The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-02-15
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making 1t hard 20 tell whether TO wear
fur coats or linen busters.
The committee on entertainment of
somerset Grange will give corn supper
in the X. of P. dining room on Saturday
evening of this week. Hulled corn,
brown bread, hominy, hasty pudding,
] ,hnny cake aud milk will be the staple
articles of the supper with other fixtures
for those who d. not care for the pro
duct of the corufied The price has been
put at lower figure than usual and a
/ large attend ance is expected.
Another hearing of the BombaEee mat
ter was held in Augusta last week and
several of tho owners OF the original com
pany were present On the deal where
by the property was transferred to the
people who purchased it soms six or
seven years ago, there was a provision
whereby the property was to revert to
the seAers If not improved within rea-
sonable time by the building of mill
for the manufacture of paper or some
other commodity. After waiting for
I've years or more for this to be done the
original stockholders felt that the con-
| tract has been violated and brought an
action against the agent who did tho bus
mess to recover the property, this agent
| claimed that at present he had nothing
TO do with the property aud as there did
not appear to be any visible owner, the
stockholders of the original company
went on to the property, and took pos
session. II was then up 10 the other
fellow to dispossess them. The matter
has not been decided yet.
The members of the Baptist society
will hold sooiable at the home of Mr..
Z. Il. Everett on Thursd Az evening of this
week for tho benefit of the church
| Double teams will take those who have
20 other way to go. These gatherings
are held every few weeks at the different
members who live out of the village and
are very pleasant diversions from tho
ordinary village sociable.
Word has been received here that all
the seats for the K of +. convention in
Boston, tho last of the month, have been
sold and there is now standing room
only Several of the members of Echo
| lodge who have been planning upon at
tending this convention. are little dis
eouraged at this state of affairs, hardly
feeling like standing up throughout the
| long time that it will take for the work
to be carried out
very pleasing program was furnished
In Somerset Grange last Thursday even
ing by the new lecturer, MRS G l. Carr.
The committee on ways and means are
constantly busy devising new plans for
catching the elusive dollar TO help swell
the fund for the new hail. They have
planned to give supper or an entertain
ment at least once month at present
and if there is lack of finances when
work comes to be resumed in the spring
1t won't be any fault of theirs The
stock of tho corporation is still open for
buyers and will be closed as soon as the
four thousand dollars is taken.
Mrs. Il. s Whiting has completed her
visit 10 New York City where she has
been for the past three or four weeks
and is spending this week with friends
and relatives In the state of nassaohu-
setts. she expects to arrive home some
time next week.
There WAS pleasant gathering of
neighbors at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Clark, on the Madison road, on
Monday evening of this week. The even
ing was passed in social way, with
games, refreshments etc
The annual town meeting day Is APP
preaching rapidly and still the ice has
not thawed upon the political pot of
town affairs. There 10 40 kicking about
town aft airs, our present town officers
having n tended to the affairs OF the
to .n in very efficient and satisfactory
manner and IL they can be persuaded to
accept the positions again for another
year they will doubtless be reelected
The town reports will soon be in the
hands of the printer 50 as to be ready
for distribution at the March meeting as
usual.
Two people, at least. we're surprised
on Saturday evening. AS Mr.. Taylor,
principal of the high school, was walk
ing up the street, which no had taken
ON account of the bad walking on the
sidewalk, his reveries we're suddenly
and rudely shattered by the foroible COL
lision, which he received from a horse
in his back and which knocked him d At
At the same time the driver of the team,
Mr.. Al Morse, was startled to find What
his team had done 1t appears that Mr..
Morse WAS driving up the street behind
another team and thinking that the for
ward team was about to turn off on an
other street had been giving it his close
attention and failed entirely to see Mr..
Taylor, who was on tho opposite side
Fortunately no very serious damage was
done and Mr.. Taylor still carries all OF
his bones whole.
The feature of having cOrnet accom-
paniment at the morning services in the
Congregational church has been a very
pleasing one and will be continued
The instrument Is we'll handled by Mr..
Tracey stevens.
James Watts has bsen spending a
short time in Wsterville this week
The Village Improvement Society will
meet on Friday afternoon of this week
in their rooms in the library. The sub
jsct Is miscellaneous. The meeting ia
10 charge of Mrs Flavilla Cooley, Mrs
Annie Mills and Mrs. Maria Hopkins.
Mrs. George Carr has been confined
to the house for number of days with
severe cold; she is gaming at the pres
emit writing and expects to get about
again soon
The Congregational Missionary Society
will meet on Monday afternoon, Feb
10th, with Mrs. M. :. Hopkins and each
lady can invite one guest. To make
things interesting some changes will be
made in the affairs of the society. among
which is the leaving off of the stated
yearly sum as has formerly been the Gus
tom and the using of mite boxes instead.
This will allow each one to contribute
such sums at convenient times as they
feel able to and 40 one will feel that
they must keep out of the good work on
account of the expense.
Miss Maud Emery, who is stopping at