The Somerset reporter., 1907-10-03
NORRIDOEWOCk.
harvesting time.

Considerable wet weather of late.
Mr. Albert Wade OF Watervllle was
n town last week visiting old friends.
Efr. Wade spent his boyhood days
Aare.
The hunting season opened Tuesday
af this week. We hope that the mum
Der of fatalities to the hunters may be
Kpss this season than common. 1t Is
well to look over the special game
avs TO see Just what game is still In
close season before starting out, or
what may be better-take one OF MIR.
Usrieton's little red books along with
you and look it through after sighting
your game and see If you will be al
6wed to shoot. Nothing like being
IN the safe side.
Mrs. Winthrop Tappan, who has
Seen spending a number OF days IN
0own stopping with Mr.. and Mrs. X.
A. Whitney, returned to her home in
Bew Jersey Monday.
Members OF the Appalachian Club
sf New York passed through this
slace one day last week on their way
10 Kineo for a short outing.
Another freight has been added on
ahe Somerset which IS used expressly
aOr drawing pulp wood.
Mr.. Meader is making preparations
for ere citing couple of saw mills, one
sut Oak hill way and the other will be
eIaced on Frank Clark's land near the
depot. The larger boiler, which was
evidently taken from a locomotive,
vas started out toward Oak hill last
week, but as the smaller one which
Aad been delayed on the railroad
finally arrived, an attempt was made
TO turn around with the big one in
sxont of the high school building. In
doing this the front wheels caught
under the boiler and lifted the boiler
sver the wheel where it fell on to the
Role which it broke. One or the
Aorses was also thrown but not in
Jared. 1t took several days to get
khings repaired and get the boiler out
0k the road.
They have been bothered at the
corn shop this week for lack of husk
ora. During the severe rain of Sun
day, there was lots of corn on the
ground waiting for the huskers and
the French people made valiant ef-
snrt to keep things going, but sitting
about husking corn with the water
ahxee inches or more deep in many of
khe places and good wind blowing
was rather discouraging, to say the
Hast, and many of them contracted
colds, which still farther cut down the
aumber of workers. Fortunately it is
not often that such disagreeable
Storm comes at corn canning time and
now after it is all over and dried up,
aa,e husking grounds are rather good
elace to work in. And there seems
10 be plenty of work for all hands.
Mr.. G. H. Hussey closed his coat
ahop Tuesday for the fall vacation
and rather thinks that he will not
open again until sometime in Novem
Der, although he has not been to Bos
son yet. The next goods to be made
will be the light weight work for mex
apring and summer.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Rogers of the north side of the river
has been suffering from an abscess OF
his face.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sprague Taylor o.
Fairfield were in town last week call.
ing upon friends.
Mr.. Charles Sawyer of this place
proprietor of the Skowhegan Granite
Works, has taken the contract to fur
aish the granite for the underpinnine
sf the new municipal building of that
place. The amount will be in the
neighborhood of a thousand dollars.
ffr. John Adams who was hurt ir
Aaying time by falling from a load Of
Aay which he was unloading, Is failing
During the past two or three weeks
nj tim IN aaamad tbnnUh tho
Sas some improvement, but it was oil
transcient nature.
Mr.. F. W. Spaulding and son, Fred,
are contemplating trip to Massachu-
setts.