The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
ALL THE NE WIS
from Somerset towns
North Arson.

WI III 8AhSOhs
Miss Flora B. Collins who has been
stopping at Kingfield for several weeks
returned home Saturday.
Hon. X. W. Ellis of Embden went to
Foxcroft last week to lecture at farm
ers institute held there.
Miss Grace Harding of West Madison
who has been spending the winter in
Florida has recently returned home
Mrs. Charles Hutchins and daughter
of Phillips has been visiting in town the
past week the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ebep Reed,
The Initiatory degree will be onferred
upon two candidates at the meeting OF
Table Rock Lodge |. O. o. +. held this
evening. A full attendance of the mem
bers of the order is desired.
United States mail boxes have been
placed all along the route of the r. F. d.
from here to Concord aud return giving
all the privilege of having their mail
brought to their door every day.
Miss Alice p Moore who has been
visiting in the Western States the past
winter has returned to Maine and is
now visiting relatives in Gardiner She
is expected home about the first of May.
George Foster of Oakland and F. II.
Pease of Madison were in town Monday
having passed few days at Lake Emb-
den With friends from this village. Lake
Embden is fast becoming noted as a good
place to go fishing.
The cold wave of last week spoiled
farming for few days still it is a very
early spring, grass is beginning to look
green and farmers are talking of turning
their young stock away to pasture for
the summer, but 1t is only the middle of
April yet, better wait until the first of
May.
Frank Moulton has recently sold to
party at Bath IA quarter of an acre of
land on the shore of Lake Embden for
the building of cottage there this
spring. Other parties from the same
city are also talking of erecting cottages
there. Lake Embden is most beauti-
full sheet of water.
The outlook for the lumbermen get
ting their logs to market this spring is
not the best. Already there has been
an advance of So 90 on thousand in the
price of lumber A good mark of spruce
on the bank of the Kennebec today
would bring $12 per thousand. Fir has
been SS so per thousand all winter.
w. G. Simmons is ut Boston for a
weeks visit. He is expected home the
last of the week.
Rev. f. f. Rand has rented the Mrs
Brown house on Madison street and will
occupy it at once.
Mr.. and Mrs. d NJ. Marshall of Oak
land passed Sunday in town, visiting
relatives and friends
DR.. A. 8. Ladd has been secured to
preach the baccalaureate sermon for the
graduating class of our Academy.
M. A. Eames started for Dead River
Rapids, Monday, to assist his brother,
who has crew of men at work there.
While b. S. Collins and family were
visiting In Boston, last week, Mr. Collins
made short business trip to New York
city.
Albert Parsons, a former graduate at
the Academy, was visiting in town, last
week, the guest of DR.. K. NJ. Wing and
family. zsM
Ervan Nichols has sold his farm south
of the campground to w. Fl. Nicholson
and has moved his family to the lower
village.
Maon Patterson of Scion was in town,
Monday, calling upon friends. Mr.. Pat.
terson is one of Solon's successful bust
ness men.
Mr.. Murohie Martin and wife of Liv
ermore Falls has been hired by the Sc
lectmen to work and take charge of the
town farm. ar
There will be no preaching service at
the chapel, sunday, April 20 However,
the Sunday school and the evening ser.
vice will convene as usual
Miss Daisy Young, who has a good pc.
sition as teacher in the schools of Au-
gusta, has been spending her vacation at
home, returning Saturday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Williams of Madi.