The Somerset reporter., 1903-04-30
N OrridgeMock.


The Village Improvement Society will
meet with Mrs. Lila Bracket on FRIDAY
afternoon, May 9Th
Mr. Fred Lawrence of skowhegan will
present lecture, illustrated with manv
stereopt1con pictures, on Scenic
Maine, this evening, in the Baptist
church under the auspices of the senior
class of the n. II. S.
Mrs lisa Baker Wing left Denver. Col
orado, Tuesday, with the remains Of her
husband, + w. Wing, whom she ia
bringing here for interment. The ia.
neral will occur, Sunday afternoon, in
the BAPTIST church under the auspices
Of Qulnnebassett Lodge, No. lO9. of
which he was an esteemed member.
The Pythian sisterhood had refresh.
ments in their hall on Monday evening
of this week.
Some apprehension las been felt iy
our citizens that if the old school build
ing now used for the primary and inter
mediate schools should be abandoned
Tor school purposes that it would revert
back to the heirs of the original owners.
e are informed upon good authority
that this is not the case but that the
town holds straight warantee deed Of
the land upon which it sits and will
therefore have the future disposal Of it
should the schools be moved to another
location.
Mr.. Clarence H. Tompkins and Miss
Lnra futile were united in marriage at
the home of the BRIDES parents on the
Mercer road, Wednesday evening; Rev.
". l.. Jennings of the Congregational
church securely tied the knot. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tompkins will make it their home
with Mr.. Tompkins' parents.
Mr.. Nathan Savage of Madison. for.
merly of this place, died Friday of last
week, from typhoid pneumonia. Mr..
Savage has large circle of friends here
TO mourn him.
Seventeen members of Echo Lodge,
No. l03, h. of P, went to Oakland on
FRIDAY evening of last week TO assist in
lnsttuting new lodge at that place.
The rank of page was conferred by our
boys upon the new candidates in a very
acceptable manner. Grand Chancellor
Buchanan and G. K of X. & S., Smith
were present and exemplifed the work.
The members of the new lodge furnish
ed refreshments and the time was one
To be long remembered.
A fire alarm was sounded, Sunday
afternoon, at about three o'clock and
the blaze, big one, was found to be in
the stable connected With the residence
OF Mrs. Lizzie Jones, and before help
arrived it was beyond control. The
boys, however, responded promptly
With the chemical engine and succeeded
IN putting out the fires which caught on
surrounding property; large number
OF brands, however, were constantly
noaung out over the town and many of
them started other fires on the roofs of
buildings far from the scene of the orig
inal one. One of these brands lighted
almost nnnoticed upon the roof of the
barn in the rear of Ames' block on Main
street; the shingles on this building
were old and very dry and before the
ladies' who saw it alight could get the
alarm to the firemen, the building was
enveloped in flames. The original fire
having burned low enough to be handled
10y the buckets, the chemical was imme-
diately shifted over to the Main street
lire and it was hot work for some time
to keep the other buildings in this snug
~ crowded corner from taking fire. 1t
was done, however, and everybody
oreathed easier when the danger point
was passed. SO rapidly did the fire in
the barn develop that it was impossible
to get out a horse belonging to F. l..
Ames which was in the barn, and it was
burned. Mrs. Jones lost the house and
part OF her furniture, which is estimated
at $1,000 for both Mr.. Ed Devereux,
who occupied rent in the house. lost
about half of his furniture, and DR.
Ames and f. l.. Ames probably lost $500
IN the barn and contents. Mrs. Jones
had an insurance Of 81 800 on the house
and furniture; the others were not in
sured. 1t is universally remarked that
without the chemical we should have
been several thousand dollars worse off
| than We are now.
Rev. II. NJ. Pringle of PASSPORT, prom
inent in the Maine Civic League since it
was organized, will address the people
at union meeting in the Baptist
church, sunday evening. The subject
will be Temperance.
Rev. F. G. Davis was in Watervlle,
Monday, and read an essay before the
Minister'S Theological Circle.
William Longley returned from Fort
Fairfield, Monday, where he has been
spending the winter.
Mrs. Russell Sawyer left, Monday, for
Halliston, Mass, where she will visit
her mother.
Mrs. C. L, Carr left, Monday, for
Natiek, Mass, where she will care for a
sick friend
The play entitled "Sunbonnets,"
which the ladies have been at work on
for some weeks, will be presented in the
congregational church, tomorrow even
ing. 1t is under the auspices of the
Village improvement Society.
Quinnebassett Lodge, No 100, /. O
o. f. listened to an anniversary sermon
In the Congregational church, sunday
morning, by the pastor, Rev. W. l..
Jennings.
There were about three hundred
members and visitors present at the
anniversary of Somerset Grange, Thurs
day evening of last week Two cars
were filled by the Skowhegan delega
ton. A fine supper was furnished 10y
Somerset grange.
Landlord Farbrother of the Norridge-
woek set out coffee for the tiremeu after
the fire, Sunday afternoon. The kind.
ness was fully appreciated by them.