The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-12


worked hardly grease spot has been
made in its surface.
With the rainy weather which de-
ferred many from attending the Lew
iston Fair last week, many are plan
ming on seeing the sights of the Cen
trail Maine Fair at Wateryille this
week.
The Spiritual campmeeting is in
session at Lakewood this week and
many of our people are attending.
Next Sunday will be the banner day
and number of fine speakers will be
present. Undoubtedly these meet
ings at Lakewood will be found to be
of a nature that indicates the highest
type of the religion of spirituallsm
and without any great ostentatlon,
tests are given of a most interesting
nature to all whether believers or not.
Why don't you take your farm team
to the Fair at Skowhegan next Thurs
day and try and get the Sl2 Suit OF
Clothes they are going to give away
for the best all round pair OF horses
hitched to dump cart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamlin Hale visited
friends in Winthrop last Sunday
making the "trip in their automobile.
DR.. J. L. Taylor and wife returned
to Boston Thursday of last week after
spending week in town.
Fred Davis, Elmer Tobey and John
Taylor will enter L. of M. this fall. A
good delegation to one college for one
season.
Mrs. II. L. Maddocks who has been
visiting friends in Waldo county for
Saturday.
Fred Baxter of Pawtucket, R. l.,
arrived last week Saturday to spend
few days at the Fernside Dairy
+ Farm.
A big time is planned for Friday of
this week in the gathering of the
County Assn. of the G.. A. r. Posts of
Somerset County at Grange Hall
here. Music will be furnished by the
Madison Band. There will be an in
teresting program in the afternoon
and old war stories all day.
Work of packing began Monday
afternoon in the corn shop. The re-
port Is that the corn is rather better
than it is the average year.
Mr.. and. Mrs. Burt Durham of
Attleboro, Mass. are spending couple
weeks vacation in the Fernside
Bungalow.
Mrs. J. F. Frye arrived home from
Massachusetts, on Monday of this
week.
Through the kindness of Mrs.
Blanche Tobey Ward, one of the par
Elephants in the pleasant event, we
are enabled to give the following
nicely written account of the Ward
family reunion which occurred on
Friday of last week: The old saying
that "Friday is the fairest or foulest
of the week. was never more true
! than when after four days of rain a
bright sunny day arrived on Friday
Sept. s, the day set apart for the re-
union of the Ward families of Som
erset County. This, the third re-
union, was held at the home of its
Oldest member, Mrs. Philena Ward
Stevens, who resides with her daugh
ter and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman
Frost on a farm within half mile of
the old home place now occupied by
her brother, John o. Ward. Early in
the day relatives began to arrive at
this hospitable home until Al were
present. Among the older ones were,
Mrs. Philena Ward Stevens, 80; Mrs.
Emily Ward Walton, SO; John o.
Ward, 80; William H. Ward, 86;
Marcellus Ward, "a. While the
youngest ones were Shirley Emma
Ward aged four months, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Ward of Madi-
son and Winston Hill Ward aged 10
weeks, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilder
Ward of Norridgewock. AT noon a
most bountiful dinenr was served of
all the good things that good cooks
could concoct, then the photographer
set the many features of the pleasant
company indelibly on his sensitive
plate so that future generations of the
Wards might also have a share of the
pleasure of the day by viewing the
participants. A good old fashioned
sing closed the day which will long
linger in the memory of those present.
What came near being a serious ac-
cident occurred here Monday morn
ing while the freight was unloading.
work train was following along be-
hind the freight and seeing no flag to
prevent, ran into the yard here, q
sharp curve makes 1t impossible to
see but a short distance ahead. AS
the engine rounded the curve the en-
gineer was Mortified to find that the
freight had not pulled out of the sta
tion but was standing on the track
about dozen car lengths ahead, he
shut off steam and put on the air
brakes and then both he and the fire.
men jumped. Fortunately the train
was running at low speed but it
bumped the rear car of the freight
with good big billy goat kind of a
bump before 1t stopped. Our ex-
pressman, Mr.. Davis was at work in
one of the cars of the freight, helping
unload, at the time and the big bump
tumbled lot of freight down on him
bruising and tanning him up quite Sc
verely, otherwise no damage was
done.
The Primary and intermediate
schools will not commence until one
week from Monday on account of re-
pairs on the school building.
The postponed field day of the V. L.
S., was held Tuesday with picnic
dinner in the town hall. Had the day
been warm and pleasant it would
have been held on the lawn at W. R.
Whitueyts