The independent-reporter., 1910-05-19
~ The News of Somersefs Busy Towns ~

they have not played any games but
hope to get Saturday afternoon OF
this week out TO try their metal. II
is doubtful however II they can do
anything for probably viii Soule will
have a mouth full of tacks trying to
drive them into the ball and Bert KIM
ball will be examining the stitches
and wondering how they ever got the
cover into a Goodyear machine while
some of the others will be trying to
turn the whole thing inside out and
put burnish on the edges. But per-
haps If the catcher gets little hot
wax on his fingers and they can make
hole through the other fellows bat
with the dinker. they won't do so very
bad after all.
The apple trees are blOssomed and
they make a very pretty appearance.
A ID. Brackley has completed his
work as census enumerator and has
his head full of facts and figures but
the worst of il all is that he has to be
as mum as an oyster The enumera-
tors are not allowed to tell the very
least little thing. as the little folks
say so, so far we cant find out wheth-
er our town population has increased
or diminished since the last census.
. All of the teachers of the village
schools and u number of the rural
school teachers attended the teachers
convention at North Anson, last Fri
day On account of this the usual
arbor day exercises of cleaning up the
school yards and planting a tree was
not carried out which was rather too
bad.
w. F. Johnson is still seriously i'll,
apparently rather worse than he has
been for several weeks. Some time
ago Mr.. Johnson was taken sick and
he attributed the cause to some sort Of
L poison which he had taken in med,
icine. Whatever the cause. the symp-
toms of the disturbance remain very
persistently with him.
DR.. j. ID. Ames has returned from
Portland were he went last week to
oack up his stock of drugs and store
fixtures which he will move here.
L. r. Folsom Is slowly gaining and
has been able TO get out little into
the open air on several days the past
week
The foundations have been set and
the sills framed for the new corn shop
which is being built by Mr.. Jewett.
They are delivering the seed corn for
their acreage and the big pile of
lumber in that vicinity attests to the
fact that they are going to get very
busy right away.
Miss Jeanie Hurley of Skowhegan
spent Sunday in town visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Elliott of Lynn,
Mass, have been spending a few days
of the past week visiting at the Fern
side Dairy Farm. Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott
were neighbors of Mr.. Fuller in the
long ago when they all lived in the
town of Freedom.
Percy Jarvis of Augusta was in
, town over Sunday, visiting at e. B.
Eyerett's.
Miss Velma Briggs, who has been
spending a short time in Waterville
as stenographer, returned home Sat
urday
Fred Everetts little sons have the
whooping cough.
Monroe Downs, whose serious i'll
ness we noted in a previous issue is
slowly improving, although he is still
far from well.
The road commissioner has started
the rOaQ Macnlne ana tne Ddu pldCeS
will be smoothed out as fast as pos
sible.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Everett, who
have been spending the winter in
Medfield, Mass. returned home last
week.
Mrs. Fannie Hussey has been quite
seriously i'll for a number of weeks
but Is now slowly gaining.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cony Russell returned
from their long vacation in the south
and west on Tuesday of this week.
John Metcalf of West New Portland
was in town Monday.