The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-23
CORRESPONDENCE
SO. NOrritigewock.

plepieu 1olWhN Is improving SLOWLY.
F. \. Hobbs is in New York this week
attending the cycle show.
Mrs. Susan Preble of Bingham was In
town Tuesday. visiting friends.
#The dance at Miller's Hall last Friday
evening, given by the young men, was
well attended. about twenty-five couples
participating, kendall's Orchestra
furnished music.
Mr.. Fred Barker of Glocester. Mass.
is visiting his father, MIR. John Barker
Mrs. Clara knowlton who has been
visiting her son in Boston returned home
last week.
+. j. Watts intends making a business
trip to Boston soon in the interest of his
| coat business. Mr.. Watts has been very
successful in the past in obtaining work
for his shop.
The steam saw mill is all ready for
business and have about 10000 feet of
lumber cut ready to draw as soon as
enough snow comes to make good sled
ing.
DIR. G. d. B. Pepper of Waterville will
lecture in the Baptist church Friday
evening, jan. 81. Subject, .Some of my
Teachers" The full arrangements and
price of admission will be announced
next week.
w. l.. Gerrish of the firm of w. y.
Prince Il Co, Portland. was in town
Tuesday.
Mr.. VIM. Phipps of Boston was in
town Monday night, returning Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. John Burgess entertained her
friends to the number of twenty last
Saturday afternoon.
The Somerset Rebekah Lodge have
been invited to attend the institution of
the new Rebekah Lodge at Skowhegan
tonight.
Geo. Hussey remains about the same
as last week.
The V. |. S. met last Friday with Mrs.
Augusta Bailey, subject "Hawthorne".
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
Charles Hussey one week from to-
morrow.
Mrs. Hattie Hemingway is in town
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Osborne are in town on
| business connected with the estate of
the late Wyatt HUFF
Mr.. John Doyen is in poor health.
o. f. Hall is putting in a nice electric
telephone from his store to his house to
take the place of the acoustic telephone
formerly employed.
Mrs Frank Welts of Mercer was in
town Tuesday.
Mr.. +. II. Farnum of Belgrade Mills
WAS in town Friday of last week.
1t is rumored that our young ladies
are soon to give leap year party.
Several parties who intend to put in
ice this season have already scraped
their ice fields and commenced to clear a
road down the south side to the river
through the drift ice which is piled
several feet high at that point
Parties interested in or contemplating
buying telephones are invited TO call on
w. +. Brown and examine the elegant
oak set he has on exhibition and get
prices for complete outfits!
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael King who were
here to attend the funeral of their sister
in-law, Mrs. +. p. King, have returned
TO their home in Lewiston.
Geo. Pishon has his hay barn shingled
and the doors hung and has already
commenced to fill it with hay.
Why not establish a local telephone
exchange?
w. B. Snow of Skowhegan was in
town last week.
C. j. Abbey, Supt. OF the Skowhegan
Electric Light Co., was in town Friday
and Saturday of last week.
It's poor rule that don't work both
ways, and this seems to apply to the
electric road. AT first the novelty of it
caused quite number to go to Skowhe-
gan to purchase goods and no doubt
many go there now but on the other
hand we find many of the Skowhegah
people coming up here to purchase
goods. Now as they have found out
that many times they can purchase the
same article here cheaper than in their
own town, it only remains for our
traders to take advantage of their
natural surroundings to have good
trade coming from that way instead of
going out OF town.
There is quite strong talk among the
ladies of establishing whist club to
while away the winter evenings,
Miss Agnes Powers is home from
Wateryile.
The installation of the officers in the
X. of =. Lodge will occur next Tuesday
evening.
The new firm of Williams & Wood
cock commenced business in the Grange
store, Monday morning, having pur-
chased the stock and good will of the
former owners Allen & Mills. We wish
the new firm success.
There is a meeting of the Bombazee
Water Power Co. next Tuesday, this
company controls one of the finest water
powers in the State and are waiting for
the right party to turn up and locate
some desirable manufacturing industry
thereon. The company is composed
largely of our Norridgewock business
men and they have the interests of the
town ia view.
Mrs. Porter has another case similar
to the prodigal son. About five weeks
ago her pet cat took it into his head to
disappear and nothing more was seen of
him about his home for the five weeks
Mrs. p. mourned his loss in an appro-
pirate manner until one night recently
when he turned up.
Miss Fannie Ireland has been on the
sick list.
Mrs. Gertrude Withee who has been a
sufferer from tonsillitis for some time
past was able TO return TO her school
this week.
Mrs. Eben Eaggett is visiting friends
in Madison.
Mr. John HYDE of Boston was in town