The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-16
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Mass. High School, is visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Hoyt. This
school registers 265 students.
The severe heat continues and the
worst drouth in many years is here.
Some claim that this section has ex-
perienced nothing like it since 1871,
the famous ''grasshopper" year. The
farmers are rushing the haying as the
grass is drying up under the scorch-
ing sun. The hay crop is reported by
many to be not more than one half
as much as is usually cut. Grain and
tillage crops are suffering severely as
we'll as the grass. Unless rain comes
very soon il is hard outlook for
farm crops.
Yarmouth Monday, for a visit with
his parents.
Will Hoyt went to Pennington
Monday, where he will be employed
for a few weeks.
Misses Bertha Paine and Susie
Clark went to Pennington Monday, to
attend the summer school this week.
Eugene Mitchell was at home from
Lewiston Monday. In the afternoon
he and his daughter Lima, went to
Madison.
L. P Lincoln went to Kineo on the
excursion Sunday.
Mrs. Chas. Pease of Minneapolis,
MINI. was visiting w. W. Pease on
Monday.
Mrs. NJ. L. French and daughter
Ellen went to Madison Monday. Ellen
remained to visit her grandparents
during the week.
Miss Maude Porter of Strong is
the guest of her aunt Mrs. Emily
Porter and family.
Miss Gladys Beale is spending the
summer at the Samoset Hotel in.
Rockland.
There will be no preaching services
at the Universalist church during the
next four weeks. The Sunday school
during this vacation will be held at
six O'Clock on Sunday evenings.
Mrs. BENZ. Mantor has been quite
sick during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Golf are visiting
in Hartland.
Miss Frances Knapp went to Kineo
Sunday, and returned home Monday.
Mrs. Templeton of Flagstaff who is
staying at Mrs. Chas. Knapp's, re-
Gently gave birth to tiny baby girl.
Ira Cushing and family started
Tuesday, for his farm in Starks, to do
the haying. E. j. Clark went with
him to help him.
Misses Susie and Laura Clark visit
ed in Madison Thursday and Friday.
Miss Elizabeth Bodfish arrived here
this week from Palmer, Mass, for a
visit with her grandmother, Mrs. II.
E. Ware.
VIM. Twaddelle went Monday, to
Montreal and will be gone all summer
and winter.
Mrs. Anderson of Chicago, Ill.,, was
visiting relatives in this village, Fri
day. Mrs. Anderson was born in
New Portland and her maiden name
was Stevens.
been the guest of Mrs. Alfred Berry
several days this week.
Selden Benjamin, who is SO years
old, visited in Madison a few days
last week.
Miss Flora Berry is attending the
summer school at the Normal school
in Pennington.
George S. Longley has moved into
Mrs. E. II. Roblnson's house on lower
Madison street.
Mrs. Celestia CLANCY of Wilton is
visiting relatives here.
Mrs. G. o. Aver who has been visit
ing in New Portland for few weeks,
retusned home last week.
The young people are having en-
joyable boat rides on the Carrabassett
above the mill pond these evenings.
Mrs. Blanche Chadbourne Hall of
Gorham, N. H., was the guest of G.
L. Hovey and family the last of the
week.
At the meeting of Capt. S. T.
Hutchins Circle, Saturday afternoon,
the ladies' served ice cream and cake
to the veterans. The next regular
meeting of the Circle will take place,
August 22d
Mrs. Lenora Reed and daughter
Abbie, of Island Falls arrived here,
Saturday night and are visiting
Alpheus Bemis and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Williams went
to Skowhegan Friday.
The Universalist Sunday school had
their annual picnic a Lake Embden
the 9th.
The following program will be
given at the regular meeting of An
son Grange, Saturday, July Is: Sing
ing by male members of the grange;
reading, Lee Ellis; cornet solo,
Joseph Norton; reading, George
Savage; song, L. A. Emery; reading,
H. B. Ellis; song, w. N. Nicholson;
reading, Eugene Danforth; question,
What make of cream separators are
the most profitable to the farmers,
and why?' To be opened by the
Worthy Master, II. &. Ellis and fol-
lowed by T. d. Salley and others.
During the powerful shower of
Monday afternoon of July 9th, II. E.
Skidmore had two valuable ycarling
colts killed by lightning while in the
pasture on Ash Hill.
The raspberry pickers are organic
ing and now can be seen searching in
all the woods and lanes for the
berries.
REVERE-CORNNlLLE
Every one is wishing for rain.
Allen Rowell went to Scion last