The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-09
n Orridgewock.

Mr.. Louis DeLemos and family have
returned from New York where they
have been spending the winter, and
have moved into Mrs, Hilton's house at
the top of bridge hill Mr. DeLemos
has purchased material aud been learn
ing TO do electroplating and 10 planning
to start plant here soon a. he can ar
range for power.
Mrs. Angie Murphy left Wednesday of
this week for visit to her son. Walter,
in Bath and with other relatives living
in Massachusetts.
Mr.. and Mrs Daniel Field spent Sun
day visiting relatives in Pennington
G. II. Fuller of the Fernside dairy
commenced, this week, to do his ohurn
ing and separating by steam power Mr..
Fuller has had this plan In mind for
long time and has been working with
this end in view His new arrangement
will allow him to make a much larger
quantity of butter with less work than
formerly. In addition to the advantages
of power, the steam will be very useful
in scalding out the cream cans, heating
water and in numerous other ways
Mrs. Cora Smith has returned from
her visit with relatives In Portland
where she has been for a number of
weeks.
The students of the Norrdgewook
high school presented the play, Down
in Name" in the high school building
on both Monday and Tuesday evenings
to good sized audiences. They are plan
ming a trip to Smithfield tomorrow
evening. We understand that the parts
oh nd hn oh n
the play we'll carried out.
MIR. Irving Barker of Springfield,
NJ ass, who has been spending short
time visiting his mother, Mrs, Clara
Barker, returned home, Monday of this
week.
Mrs Addie Spaulding of Wateryllle
was in town, Sunday, visiting her sister,
Mrs George Hussey
The band boys have got things into
running order and are now to meet
twice a week, Monday and Friday even
ings, in q. A. K. hall for rehearsal
Fred Horne gets considerable hustle
into that new wood saving machine
that he has just fitted up. Upon a long
sled is arranged six horse power gaso-
line engine belted direct to the saw
To keep up the momentum. Nothing
that comes in its way in the shape of
wood seems to be too big or too small,
it's all the same to the machine. Mon
day morning about o'clock he placed
the machine before twenty cords of
wood at the high school building and at
o'clock it had all been cut in two once
for furnace wood, rate of about five
AL
imagine tn It should he hurry there
would be from two to twelve sticks in
the air all the time.
Mr.. Herbert Haynes of Providence,
r vas in town, this week, visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs d. j. Haynes. Mr..
Haynes reports just having severe at
tack of the grip. he leaves for his
home again this week.
The Electric Light Company's cleo
trio thawing machine was in town, last
week, thawipg out the frozen pipes of
the VaughR Aqueduot Co. They made
n very successful job Of 1t,
The supper given by the ladies of the
Village Improvement society in the
Congregational church was very general
ly attended and Melted the society about
tainment was furnished free after the
supper.
"Canavauex" the hyponist, filled an
engagement of a week here leaving here,
Sunday morning, for Waterville where
they are engaged for this week. 1t was
one of the most pleasant companies to
meet that has ever been in town and the
entertainment was of the best, looked at
from scientific point of view or as a
matter of amusement
The can departme of the Burnham
& Morrill, corn shop of this place start
ed up, Monday. to manufacture the
seasons cans. A new machine called
hoater has been added which soldiers the
ends on the cans both ends at a time,
at the rate of fourteen per minute or
about eight Thousand four hundred per
day of ten hours. A gasoline engine
has also been placed In the shop for the
purpose of running this machine and
pumping the air used in the burners, 1t
is Of three horse power and runs very
nicely. 1t Is probable that more ma
chimes will be added in time.
At the town meeting on Monday after
noon of this week, the former board OF
selectmen were re elected without OPP
position, d. G.. Wood, LIST; FL. 5. Whit
ing, End; and G. ]. Savage, Sd. They
were also made assessors and overseers
of the poor. o. r. Hall was again elect
ed town clerk and Cony Russell, treas
urer. Nicholas Miller was elected col
lector and the compensation fixed at 1t
per cent. Herbert z. Hale was re-elect-
cd as road commissioner; j. F. Wood
sum, school committee for three years;
L. X. Folsom, library trustee. The sal
aries of the selectmen were fixed as
follows: LIST, $3.50; End, s76; Sd, $75.
The salary of the superintendent of
schools was fixed at $50. The town
raised for:
Roads and bridges, $4,000
Snow roads, 1000
State road 400
Town expenses and support of poor, 1000
Common schools, 2,LSo
Free high school, $50
School books and supplies, 900
Schoolhouse repairs, $50
Public library, $50
Fire department., so
Debt and interest, $500
Memorial day, 80
hire such sums as might be needed for
current expenses until tax was assessed
and collected.
The time for collecting taxes was fix
ed one half to be collected on or before
the 18th of October, 1906 and the other
half on or before the 18th of February,
1900
A vote was taken to paw Mr., r, K,