The Somerset reporter., 1903-12-24
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/ ments OF coon tts, these days
Miss Bertha Paine is attending the
Normal school at Pennington.
Miss Paulenah Simmons, Colby '04,
is spending the holidays at home.
Mrs. Mahlon Moore and Mrs J. Leon
| Parlln went to Skowhegan, Saturday.
Despite the wind and the rain there
was a good attendance at the concert
sunday evening
b. IL. smith has recently returned
from two weeks visit with his brother
in Massach usetts.
Rev. f. Z. Barton was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustine Simmons, Sat
urday and sunday.
The children's meeting will be held
Saturday at 2 80 p. m. as usual, in the
vestry of the NJ. <. Church.
Rev. r. E. Barton will occupy the
Universalist pulpit in Central hall next
sunday morning at the usual hour.
Miss Alice Moore, Mrs. A. simmons
and her nephew, little Ralph Crane,
were in Waterville, one day last week.
Merry & Donley quite recently pur-
chased good timber lot in oolon and
now have a crew of men numbering
there.
Z Ii. Marston is at home from Bruins
wick Medical school to spend the holi-
days with his mother, Mrs. Mary
Marston
Miss Lizzie Marshall is at home from
Boston for two weeks, during the holi.
day vacation of Emerson school of
| OratoIy
Miss Daisy Young, one of the Augusta
teachers, is at home during the holidays,
the guest of her parents, SIR. and MRS.
Benjamin Young.
J. D. Benjamin has bought George
Flanders house and Mr. Flanders has
bought the house on Marshall hill own
ed by Alfred Berry.
God sawyers are not 80 numerous in
this village as they were formerly. Not
much fun to push a saw all day through
birch, maple and beech.
Monday evening the young people of
the village were enjoying themselves by
cJasting on steward Hill. The streets
were 80 icy and smooth they could slide
clear across the iron bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. II asson who have
been in charge of the Bigham House
over ~ year have returned to this vii.
lage to reside. A large circle of friends
are glad to welcome them back.
car load of apples which G. l..
Hovey recently shipped from this sta
ton Melted the farmers an average of
81 Is per barrel. The best in the car
brought 81 25 and the poorest quality
brought 81 80 per barrel
A chatting society has been organized
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purposes. Meetings are held forlnightly
ON Friday evenings. Last Friday even
ing there was a good attendance and a
very pleasing and interesting meeting.
The program of the Academy debat-
ing society last Friday evening, consist
ed OF roll call. current events, readings,
music, "A paper, and debate on the fol
lowing question: Resolved, That the
prohibition clause of our constitution
should be resubmitted to the citizens of
Maine. The next meeting promises to
be very interesting
On next sunday the pastor of the Me
mortal church expects to occupy his
pulpit both morning and evening. The
subject of the discourse will be "No
room," and in the evening praise ser
vice will be held and the pastors ad-
dress will ombody some thoughts for
the new year. The choir is arranging
some special selections
Mr.. Sumner Dlnsmore of this town
died very suddenly on Thursday, the
18th inst, from the effect of paralytic
shock. He had been to Madison and
was on his way home when taken ILL.,
He was the son of Arthur and Patty
! Dinsmore, who we're among the early
settlers OF the town, coming from New
Hampshire in 1794, and was the eighth
son of eleven children. Mr.. Dlnsmore
spent his long life in this town aud was
one of its most respected citizens. He
was born Sept. II 1880, and leaves son
and daughter.
A warrant is posted for a special town
meeting to be held In this village next
Saturday afternoon, Dec. Goth. The
second and maiA article in the warrant
reads as follows: ITO see what action
the town will take concerning the sale
of it's Somerset Railroad bonds" This
applies To the first mortgage bonds issu-
cd in July 1871 for $27 800 with interest
at per cent per annum. 1t is rumored
that an offer OF so cents on dollar, or
$13, $50, exclusive of interest, has re-
Gently been IN ade and this meeting has
been called to consider this proposition
These bonds have been running almost
33 years An offer of IS, 600 was made
for the bonds few years ago but at that
time the town was not disposed to en-
terrain such proposition. What the
town will do now is hard to conjecture
but next Saturday will decide the ques-
ton.
| This week the village and town schools
close and then long vacation. The
! past few days have been hard siege for
the little ones, who have to be carried
one, two or three miles, as the case may
! be, to the school house. The present
school system has its advantages but it
! has its disadvantages as we'll. " hen
| pupils have to be taught at home by the
parents on account of 1t not being suit
able to convey them so far in the cold
weather something must be wrong. The
district school in the rural neighbor-
hood should be reestablished In some
parts of the town. at least. In fact it never
should have been abandoned. The cost
of conveyance In some cases is enormous
aud Is an unnecessary expense and there
Ia more than one who entertains this
| idea today. When 1t costs more to con
vey few pupils of a neighborhood than
1t would to secure the services of com
petent teacher to instruct them at home
it is time to do little thinking. I'm
doubtedly there are cases In every town
when consolidation OF certain districts
would be advisable but there are other