The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-07-21
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Good hot hay weather and lots of hay
has been harvested during the past
week.
o. F. Hall and family left last week for
Smithfield where they will spend a few
weeks in their cottage on North pond.
Edison Tingley has finished his work
for DR.. Ames and has gone to North
Arson where he has a job for the sum.
mer.
Mr.. w. H. Ward started his new grist
mill last week and will soon be in good
condition for grinding after things are
adjusted.
Mr.. F. j. Watts is spending couple
of weeks in Boston on business
Frank Butler, the blind boy who has
been living here in town for the past
two or three years, was sent to Portland
recently to the Maine Eye and Ear In
! Urinary for treatment, the funds coming
by popular subscription from among
our citizens. We are sorry to report
that the physicians could not hold out
any hope of helping him by an operation
and he was sent back home.
There was no meeting of the Village
Improvement Society last week on &C
count of the illness of Miss Emily Dan
forth at the hospital IN Portland as the
meeting bad been assigned to Miss Dan
forth and Mrs Wood.
The time for Old Home Week is APP
preaching and also that of the Eaton
and n. II. 5. Alumni Association W hich
Is perhaps of even more interest to the
people of this place, many combine the
two together and have a double meet
ing with the home folks and their class
mates of old.
Mr.. r. A, Whitney is at Skowhegau
working for the Skowhegan Electric
Light Company in the crew that is wir-
ing the Court house.
There has been very fine hay weather
during the week and lots of good, clean
bright hay has been made and put under
cover. The crop on the whole is very
satisfactory one, the rains of the past
few weeks have been keeping the grass
growing and thioksning at the bottom
giving it good weight.
Cedar Chapter, o E S has received
an invitation to join the other Chapters
of the county In Field Day at Cascade
Park, Oakland, on Tuesday, July 20
Members have the privilege of inviting
friends and are requested to carry a
picnic dinner, coffee eau be obtained
at the Park A fine entertainment ia
being arranged by the various Chapters
and a general good time is expected
There will be reduced rates on the Som
erset Railroad. Further PARTICULARS can
be obtained of the Worthy Matron.
Saturday noon boy was reported lost,
on the north side of the river. 1t was
said that when last seen he was going
toward the river and had on suit in
which he usually went in bathing; as he
had been gone for a long time his par.
ents became worried and gave the alarm
collecting quite crowd who went along
shore and out in boats looking for him
in the water. After a long hunt he was
found enjoying himself at one of the
neighbors utterly unconscious of all the
trouble he had been creating. Every
body was glad to have the matter turn
out 80 nicely.
While Roland Barker was driving the
Mercer stage on it's saturday night trip
he had the large bone of his leg broken
by kick from the horse. The front seat
of the wagon being placed very near the
forward end of the wagon box so that
Mr. Parker's leg WAS hanging down over
the front of the box in such a position
that when the horse kicked, the leverage
across the front of the box made the
break. He will be confined to the
house for a number of weeks by it