The Somerset reporter., 1894-10-04
TOWN and VICINITY.
Auction at Geo. Cushing's nightly.
MONDAY, OCTOBER /. 1891


Four quart porcelain kettles for poets,
Doran & Wood
Miss Belle Colby of Bingham is visit
ing Miss Georgia Low
5. W. Phlbrick returned from his Bos-
ton trip Saturday night.
Miss Sadie L. Brown of Bangor IS the
guest of Mrs. J. p. Merrill.
Plenty of that popular Cafe Royal
coffee now in stock at f. I. Goodrich's.
+. f. Sturtevant attended the annual
meeting of tile State Board of Trade last
week.
Forrest Goodwin. Esq, had case be-
fore the United States court in Augusta,
Saturday.
The East Madison people expect to
have new organ for their church next
Sunday.
Mr.. Jas. White and daughter Maggie,
of Sangervile, visited with Alex Lums-
den and family last week.
Alfred Stackpole of Portland, formerly
of Norridgewock, is spending ii week
with friends in that town.
A more perfect specific for rough skin
and chapped hands, was never known
than Patterns Cream Balm. 1888
Mrs. d. G. Delano has returned from
Boston with fall styles in dress making
and may be found in her rooms over
George Cushing's store.
With the cooler weather Delano has
commenced the manufacture of those
J popular velvet kisses, the finest molas-
, SEES goods ever put on the market.
Z. G. Woodbury. left home this morn
ing ON his bicycle for visit to his old
home in Ttchfield. He went via Mon
mouth through Augusta, intending to
J reach the former place tonight.
a loot baked bean supper was served
by the ladies of the M. f. society in the
yestry of their church Saturday night,
which was largely attended, and netted
the society over eight dollars.
Mrs. A. j. Whitney, who resides with
a daughter in Boston. Mass. and who
has been visiting another daughter, Mrs.
Jas c. Durrill in this place for some
weeks, returned home on Saturday.
The fall schedule of time over the
Maine Central X. X. went into effect this
morning BY lhis change the morning
passenger leaves at s.35. and the after
noon at l.i0. while the forenoon train
! arrives at II o'clock
The missionary meeting held at the
First Baptist church, Sunday evening
| was grand success. Mrs. Belle Clatlin
gave an address on her work ON the Con-
! go. The meeting was very much enjoy
) ed The vestry was crowded.
The extensive buildings of the Skow-
hogan Pulp Co. are being newly re-shin-
gled. The mill is shut down for time
and as far as practical the help are
working on this job. 1t requires about
10000 shingles to cover the roofs.
\ broken circuit in the electric light
wires caused our town to be without
street lights Saturday and Sunday
nights. All day yesterday workmen
were hunting to locate the break, but it
was not found until this morning, it be
ing on North Avenue.
Joseph Eldridge of Neponset, H.. was
in town last week calling upon old ac-
quaintances and looking over the place.
He is a native of Skowhegan but left
here for the West before the war. He
says the changes are numerous in the
town and among the inhabitants. espe-
cially the latter.
At the solicitation of many Skowhe-
gan ladies f. T. Goodrich has put in a
stock of the Alden Vinegar Co.'S cele-
brated goods, which includes white wine
and pure cider vinegars, the latter war
ranted five years old. For strength and
purity they have no equal, and to house
7 keepers who take so much pride in their
pickles, etc, these vinegars will readily
I commend themselves.
Mr.. W. II. Norton is known as the
+ "Bee King" here, but he has something
to boast of beside bees. He exhibited to
the REPORTER some pods of well-deyel-
oped green pease that grew from seed
raised this year. That is two crops of
pease in one year and the second crop of
green pease. September 18th Rather
an unusual occurrence. He also left
J with us a fine specimen of sweet corn.
the stalk being over II feet tall. and it
had an ear on it II II inches long.
The Dayy Jones Opera Co. were greet
ed with $500 90 house at Coburn Hall,
Thursday night, and the opera with all
its scenic effects was given in Il highly
satisfactory manner to the large audi
ence in attendance. The music was
pleasing, the company good one. one
of the best that ever visited our town,
and it was gratifying to see our people
extend to it a liberal patronage. Tn
fortunately, death in the immediate
family of one of the players who took a
star part, obliged that gentleman re-
turn home but an under study assumed
the part of 'Sandv" most admirably.
= As stated in the REPORTER last week
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