The Somerset reporter., 1904-12-01

Leslie Sawyer came home from Lewis-
ton. where he Is attending Bates College,
to spend Thanksgiving with his parents,
DR.. and Mrs. w. q. Sawyer, on Maple
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Addison Gilman and in
fant son Eugene spent Thanksgiving with
Yrs. Gilman's sister. Mrs Daniel Nc
Quilan. aud family OF Skowhegan.
NJ. and Mrs. Daniel Dnsmore spent
Thanksgiving at North Arson, the guests
Of his mother Mrs. Lucy Dinsmore, and
Mr. aud Mrs. Frank Holley
The new pumping station near Wes-
tons saw mill is nearly completed and
will soon be put in operation. The water
has, 10 the present time, been taken from
the river just below the railroad bridge
The supply will now be taken about a
third OF a mile farther up the river and IS
to be filtered through sand. whereas tor
merly il has been only strained. II Is ex-
pec'ed that this will do much to improve
the purity OF the local water su ply. A
powerful dynamo is being installed 10 the
old station on the canal 10 furnish the
motive power for The new station.
A union Thanksgiving service was held
at the Baptist Chuch las Thursday even
ieg. The sermon was delivered by Kew
H. n. Morse. Musie was furnished by
the Lotus Quartet OF Lewiston,
A union gospel temperance meeting
was held at the Me hodlsi Church last
Sunday evening, under the auspices OF the
local Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. NJ IS Barney. national suoefin-
iendent oil prison and alm,house work, OF
Rhode Island gave al address on her
perintendency.
H. (. Lufkin OF Yarmouth, general sec
rotary of the Maine Sunday School
Association. will hold a teacher-training
institute at the Free Baptist Church,
Thursday afternoon and evening, Dec. 1.
All interested in Sunday school work are
invited to attend.
One Thanksgiving wedding, Elmer
Bracket and Miss Hattie Wentworth.
The passenger station of the Somerset
railroad was entered by burglars Friday
night. They secured a revolver and a
small amount of money. An attempt also
was made to enter The drug store OF Mr.
F. A. Manter on Main street shortly after
nine o'clock in the evening. Mr.. Manter
was ia the basement at the time. and
hearing a noise above. he went up TO IN
vestgale and found two men trying to
enter the rear windows. Mr.. M Inter told
them to git Both started on the run.
One is described as being tail, slim man
with gray hair. It is thought fr m the
mode of operation that the men were pro-
fessionals and they are supposed to have
been the same who 0 Grated al Norlidge-
wock.
Mrs Z. F. Doughty and daughter OF
Fryeburg are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G K.
Evaus.
At the union gospel temperance meet
ing, held in the Methodist Church Sunday
evening under the auspices OF the w. c.
T. u. MISS ]. K. Barney, worlds super
ntendent of prison and reform work
OF Providence, K. l., gave talk on the
subj CT "Around the World with the
White Ribbon She told Vivid and in
terest;ng story. colored by many touching
incidents OF her work in Honolulu, New
Zealand, Tasmania, Australia, jerusalem
and other parts OF the world Miss Bar
ney gave an address at the Free Baptist
Church Sunday morning. At the Metho-
dist Church Rev H. L. Nichols gave a
special temperance address Sunday morn
ing. At the close of the evening address
a collection was taken for the work