The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-08-13
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ifs fellow in tbs se.Hiiy that that
accident has happened 10 this season.
Mr. and Mrs L L Folsom have been
visiting relatives in Comma this week
driving across country
MIR. c A hiuuas sisters are visit
ing her from O .kiand.
Mrs. Annie MeffI4 II quite seriously
i'll having been sick i3r number II
DAYS
Z Z. Barker vas n fowu this week
on business.
Mr.. Ed Merri is slowing recovering
from the cut in his foot which be reeeIY-
ed couple of weeks since
@rs Horace Ffost has been critically
i'll but is now on he road to recovery.
Three of our ola people died during
the past week from old age
Mr. Edward Lowe is visiting friends
in this vicinity for few weeks.
Miss NJ Waugh Of Brockton. dass
is visiting her friends, Mr.. and Ms.
Cony Russell.
Nathan Haskell Dole was in town
last week to visit his mother and attend
the Eaton reunion.
Mr.. = Preble visited relatives in Bing-
ham leaving here Saturday and return
ing Monday.
Mr.. c. l.. Harlow is having his house
at Poets corner painted.
To-day was the time set by the Con
gregational Sunday school for their
picnic at Old Point. We understand
that a big team has been arranged for
to carry the little fellows and the bigger
people will provide for themselves.
Contrary to the announcements of last
week there will be services IN the
Baptist church next Sunday morning
and on the week following it will be
closed, by the present arrangements
The Village Improvement Society will
meet in the high school building on
Friday afternoon of this week The
meeting is to be musicale and all the
m mbers are requested TO bring pencil
and paper.
Somerset Grange now has place to
lay it's head but no covering for wet
weather. The papers have been made
out transferring the lot of land on
Mechanic street formerly occupied by the
house of Mrs Lizzie B Jones to build
hall upon, the next thing is to get the
hall, but where there's will there will
probably be a hall later on.
Jay NJ. Pierce and family are spending
week at their cottage at North Pond,
during his absence Mr. Walter Taylor is
keeping store for Mr.. Pierce.
The many friends of Miss Carrie Dun
| lap will be sorry to learn of her death
which occurred at the home of her broth
er Alonzo in the state of Illinois on
Thursday, July Both. The remains will
be brought here later for interment.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Nickerson, Mr..
and Mrs. Derne Green and Mr.. David
Staples were in town last week visiting
relatives.
Mr. J F. Frye came near losing a
valuable horse one day last week by
bleeding to death. One of the nails
was struck against the other leg cutting
one of the arteries The bleeding was
profuse, fortunately Mr.. Frye's atten-
ton was called to it before it was too
/ late and he succeeded in putting on
compress to stop the flow.
Mr.. and Mrs Doras Carleton are
visiting Mr.. Cartoons parents Mr.. and
Mrs Joseph Carleton during their vaca-
ton
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Holt are spending
couple of weeks at their cottage, at
North Pond.
Work will be commenced again in
| Qninnebasset Lodge |. o. O F. next
Monday evening when the initiatory
degree will be conferred Il is expected
that there will be work at every meeting
/ after this for some time to come.
Thieves visited Ariel Rogers, Thurs
day night of last week, taking hive of
honey to a neighboring farm and rob
bling it of its contents.
Mr. Rowland Ramsdell died Saturday,
at the age of 81 years. Mr.. Ramsdell
was born in Hudson, Mass. and spent
his early life there, from there moving
to Winthrop and later to NOrridgewock
where in 1S43 he married Miss Lydia
Adams, who survives him After COM
ing to this place he learned the black
smith trade with Mr.. Mandy and for
many years afterW ards worked at this
trade with Mr.. Wetberell. The last few
/ years of his life were spent quietly at his
home on the norlh side of the river.
They had to children, Mrs E. NJ. Dane
of Skowhegau and Miss Belle NJ. living
at home. About year ago Mr.. Rams
/ dell had an attact of sickness from which
he did not fully recover, having been
feeble much of the time since. In his
last sickness he WAS not confined to his
bed but few days and it seemed to be
/ a general wearing out from old age.
| The funeral services occurred Monday
afternoon, Rev W. l.. Jennings attend
ing. The flowers were numerous and
beautiful and were from the many
| friends of the family The interment
was in the North Side Cemetery
On the same day (AIonday) that The
funeral of Mr.. Ramsdelle occurred was
also another funeral of a lady of advanced
years who for the past few years
| had been quite a near neighbor TO AR.
! Ramsdell. Mrs Caroline Longley Bige
low died at the home of Mrs. staples
where she had been been staying for the
| past five years, at the age of 81 years.
/ she was native of this town having
been born on the old Longley farm
and passing her early life there. In the
| year of 1862 she was married to Mr.
George Bigelow of Skowhegan and
| lived there until his death, twelve years
ago. Since that time she has lived in
various places in Norridgewock, part Of
the time with her nephew, Mr.. William
| Longley. For the past five years with
Mrs staples at whose home she died.
! Three years ago she had the misfortune
to fall and break her hip, since that