The Somerset reporter., 1904-12-01

Mrs l.. X. Folsom will teach the pri-
mary school during the remainder OF
the term.
Mr.. William Watson of Kingfield was
in town Thanksgiving and took dinner
With his mother and sister.
At the regular Rebekah supper on
Friday evening of last week the commit
lee not only furnished one of the best
suppers of the season but the very best
program as well The attendance WAS
large and hearty good time was enjoy
ed. There will be work in the Rebekah
degree at the next meeting.
f. VI. swan, Jr., of Bates college WAS
in town Saturday of last week calling
upon his classmate Rev. j II. Gould.
Thanksgiving day passed very quietly
here, there were the usual home gather
ngs with loved ones from away to make
things pleasant
Fred Davis and Harry Staples are
planning the erection of private tele-
graph line for the purpose of becoming
proficient in the art Mr.. Staples has
,een for some time employed at the
somerset K iilroad station hare and
therefore, the learning of the Morse
method of transmition will be of pracd.
cal use to him.
The members of Lebanon Lodge No.
118 f and A. NJ. have voted to change
the time of their meetings to the first
Friday evening of each month instead of
saturday evening on or before the full
of the moon.
Mr.. K w. Vickere of Fall City, Wash.
and Mrs Nancy Green of Blissfeld, N
q are visiting their sister, Mrs M. A.
Head, and other relatives in town.
Thanksgiving day witnessed very
pleasant wedding ceremony at the home
of the BRIDES parents, Mr. and Mrs. Il
Z. Wells of Upper Main street. The
contracting parties were Mr. Ralph Fen
wick Ketchum of Boston and Miss label
Hortense Wells. Numerous friends and
relatives of the bride and groom were
present. At eleven o'clock the bridal
couple marched down the stairs and in
to the parlor to the strains of the we'd
ding march played by Mrs A. d. Brack-
ley. The ceremony in which the ring
service was used was performed by Rev
j. II. Gould of the Congregational
church. The bride was very becoming
ly arrayed in a suit of soft material of
the new champagne color, while the
groom was dressed in black After re
ceiving the congratulations of their
many friends, the company repaired to
the dining room where number of the
pupils from the school of which the
bride had been teacher, we're beautifully
dressed as walters, and served the ice
cream and cake for refreshments The
happy couple left on the afternoon train
for their wedding trip which will be
several of the New England
states and include considerable stay in
Canada. Among those present were i'm
mediate relatives, Mr. and Mrs Leland
Merrill, MIR and Mrs Dell Bigelow, Mr.
and Mrs A d Brackley, Mr. and Mrs
f w. Spaulding, DR.. and Mrs L. Brown,
Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Sarah Gould, Rev and
Mrs j. II. Gould, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas
Miller, Mrs. Althea Campbell, little girls
from the primary school and others
The presents were many aud beautiful.
Mr.. and Mrs. ketchum will reside in
the vicinity of Boston later on but
during the winter it is expected that
they will make their headquarters here
Mr. ketchum has a very nice position
with the Sherwin Williams Paint Co. an
commercial traveller. We extend con-
A medicine company ran series of
shows in Grange Hall last week and on
Monday evening of this week, and seem
ed to reap a good harvest by offering
premiums for the most popular child
and guesses on the number of beans in a
box etc The set of silverware WAS
given to little Edna Seekins as having
the largest number of votes On the
last night the one who guessed the near
est to the number of beans had the priv
ilege of catching a small pig on the stage
which they could claim for their own as
soon AZ caught Mrs. stella Nye was