The Somerset reporter., 1906-05-10
ALL THE N E WS
from Som erset towns
Norridg Ock

And May flowers.
MIR. Josiah Wentworth has sold his
farm to Mr Arthur L0ngIey.
Mr.. LinWood Holbrook IS quite dan.
perousIy i'll at the home of hts father
Mr.. Charles HolbIook.
Dir. Brown of SkowheRan has made
arrangements to put ia a hne of millinery
with Mrs. l.. +. not.
Mrs Winnie Burgess handed us a
sample of tho eggs they raise on the
Burgess farm, one day recently. 1t
measured 64x8t inches In circumference
They rather think that the hen didn't
do her best at that. Now who has
largeip
About sixty of the men bers of Quinne
basset Lodge 1. o. o +. and somerset
kebekah Lodge attended divine services
in the Congl egational church Sunday
morning and listened TO a very interest
ing discourse given by the pastor, Kew.
j II Gould.
Somerset Grange Minstrel Troupe
and orchestra went to Smithfeld Mon
day evening of this week and presented
their very excellent minstrel show.
After the show dance was given con-
sisting of an order of twelve dances
There was good audience and the
company made good sum which goes
toward the hall fund
The roads still have some very bad
mud holes In them especially where
there Ia any clayey land. Ii is com
mon thing to hear about the wheels go
Ing In to the axles and on the smith
fold road one afternoon of last week
double team got stalled and had to be
pried out, horses and all The road
machine has commenced work in the
village however as the roads are dry
about town.
10 our recent report of the teachers Of
the rural schools we failed to mention
Miss Vesta Bigelow who Is having her
first experience as teacher, In the
Martin stream district.
Mrs. Abbie r. Woodcock wife of
Stephen g. Woodcock living on the
Skowhegan road, died suddenly Thurs
day morning of last week from disease
of the heart. She was 90 years of age.
Mrs Woodcock was not we'll having
been unable to do her Homework for a
number of months and on the day before
had been taken worse than usual but
passed a good night and appeared to be
better on the morning that she died, un.
til she was suddenly taken worse and
died within few minutes, She has
always been hard working woman
looking lovingly after the Interests OF
her family who will feel her loss severe
ly. The funeral services occurred Sat
urday and were attended by Rev.
Gould of the Congregational church.
She leaves a husband and five children
wife of Walter Rogers of this place,
James b. living in the west, Olive >.
wife of Charles Bgelow, Bessie NJ. and
Charles K. of this place
The high and grammar schools ob
served Arbor day by raking up the
leaves aud twigs in the school yard and
burning them
On Friday afternoon the grammar
school nine played the town nine 1T re
suited In victory for the grammar
school boys.
Neal Mills was hit by bat at the
game of Friday but not seriously ill.,
jured,
Mr.. R. A. Whitney is at work in Skow-
hogan this week for the electric light
company.
Miss Stores has been having good sue
cess raising chickens, she is using an
incubator for Matching purposes.
Mrs. Sarah Frederic, who has been
spending the winter In visiting friends
In Maine and Massachusetts, returned
to her home here number of days
since. Her parents, Nr. and Mrs. Har
per Allen have sold their farm and have
come to live with her
The Village improvement Society will
meet at their parlors in the library on
Friday afternoon of this week. Subject,
Birds.
Mrs. Arthur Weloh was called to St.
John, N. Is. last week by the serious ILL
ness Of her oldest sister
The friends of Mrs. Warren Manter,
formerly of Norridgewock, but now re-
siding In Oakland, California, will be
glad to learn that both she and her fam
lily escaped injury during the recent
earthquake which visited that section.
She reports In recent letter that she
was awakened at about five o'clock in
the morning by the crashing noise of
the chimneys AS they fell and the falling
of the pictures aud dishes In the interior
of the house. She got up and tried to
Job that would require considerable
seamanship to accomplish as the house
was rolling about In such an cratic way.
She was badly frightened but after
time the house ceased Its gymnastics
and she was able to get about. Several
lesser shocks occurred during the day
The obstruction of property in that city,
while OF considerable magnitude, was
nothing to be compared with that of
San Francisco.
Wallace Taylor still remains very
poorly; he has been removed to the
home of his brother, Wilbur Taylor
where he Is receiving every care. On
Monday afternoon he was taken more
seriously i'll and physician had to be
sent for 10 haste, but no Immediate dan
ger is expected at this writing.
William b, Longey returned from
Fort Fairfield, last week, where he has
been spending the winter.
The regular social of the c. K. Society
of the Congregational church occurred
in their vestry on Tuesday evening of
this week As an entertainment, a
mock trial was presented Tracy
Stevens being arrested for stealing six
big fat roosters from the hen roost of