The Somerset reporter., 1909-08-12

Miss Hazel Bennett 81 Norway was
visiting at the homo Of Rev. and Mrs.
G. E. Brooks, last week.
N. w. Murphy, proprietor of Som
erset Hotel, and his daughter, Miss
Grace, and her aunts, Mrs. Chase of
Bingham and Mrs. Healy of Concord
spent last week at 1.-THE Birches,o at
Lake Embden.
Rev. @. A. Brooks and wife and son
Paul of Madison were in this village,
Sunday afternoon.
Miles Standish of Portland has been
In town during the past week, the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Donley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Aver and
Sunday, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Austin Andrews and Mrs. Aver.
The past week has been extremely
hot. Sunday at one O'Clock, p. M.
the thermometer registered 102 in the
shade. The heat was too much for
man or beast 10 work. s~.
Mrs. VIM. Benjamin OF Portland
was visiting her father, s. A. Davis,
last week.
Leo Caswell spent a few days at
Emblem, last week.
The annual session of the Camp
meeting will open, Aug. 23d. The
meeting will be in charge of Rev. F.
L. Howard of Auburn, and the music
will be conducted by o. B. Hatch of
Rockland.
Will Collins of Portland arrived,
Saturday night, to spend Sunday here
with relatives ana friends.
Mrs. Charles Hilton and son, Ray,
who have been visiting here returned
to Bingham, Friday night.
Mrs. Amanda Thompson is spend
ing two weeks at Ocean Park.
Mrs. Ella Hilton, Mrs. Charles Hill
ton and Ray Hilton took drive to
Ward Hill, Thursday.
Mrs. Mary Tarbell Pratt and lady
friend were here from Athens recent
ly.
Mrs. Eliza Huxley and her half
sister, Mrs. Anna Knowlton, both of
Marion, Mass, were guests Of their
cousin, Mrs. Almeda Quits, last week,
going from here, Friday. Mrs. Hink-
ley is 81 years old, and it is go years
since she last visited here. These
ladies come to their summer home in
Winthrop nearly every summer.
The BURBERRY teams are beginning
to pass through this village on their
way to the fields up river.
Miss Moore of Lewiston, trained
nurse, who has been attending a pa
tient at Scion, was the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. w. G. Emery, Monday.
Earl, Merle and Ben Mitchell and
ing, on an outing at Lake Embden.
They took quite a camping outfit and
intend to remain week.
Foster Public library has great
many patrons these summer days.
There were about fifty books taken
out by borrowers on Saturday.
The severe drouth now on is injur-
ing the tillage crops to ali alarming
extent. Unless rain in liberal guam
titles comes soon the sweet corn and
potatoes will be cut short. Upland
pieces are already beyond redemp-
ton. This, with the ravages of the
grasshopers is doing destructive
work. Vermont farmers are COM
planning OF the grasshoppers cutting
down the grain.
1t is an old saying that if dog days
come in wet they will continue so for
40 days and if they come in dry it will
be the reverse. However much reli-
ability there may be put in the say
ing, this season thus far has demons
trated that part of the saying, at
least, is true. July 25th was the be-
ginning of dog days and was the first
indication of clear, settled weather
for two weeks. 1t has continued hot
and dry with no showers, except one
which covered small section only.
The season was two weeks later than
usual and consequently haying was
late. There was but little grass cut
the middle of July and farmers did
not get after it in earneast for some
days after this, but the past two
weeks and more, has been all that one
could desire for getting hay.