The Somerset reporter., 1902-08-14

Messrs. Sharpe & Dumphy, the gentle.
men, who recently purchased a farm OF
William Caswell, moved their housing
goods there, Saturday. They brought
with them eight head of cattle and six
horses and colts Mr.. taswell, will for
the present live in the brick house own
ed by Irving Ellis. farther up the road.
The Weiser (Idaho) Signal says for
mer North Arson citizen: George b.
GRAY died at the home of his daugb ter,
Mrs James Ruth at Ruthburg, July "a.
! He was well known IN Weiser and
throughout the county and had many
friends. The Signal knew and admired
his good qualities and fine character,
aud chronicles his demise with deep
regret.
| The trustees of Auson Academy have
just issued a very neat and attractive
catalogue of this institution. 1t consists
of the school calendar, list of instruct
ors, trustees, students, courses of study
and other valuable information relative
to this old and reliable institution.
This creditable piece of work was exc
cuted at the printing house OF J. o.
Smith & Co, Skowhegan.
The old Coleman house on the Moore
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| K. sawyer is being taken down. II is
one of the oldest houses in: the village
and was built prior to 1910 by James
Coleman, who came here from Ashby,
Mass, in 1905 He had several children,
among them being Abijah, Eliza, who
married Col. Asa Moore, Susan, who
married Warren Lawry, and Aldiline,
who married Golf Mantor.
Saturday was children's day at Arson
grange. 1t was an all day session and a
| bountiful dinner was served by the sis
ter grangers. In the entertainment fol
lowing dinner the children participated
with singing and Rotations, and Mrs.
Kate b. Ellis OF Fairfield Centre gave a
fine address which was very much en-
| joyed. Arson grange Is prospecting hav-
ing now 119 members and two new ap-
plications at the last meeting.
The annual August meeting of the
North Arson Trotting Association will
be held on the Association grounds,
next Saturday. Two classes are an
noupced: 2.27 class for 1928 and 2. 40
class for 800, both trot and pace. There
will also be matched game of base ball
between the Madsons and the Oakland
Athletics, for a purse of $25. There
will be special train on the Somerset
road.
| All the common schools of the town
will open Sept. 2. Garfield High will
open on the same day. Following 10 a
list of the teachers who will teach our
schools this fall: Lowell will be taught
by Miss Bertha Getchell, Shakespeare
by Rev Geo. Paine, the Longfellow is
discontinued, the Emerson by Miss Lena
NJ. Gilman, the Lincoln by Miss Mabel
Seward. All other schools will be in
charge of the same teachers as last
term. The name of the "Gray' school
has been changed to Shakespeare
Isaac Allbee, long time a resident of
Embden, but for the past few years a
resident of v oonsocket, K | died on
Tuesday, the fifth instant, at the age of
80 years. He had been sick but few
weeks, when the final summons came.
M Allbee had been all through his
life a steady, hardNworking man, and
his death removes prominent figure
from the old time workers OF two gener-
ations ago. In early life he went to Cal
ifornia and was there SEVERAL years,
when he returned home and purchased
a large farm on the New Portland road
and there with his sister lived many
years After her death in 1890 he went
to Woonsockit, r. l., where he has since
made his home with his nephew, DR..
Fred Cleveland The funeral was held,
Friday, in the M E. chapel in this vii
lage, Rev. H. S. Ryder officiating. The
burial was in the cemetery here.