The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-04-16
TOWN and VICINITY.

eleven thirty; specialties, everything
Mrs. A. C. Robinson of Lewiston
passed Sunday in town, the guest OF
Mrs. Amos Tobey.
Mrs. Edith s. Shepherd, who had
been passing the winter in South
Carolina, arrived home Saturday.
FIT. Palmer went to Lewiston last
Friday to attend to unloading the
carload of farm carts shipped earlier
in the week to Edwards & Co.
Mrs. F. s. spaulding and her son,
William F. Carey, left for Old
Orchard, Monday morning, where
they are to remain for the summer.
Mrs. HI. Burrill OF Boston, with
her two sons, Randall and Gaylord,
returned home Tuesday, after a brief
visit with her sister, Mrs. Alonzo
Smith.
The places of business of the Gro
GERS and Feed Dealers Association
will be closed, Monday, from twelve
O'Clock in observance of Patriots
Day.
The ladies' of the M. Z. Church will
serve an Easter dinner, Friday, April
18th, at the vestry. Ham and eggs,
salads, and etc. Also there will be on
sale aprons, toilet articles and fancy
goods. Price of dinner 25c. All are
invited.
E. 8. Doyen, formerly of Norridge-
wock, who has been passing the
winter in Mexico, Me-, was in town
last week, visiting his grandchildren,
Master Albert and Miss Rose Rogers.
Mr.. Doyen will pass the coming
summer in Lawrence, Mass, and
plans TO go TO California in the fall.
William E. Briggs has been in town
this week, packing his household
goods for shipment to Brewer. Mr..
Briggs has been employed In that
place most of the time for several
years past but has previously kept
his home here. The present move is
more in the nature OF permanent
change of residence.
The daily papers have recently
called attention to the fact that there
is living, in the town OF Sangerville,
Piscataquis county, FIVE generations
of one family, all in the male line.
The names are Moses Carr, aged ss'
Frank 8. Carr, "a, Fred H. Carr, 81,
Omer Carr, "A, and Ogden Moses
Carr, aged six months. This is GER
tainly a very unusual incident and
probably is the only case of the kind
in the state, possibly in this coun-
try. Five generations in the same
family rarely occur at all and that
they should all be on the paternal
side of the family is heretofore un-
heard of.
Hiram G. Gage left here on Satur-
day morning of last week, to join his
wife in Worcester, Mass, where she
has been visiting with her daughter,
Mrs. Victor Edwards, since the
middle of February. Mr.. Gage has
arranged for employment in Chelms-
ford, Mass. =, where his son, DR.. Leon
Gage, is now settled in the practice
of medicine. By this plan it seems
that Skowhegan is not to be the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gage in the future,
which our people will very much re-
greet. Mr.. and Mrs. Gage are both
natives of this place and are the
kind OF citizens we would much
prefer to retain. Mr.. and Mrs. +. b.
Varney have been living at the Gage
home, No. A Mechanic street, during
the past winter, and will continue to
occupy it for the present.
Skowhegan has many citizens OF
advanced years who maintain an ac-
tivity of mind and body which is not
looked for in those past the age
which is usually spoken of as the
prime OF life. The latest incident of
this kind which comes to our atten-
ton concerns Benjamin r. Flagg,
who is now in his ninetieth year.
We have in good authority that this
venerable man sawed cord of rock
maple and yellow birch wood, last
week, two runs, in eleven hours. He
seemed to take no injury from this
rather rugged exercise and claimed
to feel no unusual fatigue. We do
not fear that other Skowhegan citi-
neutrality-suspicious. or older-will be
stimulated by the above account into
any dangerous efforts at its imitation.
Wisdom and understanding come
with years and they usually know
their strength and will attempt only
such stunts as they can carry through
without injury. Younger people,
however. should be warned. Wood
saving is most excellent exercise but
should be INDUCED only in modera-