The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-02-28
NORTH RNSON


MIS-. Perley Hooper has been Ill dur
che past week. She Is now improving.
Rev. r. T. Crane occupied the Unver-
saist pulpit at Madison Sunday morn
ing.
Friday evening, March 10, the stu
dents of the Academy will ho mock
trial at the Academy building.
A crew of about II men commenced
saving squares" at the mill of the Car
rabassett stock Farms, Tuesday.
The students of the Academy present
ed the drama "Willowdale" with good
success at North New Portland, Friday
evening
Rev. Harvey IL, Hoyt, Uniyersalist
State superintendent, preached in the
church of this denomination here Sun
day morning
o. w. savage fitted out three of his
livery teams Friday evening and carried
81 people to North New Portland to at
tend the Drama.
| he many friends of Leonard Spear.
ing will be glad to know that his con-
dition is improving under the new treat
ment he is taking
George H. Clarke of san Diego, Cal
was in Skowhegan saturday. His North
Arson friends, and they are many, would
be pleased to see him here.
l.. F. Bryant of Boston who has been
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Fairfield Fen
Jason and Mr.. and Mrs Charles n. Pc
land has returned TO the city.
Another train of logs of Ia cars came
Il no. 40 10 "A
water to the North Arson Lumber Com
pany's saw mills, Tuesday evening.
Benjamin Berry has finished cutting
logs for the winter. He has already
about 100000 on the landing and has
several more thousand In the woods al
ready to haul.
Miss Lena Daryeau has been in Wa
terville the past week the guest of
friends and relatives; while in the city
she will attend the marriage ceremony
of her cousin.
Miss Maude Hall of Stratton who
could not attend the Academy last term
on account of her mothers illness, has
returned here and resumed her studies
at this institution.
Erastus Fletcher has fine / year old
colt that he has been driving some dur
ing the past month. This colt has the
style, speed and breeding to make a
great horse Mr. Fletcher has recently
refused large sum for it.
Miss Ethel French of Scion was the
guest of. her brother, N. h.. French
Thursday night. Miss French was on
her way to Lakewood to visit her parents
a few days before goingito Boston fol
the spring styles In millinery.
Boarding at the Wsverly house IL
Charlestown, Mass at the time it was
burned, were several persons who visit
North Arson every summer, Mrs {. =
Aver and family and Miss Isabel Smith
Fortunately they were unframed, al
though Mrs. aver and family had to bt
taken down over fire escape.
The wind of Monday night piled up
the snow as it has not been for yeart
past. The house occupied by j. q
Peaks was "snowed In" View was Cut
off from the windows, and a big drift OF
the Steward Hill, 80 called, had TO bt
tunneled out to the depth of five or 81,
feet on one side of the road. The groc
cry delivery men about town on theil
first trip had hard experience.
Stephen MORN, carrier of K. F. d
route No /, met with an accident, >atur
day, by getting into snow drift neal
his home in Emblem. His horse in try
ing to extricale itself broke thill whIcl
delayed Mr.. NORM about an hour and (
halt Nevertheless the trip was mad,
the driver coming in town here ON gooC
time MIR NORM has not missed triI
this winter and Is a driver who performs
his whole duty in whatever Is entrusted
TO him.
The following is the literary program
of Arson Grange at the regular meeting
Saturday, March I'd: Music by the
choir; quotations by the members; reel
tation, samuel Quini; duet, Mr. anC
Mrs. Nahum Hilton; reading, Lotti,
Berry; dialogue, Frances Gilbert, Archi,
Danforth, Lee Ellis, Edmund Dsnforth
song, Mr.. Nicholson; topic for discus
sion, what law should be enacted b,
the present Legislature for the bette
protection of sheep from dogsp' Dis
cussioa opened by Hon. r. W. Ellis.
The lecture on "The Higher Criticism
In the New Testament" by Prof. A. w
Anthony of Cobb Divinity School wa
largely attended in the +. b. churcl
Sunday evening. The congregation
comprised the pastors of all the churohe
in the village and the people of all de
nominations. A special choir furnished
music, Rev. G. II. Young offered praye
and a selection by Mr.. and Mrs. + p
Barnaby. after which Rev. G. E. Pain,
introduced the speaker who held tn,
large aud ence In the closest attention
for hour aud half. At the close Mr.
Leonard Emery rendered a solo. TIT
address by Prof. Anthony was master
Iy production from a scholarly and pro
gressive man. The speaker dwelt large
ly upon the authenticity of the author
ship of the books of the New Testamen
and the liability of error In the ;ransla
ton and copying of the early scripture
records from the original manuscripts
His discourse brought reasonable In
depreciation OF the Bible nearer to think
ing people and enabled one to get near