The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-09-10
ALL THE NEWS
from Somerset towns
Browns Corner.

Mrs Ida Chase and niece, Miss Liilah
Trask, have been in Sidney the past week
visiting relatives
Ora VI. Chase and r. 7. Chase attend
ed the campmeeting at Lakeside and the
State Fair at Lewiston.
frankie Barnes attended the Eastern
Maine Fair at Bangor and visited MS
aunt in Orono.
Mr. and Mrs David Thompson and
little daughter Violet, OF Athens visited at
Bert Hayden's few days last week.
Mrs. Laforest Goodwin went 10 Lowell
Mass, Saturday to visit relatives tor TWO
Mrs. Charles Lashon of Skowhegan
has spent few days with friends IN town
recently.
Mr.. and Mrs w. r. Bailey attended
meeting in Athens. Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester Whltehouse OF
Hartland recently spent two days with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Bailey
Mrs. L. F. Barnes has earned quite a
nea, little sum doing laundry work for
guests at Lake George this summer
George Weeks thinks there is profit in
sheep raising From eight sheep he has
raised twelve lambs this season and the
lambs and wool sold for So4. The lambs
brought FIVE and four dollars apiece.
Abbott Salisbury has moved mis- family
onto the Jere Larry farm.
Mrs. Rose Chase has been staying
few DAYS with Mrs. Amos Chase during
r L. milf
Mrs. r. P. Chase
The city school is being taught by Miss
Olive Humphrey.
Miss Jennie Burrill of Skowhegan is
spending this week with her brother,
Charles E. Burrill and family.
Mrs. c. Z. Burrill entertained the mem
bers OF the L. S. Club at her pleasant
home. Saturday afternoon, assisted by
her daughters, Misses Nellie and Cassie
Burrill A delicious supper was served
and all enjoyed the sociability OF the hour
over the teacups, and the evening was
passed very pleasantly.
About seventy-hve members or more OF
Canaan grange visited Palmyra grange
last Friday evening by invitation, filled
the chairs and provided the program,
which consisted OF several musical num-
bers, readings and tableaux, concluding
the whole with the laughable farce "a
Midsummer Nights Madness, Palmyra
patrons entertained in their usually cordial
manner The hall was taslefulIy decora-
ted with hAgs and f1)wers interspersed
with autumn leaves. A bountiful supper
was served 10 all. The table decorations
were beautiful and the food abundant and
temptingly delicious, and after the null
titude had been fed, judging from APP
pearances there were twelve baskets lett,
not all Of which were fragments either.
The sisters of Palmyra grange are de
serving of much praise for this part OF the
entertainment, received. Several different
oranges were represented, beside the host
grange Canaan, ST. Adams. Dexter,
Detroit. North Star, Dixmont, Skowhe-
gan and perhaps more. A thunder shower
which came along about mdnight caused
considerable anxiety and interrupted the
program somewhat, but after the brothers
had carefully looked after the carriages
and robes the exercises were completed,
and while waiting for the rain to cease the
time was merrily spent in social games in
which old and young participated. The
drive home was cool and in the early
dawn. while those who had farthest TO 60
must have had the pleasure OF seeing the
liking of day" arise from his deSy bed,
the hour was so late before they reached
their homes.