The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-28
TOWN and VICINITY
New hamburgs at Steward :.

Thursday
Postmaster \. ". Miller Of Harrland,
WIS in town Saturday.
There was no school in Miss Addie
Smith room this week.
Miss Agnes B. Stafford returned from
Boston, Friday evening.
Miss Addie Warren passed sunday
with relatives in Wateryille.
William Il. Hunnewell of Pittsiield-
was in town on business Saturday.
l.. {. Williams, principal OF Somerset
Academy. Athens, was in town Satur-
day.
Last Friday for the first time this win
ter the snow piow was used on the side
walks.
Bragg Il Varney do picture framing
and can show you a fine line of mould
ings. II.
Mr. and Mrs. J. {. Durrel have return
ed to town, after an absence of several
months in No. Anson.
Next Sunday will be observed as
Rally sunday or National \. PC. /.
Day at the Gniversalist church, with
special services in the evening.
Mrs. r. II. Pulsifer went to Belgrade
Friday morning, returning saturday
evening with the doctor Who WAS called
there professionally that morning.
DR.. Geo. L. White of Sandwich, Mass.
was in town last week to visit his uncle,
Charles Wyman, who has been confined
to his home by illness for some weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred s. Sweetser, who
have been in town some weeks as the
guests of Rev and Mrs. Geo. L. Leighton,
returned to their home in Portland Fri
day afternoon.
Rev. and Mrs. James H. Irvine, who
have been in town as the guests of Rev.
b. {. Wentworth and family, returned
to their home in Clinton by Friday
mornings train.
Miss Addie Smith was called to
Lowell, Mass, Saturday, by the death
of her sister, Mrs. Robert Reed. The
remains of Mrs. Reed we're taken to
Arson for interment.
Rev. II. y. Brown, who has been con-
Quoting the Pentecostal services here
for the past ten days, closed his labors
Sunday night at the Methodist church.
These meetings have been we'll attend
ed.
Possibly the oldest coin in okowhegan,
or one of the oldest, is in the possession
of DR.. II. II. Pulsifer, 1t is Portuguese
piece, worth y cents, and bears the
date of 1897. The doctor obtained it
when he was in the Azores.
The Woman's Club have arranged for
a series of three entertainments to be
given in February and March in aid of
the kindergarten Association. The
cause is good one and the course
should have the cordial support of our
citizens.
One Sunday recently, at the Congre.
gational Sunday school, the great need
OF new books for the library being
brought to notice, a subscription paper
was started and before the session was
brought to a close So had been sub
scribed.
George f. Small left town, Friday
morning for Rosindale Mass where he
has secured a situation in a shoe store.
Mr.. Small has been salesman for some
months with Il. II. Merrill Il Son, and
leaves many friends and acquaintance
in Skowhegan who wish him success in
his new location.
The following change in postal route
1120 is announced, Skowhegan to Madi-
son Center Leave Skowhegan daily, eX-
cept Sunday on arrival of train, but not
later than 80 p. NJ. Arrive at Madison
Center in II hours. Leave Madison Cen
ter daily, except Sunday, at 6 80 A, NJ.
Arrive at Skowhegan by 7.45 P. VI.
At the meeting of the Parliamentary
class at MIS- Levi W. Weston's last
Friday Afternoon, the subject OF
woman $ suffrage was discussed by the
ladies' The leaders in the debate were
Mdmes Il. +. Eaton, l.. ". Weston
Lyman Jewett and j. 2. Merrill. All
the ladies present entered into the dis
cussion most enthusiastically, and the
meeting was greatly enjoyed.
One of the events which may be look
ed forward to with great pleasure, is the
home missionary rally which will be
held in the Congregational church in
the near future. Among the eminent
speakers who will be present are, DR.
Puddefoot, who has for years been
worker on the frontier, DIR. Shelton,
DR.. Hatch, the State secretary, and one
of the lady workers from the field
Early last week eleven Maine Central
brakemen were notified that after Sat
urday last, their services would no long
er be required. Among them was Law
son Peaks of Skowhegan, who has been
running for several months on trains
Il Is. One other change that will af-
feet the Skowhegan end of the line will
be the changing of Frank Gardner from
the Portland Bangor run to w. A.
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