The Somerset reporter., 1908-01-09
The New Grange Programs.

The New Grange Programs.
The annual calendar of Skowhegan
Grange, recently issued from the job
department of the REPORTER print
ing plant, has some new features and
contains much information which is
of interest to the general public as
well as to the members of the order.
1t gives the names of the officers, the
treasurer's report, the dates of the
meetings for the year and the pro-
gram to be carried out at each meet
ing Some of these meetings are
open to the public, like the Good
Roads Meeting" "Potato Day" and
"Apple Day" and the public has an
interest in "Horse Day" for the rea-
son that the afternoon is to be de-
voted to the showing of horses on the
streets.
The Good Roads meeting occurs on
April 15. 1t is open to the public
after Sis p. m. and the municipal Of
fieers of all Somerset towns and pIan-
tations are especially invited TO be
present. The principal address will
be given by Paul d. Sargent, state
highway commissioner, and there
will be five minutes talks by other
speakers.
The Horse Day or "stallion Fair"
will take place on May q and is in
charge of G. Davis Miller, c. S. Rob-
inson and r. F. Parker Owners of
stations throughout Somerset county
are invit ted to bring them to Skowhe-
gan on that day and exhibit them on
the street during The afternoon. No
owner can afford to miss this oppor
tunity to exhibit the good points of
his horse and the public are sure to
see collection of fine animals such
as is rarely assembled. The evening
program at the Grange hall is for
members only.
The date Of Potato Day is October
7, and l.. G. Trafton, Maurice w. Cay
ford and Chas. b. White are the com
mittee in charge. There will be an
exhibition of the different kind of
potatoes grown in this state in the
Grange banquet hall in the afternoon.
The public are invited to attend
this exhibition and to buy from the
samples thus shown such supplies of
potatoes as are needed for use or for
sale.
Apple day, on October q, in charge
of Sheldon II. Beal, Lester G. Stevens,
John A. Swain and Ansel Holway has
a very similar program. Varieties OF
fruit will be exhibited in the Grange
banquet hall III the afternoon and the
public are invited to view the ex
hibit and place orders. The evening
session of Apple day will be open to
the public after eight O'Clock and an
address on apple culture will be Civ
en- by Professor Herman Beckenstra-
tor of the faculty of the University of
Maine, a scientific orchardist.
East Madison Grange is to be the
guest of Skowhegan Grange on the
evening of September 30. There
are twenty seven meetings in all out
lined in the calendar, but other than
those above mentioned, they are
open to Grange members only. One
entirely novel feature, however, con-
nected with the meeting of February
Is, may be of interest to our readers.
This is the Turf, Farm & Home Typo
graphical Contest, for prizes aggre-
eating S24 in value offered by the
paper of that name published at
Waterville. The issue of the paper
mentioned of February 10 is to be
mailed to the members of Skowhegan
Grange and they are to find such err
rors as they can III it, mark them and
bring the paper TO the hall with them
on the evening of February rs. The
prizes will be awarded to those find
ing the largest number of errors.
our Ieduere VIII unuoiSuAiu 'H"N I"
contest of this kind, under the aus
pices of the REPORTER, would be de-
void of interest, as no enthusiasm
could be aroused in a search for err
rors where none are to be found. The
grangers, however, hope to lind
enough inaccuracies in the Turf, Farm
& Home to form basis for the con-
test as proposed. Some of the prizes
! to be awarded are now on exhibition
in the show window of the &. r.
Ward Clothing Co. in display which
is OF interest to the grangers and the
general public.