The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29
TOWN and VICINITY

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NJ. S. French of The Forks, was call
ing on friends one day last week.
Miss Alice Manter of Oakland, is visit
ing at the home of V. w. Nelson.
Miss Minnie smith of Waterville, ii
the guest of Miss Louise Il. Coburn.
Mrs. c. F. Jones and children return
ed from Albany n. Y. Friday evening.
Miss Kate Littlefield of Boston, is il
town, the guest of Miss Mary A. Barnard
Bragg & yarney do picture framing
and cas show you a fine line of mould
ings. If.
Miss Hattie Bickford, book keeper a
w. II. Wildes, is taking a two weeks
vacation.
Dr. j. o. Marble of Worcester, Mass
visited relatives in town several day;
last week.
Uncle Oliver Young returned from
Mouse Island on the afternoon train OF
Thursday
r. W. Brown is on a business trip t.
Burlington, Vt, where his son Leslie
r. resides.
Rev. W. 0. Aver will preach in
Bethany Baptist church, Sunday next, at
the usual hour.
Brace l. Lawley passed Sunday with
relatives in Hartland. He made the
trip by wheel,
K. T. Patten, who has been in Boston
for the past two months, returned home
Friday forenoon.
Miss Emma Barney, teacher in the
Bondyille, Mass. schools, is the guest of
Miss Dora Cleveland.
c. w. Marston submaster of the high
school arrived in town Saturday after
noon for few days visit.
Miss Harriet Nash has been chosen as
auditor by the directors of the Maine
Federation of Womans clubs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin A. Gray and
Miss Ethel w. Gray of Portland, are in
town, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. W.
Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Barney and
children of Waterville, were in town
over Sunday the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Nye.
Mrs. Mabel Choate, who has been
visiting Miss Mary Lawley, returned to
her home in Lawrence, Mass, Friday
morning
Mrs. Victor Edwards, who has been
visiting relatives in town returned to
her home in Lowell, Mass, Friday
morning.
Mrs. Henry Appleton, who has been
visiting Miss Helen Sanborn for several
weeks, returned to her home in Bangor,
Friday
Miss E. B. Dunton of Boston, was
among the arrivals Saturday afternoon.
She went Immediately to Athens to the
home of her brother.
Mr.. Albert S. Cole of cambridge,
formerly superintendent of schools of
this town, has been elected principal of
the Thomaston high school.
The engagement of Rev. H. w.
Kimball, pastor of the Island Ave. Con.
gregational church, to Miss Beula B..
Warehouse of Portland is announced.
We learn that the valuable trotting
and stock stallion, Tom King, the pro-
perty of A. 2. Spear, formerly of this
place, now of TT. Fairfield, died recently.
Rev. George E. Leighton preached his
last sermon at the Universalist church.
Sunday morning, previous to his vaca-
tion of six weeks. His subject was
"Men believe in what?''
Grand gala day at Lakewood, Satur-
day, July 81 Special engagement Of
Halls band and solo orchestra, sailing
race, band concerts and dancing. Special
cars from Madison and Skowhegan.
Quite number awaited themselves
of the excursion to Old Orchard and the
islands Sunday, although the crowd
was not so large as last year, owing to
the threatening weather of the early
morning.
Mrs. B. F. Eaton returned Friday,
from Auburn, where she has been in at
tendance upon meeting of the Maine
Federation of Woman's Clubs. She was
the guest of Mrs. Briggs, president of
the Federation.
Mrs. Frank Foss, who has been at
Lake George the past week as the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ Morse, returned
to her home in Portland Monday.
Mrs. Foss was a former member of the
"Old Jed Prouty' Go.
Mr. and Mrs. II. NJ. Morse, who have
been at Lake George for several weeks,
left Monday for New York where
Mr.. Morse will rehearse previous to as
Stunning his old role of the giant in Jack
and the Beanstalk' for a season of 40
weeks.
Miss Zaidee Morrison has been en-
gagged as teacher of drawing in the
schools of Palmer, Mass, and will enter
upon her duties at the beginning of the
fall term Massachusetts, prides herself
upon the excellence of her schools and