The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-10-22
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considerable capital out OF our two dol
lar burglary.
Wood will soon be in demand We
have not heard any prices quoted for IL
as yet.
Mrs {. B Whiting Of Dover y. n. is
visiting at e.. A. and II. ) Nhitipp's.
this week. Mr. Whiting war formerly
of Skowhegan and in trade there for a
number Of years.
Road commissioner Hale has removed
the sidewalk along Mechanic street
which bordered on the mill stream and
is getting ready to put 10 strong gran
lite bank wall at this place Il has been
in rather dangerous condition for
some time at this point. Mr. Hale also
finds that the wall on Main street be-
tween JEWELS barber shop and the
bridge is gradually sliding toward the
stream in its central part and appears
likely to go into the stream at any time.
| Repairs will have to be made at this
point very soon.
We have received an advanced copy
OF the Maine Farmers Almanac and
note that this is is the Seth year that
! this interesting weather table has been
published. he present issue is built
| W ebV ohiuc libCS hb IL " db III OuI DO1-
hood days, few less than the SO years
ago, and indeed we should be very sorry
to have the old familiar look changed
for any of The new tangled ideas of the
print shops.
| The illustrated lectures given by Nj.
Lewie in the Baptist church on Monday
and Tuesday evenings under the aus
pices of the Y. [. ). were of high merit
both pictorially and in the literary
sense. AT any time during the lectures
you could have heard a pin drop for all
the noise made by the quite large audi
| ences present. In this case we mean a
common pin, same as you would stick in
the lapel of your coat or your best girl
might have in her waist band; some
times when we make the foregoing
statement we have to make a mental
note that it is coupling pin We are re-
ferring to, but this wasn't one of those
cases. The pictures showed exquisite
coloring effects and evidently cost much
time and trouble and not little sum of
money to accumulate.
The Ladies of the Village Improve
ment Society will hold their regular
meeting in their rooms in the library
building on Friday afternoon of this
week and is in charge of Mrs Lillian
Hall. Quotations from current events.
Italy's kings and queens, readings about
Italy and a debate: "W hich is worse a
slack husband or an old Betty?"
The town has been full of reporters
during the past week. Those burglars
succeeded in creating some news and
doing considerable amount of damage
to Bracket & Russel's store but got
little money for their pains.
Mrs. Della Tibbetts visited relatives in
Waterville, one day of last week.
Mr.. Dell Bigelow was at home over
Sunday from up river where he has
good position.
Mr.. Eben Doyen informs us that he
got CHI ok for about twenty eight dol
| lars for the corn he raised upon a third
of an acre making the rate nearly $85
per acre or little more as he sold con-
| siderable to other parties at his house.
he also cut about seven tons of hay on
four acres of land. He says be believes
| in having the land rich sand making it
yield big crops.
VIII Young is putting up a new wind
mill for the purpose of furnishing water
for his buildings.
Mrs. c, H. Hussey has been in poor
health, this week.
r. NJ. Baker is having his barn shin
gled, this week
The new carpet for the Masonic ball
arrived Saturday of last week and will
be put down Immediately
Al Morse is having his hay pressed
and estimates that there will be be
over eighty tons of it.
Mr.. Nicholas Miller and Mr.. A. D.
Brackley have formed partnership for
the purpose of buying and shipping hay
to the Massachusetts markets. They
have shipped quite a large number of
cars loaded with hay from this station
and the season has only just com.
menced.
Mr.. Munsey. who is doing the decor
atoms on the inside of the Odd Fellows
hall, expects to complete his work there
this week. Probably the next meeting
of the lodge will occur on Monday even
ing, Nov. 22nd.
The ladies of the Congregational
Society have set the first week in
December as the time at which they will
hold their annual fair and sale, the
day of the week has not as yet been
uecloeu upon
The Baptist church has been receiving
coat of paint and is much improved In
appearance.
Mr.. F. c. Holt spent few days of
last week in Washington county.
F. L. Ames, Esq, has been newly
fitting up his law office having recently
added almost entirely new furniture in
Guiding a very nice roll top desk, type
writer taoie, book case, chairs etc The
room has also been recently papered and
Mr.. Ames now has neat coy office
enough for any one.
Mrs. A. f. Dyer is in Boston, this
week, on business
Mr.. Charles Fuller intends to leave
for Massachusetts Friday of this week
to spend a week of combined business
and pleasure.
Mr.. Cony Russell intends to leave, to-
morrow, for Massachusetts, and farther
west, as far as Ohio, where he will look
the country over for few days.
The Ladies' Aid of the Baptist church
will meet with Mrs William Bracket,
this afternoon.
There will be union meeting of the
churches on sunday evening in the
congregational church.
North COrnVille.
Mrs. Fred Green of Manchester, y. II.
was at Thaddtus Green's, recently.
Mrs Lizzie Roberts has returned from