The Somerset reporter., 1907-05-02
NORRlDGEWOCk.
MAY basket time again.

yet TINS season.
The road commissioner is getting
ready for the spring house cleaning
on the road.
Quite number of our gardeners
have their early peas planted.
The band has been organized and
has been busy lately practicing. The
members are as follows: c. n. Sta
plies, leader; George Clark, Charles
Newson, Wilder Ward, John Ward,
NJ. G. Holt, Phillip Carr, Ashland
Ladd, f. A. Trench, viii Preble,
James Huntoon, {. II. Fuller, Harry
Staples, Russell Staples, Horace
Thomas, Tracey Stevens, George
Chandler. They have been engaged
to furnish music for Decoration day.
James Watts arrived home from
Boston last week for few days visit
with his mother.
Mrs. Ferris Lowe arrived home Sat
urday from Auburn where she has
been visiting since leaving the hospi-
tai in Lewiston.
DR.. Smith of Waterville, one of the
city's progressive dentists, was IL
town Sunday visiting at the Pages.
The regular monthly conference oil
the Baptist church will be held III
their vestry on Thursday evening OF
this week under the direction of Rev.
II. NJ. HeyWood The regular month
ly meeting of the teachers of the Con
pre- CATION SUNDAY f5ct1coii viii c;>-css:
at the Residence of George o. Carr on
Wednesday evening of this week.
There was an all day session OF
Somerset Grange last Thursday with
a good attendance.
Mrs. Rosie Nadeau and daughter
will leave this week for Bingham
where they will continue their work
in the hotel.
Rev. II. r. Mitchell of Waterville
was in town Sunday and supplied the
pulpit in the Baptist church in the
morning and took charge of the even
ing meeting.
Several of our prominent Masons
are making preparations to attend
the Grand Lodge of that body which
will be held in Portland for several
days commencing with May 7th.
The odd Fellows anniversary was
observed by special program at the
Rebekah supper on Friday evening OF
last week and anniversary Sunday
was observed at their hall last Sunday
in the afternoon by special service
with an appropriate sermon by Rev.
j. II. Gould of the Congregational
church who took for the subject of
his remarks "Friendship, Love and
Truth the foundation stones of Odd
Fellowship. The attendance was
about one hundred.
Lnwood Holbrook died Sunday
morning about 1l.30 after a long ill
ness from consumption. He was
about 81 years of age. The funeral
services were held Wednesday morn
ing at 10 O'Clock at the home. MIR.
Holhrook leaves wife and child, ia
ther, mother AMI three sisters who
have the sympathy of their large cir
Gle of friends. Although i'll poor
health for long time before his death
his courage was extremely good and
only a short time ago he completed a
new house on his place on the Mercer
road and was constantly looking for
ward toward Improvement in his bod
lily health, but it was to be otherwise.
We learn that Mr.. Goldey who has
supplied the pulpit in the Baptist
church during the absence of Rev.
+. G. Davis is not to do 30 any longer.
In the early part of last week he went
to Lewiston and later notified the
church of his decision not to return.
Rev. II. K. Mitchell of Waterville
supplied last Sunday and the church
will make arrangements for the flu
ture.
G. H. Hussey has twelve cases of
work which came in this week for his
coat shop which will make it a busy
place for awhile.
NJ. c, Holt has been pretty busy
and painting during his va
cation from the shop and says that he
has more business coming his way
than he can possibly do.
Mr.. Charles Miller returned from
Boston, last week, where he had been
spending few days visiting, together
with his cousin, Mr.. Davis Miller of
Skowhegan. A rather interesting
story comes out of this trip in con-
ection with Mr. Davis Miller, whom
we all know. 1t seems that he has
always entertained rather strong
prejudices against automobiles in
general and has always managed to
avoid riding in one. One thing which
rather strengthened his dislike to the
machines was that year or 80 ago
he was out riding with a rather young
horse or colt and machine came up
behind him. The colt was frightened
and ran something like mile or
more; the fellow in the machine
seemed to think that Mr. Miller want
ed to have race so he kept the nose
of his auto in close proximity to Mr..
Miller's rig, which did much to dis
turb that gentleman and he after
wards remarked that he wished that
everyone who owned machine
would go right straight to heaven.
Mr.. Miller is noted for his kindness
of heart, so unlike most fellows he
didn't want to consign the autoists to
any place where they would be in the
least uncomfortable. Now to cap all
this, while they were visiting at DR..
Taylor's in Roxbury, the doctor pre-
vailed upon him to take ride, which
he did, and they broke every speed
law of that state, going at one time
at the rate of fifty five miles an hour,
and we are solemnly informed, that
as sure as chickens will hatch in a
Cypher's incubator, Mr.. Miller en-
joyed the trip.
The telephone companies are get
ting busy stringing new wires, and
the housewives are busy on those
already strung telling how many
rooms they have cleaned in a day.
Hamlin Hale, DR.. Ames and Will
liam Brackett have had their autos
out this week limbering them up for
the season now approaching.