaw; "The
black horse and his rider" Arthur La
mont Leech; soprano solo, Nellie
Blanche Booker; selection from Frank.
lin, Archie Lambert Hayden; "Nellie's
Prayer" Leta Florence Witham; quin-
tette; THE fight Of Passo Del Mar"
Albert David Merriman; "Brier rose,
BERTHE Olive Witham; music romance
Edith May Dyer; The road to Heaven"
Grace Evans Vose; chorus, the school;
presentation of diplomas, Rev. W. ".
Hayden; benedction. The other gradu-
ates not in the program were Ellen Fran
ces Smith, Lettie Alma Clough, Carl
Dinsmore Gray, Berth Lee Farrand,
Ethel Margaret Emery, Nettie May Fur
ber Walter Edward Page, Roy Burton
Hutchinson, The class motto was Per.
severance Gonquors ALL"