The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-07
Y Ortil Arson.

Miss Alice Hilton of Embden has been
visiting relatives In town, the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Dill were visiting
at Llvermore and Wilton several days
! last week
II. :. Whiting of South Norridgewock
was in town looking after stock for mar
ket, Monday
All the schools in Embden began Mon
day, after a two weeks vacation, with
the same teachers.
The long winter evenings are at hand.
If you find that it troubles you to read
by artificial light, get your eyes tested
at II. w. Jones, Madison.
One thousand barrels of apples were
sold, last week, on New Portland hill
from one neighborhood at the good
round price of 50 90 per barrel.
Fred Houghton, who is employed as
guide, shot bear recently in No 2 that
dressed 200 pounds. Mr.. Houghton's
services are valuable TO parties who are
out for big game.
Saturday, Nov 10, will be observed by
the members of Arson Grange as chill
dren's day. A special meeting will be
held at 10 O'Clock, a. m, chicken pie
dinner, and at 2 p. m, there will be a
free entertainment, to which the public
is cordially invited
Wednesday of this week was pay day
for the labelling crew at the corn shop.
.. F. CUTS of the Harvard Law School
was slightly hurt In game of foot ball,
last week.
Mrs. Salome Hapgood of Boston, Mass,
/ hao han xyto 1aff in m hn
past week
Mrs s. Gray and daughter Marion
passed the Sabbath visiting friends in
Waterville.
Rev II, f. Lesh, who has recently
closed his services as pastor of the Uni
versalist Church, left for his home IN
Boston, last Friday.
The years work at the sweet corn fac
tory closed last Saturday. The farmers
are well pleased with the amount that
they received per acre for the corn.
The demand for heavy team horses
was never better than today Heavy
horses that brought 800 each four years
ago are worth twice that amount today.
Extra good teams are bringing $500 per
pair.
harles F. Ward and his mother, Mrs.
Gala b. Ward, came up on their auto.
mobile from Skowhegan, last Thursday,
and spent the day with relatives, Mrs.
=. Bunker, c. Z. French and family of
California.
Mr.. Frank Quint trapped four foxes,
| Tuesday of this week, besides some
other small game. Our local hunters
are doing good work in killing off the
foxes and skunks about town. Let the
good work go on.
Miss Hattie E. Walker, who is teach
ing the grammar school in Bingham,
closed the fall term last week and re.
turned to her home at East New Port
land for two weeks vacation. Miss
Walker is graduate of Arson Academy
and Westbrook Seminary.
The Freshman Exhibition and the en-
tertainment by the students of the
Academy will be held in Carrabassett
Hall, Friday evening of this week.
Music by Harlow's orchestra. The
North Arson band will also furnish
music for the occasion.
The Mizpah International Sunshine
Club, met al the home of Mrs. Bert
Williams. Nov. 4, and prepared large
package of clothing to give sunshine
and cheer to some needy family through
the cold winter mouths soon to come.
The next regular meeting will be with
Mrs. Mark Emery, Nov. Is.
The second game of foot ball between
the Academy team and the Madison
High school eleven was played at Madi.
son, last Saturday, resulting in COM
plete victory to our boys by score of
33 to 0. The extra work that the team
has put in during the past few weeks
must be very satisfactory to those most
interested in the game.
The meeting of The Congregational
Circle recently at the home of MIR. and
Mrs II. r. Danforth was a most pleas
ant occasion A chatty, social time was
enjoyed by all. A good dinner was
served to about thirty hungry mouths
and nine new members joined the organ
ization. The home is "a delightful out
look on the Kennebec valley and is a
good sanitarium for the blues.
Frank Carl last week sold to be ship
ped to the Brighton market Jersey COW
that brought $50. We recently noticed
the COW that brought $50 in the Brigh-
ton market was a jersey. Those that
have been betting that the Jersey COW
was thing of the past are in the wrong
The point Is right here it is not the
breed of cattle that the farmers of Maine
keeps but the quality of the breed. A
good animal of any breed can be raised
at a good profit today. The demand
for all breeds of extra quality was never
better than now.
Deputy Sheriff F. s. Parsons went to
Sko whegan, Tuesday, in connection
with court business.
F. w. Bunker took his relatives, G.
f. French and family on a carriage
drive last Saturday to Athens, the boy
hood home of Mr.. French
Next week the National Grange will
meet at Lewiston, giving all an oppor
tunity to take the seventh degree. Sew.
eral from our village will attend.
North Fairfield