The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-24
North Arson.

- WV HOoh lioiu DObIOu nDeT6 ne spent
the week
Mrs. John Butler and Miss Susan
Paine spent Wednesday, calling upon
friends In Skowhegan.
Mr.. +. 6. Lawrence of Skowhegan
was in town, Tuesday of this week, look.
ing after heavy team of horses for the
Bailey Oil Cloth Factory.
Nj W. II. Andrews. Who haz ~l.s.sr r..
employed ar. Lh,-sD1r fRE,5cf <hsssv u
making rs ,s1rS, has accepted a position
as assistant foreman inIthe shovel handle
factory at Lewiston.
Miss Emily sawyer entertained com.
pany of her school friends at her home
Apr Is, 1t being her sixteenth birthday.
The evening was very pleasantly spent
IN playing whist. During the evening
Miss Sawyer was the recipient of gold
pen and handkerchief box.
Lake Embden is being well patronized
by the local fishermen from our village
and the surrounding towns and the
catch of all kind of fish has been all that
could be expected at this early season of
the year. No prettier or better situated
lake can be found in the state.
Miss Minnie Russell has accepted a
position at Rumford Falls to teach this
season and went there, last week.
w. f. French and F. II. Holley made
a business trip up the Dead River, last
week, looking after horses for the CITY
market.
Mr.. Calvin Hilton of West Gardiner
was visiting his cousins at West Madi-
son, last week, Mr.. and Mrs Il. f.
Danforth.
Mrs. c. C. Tozier and Mrs. A. c..
Peakes of Skowhegan were in town.
Saturday, visiting their parents, MI. and
Mrs j. c. Peaks, OH Main street.
Rev. D. B. Holt of Bath will preach
before the members of Table Rock and
Emerald Rebekah lodges next Sabbath,
Apr. 9th, at 2.30 p. m, at the Dinsmore
Memorial church.
Mrs. Reuben Farbrother gathered
from her garden, Monday of this week,
for sauce for the table, rhubarb, the
stocks of which were II inches long and
3 inches in circumference.
w. c. Robinson returned last week
from New York on business trip he
also visited his old home at West Elgin.
Ontario and spent week with his father
who is member of Parliament. MIR.
Robinson is soon to return to Alaska to
superintend the building of railroad in
the extreme northern part.
The work of making the cans at the
corn factory will be completed in about
two weeks. The liberal manner in
which the factory was patronized by the
farmers, last year, the amount that they
ready market that the company found
TO sell their corn made it very satisfac-
tory to all concerned. The planting of
sweet corn in our State is one of the
leading industries.
The members of Table Rock Lodge,
| O o. F. of this village and vicinity
have been invited to visit Lemon Stream
Lodge at New Portland, " ednesday
evening, April 30th, and confer the 2nd
and 3rd degrees upon four candidates
A full attendance of the members of
Table Rock Lodge will without doubt
be present, knowing by former visits
what the hospitality of the member of
Lemon Stream lodge is to visiting broth
ers.
The drive of logs from Lexington of
Emery, Porter e Co got as far as the
Carrabassett at E. New Portland in
about twenty five days. The small
amount of water this spring and the
scarcity of help made the cost of getting
the logs much more then it otherwise
would have been. Still the price of
lumber is such that anyone is fortunate
to get their logs at any price. The work
of getting the logs was in charge of Mr..
stanley Perkins.
There was very interesting game of
base ball on the ground at the trotting
park, Saturday afternoon, between the
Academy nine and the Madison High
School nine, resulting in a score of II to
5 in favor of the home team. Only five
innings were played on account of a
heavy fall of rain. Both teams know
how tn play ball and had the niue in
nings been played it would have been
without doubt close game. When
they meet at Madison in the near future
We shall look for a very interesting
game.
Rev. II. S. Ryder has been appointed
for the third year, pastor of the Nj. L
church. Mr.. Ryder is much Interested,
not only in his church and its interests,
but in all the interests of the town.
Much interest is being manifest by the
citizens of our town on the sidewalk
question. For the looks let alone the
convenience, we as tax payers of the
town cannot afford to have the sidewalks
in the condition that they are at the
present time.
The graduating exercises of the class
of 1902 Arson Academy, will be held in
Carrabassett Hall, Friday afternoon,
May 2nd. There are fifteen in the class
one of the largest that ever graduated
from the academy in one year The
annual alumni ball will be held the same
evening.
S. W. Philbrick of Skowhegan and
master driver of the Kennebec, 2. f.
larkin of Waterville were in town, Satur-
day, making full arrangements for the
crews to go on to the main river. The
up river drive started Tuesday of this
week while those near our village will
not go on until the last of this week or
the first of next.
There was meeting of the North An
son Trotting Association and the citi-
zens of the village in the office Of the
Somerset House, saturday evening, and
it was decided to have a celebration here
The fourth day of July in connection
with the horse trot that has previously
been announced. The interest that was
manifested by all present and the loca
ton of our village to other surrounding
towns, the easy access to the trotting
park by rail and the electric cars and
the liberal manner that the officers of
the association has dealt with all parties