The Somerset reporter., 1905-04-20
North Ansun

W. 5 Wells has nearly completed his
apple canning lie will put up about
1900 cases
Mira. Lucy II Dnsmore expects to re-
turn home about May lst from her
southern trip.
Arthur Thorne, young man from
Bingham, is employed in Judge sim
mons law Office.
Raw. Mr.. Blake of Madison will de-
| liver the Memorial sermon before Gen.
Ord Post of this village.
The Universalist Sunday school will
have their Easter concert AT the church
next sunday evening at 7 O'Clock.
The baccalaureate sermon will be de-
lvered by Rev T Crane at the Uni
versalist church, Sunday morning at the
usual hour.
There will be a special meeting of
Ruth Head Cragin Chapter d a. r. at
the home of Mrs. Ella Hapgood Friday,
| April 2lst.
The children of the Congregational
and the Free Baptist Churches will give
an Easter concert sunday evening, in
the congregational Church,
Roscoe Eames is employed az master
driver or Emery, Porter 4 Cos drive
aud will not take charge of a section of
Dead River this spring.
Emery, Porter d Co left their drive,
Monday, at Gilman pond he ice has
not left the pond and nothing more can
be done until warmer weather.
Dr. c. Andrews OF tins village az
sisted by Drs. Greene and Bates Of
Scion, performed an operation Tor appen=
dicitls on Miss AVIS Bailey, Tuesday
The anniversary sermon before Table
Rock lodge of Odd Fellows will be
preached, sunday, April both It is not
yet decided who will deliver the sermon.
Mis-. Susie Spaulding Neville is n
Washington, d. c., this week attending
the National Congress of the d. A X.
Mrs. Neville went as delegate from the
, Ruth Head Cragin Chapter.
: There WAS no preaching service at the
Methodist church, sunday, the pastor
being at the conference. Nor was there
any preaching at the Congregational
church as Rev. T. b. HIATT was Ill.
: Judge Augustine Simmons and wife
we're recently guests OF their cousins,
Mr. and Mrs. Frankline simmons, at the
Falmouth in Portland, where the Ameri-
can sculptor is staying for a few DAYS
! before his departure for his home in
Italy
Miss Nellie Hapgood, cashier for the
firm Of Soper & Clark, Madison, has re-
signed her position and will go to Lew
. iston to study for a professional nurse.
Miss Laura Flint will fill her place as
cashier. Miss Hapgood is spending "a
few days at home before going to the
Central Maine hospital, and expects to
enter there May 4th.
The graduating exercises of Arson
Academy will take place Thursday after
, noon, April 9th, in the Universaist
Church. at which time the juniors will
participate in the program with the SEN
Tors In the evening the concert and
alumni ball will take place in Carrabas-
set Hail A reception will be given the
seniors by the juniors, sophomores and
freshmen ON Wednesday evening before
graduation.
Hiram Andrews of Embden died. the
, 18th instant, after long illness at the
age of 70 years. MI. Andrews was a
resident of this tswn for long time
, living on the farm occupied by the late
Austin Andrews. He never married.
His sister Mrs. Matilda Holt of Bethel
was with him during the winter and
cared for him The funeral WAS held,
= Saturday, Rev F T Crane officiating
Rev. II. :. Ryder, Mrs. Ryder and
, little son expect to leave town, Friday,
for their new home in ilton. his charge
being that town and North Jay. For
five years Mr.. and Mrs. Ryder have been
residents of this village. During all this
, time they have been workers. tor every
cause that had for Its object the better
ment of the community. The church OF
which Mr. Ryder has been the esteemed
pastor has prospreed under his mnistra-
tons. From the small number who list
ened to his fist sermon in April 1900
J ii has Increased to an active, earnest
devout membership of 1876 Beginning
his lAbors with a debt of $3.50 on the
church. he has cancelled II and raised
and appropriated $500 90 in the remod-
elling of the little chapel into beauti-
, full church edifice, and leaves it free OF
, debt He has always gone by day or by
night out into the homes of sickness and
sorrow, whenever his presence or aid
: could be of any avail. He has fearless
ly and consCientiously stood for the
r church. temperance good homes and
good citizenship. The community will
miss him, but the best wishes of all the
churches go with him and Mrs. Ryder
: in their new field of abor. a reception
was rendered them, Tuesday evening" in
the church. MI Ryder will begin hit
work at Wilton next Sunday and his
successor, Rev Y X BEEN, will occupy
the Methodist pa pit in this village