The Somerset reporter., 1898-09-15
l.. c. Emery was In Augusta on town
business, Tuesday.

Miss Margaret Lumsden Is visiting In
Bos on, for n few weeks.
Seward Bros. have all kinds of stove
wo, at lowest market prices.
Rev. H. r. Mitchell of Waterville will
preach at Bethany church, Sunday next.
Four horses, the property of Messrs.
Catlin and Reed, were shipped to New
York, Monday morning.
Fred W. Palmer of Foxcroft, who had
been visiting his sister, Mrs. Nelson
Weston, has returned home.
Mrs. George T. Greene and son, Derne,
have returned from Old Orchard, where
they have passed the summer months.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Grover and child
of Plymouth, Mass, are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. g. r. Fogg, Pleasant
street.
The picnic which was to have been
held at Lakewood grove, Sept. 18th, by
Priscilla Rebekah lodge, has been in
definitely postponed.
Charles Smith, George E. Goodwin
and Dennis Murphy are in attendance
upon the annual reunion of the lst Maine
Cavalry at Bucksport today.
Mrs. T. F. Dyer of California, accom-
panied by her daughter, Mrs. E. D.
Merrill of Foxcroft, arrived in town last
night on visit to her sister, Mrs. Thos.
johnson.
Skowhegan and Madison lodges of the
A. o. U. W., together with the auxiliary
lodges, united in corn roast at Lake
wood on Tuesday evening last. about
$50 being present.
Robert Hayden of Madison, was elect
ed president of the Somerset Spiritual
Campmeeting for the ensuing year at
Lakewood last week, and A. Baker of
Bingham, secretary.
Carrabassett lodge F. & A. NJ. of
Canaan, is to have a basket picnic at
Lake George, Saturday, Sept. II, at 10
a. m. to which the members of Somerset
lodge are most cordially invited.
C. A. Ross has recently completed
two fine jobs of hot water heating in the
homes of Silas Leland and j. D. Sy-
mons and has the contract for putting a
similar heater into the new residence of
Geo. E. Sampson, now under process of
construction.
The Hayden property at Lakewood
that was purchased two years ago by r.
B. Shepherd, j. 2. Oak, S. W. Gould and
Il. II. Anderson has been sold by them
to the Somerset Traction Company,
owners of the electric road from Show
hogan to Madison.
If your quart of milk looks smaller
than usual, don't blame your milk man,
as DR.. |. L. Salley, milk Inspector, has
notified all milk dealers in town to call
and have their quarts sealed by wine
measure, as the law requires. This new
order of things goes into effect the 10th
inst.
j. P. Oak has had another doe added
to his collection of deer at Lakewood,
by Warden Nichols, who on Wednesday,
returned from visit to the up river
section. This latest animal he found In
captivity but evidently in good hands.
What disposition will be made of these
animals is yet uncertain.
1t is expected that the heating appara-
tus now being put In place at the town
farm by n S. Steward & Co., will be in
working order, this week. This hot
water system of heating is said to be one
of the best in the State and there is a
guarantee that each room can be heated
to 75o when the outside atmosphere Is
20 below zero.
The hundreds of ladies who own and
are SO loud in their praise of the first
cook book issued by the C. C. c. c., will
welcome the announcement that this
popular club have In press another book
of tested receipts that are entirely new.
They comprise every department of
cookery, and as In their former book
each recipe is published over a club
members signature. The new book
will comprise nearly 80 pages and it is
expected to be on sale early In October.
We learn that DR.. E. H. Stevens of
Cambridge, Mass, whose custom it is to
pass his annual vacation of several
weeks, accompanied by his family, in
this, his native place, has purchased the
Marston place, situated on the cross
road running from the Bigelow place on
the back road to Fairfield across to the
middle road, and on this site is to erect,
another season, handsome summer
home. This location is most admira
BILE one, from its height commanding a
beautiful view of our town and its sur
rounding country, and with all is less
than half hours ride from town.
The remodeling of the little building
at the end of the bridge that did service
so long as a banking institution, into a
two story structure of fine proportions
is now completed. The block contains
two admirable suites of offices, of three
rooms in each, finely arranged and hand
somely flashed 10 hard wood. 1t is