The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-04-18
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From the Somerset Towns.
NORRIDGEWOCk.

Ii begins TO look as though spring
had really got here. The snow is
going fast and there are some places
about town where there is little dry
road The roads out of the village
are still looking wintry but another
week will help them out considerably
The crows disappeared when the
big snow storm came on recently, and
evidently thought they had made a
serious mistake in their dates, but
they are around again cheerfully dis
cussing the situation.
Spring kittens are arriving by the
threes and tours and sometimes more
Mr.. Charles Miller left Tuesday
morning of this week to spend few
days in Boston, seeing the sights
Mr.. Miller reports that his last trip
there was something like thirty years
ago and expects to see some changes.
Ferris Rowe, who has been in Lew
iston for the past fortnight attending
his wife at the Central Maine Hos
pital, arrived on Saturday afternoon.
He reports Mrs. Rowe as eonvalescing
finely.
Mr.. Fred M. Swan of the banking
firm of E. II. Rollins q Co. of Boston,
was in town on Friday of last week,
on business transaction.
Rev. B. B. Merrill, pastor of the
Congregational church of Skowhegan,
was in town on Monday.
Miss Blanche Smith was in town
from Madison, Saturday.
Arrangements have been made to
observe the anniversary of Odd Eel
lowship by Quinnebasset Lodge, No.
100 and Somerset Rebekah Lodge, No.
II, l. o. o. F. AS the anniversary
occurs on the 26th of this month,
which is on Friday and on the regular
evening of the Rebekah supper, the
Rebekah lodge has invited all Odd
Fellows and their families to attend
the supper on this occasion. After
supper program will be furnished,
a part of which will bear upon Odd
Fellowship, past and present. On
Sunday afternoon at 2.30, anniversary
Sunday will be observed by sermon
in the hall, which will be given by
Rev. j. H. Gould of the Congrega-
tional church. The services will be
open to all Odd Fellows and their
families and all Rebekahs.
Lewis Robinson has moved from
the rent he occupied in the upper
Hathaway house to the Green house
on the bank of the river opposite the
Hathaway place.
Mrs. Maria Hopkins has been some
what indisposed during the past
week, and was unable to preside at
the organ in church, Sunday.
Mrs. M. j. Haynes of Madison spent
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Chas. Holbrook of this place, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Mulliken are
moving their household goods to Hal
lowell where they will reside in the
future.
E. H. Caswell was in town from
Oakland over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Metcalf of New
Portland were in town over Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. o. F. Hall.
Mr.. Metcalf was on his way to Port
land to serve as Juror in the United
States District court. After his duties
there are over he will continue on and
visit friends in both New Hampshire
and Massachusetts, returning home
by the way of Pennington.
Marion Jones who has been sick for
long time with heart disease is not
as well.
Our druggist, F. w. Spaulding has
denatured alcohol on sale and reports
that the amount of sales have to be
sworn to every month and returns
made to the proper officers connect
ed with the government inspection
department. A license has also to be
taken out to sell it although there is
no fee connected with it. When the
duty was taken off it was supposed
the alcohol would be a serious rival to
gasoline for driving gas or explosion
engines. Elaborate experiments are
in progress and although it has been
found that the alcohol seems to be a
smoother power than the petroleum
product, yet at the present price it
costs more than double for the power
developed. Doubtless this condition
will be changed in short time when