The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-28
North Arson.

rived in town, last week.
Miss Nellie Pullen is visiting friends
in Augusta and " iscasset.
Mr.. and Mira. W. {. Emery were in
Fairfield and Benton, Tuesday
Mrs. Helen A Cousins of Boston is
the guest of relatives in town.
Mrs. Fred Pease and daughters of
Madison were In town, last week.
Miss Lena Donley is at home from
Auburn for a vacation of several weeks.
Misses Paulenah and Carrie Simmons
returned from Waterville, Tuesday
night.
Several days of rainy weather the irst
of the week delayed the haying some
what.
Miss Edna Parlin of Lowell, Mass it
spending her vacation here with her
mother.
Edwin Longley has been at Phillips
for several days and preached there
Sunday.
Leonard Spearin moved, Saturday,
into Frank Moulton's upper tenement on
High street.
Miss Grace Smith, who has been a,
Spring Lake for several weeks has re-
turned home.
Lawyer Waldron, of New York City
will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Gould
during Sunday.
The lawn sociable at the residence OF
S. \. Davis, Friday evening, was a very
pleasant occasion.
Miss Eva Dudley went, Monday to
Bath, Gardiner and the seashore where
she will visit for few weeks.
About 20 from this village went, Tues
day, on the excursion of the Eastern
Star Chapter to Cascade Park.
Mrs. Arthur Foster of Ell Pazo, Texas,
and her neice, little Miss Bray, are visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. T. H, Spaulding.
Miss Annette Getchell went from here,
Saturday, to Cape Breton, where she
will visit before returning to Boston.
Miss Frances Simmons and Miss Nellie
Hapgood returned, Monday night, from
few days outing trip to Island Springs.
Owen Eames and family of Boston,
who have been visiting relatives here,
went from this station, Tuesday morn
ing.
The prayer meeting on Kennebec
Avenue will be held at the home of Mr.,
and Mrs. |. II Clifford, Tuesday evening
August End.
The Spearin house, so-called, on Main
Street was vacated last week preparatory
to the occupancy of T. B Patterson, the
recent purchaser.
"Christians as fishermen are un-
fortunate companions a sermon from
Matt IV:19, Sunday morning at the
Universslist church.
Mrs. Calvin Walker has double
fringe ed petunia that has blossomed pro-
fusely this season, having had 80 bios
SONS on it at one time.
The ladies' of the Universalst Society
will have supper and lawn party, Sat
urday, July 80. at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. Mahlon Moore.
Mrs. w. o. Emery went to Oakland,
Tuesday, whore she visited Mrs. D. NJ.
Marshall, and went from there, Wednes-
day, to her home in Sanford.
The circus at Watervlle, Saturday,
drew quite patronage over the somer-
set road. There were 40 tickets sold at
Bingham and this station took the cash
for so more.
The latest accessions to the Foster
public library are the following books
given by Mrs Helen A. Cousins; THE
Uncalled,' "Love of Comrades" and
"Hypolympia.
The subject at the Memorial Church
next Sunday morning by paster II. o.
Hofstead will BE- Like Men" 1t will
be of general interest to all and of spec
ial interest to men.
The rear drive on the Kennebec river
is reported to be at The Forks. 1t will
take Is or 20 days to get down here and
it will be unusually late when the logs
get into the booms
The fall term of Arson Academy will
commence, Monday August 231. under
the instruction of John 5. Tapley, Colby
'04, as principal. The outlook is prom
Using for large attendance.
The prayer meetings at the Memorial
church will hereafter be held on
Tuesday evening instead of Friday.
The Juniors hours at 3.45 O'Clock Fri
day. Mr. Hofstead preached on 1.-THE
Christians Race" to large congregation
Sunday morning.
The scarcity of help during the hay
ing season is greater than it has been
for years, and while the price of labor
on farms is excessive and hours short
there Ia no help to be had. The French
Canadians used to relieve this condition
when they came into Maine to work in
the haying season, but in recent years
the legislation has been such that they
have not seen fit to come.
The annual meeting of the Univer-
salist parish was held, Sunday. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year. G. A. Porter, moderator
Edwin Collins, clerk; Mrs. K E. Sawyer,
treasurer and collectos; Mrs. Ostie A lien
and Mrs K. Il. WATSON, solicitors; Miss
Louise Twaddelle, chorister; Edwin
Collins, usher; Mark Emery, S. S. Gould,
G. A. Porter, A. Simmons, Edwin Collins
and G. A. Steward, trustees. Several
united with the parish
The past few days have been busy
ones on the large farm of G.. w Spal-
ding. An additional large force of help
is employed during the berry picking
season, Mr.. Spalding has on his farm,
this season, IA acres of potatoes, l400
apple trees loaded with choice fruit, two
acres of strawberry plants containing
10 900 plants, 1900 blueberry bushes
some of them being feet high, / acre
of carrots, acre of rhubarb. He has
just worked about Is tons of French
dandelons. His berry crop has been a
large one this season. Mr.. Spslding
uses the latest and most improved ma
chinery and is one of the successful men
of the town.
Lunch at Benson's restaurant, opposite
REPORTER office, when in Skowhegan.
Bingham.