The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18
North Arson.

Or. y. q. Adams ana son Oh Oohcoro
n. q. were calling on friends in town
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Prince wen
to New Portland, Saturday night for
visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Emery attended
the Congregational conference at Scion
Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. G.. B. French of Lewiston visited
lately for several days with her friend
Mrs. Henry Merry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Stevens of Show
hogan we're the guests of Mr. and Mrs
M. A. Eames, Thursday night.
Mrs. Henry Merry passed very en-
joyable day at Madison, last week, re-
turning calls on several lady friends.
Ephraim Sprague and grandchildren
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose
Sprague during their stay in town las
week.
Merry & Donley returned last weel
from their trip west of The Forks where
they made valuable purchase in timber
lands.
Mrs Ostie Allen and son George. and
her father, George Bachelor, of Oak
land, are spending a week with relatives
in Gardiner.
Miss Ellen Bailey returned to thit
village, Thursday. For tho past few
months she has been staying in Massa-
chusetts.
Mrs. Marcellus r. Davis, who has been
here during the Illness and death of hel
mother, Mrs. Sarah PulleD, has returned
to her home in Augusta.
Mrs. George Eames has had her house
at the corner of Center and Summer
streets thoroughly renovated and a new
wall built to the basement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Record arrived
in town from La Junta, Colorado, Fri.
day evening" having been gone nearly a
year for the benefit of his health.
f. w. Bunker sold three Car loads OF
pressed hay and Stephen Walker two,
the first of the week to Boston parties
The hay was being shipped Wednesday.
! The annual meeting of the Foster
public library association, for the cleo
ton of officers, will be held In the
library July 9th at o'clock in the even
ing.
Many of the farmers are selling their
surplus hay. While it commands good
price it is doubtful if it is good policy to
dispose of it in view of the prospect of a
hay crop.
Mrs. Barnabee and son arrived here,
Tuesday night from Boston to join Mr..
Barnabee, who has been here several
weeks. They have leased the house
lately occupied by E. w. Hodgdon.
The second and third degrees will be
conferred at the meeting of Table Rock
Lodge, this evening. Other business
will come before the meeting that is i'm
portant and d full attendance of the
members is desired. We.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ordw ay nee Maggie
Sprague, came here from New Jersey
last week to attend her sisters funeral.
They went from here to Lewiston to
reside and took With them Mrs. league 8
little daughter, whom they adopted.
Mrs. Fields of Oakland, who came to
see her daughter, Mrs. Ben Marshall
who is Ill, received a telephone message,
Tuesday forenoon, saying that her
house at Oakland had been destroyed
by fire. She returned there, Tuesday
afternoon.
Ephraim Spalding and daughter, Miss
Bessie, arrived home Friday night from
Kent's Hill where they had been attend
ing the annual commencement of Maine
Wesleyan Seminary. Miss Spalding was
graduated there some years ago, and
has been teaching there since.
The drive on the Kennebec river is
progressing well, owing to the low
water that has prevailed all the spring
The Dead River made one of the clean
est drives in its history The lumber
on Moose and Roach rivers is coming
right along Notwithstanding that it
will be some days before the rear reaches
here.
The body of Mrs. league, nee Minnie
Sprague was brought here Wednesday
noon by her fatherMr. Ephraim Sprague
The funeral was held in the Universalist
church at 5 80 o'clock, Rev. Mr.. Nichols
OF Madison officiating. Mrs. league
leaves boy of nine years and girl of
six years. Her early girlhood days were
passed in this village. having moved
from here some years ago. The family
and relatives have the sympathy of many
friends in this great bereavement.
Children's day concert in the Congre-
gational church, sunday evening, was a
great success and the church was crowd
ed. The program included singing and
Rotations; the special number being
"The Shining Day." which was repre-
sented by the hours of the day, the fol
lowing young misses taking the principal
parts: Night, Susie Benjamin, dressed
in black with star decorations; day,
Flora Berry, white dress; morning,
Carrie Bryant, pink dress noon, Minnie
Greenleaf, yellow dress. The success
of the concert is duo to the efforts OF
the following committee: Music and
recitstions, Mrs. W. c. Emery, Mrs. b.
:. Collins, Mrs. A. E. Beal and Mrs. W.
3. Jones; dresses, Mrs A. E. Beal, Mrs.
Eames and Mrs o. w. Bryant; decora-
ton, Mrs. M. L. French, Miss Marion
Sprague.
Mr.. Sturtevant of Newport represent
ing the Caratunk Water Power company
and his men who are to have charge of
building the new dam at Cleveland Rips
on the Cara bassett, about thee miles
above this village were in town, Friday
making arrangements for the construc-
ton of the dam. They left town Satur-
day and are expected here again this
week and say that the work will be
pushed along as rapidly as possible. II
is understood that this dam is to be
built for the purpose of furnishing
power to light the village of Madison
This move is one in the right direction
and means developing good power
that has been all these long years un
utilized. The time is coming and it i
not far distant when every available
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