The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06
Deferred Correspondence.
Omitted from Las, Issue of the Reporter
for Lack of Space.
NORTH ANSON.

ant during the past week.
County Attorney, Thomas J. Young,
was in town, Monday afternoon, TAX
ing the night train for Solon.
The next meeting OF the Capt. S.
T. Hutchins Circle, G. A. R., will be
held in Grange hall, February sth, at
1.30p p. m.
Fred Mullen had the third finger of
his left hand taken off by saw one
day last week while at work for Al
bert Copp.
Miss Susie Stevens of Hallowell hes
been the guest of Misses Marta and
Nettie Bemis several days during the
past week.
Miss Edna HoVey, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. G. l.. Hovey, has returned
to Pennington to resume her studies
at the Normal.
Mrs. Jessie Spalding has been very
ill during the past week with pneu-
menia. Her husband and son have
also had a severe attack of grip.
Miss Susie Benjamin has been at
home from Morgan's Business Col
lege, Waterville, the past week III
with grip. Her mother has also been
quite i'll.
The Ruth Head Cragin Chapter,
d. A. R., will observe Washington's
birthday by holding a Colonial Tea,
in which members and their families
will participate at the residence of
Mrs. F. II. Holley.
The Capt. s. T. Hutchins Circle, g.
A. K. of this village will observe
Washington's birthday by having a
dinner and entertainment at Grange
hall. The company will be confined
to the order and their immediate
family.
Mrs. James Hutchinson of Portland,
Mrs. P. d. Egan OF Salem and Mrs.
Susie Neville of Beverly, Mass. arriv-
ed here, Saturday night, being called
by the serious illness of the mother,
Mrs. Jessie Spalding, who is sick with
pneumonia.
Mrs. G. w. Hutchins attended the
Maine Federation of Womens Clubs
in Lewiston, last week. Mrs. Hutch
ins is chairman of the Arts and Crafts
committee and her very interesting
report appeared III part in the Lewis
ton Journal of January 23rd.
! Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Cole, who went
! to Brighton, Saturday, returned to
this village, Monday, and started for
Everett, Mass, Wednesday morning,
where Mr.. Cole has a position on mill
work. Mr.. Freeman, proprietor OF
the North Anson Lumber Company,
in whose employ Mr.. Cole has been
for long time, sent for him to go to
Massachusetts,.
Mrs. w. C. Emery, president of the
Rebekah Assembly, assisted by Mrs.
Leon Merrill, marshall, OF Solon
started Thursday morning, for Union
to attend a joint installation of Odd
Fellows and Rebekahs of that town.
Mrs. Emery will also be accompanied
by her husband and they will visit
relatives and friends in Brunswick
and Fairfield on the trip, returning
home Saturday night.
Last Thursday morning, Mr.. Thurs
ton, Miss Simmons and the students
Of the academy took walk up School
street and made a call on Principal
Tapley. 1t was happy meeting and
the students enjoyed it much, but no
more than Mr.. Tapley. By the way,
the ADVOCATE is glad to announce
that MIR. Tapley's he. lth is improv-
ing. which will be good news to his
large circle of friends iii this village.
The present winter is most favor
able for the ax-payers in the max
ing of highway bills. So far there has
been no road breaking and the ex-
penses have been kept down to a
minimum. This is, indeed, gratifying
after the unusual expenses on account
of the big shower last July which left
the roads throughout the town in an
impossible condition. 1t was mosts
unfortunate, but it was one of those
things where no one Is to blame.
Mrs. Nancy Hill Nickerson who
died January IA, in Chicago, was born
in Embden, January Z, 1923, the
daughter of Reuben Hill and Sally
Hutchins. Mrs. Nickerson went from
Maine in 1874, travelling by stage
coach to Syracuse n. Y, thence by
water to Chicago Soon after arriv-
ing there she established a school In
town teaching the children of the
settlement for two years. She then
went to Boston and studied langua-
ges and mathematics, returning to
Chicago In 1859. She contributed
$25, 900 towards church and estab-
lished one of the earliest schools for
girls i'll Chicago. She married in 1871,
Benjamin Nickerson, who died sever
al years ago. Mrs. Nickerson left
several relatives in North Anson, New
Portland and Madison.
The annual March meeting will be
held on the second day of the month,
Monday, March End.
S. N. Davis slipped ON the ice near
his home, Tuesday noon and slightly
fractured his left arm.
Miss Lena Donley, stenographer at
the Insane Asylum, Augusta, was at
home for few days recently.
Emerald Rebekah lodge held a
special meeting, Tuesday evening,
and received two candidates into the
order.
Potatoes are selling at a better
price than at any other time this
winter-65 cents per bushel are the
latest quotations.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Cole went to
Brighton, Saturday, where Mr.. Cole
has charge of setting up the machin-
cry In a mill. They will be gone from
here about two months.
Fred B. Pierce, who has been an in
valid for several years caused by
shock of paralysis, had another shock,
Monday morning, at the home OF
Austin Berry in Embden, where every
attention has hean given him during