The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-11-21
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/ The roads have been i'll a frozen
condition during the past week SO
they were nearly as good as macadah
for drawing loads upon. But were
rather rough through the low ground
through the wooded sections.
Mrs. GUY Haynes had severe sur
,,icoI oneration performed on Monday
of this week. Doctors Smlth, Ahes
ord Dascomb were in attendance.
BERNARD Frederic, living on the oak
Hill road got severe fall on "eu
nesday of last week. He was In
| harm on the scaffold for the purpose
Of nitcbinp down some hay when IN
some way he aceidently fell from the
NOW TO the floor. The fall rendered
him unconscious for NUMBER Vi
hours. A neighbor happened along
/ and looked into the barn anu louno
him. Help was summoned anu nc
was removed to the house ana prop
erIy cared for. No very serious IN
Jury is reported.
/ Mrs. William Devereux Reports Ihe
loss of a number Of hens from ne f
henhouse, the strange feature vi ene
case being. beside the loss OF the mems
their replacement by others 10 inc
amount of the same number, puo OF
| less value.
Dave Staples, formerly of this place
was one of the engineers IN .he WIEN
which occurred at Newport, iasC "eeA :.
He was bruised somewhat, Due hos
seriously injured, his fireman Jum i.sas
from the moving engine ana was
scratched fully as much as MI '''"
pies. 49,
At the next Grange meeting tne
question. aWhat change Wouio YOU
SUGGEST in the routine work OF this
ors5oe to make it more profitable ana
helpful?o
The regular monthly supper OF .ne
Somersef Rebekah lodge will be heio
on Friday evening of this week. AT
this meeting will be the nomination Oh
the officers for the ensuing year.
Mr.. Ashman Laid, who has for a
long time been clerking for w. II.
Ward Il Co., has>resigned to accept a
position with firm in Waltnam anu
viii leave this week for that place.
Miss Irene Jewell is quite sick at
this writing.
Mr.. E. H. Vaughn is telling gooo
story ON Charles Whiting. MIR. WHIT
inc recently bought some calves IN
the Ionpley neighborhood and went
ont tn hing some of them home; he
cot them into the wagon all right and
drove home. Upon arriving aC .n9
house, he was told that he was Waiieea
at the telephone-he answered anu
was requested to come DacK aIoer lib
calf which he had lost out on tne way.
Mr.. Vaughn says that Mr.. WhiUins
wouldn't have discovered MS ioss II
some one hadn't telephoned MN, anu
rather thinks that he wasn't IN ms
right mind any way after leaving
Harry Heald's. Others think thas
this is libel against Mr.. Whiting ana
that Mr.. Vaughn Is tryingt to get PACK
az him for sundry things he has zone
to Mr.. Vaughn at the Masonic nan,
Mrs. Whiting has recently returned
from quite long visit to her SISTERS
In Dorchester and Mr.. Vaughn lntl-
mated previous to her return that ne
Thought 1t doubtful about her coming
back. Mr.. Whiting says its nothing
of the kind and Vaughn knows that
he (Mr. Whiting, never looKeo
toward the cider mill and that Mrs:
Whiting came back better pleased
with her home and town than ever
before, and that Vaughan also knows
that he (Whiting) didn't intend TO
chase Vaughn over the stove OUT
that Vaughn was 80 nervous ana
scared that he just jumped over IL
when he arrived in that vicinity and
found the stove in his path. Thlngs
are evidently little mixed and we
prefer to stand on the fence at pres
ent and see the other fellows fur ny.
Mr.. William r. Reed of New Bruins
wick, N. j., who spent few days OF
the summer with his brother-in- law,
DIR. j. N. Harris, was so pleased with
the town that he recently made very
substantial donation to our pubic
library, giving nearly a hundred books
of current fiction. Mrs. Reed and
children spent several weeks here,
and was also charmed with the place.
Miss Florence Jewett, whose genius
in the decorative line Is well known
by all her friends, is putting a line of
burnt leather and burnt wood work
into Hamlin Hale's window for the
Christmas trade. Many Of Miss jew
ett,s designs are original and all are
beautiful.
The funeral of Mrs. Ernest Sawyer
occurred from the home of his brother,
Mr.. Chester Sawyer of this place on
Thursday morning Of last week, Rev.
j. II. Gould attending. The funeral
was conducted by Mr.. O. H. Hussey in
the absence of Mr.. Hilton. Mr. Saw
yer, accompanied by his father and
mother, returned to Bangor on Tues
day of this week, where they will pack
up the furniture of the home, as Mr..
Sawyer intends to board for the pres
emit.
Two coats of paint has been put on
the Grange hall and it doesn't look
like the same building. 1t is doubtful
if like amount of money has ever
been put out here where it has made