The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-10
N0rridgewOck.


Some people are unkind enough to lay
this dry spell to the proximity of court
time and to Sheriff Lang.
The electrics have been unable to run
for some days on account of the low
water.
A satisfactory adjustment of the situ-
alton in the Watts coat shop has been
made, the help getting an advance of
about five per cent over the first prices
offered on the summer weight goods.
The shop is now running.
Mr.. X. A. Whitney has severed his
connection with the Lewiston firm by
whom he has been employed during the
past year and is at present at work in
the Somerset Railroad off ces at Oakland.
Manicure sets at Bucknam's, Skowhe
gan.
Miss Bell Adams, Miss Alice johnson
and Mrs. Bert Cooley have been spend
ing few days visiting relatives and
friends in Madison. during the past
week.
Mrs. Frances Bolan has been visiting
Mrs. John Haynes during the past week.
We learn that she expects to spend the
winter in Massachusetts.
Mrs. Dell Bigelow has been spending a
couple of weeks with her husband at
Bigelow, returning home the first of the
week.
Mrs. Sarah Frederic is making pre-
parations to close her house for the win
ter and expects to be out of it this week
The third degree was conferred upon
w Aofo in
|. o o. r. on Monday evening of this
week. A fine oyster supper was served
by the supper committee from $50 tc
30.
Dennie Haynes is improving slowly
from his sickness.
The members of the senior class oil
the n. II. 5. presented a very fine enter.
tainmeut in the high school building or
Saturday evening of last week. Mr.
Phillip Wilder was professor of magic
to the manor born, while Alton Cleve.
land was a darby just home from the
darktown nine, in the way the parts were
taken. The other parts were also well
done and the music furnished by the
school orchestra was of excellent quality
The entertainment was gotten up under
the careful instruction of Mr.. Roys, the
principal, and had been thoroughly re-
hearsed.
Fourteen new members received the
degrees in Somerset grange on Monday
evening at special meeting. The pas
year has been very profitable one fol
the grange and it has made a substantial
increase in membership.
Mr. Chester W. Garfield of the Chester
house, Medfield Junction, Mass, il
spending a vacation of few weeks with
his uncle, Mr., William Haynes on thu
Smithfield road
This is the time of year for the cleo
ton of the new officers in the various
societies The Grange started the bal
rolling at their last meeting by electinl
part of their list, the remaining one
will be chosen at the next meeting.
A fountain pen makes a good Christ
mas present. Buy one of Buchanan
Skowhegan.
We are informed by the physician IL
charge Of the small pox patient at bod
lin that all danger of contagion from
that source 10 now past and the quaran
tine has been removed
The people are still being vaccinatst
and in some cases are quite sick from 1t
The Congregational fair held In thei
vestry last Friday afternoon and ovenin,
WAS as much of success as usual net
ting the society very nearly S75, Their
WAS good display of fancy articles anC
articles for the inner man, while over il
one corner were rummage and mystery
tables. Lively sales were made at al
the tables.
Mr.. Elmer Dyer has purchased tn,
small building between {. L. Harlow
house and George Harlow's store anC
will move the same to HIS place on JhI
Mercer road.
Buy your Christmas presents of Buck
nam, Skowhegan.
There was a very interesting meeting
of Somerset Pomona Grange held her
with Somerset Grange on Tuesday o
this week. The forenoon session wa
taken up with the address of welcom,
and response, and the reading by s.
Emerson of Skowhegan, of a preambl,
to be presented to the Governor and hi
council protesting against paying exor
bitant bills presented for services Zen
dered the state. Specifically including
as an example which called forth this pro
test from the grange members, the com
mittee on the revision of the statute
while a large number of the PATRON
considered that the charges made wer
far in excess of services rendered.
was adopted by the grange after SOM
discussion and being changed into ever
stronger language of disapproval. A
twelve o'clock the ladies of the com
mittee chosen by Somerset Grange K
prepare the dinner announced that j
was ready and an adjournment of al
hour and half was made for the pur
pose of eating. About two hundred
took dinner Upon opening after din
ner the fifth degree was conferred upol
twenty eight candidates, after which al
interesting program was furnished b,
the lecturer. he question as to wheth
er the grange was doing all it could in
moral and educational line was discuss
ed at some length and the trend of Opin
| ion seemed to be that ii had done won
ders in this line but yet there was mucl
more to do and ever would be, A SOM
! by the choir closed the exercises of thu
day after the usual votes of thanks wer
! taken. During the meeting an interest
I ing communication was read in regart
to the State Grange meeting which will
! be holden at Watetyille the 18th, 1911
and nth of this month.
Our young ladies who attend tn,
Pennington normal school this season
and who have been spending couple o
weeks vacation at home, returned there
this week w
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