The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-04-30
SOMERSET PIeK-UpS.

IDr Victor Grange Dramatic club
fta-ented their play NV flampshi1e
4 d. in >ha0mut laH Thursday
es.ojn2, followed by a social dance.
The committee appointed at llarmon5
for that purpose are preparing a pro
gram for the observance Of the centea
nal which they propose 10 make an
Old Home OCCASION
Post Master "itham has received
notice that the proposed Rural Free
Delivery Of NAL Route from the Starks
post Office had been established and
would be put into operation July lst
Alton Z. Ames Of Fairfield, young
farmer who took a course IA agriculture
at the North Carolina College few
years ago and came home to Maize 10
farm it, reports good success in BIZ
undertaking. he is keeping the Jersey
cows
The students of NJ. =. I. at Pittsfeid
are at present putting IN lots Of hard
j practice on the tennis court. The base.
ball enthusiasts are also seen each day
dotting the campus. There is material
it would seem for quite good team In
the school this spring.
G. j. Greene. Fairfield, wintered q
head of Durham stock, all thorough.
breds but two. He has recently sold to
Alton Richardson of Fairfield 10.
months-old thoroughbred Durham bull
calf. Mr.. Greene is thorough farmer.
He wintered so colonies of bees.
Somerset Grange, Norridgewock. had
special meeting, Thursday evening, on
which occasion, Skowhegan Grange was
invited as a body. State Lecturer, W.
j. Thompson of China addressed the
meeting Visitors were present from
six different oranges in the county.
Victor grange, Fairfield, hopes to
celebrate the completion of its new hall
with proper dedicatory exercises in
June. This has been one of the oranges
firm in its devotion to the fundamental
work of the order and it is as a result
strongly planted and on enduring foun.
dations.
May II is the date selected for the
dedication of the new dormitory at
Good Will, which is to be opened in
september in connection with the Man
ual Training school, On the same day
the corner stone of the Manual Training
school will be laid. This building will
be dedicated July u.
Fred L. Grant of Fairfield, is building
what he calls pickle house. to con
venienty handle the large amount of
cucumbers he raises for pickles. He
places them ON the market in every
salable shape and in large quantities
Mr. Grant is also bee fancier and is an
exhibitor at the fairs.
A meeting of the proprietors of the
Norridgewock Falls Toll Bridge Assoei-
alton has been called for April 9th to
see If the association will vote to sell its
property to the towns of Arson and Madi
son, also to see what action the associ.
alton will take in regard to collecting
toll on and after the first of Nav.
VIM. Howard, Arson, bought the
Moore farm in Starks a few years ago
and has improved the farm, remodeled
and built buildings and so changed
everything that the place would hardly
be known, He has now two fine barns
with cellar under both and windmill for
pumping water, three large silos which
he fills every year besides husking out
1000 baskets of sound corn the pas
year
Mrs wis NJ. Brown Ring passed away
at her home in Cambridge, after an H.
ness of few weeks, at the age of 23
years. She was born in Hartland, where
her childhood years were spent, coming
to Cambridge with her parents eleven
years ago As teacher in our public
schools she made herself felt for good
showing her adaptablity to the work
and her love for the same. She was
happily married, and very pleasantly
situated, and in the death of one SO
necessary to their happiness her friends
sustain great loss. She leaves a hus
band, John D. Ring, mother, one
brother, DR.. Cecil Brown of Hartland.
and one sister, Mrs. Nettie Parker of
Hallowel. She was buried from the
Baptist church, April 9th, Rev T. Z.
Ham officiating. Cambridge grange at
tended in body. The floral tributes
were profuse and beautiful. They were
brought to the casket by six young
ladies, schoolmates of the deceased.
The friends so severely stricken have
the sympathy of the entire community.
Fairfield had narrow escape from a
serious confagraton about noon, Satur
! day. A bonfire had been started in the
rear of the stable of Stllman Sawyer on
West street and the stable took fire at
II So The rear of the stable was vel
on fire before discovered and an alarm
sent in. By the time the steamer had
been called out and the pumps at the
/ "aterville station started, the Sawyer
house and that of George Richardson
were in HanaS strona colo ms