The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-13
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Wnefe Is lne I6llOW tndp war Moi
ried about the Maine ice crop?
Extra thick, fine ice has been har-
vested during the. past week and the
good shedding has facilitated the work.
Mr.. Charles Russell has been doing
rushing business filling his ice house
for the town trade the coming sum
mer and has also sold large number
of cakes to those who are putting up
ice for themselves.
w W. Huntoon has purchased the
interest that Bert Ames had in the
grocery business of Huntoon & Ames
and will continue the. business with
some changes, among which will be
an afternoon delivery, instead of
forenoon as has previously been their
custom. Mr.. Ames will move out Of
town.
Mrs. Kate Holbrook, who is teach
ing school in the town of SkowheRan
was at home over Sunday.
Mrs. Sara Frederic, who has been
spending a couple of weeks with her
friend. Mrs. Emory of Oak Hill is
making preparations to go to Gray,
Me to visit her sister, Mrs McCann,
for a few weeks.
Mr.. J. 7. Welch has been suffering
from lame leg for several weeks.
While not confined to the house, it is
severe enough to be very uncomfort-
able
Gentlemens' night will be observed
by the Village Improvement Society
at the Congregational church on Fri
day evening of this week. The MEM
bers will invite their husbands or
best fellows. or some ones else best
fellow to join them in the Festivities
of the occasion. Miss Andrews OF
Augusta, a popular elocutionist, Will
be present and give several selections
in the program. Refreshments will
be served. The gentlemen who are
fortunate enough to receive an lnVl-
tation will all be there as they know
from the experiences of the past,
that the ladies' never do things by
halves and that a good time and
pleasant entertainment is in store for
them.
Dr. Howard Sawyer arrived home
from Massachusetts Monday night,
called here by the death of his
father
In addition to the choir music i'll
the Congregational church Sunday
morning, there was very pleasing
and appropriate duet by Prof. and
Mrs. Beane.
Miss Dorothy Folsom has been con-
fined to the house this week by Sc
we're cold.
The eighth lecture on the literature
of the Bible will be given in the Con
gregational vestry on Wednesday
evening of this week by Rev. j. II.
Gould. 1t Will be the Wisdom Liter
ature.
Here's stunt for the hen men and
women. Mrs. Susie Storer of Dodlin,
reports that she has 39 Rhode Island
Reds. all hens, that laid SAT eggs i'll
the month Of January, an average of
about 141 eggs per hen and about III
eggs per day il they worked Sun
DAYS. If any one can beat this rec
ord for a cold month Mrs. Storer
would like to know it. We will say
that our better half has several hens
that seem to be out OF employment
and we guess that IL Mrs. Storer can
find them job of producing eggs at
that rate, or any other rate, we will
send them around.
The board of health have been busy
this week fumigating a number of the
houses where scarlet fever patients
have recovered.
There was quite good attendance
at the lecture given by DIR. Charles
Dole in the Congregational church
last Wednesday evening DR.. Dole
gave a very interesting talk upon his
impressions while on his recent tour
through the west and south. lie
was pleased by the air of prosperity
and the apparent thrift of the people
in those sections, and of the increas-
ed facilities for education and i'll the
south, of the better feeling between
the white population and the negroes.
He also commented faVoIably upon
the strong growth of the prohibitory
sentiment in both the south and west.
On Thursday evening DR.. Dole lee
tured in Bangor.
A crew of ten men in charge of
George johnson of Bangor arrived
from North Anson, Saturday, to put
in the wood work which is to
strengthen the railroad bridge over
the Kennebec at this place, so that
it will be amply safe for the increased
heavier traffic. 1t is expected that
the work will take n number of weeks
as heavy trusses or arches are to be
erected in the interior Of the bridge
between each set of piers. This crew
has just completed fine iron bridge
across the Carrabassett at North An
son. During the work the Carrabas-
sett, objecting to the proceedings, got
up in aims and up to freshet pitch
over the excuse of a little rain storm,
and took out part of the false work
together with part of the bridge. 1t
threatened to do more but thought
better of it and subsidized gracefully
leaving the crew with several days of
hard work OH hand before the trains