The Somerset reporter., 1909-08-26
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Society will be held IN
their rooms on Friday afternoon OF
this week. The subject will be Rob
ert Burns". The committee in charge
will be Mrs. Jane Hathaway, Mrs.
Elizabeth Russell and Miss Elizabeth
Parker, the same committee that was
on the postponed meeting OF July 10Th.
Mrs. Dell Tibbetts of Beverly, Mass,
has been spending a few days visit
ing at Burleigh Everett's, leaving
this week to visit her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. B. Nickerson in SkoWhe-
gan. Mrs. Nickerson was q former
resident of this village and has many
friends here.
The rural schools commence next
Monday with the exception OF the
Frederic district which will be delay ,
ed one week. The high school will
also commence September 18th. The
grammar and intermediate will begln
Sept. 18th. Miss Florence Chase OF
Barring, Maine, q graduate OF the y
of NJ. has been secured as assistant IN
the high school. Miss Maud Lancas
ter of Dexter will teach the intermedl-
ate and Miss Ada Jefferson OF Mon
mouth, the grammar. Miss Lancas-
ter and Miss Chase are graduates oil
the Pennington Normal School.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. l.. Frederic have
been spending q week in this vicinity
visiting relatives and friends, return
ing to their home In Dorchester
Mass, this week. Mr.. Frederic Is
very successfully engaged in the gro
Gerry business In that city. The
greater number of our citizens will
remember Mr.. Frederic in the same
business here number OF years ago
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lockwood, who
have been in town for a number o.
days visiting relatives, left here
Tuesday, for their home In Augusta
They were accompanied by Miss Alta
Durgiu who will make them shor
visit.
Miss Linnion Brown spent Sunday
with her friend, Miss Mary Wilson, II
Scion, returning home Monday after
noon.
Road Commissioner @. j. Savage
has had a crew at work on the roads
since the rain, filling up the "chucR
holes" which were made during the
recent drouth. Some of the bad cause
ways have also been greatly improy'
ed, noticeably the one near the Chas
Jones place. The bridge near Fred
Kelley's has also been having atten'
tion and strengthening. After riding
considerably in central Maine
this season we will venture the opin-
ion that the roads of our town com
pare very favorably with any In
Maine.
MIR. G. s. Wright went to Bangor on
a business trip Monday; he informs US
that he Is considering proposition
from a business house to represent
them on the road.
A pretty lively wind storm accom-
panied by q thunder shower passed
over this place on Friday afternoon.
The center of the path of wind
seemed to follow the north side oil
the river. Several telephone poles
near J. F. Frye's place were blown
down and the trees we're stripped OF
q number of their limbs. At the
Fernside Dairy Farm a barn which
had just been moved into place at the
end of their big new barn, was set
around two feet on its bookings and
greater part of one side OF It's root
torn off. A watering shed some dis
lance away had its roof taken off and
the sides badly twisted and at other
places trees were injured. People
further down on the Skowhegan road
who saw the storm coming say that
the cloud which seemed to do the
damage was of typical tornado
form. We are willing to adopt 8
reasonable amount Of new tangled
notions In our section but don't really
care to have any OF them tarnal ives
tern tornadoes let loose around here
before slater digging time"
Mr.. @. o. Normandy left, Monday
for Massachusetts, on a business trip
In the interest of his shoe shop.
Mrs. Jeanette Johnson, Miss News
johnson, Miss Elizabeth Hammond oil
Mattapan, Mass, Miss Gladys SWEET
of Massachusetts and Miss johnson
of Madison have been spending g
week at the Johnson cottage at North
Pond.
Miss Lillian Dempsey has been the
guest of MI. and Mrs. Cony::R Russell this
week. Miss Dempsey and her par
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. 9. Dempsey Of
Boston, spend their summers in a very
ulCo COUVhS0 WuACh tuOJ OWh, Va oho
shore OF North pond.
Several cases of whooping cough
have been reported in town. As we
have nothing special to whoop about
at present we trust that the run will
be light.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hobbs spent
several days Of last week at one OF
the cottages at the pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Brackley and
Mrs. Marcia Watson are expected
home from Kingfleld the latter part
Of this week.
Mr.. A. w. Merrill has been having
the interior Of his dry goods store re-
modelled. The shelving, which was
rather narrow, has been widened and
the arrangement of the floor of the
show windows has been changed,
giving q larger amount of space for
the display Of goods.
The Spiritualist campmeeting will
be held at Lakewood Grove from
Saturday, Sept. to Sunday, Sept.