The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-01-21
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The weather depar ment Las entered
INTO conspiracy against Ouf wood piles
and coal bins
The extremely cold weather Las been
detrimental To business; tut few people
coming INTO town except when III urgent
need Of supplies
The furnace in the Baptist church has
been repaired 50 that it IL now very efii r
Gent and warns the building nicely.
DR.. Il. ". Smith, c W. Faifand, Dr..
j. ID Ames, Hamin 4. Haze, 6eo. q
arr and ilIiam Hobbs have been hay
ing more Ugh S added TO their elec re
service during the past few days
Preparations are being RAPIDLY CON-
pleted for the far which vii be held By
the Village improvement society before
many weeks
Mr. Stephen Cleveland is on the sic
list this week Mrs Cleveland has been
confined Ia the house for number of
months with rheumatism OF severe
form which leaves nearly all the care Of
the household upon their boys
The lawyer water supply seemed to
fan completely on Monday of this week
andnone Of its patrons have had any
water from il since. The trouble is said
to be IN the failure Of the springs which
supply il, something which has not oc.
CURED before in our remembrance The
water question here cannot be said to be
a burning one in the strict sense of the
word but many fear that some of our
property may be in danger of burning
for the lack of it. Our sole dependence
against fire is our small chemical engine
which does wonders for its size but
which could not be expected 10 cope
against large contAgration. All those
who have the hand fire extinguishers of
the underwriters of the standard type
see to it that they are at'once placed in
proper shape to use with a good supply
OF chemicals handy for recharging.
Mr.. SIMON Morse of Madison has pur.
chased the Isaiah Walton place and is
moving his family thereon. here
there were number of unoceupied
farms in this vicinity several years ago,
they have now nearly been sold aud new
people have moved into town to occupy
them.
Frank Smith has sold his farm to Mr.
W. II Fa1leld. The house is occupied
by Ed. Merrill and family, who will not
move out until the first of April when
lie Will return To the village and occupy
the house of Mrs Wood as formerly.
There was very large attendance OF
members at the meeting of the Y. :
with Mrs. {. II. Hussey on Friday after
noon OF last week, at her residence on
Main street. The meeting was in charge
Of II
the subjects being: Current events
Florence, sayanorvola and Marble Faun
The next meeting will be on January Is
in charge of Mrs. Blanche V ard and will
be on Italian subjects.
The officers elected for the Christian
Endeavor of the Baptist church for the
ensuing year are as follows: Pres, Mrs
Maude Carr; vice pres, Mr.. Irving lib.
belts; sec Rev. F G. Davis; treasurer
Miss Martha j Haynes.
Charles Ward is on the sick list thi,
week with more of those Jobs comfort.
ers. He ID getting to be quite an author.
ity on the subject of boiis and the var
ious sensations experienced with them
in different locations on the human
body.
The third rank was conferred upor
one candidate in Echo Lodge No. 1Ot
X. of P. on Tuesday evening of thi,
week.
The funeral services of the late George
b. Gilman occurred at the residence OF
Wednesday morning of last week. Rev
f. &. Davis officiating.
The installation of the officers of Som
~
meeting on Thursday evening of las
week Mrs. Cora Gardiner of RocklanC
WAS the installing officer. The list is al
follows: f. Il Tobey, Master; Free
Horn, overseer; w F. Brown, lecturer
Irving Tibbetts, chaplain; Mrs Lizzi,
Holway, sec; Mrs. Annette Burgess
treas Wallace Witham, steward; Altor
Horn, asst steward; Miss Mamie Miller
lady asst steward; E. Z. Head, G. X
A short program and speeches followed
the ceremonies after which the company
partook of the bountiful supper spread
in the DINING hall.
The whist club meet, last week, with
Mr.. and Mrs. &. 5. Jewett.
Mrs, r. A. " hitney was called to he
home in Holden, last week, by the ser
ious illness of her mother.
The installation of the officers of ~om
erset Rebekah Lodge will occur to
morrow evening.
A very pleasant wedding occurred las
week, Thursday evening at the residenc,
of the BRIDES parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w
w. Huntoon on Mechanic st. The con
tracing parties being Mr.. John DunniDl
Hatch of Dexter and their younges
daughter, Miss NJ argsret Grace Huntoon
The ceremony was performed by Rev
F G. Davis of the Baptist church in til,
presence of the immediate relatives o.
the family only. The rooms were very
prettily decorated with flowers and The
bride WAS dressed in pure white. Tn,
happy couple left on Friday morning.
train for their new home in Dexter
some of the relatives kindly furnished {
pair of second hand shoes to decorate
the back end of the sleigh, which tool
them to the train
The first degree will be conferred il
Quinnebasset Lodge l. o. o. F. mex
Monday evening.