The Somerset reporter., 1909-05-13
NORTH ANSON

Sunday the Kennebec river was
very high, the banks more than full
and the water flowing on to the in
tervals. The top of the new pier
above Patterson bridge was nearly
covered and the new logs were COM
ing in good numbers.
Miss Susie Benjamin arrived home
from Waterville, Friday night.
Mrs. Susan Benjamin has been very
ill during the past week.
William Benjamin Of Portland spent
Sunday in town with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. 8. Gould, Mrs. M.
G. Emery and Miss Mary Porter went
to Skowhegan Thursday, to attend
the funeral of Mrs. r. P. Viles.
Austin Eames was visiting in Show
hogan last week.
G. L. Hovey went to Augusta Fri
day on business trip.
May 10th, with the snow scattered
| in places over the landscape and
woodland, was the picture presented
| in this section last Monday. The
| patches of wilderness still remained as
the last reminder of long, cold
| winter and seemed loath to release
the grip which they had held 80 long.
| For six months and more snow has
been Visible here, the most of the
time much In evidence. May LIST
snow fell 80 that it was good sleigh
| ing and now 1t is almost the middle
of the month and but very little farm
ing is done. Surely, this is late
spring even for Maine.
Mrs. Benjamin Berry returned from
Bingham Saturday afternoon.
w. H. Williams was at home from
Oakland Saturday night and returned
Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. O. Emery are ex-
pected to arrive home from Boston
Thursday night.
The Odd Fellows sermon was large
ly attended Sunday morning in the
Congregational church, many mem
bers of the order coming from some
distance away
Road Commissioner Pullen used the
Kings log scraper on the streets of
| the village and the lower road to-
ward the toll bridge, Saturday, very
much improving the condition of the
| highway. He also did some very
useful work in cleaning up the village
streets where had been made the
depository for waste paper, orange
peels, banana peelings and other
waste that never ought to have been
| thrown into the street.
The local hunters complain that it
has been very poor spring for hunt
ing the muskrat from the fact that
there are hardly any to be found.
The scarcity is attributed to the
drowning Of the little animals during
the high water in the rivers this
spring.
The section men Of the Somerset
road were burning the grass along the
track above the village Saturday.
Saturday was the warmest after
noon Of the spring but Sunday
brought 1t decidedly cooler with
threatening rain.
James II. Stevens went to Oakland
Monday to take charge Of the new
clothing store of NJ. L. French, and e.
P. Barnaby has been engaged to take
charge of Mr.. French's store in this
village.
| M. P. Moore's new ice wagon has
made its appearance on the street.
The ice for the season will be deliver
ed by Theodore Steward.
The season seems very late as halt
of May is nearly gone and but very
little sowing is done and not any
planting to speak Of yet. Notwith-
standing this, May is the seed month
and there is time enough to raise
good crops. If the working time for
the spring is short the harvest time
will be long and there will be enough
to eat and enough to drink and
enough to wear for those who toll.
| The office which President Taft has
| engaged for the summer at Beverly,
Mas, is in the block and on the same
floor as the Office Ill which Miss Mary
Egan works. Miss Egan will be re-
| membered here as the granddaughter
OF Jesse Spaulding.
DR.. E. M. Wing was at Waterville
Monday forenoon.
Alvah Beal purchased good pair
of large horses in Fairfield last week
and he and Mrs. Beal will go to Spring
Lake In about week to remain dur
L a.