The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-05
NOrrldgeWOck.

No April fools this year. The first OF
| April coming on sunday deprived the
young people of their usual fun.
The village schools began again on
Monday morning Of this week with the
same teachers with the exception of the
grammar school from which Miss Bart
/ lett resigned to accept position in Cam
bridge, Mass. and Niss Florence Hal of
this place has been engaged to fill the
i vacancy.
The rural schools will commence next
Monday for the spring term.
The meeting of the whist club next
week will be the last meeting of the
season and il has been arranged to have
| It at the Norrldgewock House Supper
will be served by Landlord Southland.
A D Brackley is a member of the
/ Jury on the Tilson ys NJ. - K. + in an
! action to recover damages received while
in the employ of the defendent com
pany On Tuesday of this week the
| jury went to Watervile to view the
place where the accident occurred
Mr. Fred Carleton has been in town
this week buying potatoes and hay to
fill car for shipment to bis Massachus.
etts market.
Quite a large quantity of shovel handle
blocks are at the depot here aW aiting
shipment to the shovel handle factory
at North Arson. These blocks were
gotten out by various parties about
town
A. D. Dyer is busy this week taking
account of stock and hopes to be able to
vacate his store soon.
Leland Merrill who has been oonfn-
ed to the house for a number of days by
sickness, is again in the store at his
usual place.
Charles Morse, who was quite serious
ly sick, last week, is much improved and
now able TO be out of doors part the
time
Harry Carr, who has purchased the
buildings and lot next TO the Carr black
smith shop, has been busy for some
time tearing down the greater part of
the buildings and will make extensive
repairs and improvements on the part
remaining in view of making comfort
able residence.
Mrs. Marcia Watson went to Water
Vile, Tuesday, to be with her brother,
eighty sixth birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs Granville Durrel left,
Tuesday, for few days visit with rela-
tives in Camden. Mr.. Durrell has been
confined to the house for some time by
sickness and hopes that the change will
help him recuperate.
Henry Jones, the apple man of Mercer,
has been shipping apples from this
station this week
Jay NJ. Pierce has been repainting the
interior of his store.
Mr. Johnson, who recently moved
here from East Baldwin, has rented the
Ireland house on Railroad street. Mr..
johnson is employed in the can making
department of the Burnham & Morrill,
corn shop.
Last Thursday evening at the Baptist
parsonage, Mr, Corridor M. Edwards
and Miss Sarah l.. Taylor were united
In marriage by Rev. F. G.. Davis. Miss
Taylor 10 the daughter of Orrin Tay lor
of the place.
Mr. and Mrs Bert Ames were present
ed with brand new son on Monday of
this week
The Village Improvement Society met
in their rooms in the library building on
Friday afternoon of last week.
Mrs George Simonds was taken to
Skowhegan, last week, where she was
operated upon Tuesday morning of this
week She has been in poor health for
some time
Miss Effie Cleveland was in town from
Fairfield over Sunday.
Miss Ethel Ward was home over Sun
day from Skowhegan,
The time is approaching for the an.
nual breaking up of the ice. For num-
Der of years the Joe has gone out from
the tenth to the fifteenth of April.
Mrs G. L Harlow, who has been
spending several weeks In this vicinity
visiting friends and relatives, returned
to her home in Somerville, Mas. on
Saturday of last week.
c. Fl. Hussey is making quite extern
sive repairs on the building containing
the post office and Dyer's store of which
he 10 the owner The shed roof at the
rear 10 being removed and the building
raised up another story and a pitch roof
put on. These improvements will give
much more room In the up stairs rent
and will do away with the annoyance of
leakage which has been troublesome in
the past.
Mrr. Della Tibbetts has been spending
few days with her parents in skowhe-
gan.
Mrs George Harlow left Thursday of
last week to spend few days in Boston
and vicinity.
The work of putting on the iron roof
of the grange hall is progressing finely,
one side being nearly completed.
George Gould, who has charge of the
carpenter work Of the grange hall and
who has been in such poor health for q
number of weeks that he has been I'M
able to work Ia some better at present
and able to be down town.
There was a moving picture exhibit
ton advertised to be given in the K. of
P. dining room ON Saturday evening of
last week, but owing to some breakage
In the instrument the GRO Wd were given
their money back and the exhibition de-
clared off,
The MINISTRIES given by the young
ladies of the Congregational church in
the town hall last Friday evening had
good audience in spite of the disagree
able travelling. The parts were all tax
an nv the iladiea of the cburch and IL