The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-01-21
North Arson.

John Benjamin made trip to Boston
during the pant week.
Harold Collins went to skowhegau,
Thursday, on business.
Bert Witham went to Boston. satur.
day, for few days absence
Henry Tracy is 80 as to be about again
after an illness Of few weeks.
Lester Williams, station agent at An
son, was at home during Sunday.
Philander Wilson is doing quite a
business in numbering, principally III
spruce and pine.
A cbildren's meeting will be held in
the congregational church at Z 30 D. N.
next sunday.
An organ has been placed il the main
room of the NJ l. church, the gift #
Mrs. D. NJ. Norton.
Carl Laid of Someryil,e, Mass, aTriy
ed in town, saturday night, being call,
here by the sickness Of his father
Mr.. alter Wells shipped $50 crates
Of apples, saturday, for the Boston mark
ct He has sold all the other products of
his factory.
The wind of Sunday brought out the
breaking road team. Monday morning.
| The first time that it has been necessary
| this winter.
snow storm Saturday afternoon and
| a heavy wind through the night and al
| day sunday made the worst blowout OF
the winter.
stephen MORN. who went to Croker
town few days ago, returned home
lart week and resumed charge of bis
mail route, Friday
Mrs. S. F. Greene of Scion attended
the Maine Council of the d. A. K in
session at Portland, last week, as dele
gate from the local chapter in this vii
lage.
Rev. F. Crane will occupy the Univer,
salist pulpit here next sunday in the
morning and at Madison in the after
noon and preach in these pulpits the
next four Sundays.
The evangelistic meetings are being
| well attended. The meetings will be
held in the Congregational church for
five nights, beginning, Friday evening
| A few persons have decided to begin the
Christian life.
| The latest addition to the Foster pub
| lie library is most valuable one Ii is
set of >toddard's Illustrated Lectures
consisting of II volumes. These books
will be very interesting for both youth
and adults
At the January meeting of the Ruth
Head Cragin chapter, Mrs. Jennie
Green was chosen delegate to the Ma
tional d. A. r. to be held in Washington
in April and Mrs. Almeda Cuts was
chosen alternate.
During last week u. l.. Hovey slipped
two car loads of apples from this town
and one from Skowhegan These ap
pies go to Boston to be shipped abroad
Mr.. Hovey buys this fruit for D. Cross
ley & Sons, 81 Stanley street, Liverpool,
England.
viii Collins was at home from Port
land during sunday, the guest of his
parents. Mr.. Collins is one of our viii
age young men that has made a success
of his business since leaving home,
having now a very desirable position in
the forest city.
| On hondry evening, January 4th,
Past Commander, Bert French, installed
the officers of Brookfield Tent, No IS,
K. o. NJ. They are az follows: Clarence
| Withsm, Com; J J. Gallant, l. c.;
John Peters, =; I'd Brown, s.; Frank
| Crymble, r. i r K; John Wentworth,
NJ A; Earl FerlisoD, LIST NJ. G.; Fair
geld Renlison, I'd M. c.: Erastus nc
Hackney, T. After the installation an
oyster supper WAS served.
Tuesday morning was the toughest
one of tho winter. In different places
IN the village the thermometer stood
| from 10 TO "a degrees below zero. II was
the coldest through the day, of any day
this winter. II 10 said that there has
been more days when the thermometer
ran below, thus far than there were dur
| ing all OF last winter. Certainly Decem-
ber was very cold and January 30 far
has been = very severe month.
Last Saturday evening, Icon Merrill,
D. D., of the Scion Lodge, assisted by
Eben Csrslsy, past grand of Lemon
stream Lodge No, SIS of New Portland,
acting rs Grand Marshall, installed the
off GERS of Table Rock Lodge, l. o. O F.
No 100, of this village. Alfred Berry,
N G; Ostie Allen, V G.; George Walker,
); John Getchell, T 5; Joseph NJ Nor
ton, treas. John Benjamin, X S n g.;
Walter "ells, L G; Fl. F Danforth,
V G.: W E. Hilton, L = V g; Nah
Ion Moore, K 5 S; Austin Berry, L :;
o. Savage, ". c. Witham. con-; F.
Moulton, G; Frank Pierce, O e; Willis
c. Emery, c. An oyster supper was
served.