The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-04-19
North Arson,

w. c. Simmons and his daughter, Mrs.
Frances Houlton, arrived from Boston,
saturday evening.
William f. Preble has purchased the
Hiram Gilman farm aud will take pos
session about May LIST.
The Congregational Easter concert,
sunday evening, WAS largely attended.
There were 200 or more present
The Uniyersalist circle has issued a
neat folder giving the committees who
will serve during each month of the
year.
The heavy rain of Sunday took the
ice out of the GUARDIANSHIP from King
field to the Caswell farm, about four
miles above this village.
Everett Fenlason, superintendent of
the North Arson Lumber COS mill,
made business trip to Calais, Friday,
and returned, Monday night.
Owing to the unfavorable weather,
Sunday evening the Easter concert in
the Universallst church was postponed
to sunday evening, April %.
The reunion of the Moore family will
be held at the home of Mrs Emma
this village, Friday, July OH.
A. b. Doolittle, of Madison was load
ing potatoes at the station here, Mon
day and Tuesday, to be shipped to Meri
dan, Conn. He sold 800 bushels.
Erastus McKSckner, who has had
charge of the driving of Columbus Mar
shal's fine horses the past year, has
been engaged to continue in charge OF
them another year.
John skillngs, one of Embden's
oldest citizens, died, sunday, at the ex
treme age of about 80 years. The
funeral was held. Tuesday afternoon,
Rev. Il K Paine officiating.
A full attendance of sir Knights is
desired at the regular meeting, Sat
friday evening. April 2lst of Brookfield
Tent No. 10 Business of important is
to come before the meeting.
Mrs jeanette Aver of Boston is in
Washington, ID. c., this week attending
the d. A. K. Continental Congress.
Mrs Aver went as delegate from the
Ruth Head Cragin chapter of this vii
lage.
w. r. Whitney of Embden. who has
been in Houlton doing business this
winter returned home, Tuesday. Sever
al gentlemen accompanied him, who are
prospective buyers of farms in this
vicinity.
The village schools at Arson which
commenced, Monnay, are taught by the
following teachers: First primary, Miss
Nellie Holway; second primary, Miss
maude Powers; intermediate, Carl In
oolI Rn
The rural schools in town will COM
mence. Monday, April Both, with the
following teachers: Shakespeare school,
Miss Catherine Gilman; Emerson, Miss
Sarah Blackwell; Franklin, Miss Ella
Berry; Hawthorne, Miss Nellie M. Rose;
Bixby, Miss Daisy Carl.
j 4. Freeman, Everett Fenlason aud
Charles Matthews have recently pur
chased the Is acre field west of the corn
shop lot. This piece of land has shore
reach of nearly 40 rods and will be used
as an accession to the lumber yard of
the North Arson Lumber Company.
Sumner W. Elliott, prominent bust
ness man of West New Portland, was
found dead In his store, Monday fore
noon. He conducted a arge general
merchandise buslnets having established
himself there in the eighties. His age
was So years.
The reunion of the class of '96 If
Arson Academy on graduation week is
an assured success, and all will be here
excepting Oin Is. Paine of Duluth,
Mimi, and Henry NJ. Norton of Pearl,
Idaho. This class had 10 members of
whom two are deceased, Misses Myrtle
Dntton and Minnie NJ. Benson.
Owen Hooper accompanied by DR.. f
NJ. Wing went TO the hospital in Lewis
ton, Friday morning. saturday morn
ing MIR. Hooper had an operation per-
formed DR.. Wing returned home, sat
urday night. Mr. Hooper is reported to
be doing well but will have to remain at
the hospital several days
Charles Robinson, who has been con-
fined to the house nearly all winter, and
for the last two weeks to his bed, WAS
given great surprise last week by his
nieces and nephews. They each wrote
him a letter enclosing Que dollar, which
amounted to twenty dollars. HIS
brothers also made him some other
presents
The North Arson Lumber 60. started
their crews for the river, Tuesday morn
ing About 90 men will be employed
on both drives. Roscoe Eames will have
charge of the Carrabassett drive begin
ming at West New Portland and Stanley
Perkins has charge of the sandy stream
drive beginning in Lexington plantation
The drives comprise about 600 900 feet
including 800, 900 which will be rolled
into the river at Cleveland rips.