The Somerset reporter., 1905-10-26
NorridgeWock.
Cool. braoing weather.
Furnace fires are started

A number OF friends gatnered on
Tuesday evening of last week in re-
cogniz4tion of the birthday of Mis-.
Alice Hussey aud had very enjoy
able time Some very beautiful music
was furnished by Misses Hussey and
Davis and refreshments were served
There is shortage of freight cars on
the Somerset Railroad 80 that our
shippers are bothered to get any to
ship the farm procuce in.
Miller ana Brackley have two haY
dresses running and are pressing up
Boston shipments.
The work of exvacating for the
furus so under the library building is
progressing finely 1t was at first
thought that the furnace would have
to be set under the wooden extension
and the pipes only rur under the
building, but fortunately they found
long stone under one side of the build
ing which they used as support and
by digging under it and building suit
able support uuder each end 1t gives
room enough to get the furnace in
place. 1t will be in readiness in short
time now.
Rev. +. Pepper of Madison was in
town one day last week calling upon
friends
Rev and Mrs. F G. Davis spent
ing upon friends
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Hussey are spend
ing few days of this week in Boston.
! They expect to return Saturday.
Mrs aud Miss Fiske and Miss Olney
left saturday for Bath after spending
a number of weeks in town.
Mr.. John Spauldlng left Monday for
up river where he will work in the
woods during the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Welch return
ed last week from the Provinces where
they have been visiting relatives. Mr..
elch reports a fine country for hunt
ing.
An invoice of new books for the Ii
brary has just arrived and will be
placed upon the shelves this week. A
list of them will be issued later for the
library patrons.
ReA. F. &. Davis exchanged puplits
with Rev George Merriam of Show
hogan last Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. S Whiting spent a
few hours Sunday with the Jewetts at
North Fairfield.
Miss Eaton of Middleboro Mass
has been visiting with Mrs Julia Conant
during the past week
Mrs. Webster Reed of Madison was
in town Sunday.
Nrs. George Harlow has just pur
chased a new Merrill piano, which was
moved in on Monday of this week.
Mrs George Porter is out of town on
a short vac alton.
Miss Hannah Page of Skowhegan was
IN town last week
Mr.. rederick Jr. of Lewiston was
in town last week on insnrsnce business.
The young people of the Congrega-
tional church are preparing for
Halloween party which will take place
at the Fuller's on the north side on the
evening of Tuesday Oct. 81.
Rev Francis j. Marsh, New England
Secretary of the Congregational sun
day school Publishing society, was in
town on Monday evening and gave a
lecture iu the Congre gational church
upon his work.
Mr.. and Mrs G. II Fuller returned
from Frehdom, Monday afternoon after
spending few days there visiting rel
alsves and friends.
Cony Russell and Nicholas Miller have
iust had their house wired for electric
lights and each has new furnace.
Miss Ethel Cooley returned from the
hospital on Monday of this week where
she went some Gays ago to have an
operation performed for appendicitis
She was fortunate in having a very
successful operation and is getting along
nicely.
| Mr.. +. j. Watts returned Sunday
morning from Boston, where he has
been for some weeks taking treatment
Mr. c. A. Fairbrother has snapped
his gasoline automobile for a steamer
and is having lots of fun riding about
! town.
Mr.. Lorston Lowe has moved his
goods from Larone to his new farm in
Mercer on Monday of this week
Monday was the annual field day for the
Norridgewock Gun Club, which includes
everyone who can carry a gun and get
the gun to carry. Everybody nearly,
was out and the woods were secured
for many miles about At the approach
of darkness the game began to come in
and by eight O'clock there was great
supply awaiting the counting Up to
this time no choosing had been done.
The sides were selected by having all
of the names put into the hat and they
were drawn out one at time first for
one side and then the other The
side which had the smallest count of game
had to pay for the supper which was
gotten up by landlord Fairbrother of
the Norridgewock.
The lumber is being placed upon the
ground and the work of erecting the
grange hall building will be done as
soon as possible, it Ia hoped that it
can ae closed In II the weather remains
favorable and enough lumber can be
had for the purpose at reasonable
figure
Mr.. Ward hiss his store house nearly
completed or as much done on 1t as he
will! do thts ses son S.y' season he
intends to dts'ee Up " ~ n in the
interior llttis nors.
Chauncey SENh Aad ~ >'t$'ds Of
playing upoa the sNsytreos>, ~ ball
team last Satur6sy Eau game, al %
writes on a card to frieno that he
didn't get hurt bit"
Arrangements have been made to
have the Sunday papers here during the
winter. A team will leave the hotel
every Sunday morning at 1880 to con-
nect with the paper train at Skowhegsn
and the papers will be on sale here as
| soon as the team returns,
The first rank was conferred in Echo
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