The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-05-11
Norritigewock

hIb. DlYonld 81 IL 10 hpme"hat Del
t.r, this week, but still very sick
Gony Russell has been in Boston, this
week 10 king after more horses
The members OF the o Z =, II the
number Of about fifty attended the
lodge at Madison, last evening, ana con
ferred the degree A special train
leaving here at 7 o'clock ia the evening
took the party upsnd waited for them
until after the lodge WAS over They
report very enjoyable time.
Another X +. d. route will be started
from this Office on the 18th Of this
month and will be known as No. 2 The
direction Is down over Watervlle hill
and branching around toward smithfeld
and return. These routes are Of great
benefit to the farmers
Children's evening will be observed by
SomersetdiTsnge on Saturday evening,
June 3rd, by special meeting with
good program
Thursday evening Of next week the
third and fourth degrees will be confer
red IN Somerset Grange 10 a c!ass of
about forty
l)r. L Brown is slowl, gaining and il
able 10 stir around c0nsiderably al
though it will be long time before he
can do any work Ills disease still
cliDgs t. him and be Is unable to take
enough nourishment TO satisfy bis body
Farming is going on apace. The
farmers in this section are buying more
machinery than usual TO the purpose of
cultivatiDg their crops and it appears as
though there would be a very much
larger acreage put IN this season than
usual.
The third degree WAS conferred in
Q3innebasset lodge on Monday evening
of this week. The first will be worked
next Monday evening. sandwich sup
per WAS served on the occasion of tie
third degree this week.
DIR j D. Ames, who has been con
fined to house for the past week, has
improved SO much that he was able to
go TO the store on Monday, although
still lame and sore from the rheumatism.
A six horse power gasoline engine was
received at this station, Monday, for
Tyler and Tracey of Mercer, who vii
use 1t for saving wood and grinding
grain in their section
The annual convention Of the Maine
Civic League was held in Nateryil =.
Tuesday. >upt Dniwiddle of Washing
ton and Congressman Lit'lefeld wee
among the speakers
The intermed ate and prim airy schools
had ball game al by themselves. last
saturday. The score stood Is to J. ~
favor of the Intermediates.
The smithfeld town team of base
bail visited The NorridgeWock bib
school boys at Miller's park, SATURDAY
afternoon, IL pay return game The
score stood Is to Is in favor Of the Nor-
ridgewock boys During the last four
innings the ~mithfeld boys failed to get
score. Huff and Tobey were the ba.-
terry for the home team.
Miss Nina Hussey is confined to the
house, this week. with a Bad throat
trouble. The intermediate school of
which she is teacher is closed thereby
Rev b B. Merrill of Skowhegan was
in town ON Monday OF this week calling
on Rev. II. Gould.
Mr. NJ. o. Whittier of Mercer, who
was quite we'll known here, died, Sun
day morning, aged about seventy one
years. Mr.. Whittier WAS for many
years interested with Loring Goes of
| Worcester, Mass. in the manufacture of
the Goes wrench, but severed his con-
nection with the firm some ten or fifteen
years ago and came to Mercer where he
purchased the large farm where he has
since lived. His daughter. Mrs Bell
I hurchil' was with him at the time of
his death. The funeral occurred Tues
day.
The pulpit of the Congregational
church will be occupied by Rev. B. b
Merrill of Skowhegan next Sunday
morning, who will exchange with Rev.
} Fl. Gould
j. T. WEIGH mas been laying a new
hard pine floor in bis store making a
decided improvement in the looks of it.
A show company representing to put
on vaudeville entertainment With
moving pictures of prize fight were in
town ON Thursday of last week, and
| hired the g. A. Il hall. II seemed To
be bum affair from start TO finish. The
picture of the fight was shown, feature
in itself which is against the Maine
Laws, bat the specialties were lacking,
ready made excuses being made foI
their absence. They promised a hair
raising slide for an out of door exhibi.
ton on Friday evening, down a tight
wire fastened TO the top of the hall and
and secured across the road at the other
end. On Friday morning they had the
wire strung up across the road and were
cautioned that 1t was dangerous &c
leave 1t in that position but like Others
of more ancient times, they needed not
! the warning, the result of which was
that Mr.. Charles IOnGley came along
riding in his team and not seeing the
wire, was caught by ii just across the
eyes, breaking his glasses aud cutting
his face quite severely. This frigh ened
the fellows and they took down their
wire, folded their tent figuratively and
departed for Skowhegan We after
wards heard that they ran across bad
luck there and decided to disband
Mr. Wilder Ward has completed his
work in the store and left for Bangor,
/ Monday, where he has a position III
view.
Mrs Althea Campbell who has been
confined to the house by a long illness,
is now able TO be about and is gaining
rapidly under the genial influence of the
mild weather We have been having.
Mrs Charles p Bigelow has been con
fined to the house for some time 10y
sickness.
Il. A Whitney is is at home from
| Oakland this week
Thirty-six received the first and see
ond degrees in Somerset Grange, last
| Thursday evening
Saunders moving picture company
was in town, Friday and saturday even
ings of last week and gave good clean