The Somerset reporter., 1906-03-01
NOrridgewOck
Town meeting next Monday.

The articles on the high way contemplat
the completion of work already begun
aud the fixing of the bridge on Main
street of the village
The Village Improvement Society will
hold their regular meeting in their
rooms in the library building on Friday
afternoon of this week The meeting
will be in charge of Miss Hattie Longley,
Mrs Esther Fuller and Mrs. May Elan
derF. The subject Is Modern Inven-
lions
4 train of A cars passed through here
sunday; 1T is reported to be the longest
train ever run over the Somerset road.
Mrs. Cora Smith and son, Chester,
arrived home from Hanover, n H, last
week Mr. Smith, who has been COM
pleting his course at Dartmouth, finds it
necessary to rest for a while to recuper-
ate from a considerable amount Of over
work lie reports himself to be already
feeling much better.
Quite a number Of the members of
QuInnebassett Lodge 0. . +. arc con-
templAting attending the district meet
ing, which will be- held in Bingham soon.
Lois Burgess spent few davs of last
week visiting her sister, Mrs. Vesta Gar
/ land at Oakland.
The regular Rebekah supper for the
month of February was given in their
| hail last Friday evening, with good at
tendance
The soft weather of the past few days
! has whitfield the snow down to the bare
ground in many places aud wagons are
again quite little 10 evidence. This
early breaking up of the shedding is
rather unfortunate for thoss who are
conducting numbering operations as it
makes it muoh more difficult to move
their products.
| The committee OF the c. Z. Society of
the Congregational church will give a
voluntary sociable In their vestry on
Friday evening of this week, The pro
gram is to DO made up from volunteers
and everybody is invited 90 take part
| THIS is something out of the ordinary
line and lots of fun is expected to de-
rive from it.
| The intermediate and primary schools
close next week The high and gram
mar schools will continue for several
weeks longer before closing for the
spring vacation
Mr. Irving Barker of Springfield, Mass
is in town this week visiting his mother,
Mrs Clara Barker,
A big gathering of friends aAd neigh
| bols gave Mr.. and Mrs e. z. Barker "a
surprise party on Sa urday evening OF
last week and fine time was enjoyed.
Mr.. William Hobbs left Monday for a
few days la Boston on combined BUSH
ness and pleasure trip.
Mr.. Harry Heald got bad clip while
cutting wood ON hs farm In cutting
off a sappling whose top had been bent
over by the SHOWS of the winter and
frozen into the crust, the tension on il
caused it to spring back with great force
striking Mr.. Head in the face and hui
ing him quite badly Fortunately no
serious consequences resulted and he
has now pracucally recovered from the
effects of the blow.
Miss Maud Emery, who was operated
upon a short time since for appendicitis
Ia now conyalesing.
The work of finishing the outside OF
the Grange hall has been let to the con
| tractor, George Gould of SkOwhegan,
the Grange corporation furnishing the
material. Mr. Gould has had small
crew at work during the past week and
will doubtless put on larger one with
in a short time.
Mr.. Frank Fuller has his saw mill
now in good working order and hat
been turning out good quantity of
sawed lumber for the past week or two
Mrs II. S. Whiting returned from her
visit to New York, Friday of last week
On her way home she visited friends IN
Massachu setts and Mr.. and Mrs. L. A
| II bar oha NJ at h L
Mr. Whiting. Mr.. aud Mrs Smith gave
them one of those good old fashioned
times with the best of everything Mrs
Whiting also reports that her friends in
New York outdid themselves in her be-
half
Mr.. r. {. Holt ia at home for A few
days this week.
Fred Davis was at homo from Water
Vile over Sunday.
Mrs G. A. Whiting is confined to tho
house with a painful ankle She leaves
the care of her house to Mrs. Head of
Blacks Mills for the present.
Miss Blanche Smith was In town from
Madison over Sunday, visiting Mrs. Geo.
Porter.
Miss Alice Johnson is about again
Ralph Whitney and Alfred futile are
at work for the Skowhegan Electric
blight Company at Skowhegan
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur WEIGH returned
from Blacks one. Mass. for a few weeks
vacation at home. AT present the work
in the mills there is rather slack and
only the resident employees are at work.
There will be baked bean supper in
the yestry of the Baptist church on
Thursday evening of this week, the pro.
ceeds will go toward the piano fund.
Drs. Ames and Smith attended a
clinic at Watervile on Wednesday even
ing of last week.
Mr. John Taylor of Colby college was
in town calling on friends one day last
week
The supplementary catalogues of the
public library have been received and
are ready for distribution by the libra
rian.
Mrs Cyrus Bean is quite sick with
pneumonia following bronchitis.
Miss Carrie Cleveland Is visiting
friends In Solon this week.
Engine No of the Somerset Railway
colided with boulder somewhere on
the extension last Saturday, and broke
one of the connection rods. 1t was
taken to Oakland Monday, for repairs
Frank Butler, who has been at the
Massachusetts General Hospital with
| favar 1iad Tuaadau morning nj