The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-08-12
Good hay weather the past week.

A. Nickerson of Portland, arrived in
town last week for short visit to rela-
tives.
Rev. II. +. Mccain and wife have re-
turned to their home in Houlton.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Davis of Water
vile, were in town few days of last
week.
Miss Viola Piper was in town for a
few days of last week.
Howard Sawyer is visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sawyer.
Rev. b. F. Turner will exchange
pulpits with Mr.. Jones next Sunday
morning.
Mr.. Edward Lowe and family of
Everett, Mass, are visiting for few
weeks among relatives and friends in
town.
George Jewett went TO Portland, last
Saturday for short stay.
Mrs. Winthrop Tappan and daughter
of Bound Brook, New Jersey, are at the
Quinnebasset for the remainder of the
summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Green Blaisdell and MIR.
aud Mrs. Charles Morton we're baptized
Sunday at 8 a. m. by Rev. b. F. Turner.
DR.. j. p. Bixby and family of Massa-
chusetts, are visiting Mrs. Maria
Hopkins.
Mrs. Georgia Harvey of Cambridge,
was in town few days of last week.
Miss Minnie Waugh of Starks, visited
at Henry Sawyer's a few days of last
week.
DIR. Harry Nickerson and wife of Port
land, are visiting at {. l.. Cars.
Mrs. Webster Reed has been in Show
hogan, this week, called there by the
death of her brother-in-law, Green Hill.
Mrs. Peryis, who has been visiting
Mrs. j. w. Hathaway has returned
home.
A number of the boys had pleasant
ride to Pennington, Sunday on their
wheels.
Harry Walmsley was in town over
Sunday.
Miss Belle Adams has returned to this
place after an absence of several weeks
at her home in Jay.
Miss Augusta Danforth is visiting
relatives in town.
c. E. Veasie has finished having on his
farm in Harmony and is again in town.
Arthur Welsh will mike a trip up
river this week with his wheel.
Mr. Ed. Whiting and wife of New
Jersey, are visiting relatives in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur p. Smith return
ed to their home in Waltham, Mass, last
week.
We learn that Fred Wing whose illness
we noted in recent issue is 50 much
better that he is again able to work.
The Sunday school picnic at the Pines.
Tuesday, was quite largely attended.
viii Whiting, who is visiting relatives
here, is quite sick.
James Spaulding and wife are in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bracket are at
Pleasant pond this week.
Herbert Nithee is quite interested in
the peculiar movements of the man who
rented the Wright farm. He bad Mr.
Withee's horses to keep and Tuesday
night picked up his household goods
and taking the horses left for parts un.
known. 1t is thought he went in the
direction of Wateryille. The horses
are black with white star in forehead
and weigh about 400. Mr. Withee
thinks they were in farm wagon with
thills and one of them led behind. The
man was large and dark complexioned
Any information will be gladly received
There are somewhat strained relations
existing between our Smithfield stage
driver and the Smithfield postmaster
owing to some misunderstanding about
the time the mail should start from that
place. The leaving time has been at
| $50 a. m. until the change of time on
the railroad here when in order to give
the driver his hour and half which his
contract allows him to be on the road II
should have been changed to about 6 a.
m. which has not been done.
/ The postmaster further claims that
the regulations give him seven minutes
after the $50 to complete putting it up
before the driver can start. This cuts
the drivers time down to so minutes on
the road. Tuesday morning the driver
was at the door on schedule time and
after waiting ten minutes and not re-
ceiving the mail drove away without it.
The postmast er employed boy with a
bicycle to bring it and got it here in
season for the train. This occurance
has stirred up quite an amount of feel
ing in the matter and doubtless the case
will be placed before the officials in
Washington for adjustment.
The V. |. S. will meet with Mrs. S. X,
Fuller tomorrow afternoon, subject.