The Somerset reporter., 1905-05-04
NOrritIg eWOck.
M basket season.

Miss Emily Danforth has recently pre-
sented the following books by Mark
Twain, to the library, making now on
its shelves a complete list of the books
written by this popular author. Pudd'n-
head Wilson, The Innocents Abroad, vol
and 2; Joan of Arc, vol. and 2;
Roughing Ii. vol. and 2; The Gilded
Age, vol and 2; A Tramp Abroad, vol
and 2; Life on the Mississippi, vol. |;
Tom Sawyer Abroad; Sketches of New
and Old; American Claimant and other
stories; Literary Essays 1t will be
convenient to cut out this list and stick
10 your catalogue for future reference.
Miss Danforth has been most kind to
the library and very many indeed of its
choice books came through her hands.
Mr.. C. l.. Harlow Is having his goods
shipped to his new home In Boston.
g. s Jewett and family will occupy the
rent.
Tho Christian Eadeavor society of the
Congregational church will give a baked
bean supper in their vestry on Tuesday
evening of next week.
About seventy.fve Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs attended the service in the
congregational church, Sunday morn.
ing, and listened to the very interesting
sermon, the text of which was the
friendship of David and Jonathan. The
pulpit was beautifully decorated with
evergreen entwined with an abundance
of May flowers, while across the front
were the three links entwined made up
of May flowers. Potted plants graced
other parts of the platform and were in
front of the choir.
The Easter concert in the Baptist
church on Sunday evening was greeted
with packed house, every seat being
filed. The program which was largely
by the children was beautifully carried
out and much credit is due to them and
their instructor, Miss Davis.
MIS- H. L. Maddocks has returned
from Massachusetts aud New Jersey,
where she has been spending the winter.
The ice cream and soda fountains are
ready for business and the ice man is
making his regular rounds, but the way
May came in looked as though they
were forcing the season little.
Augustus Gilman is looking toward
buying the Doyen stand on the north
side of the river.
|
Rebekahs occurred last Friday evening.
The committee not to be outdone by any
previous one, presented on ts program
a very fine minstrel show with all new
jokes and some very fine singing
The o. K. 5. have been invited to go
to Madison, next week, on Wednesday
evening and confer the degree. A spe-
cial train will leave here at 7 o'clock on
that date and return after the meeting
is over.
Mr. George r. Conforth and Miss
Mabel Luce were united in marriage,
April % by Rev. Il. j. Gould.
The third degree will be conferred in
Quinnebassett Lodge |. D. o. F., next
Monday evening. Supper will be served
in the dining hall as usual on these oc.
casions
Mrs. Fl. II, Cross is confined to the
house by sickness Il is week.
DR.. Twaddelle hs . rented the Hstha-
way house and contemplates opening ii
as a hospital.
| The first rank was conferred in Echo
Lodge K. of P. on Tuesday evening
The anniversary exercises of Somerset
Grange, Thursday evening of last week,
had an attendance of nearly two hun
dred and fifty, A fine supper was
served and the lecturer had very nice
program.
Mrs II. NJ. Pierce has been having
her buildings painted.
May came in cold and clustering
enough for October. OVercoats were
the order of the day.
The roads have been very dry and
dusty, good warm rain would be ap
preCiated.
Gardens are being plowed and already
quite NUMBER of them are planted.
X. NJ. Baker, as usual, is one of the
| first to get his garden planted.
Miss Ethel Ward was at home from
Skowhegan over Sunday.
Mrs. II. c. Hussey and daughter are
expected to return home from their
| visit in Cornish, this week.
Mr.. Charles Leighton of Skowhegan
WAS in town, Sunday, to visit his mother,
Mrs Eunice Leighton, and sister, Mrs.
Carrie Ames.
Dir. J. ID. Ames is confined to the
house, this week, with what appears to
be nearly a rheumatic fever He has
been troubled with rheumatism for
some time and was Obliged to give up
work, last week, from it.
Mrs Abbie Woodsome Allen left,
Monday, for Rockland where her hus-
band has purchased a business and
| where they intend to reside.
Charles Farrand got word, Sunday
morning, that his cottage in Mercer had
been broken into and number of cans
of corn, peaches, meat, etc. with an as
sortment of clothing had been taken by
a young fellow named Howard Taylor
and a companion. They had been
caught with the goods just as they were
opening some of the cans on the river
bank, by Mr.. Will Niles who was fishing
in that vicininty. They ran little
ways with the box containing the arti-
Giles and then threw them away Mr..
Niles gave up the chase and secured the
articles. Monday morning the fellows
were caught by Deputy Sheriff Charles
Varney of Mercer and given bearing.
Probable cause was found aud they
were bound over tn await the Grand
Jury. Failing to procure bonds they
we're taken to the county jail Al Show
hogan, Monday afternoon.
Mr.. Edwin Lopgley of North Arson
passed through this place, Monday
morning on his way to chicago where
he will attend the Moody training
school, this summer.
Hezikiah Otis is moving into the
house on the Skowhegan road opposite
the saw mill, owned by DR. Ames.
George Carr and Henry Hussey are in
Portland, this week, attending the