The Somerset reporter., 1903-12-17
NOrridgewock.

DtdClug weather.
Mrs. b. +. sprague OF Boston is visit
Ing at II. ". smiths
Buy your Christmas presents of Buck
nam, 9kow hogan
Misses Belle and Florence Hal are at
home from Wateryille on their Christ
mas vacations Miss Belle viii remain
home until after New Years and Mis-.
Florence will return in t 40 weeks
There will be meeting Of the stock
holders Of the New sharon and Nor
rdgewock Telephone o.. at Grange hal.
II Mercer on saturday, the 18Th
There vii be an initiation in Cedar
Chap'er, tomorrow evening, and also
the election Of officers for tie coming
year. good attendance is desired.
a large delegation from Somerset
Grange Is ia attendance at the state
Grange at NaterYilie, this week.
/ The attendance in the churches sun
| day morning Was very light on account
/ of the rain
A fountain pen makes good Christ
mas present. Buy one of buchanan.
Skowhegan.
The streets aud walks are in a very
slippery condition since the thaw and
freeze up. The ice on the river and
mill pond is an excellent condition for
skating purposes but the very cold
weather has had the effect of keeping
most of the skaters in the house.
Mrs. Lizzie Holt is clerking for a few
days with a F. Dyer, during the holi-
day trade.
The many friends of Rev and Mrs. B.
+. Turner will be pleased to learn that
they have got nicely settled in their ne "
charge in Rumford Falls and that the
location has many advantages over their
former one at Buckfeld, there being
much less driving for Mr.. Turner than
at Buckfleld
Miss Nina Hussey returned to Farm.
ington last week, stopping on the way t.
visit her friend, Miss Maude Turner,
who is attending school in Lewiston.
The children of the Baptist sunday
school are busy rehearsing for the can.
tsta they will present in the church or
Christmas night, 1t is entitled THE
Christmas Pilgrim" and will be very
pretty
Mrs George Hussey has been spending
a few days IN Walerville with her sister
Mrs. -paulding.
buchanan, the ~kowhegan dIuaei-t.
has his usual large assortment Of leather
goods
Diphtheria has again broken cut ia
town. This time it is one of the chill.
dren of Ar. and Mrs Charles Tibbet1s
living in the Martin stream neighbor
hood. The fami y has been gla1au.
tined.
Two more cases of small pox at the
hill. Mr.. aud Mrs Henry Heagau are
the patients and we also learn that the
children Of Mr.. Gilman are sick Mr
and Mrs. Heagan are near neigbors OF
Mr.. Gilman who but recently recovered
from it and were exposed t. it at the
time of Mr.. Gilman's sickness They
were quarantined by the board OF healt L
on this account at that time MANY
people in that section thought that be
cause Mr. Gilman had the disease in a
light form that this quarantine WAS not
called for and some even went SO far as
to doubt it was the real article The
physicians, however knew what they
were atout and it now proves TO have
been very fortunate thing for the pub
lie that they recognized the disease So
quickly and took vigorous methods to
check it where it was MIR. Heagan is
the superintendent of the Dodlin quarry
and of course it puts things at a stand
still in the atone business
The blaeksmiths are having a harvest
out of the icy going. Horses do not
remain sharp long on roads such as we
are having now.
c. A. Fairbrother and a New York
friend returned Saturday night from Z
hunting trip up river, bringing with
them fonr deer
The ladies of the Village Improve
ment Society are making arrangements
for fair which they viii hold on st
Valentines day.
Manicure sets at 'Bucknam' >kowbe
gan
c. A Fairbrother closed the Norridge
wock Mon lay night to the public OF
account of the small patronage which j,
accorded at this season of the year Il
is perhaps considerably more dull thi,
season than rsual on account of low
water in the river, all the mills up river
being shut down and the electrics unable
to run There has been fair bushes,
among the stores, just a good health
everyday sort of kind all the season.
Elmer Dyer moved the building from
Peet's corner, which he recently pur
chased of c. l.. Harlow, and placed i
upon his lot on the Mercer road ~atur
day An icy road and plenty of teams
] 10 Il. a.. J., i.4