The independent-reporter., 1909-10-07

l~oftsd - - ytsid'aE llEhi Ia this ssr-
iiun. aiihaaHh there are sufB. sory
eosa a.sds
Parties rom >ofr35seeoet vent
aasn through this Village fHeadaf
9Th tao deer
Nrs. p 7. Crane aaE feff plsas
snfly surprised ON Monday evening
y hen quite party of the Young iseo
pie of the village came into hef hefue
aud spent the evening Il was Nrs
Cranes birthday and they brought bef
solid silver spoon and other pres
ehts
A litiie child OF Nlf aud Mrs In
gallsbafg of Concord. vas buried IN
sunset cemetery Monday afternoon.
Change Of time on the Somerset
railroad went into effect Monday The
Pullman service has been discon-
tinued
Mr. and Mrs. Msron Aver OF STRAIT
ton. We're here last week and Mr. and
Mrs. Austin Andrews returned with
them for II hunting trip.
The members OF the Sunshine So
cioty gave Mrs. Almeda Cuts a great
surprise when they met AT her home on
Monday afternoon. the occasion being
her seventy-fifth birthday. 1t was a
very pleasant AFFAIR and will long be
remembered.
On October . Mrs. George Moulton
found a strawberry plant in full
bloom near her home in Embden.
There will be a meeting of the trus
tees of the library at the library Sat
urday evening at 8 o'clock.
F. W. Scott arrived home from Au-
gusta Saturday.
J. ID. Benjamin is going to have his
new house wired for electric lighting
and Z. w Scott, the electrician will
do the work.
The Congregationalist Sunday
school went on a ride last Thursday
afternoon intending to have corn
roast and picnic above Embden sta
ton but a thunder shower coming on
suddenly they were Obliged to come
home.
At the meeting of the G. A. r. cir
Gle Saturday, the veterans will relate
stories of the war and "reminiscences
of camp life. The Marcellus Perkins
circle of Madison will do the work.
DIR. F. l.. Norton and Mrs. Norton
moved to their new home in Dover
Saturday. 1t is to be regretted that
the doctor decided to leave town as
he was considered one of the best
dentists in this section of the State.
Miss Gertrude B. Hitchcock of Sa-
lem, Mass, is the guest of Mrs. Mar
ston and Mrs. G. A. Porter.
The intermediate and primary
schools have their fair and sale Sat
urday.
Mrs. Mary Young of Readfeld ar
rived here Friday, the guest of her
son, F. 7. Crane and family.
Mrs Cora Seeley Fenlason and
children have gone to Stoneham,
Mass, to remain with her mother,
Mrs. Charles Poland, while Mr.. Fen
lason is at Austin ponds during the
hunting season.
Mrs. Ada Sweat and Mrs. Olive
Howard of Providence, R. l., have
been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. s..
Gould during the past week. These
ladies are sisters of Mrs. Gould.
Guy Perkins and family of Passa-
dumkeag, were the guests of Mrs.
Harry Tripp recently. They went
from here to Moxie.
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Walker ar
rived here Saturday forenoon from
Portland Mr.. Walker is motorman
on one of the electric railway of that
city. They will visit here a few weeks
with relatives.
Mr.. Robinson's large touring car
broke down Thursday night on Ken
nebec avenue while making the home
ward run to Bingham. 1t caused sew
eral hours delay and teams were sent
out from the Somerset stables to take
the passengers home.
A n. Cole, who built the mills of
the No. Anson Lumber Co, and had
charge of the mill most of the time
for the past year. went to Batherst, n.
b., Monday to build a mill for the
Fred S. Morse Lumber Co. This mill
will have a capacity of 125,000.
1t is not given to everyone to visit
the old home of his boyhood on his
8Sth birthday, as did the venerable
Jesse Spalding last Thursday. On
the both day of September 1921, he
first saw the light out on Kennebec
avenue, and for So consecutive years
he has made an annual visit to the
house in which he was born and TAX
en- dinner with his brother He has
lived as natures nobleman on the
farm all of his long life, and now in
this later day he is active about his
work and attends church regularly
every Sunday, both winter and sum-
mer. Perhaps his long life and ac-
tivjty may be attributed in no small
degree to being temperate in Ill
things, living among the vines and
flowers, dealing justly with all men