The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-12-29

j. Z. Conner of Pittsfield, was in town
last week.
DR.. r. H. Pulsifer and wife visited in
Waterville, Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. S. H. Piper of Madison,
visited friends here Saturday.
Ira W. Page of Hartland, and his son,
l. W. Page, Jr., were in Skowhegan sat
urday.
Miss Avis Anti, who is teaching in
Connecticut, is in town for her holiday
vacation.
The stores occupied by Charles II.
Gardiner and James Lewia are to have
steel ceilings.
Miss Ethel Mudgett, who is attending
Gray's business college in Portland, is
home for the holidays.
Rev. II. R. Mitchell of Waterville,
occupied the pulpit at the Bethany
church Sunday morning.
Harvey White of Boston, is passing
brief holiday vacation with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. K. White.
> Mrs. Fred ,C$ Dow returned home
Monday night from three weeks visit
with relatives in Portland.
Mr.. G. W. Nash spent Christmas with
his daughter, Mrs. Watson, in Boston,
returning home Monday evening.
been visiting with relatives in town, re-
turned to their home in Brewer, Tues.
day.
Miss Onie Hilton, who has a position
in the Shaw business college at Houlton,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Mark Il.
Hilton.
Miss Linda Graves, assistant teacher
in the high school at Portland, passed
Christmas as the guest of her aunt. Mrs.
Myra Arnold.
Allie knights secured two deer while
on his annual hunting trip last week.
He shot the animals in Franklin county,
16 miles above Stratton.
The Supreme court now in session
here will probably continue through
next week. Judge Emery opens court,
January 10th, at Machias and he must
therefore get through here, Saturday,
January 7th.
The Skowhegan high school has been
granted the right to send its future
graduates to Wellesley college on certii-
cate. This will obviate the necessity of
pupils going to other institutions to get
fit for Wellesley.
Nearly three hundred people attended
the concert at the Universalist church,
Sunday evening. In addition to the
printed programme, "The Road TO
Heaven" was most beautifully read by
Miss Alice Sides of Portsmouth, n. II.
A special meeting of Skowhegan
Grange will be held Saturday afternoon,
the 3lst instant, to hold memorial ex-
ercises and receive applications for
degrees TW elve members of this
grange have died during the past year.
The Sorosis club held meeting at the
Library parlors last evening, the follow
ing was the order of exercises: Christ
mas anthem, Sorosis quartette; secre-
tary's report; solo, Might of Nights,
Mrs. j. w. Steward original poems by
Miss Lillian Smith, read by Mrs. Oak;
original story by Miss Harriet Nash !;
Christmas carols, sung by chorus.
Yule-tide tea was served at the close of
thu program.
F. p Pennell, sheriff elect, will move
to Skowhegan, occupy the jailor's house
belonging to the county and keep the
Jail. He has fixed upon the following
gentlemen as deputies: F. l.. Harding
of Madison, w. +. Mutt of Fairfield, G..
B. Haskell of Pittsfield, B. F. Jones of
Norridgewock, C. l.. Jones of Athens,
and S. w. Herrick of Harmony. With
the exception of the last named they
were all deputies under Sheriff Viles
and efficient officers. Other deputies
will be determined upon in due season.
The following books have been pre-
sented to the public library the past
week "The "reminiscences of Neal
Dow" by N. P. w. C. T. u; "Physiog-
nomy Illustrated by the author, Joseph
Simms, NJ. D.; 1.-THE Alexanders of
Maine" by d. S. Alexander, author;
Bulletin No. $50, U. S. Geological Sur
vey, George Otis Smith; "Portable
Water, and the Relative Efficiency of
Different Methods of Detecting Impuri-
ties Folkard, author, given by James
Loring.
Christmas was observed by the religi-
Gus societies in town, the Methodist,
First Baptist and Universalist on Satur
day evening and by the Congregational
and Bethany Baptist on Monday even
ing as announced in advance in the RE-
PORTER last week. AS Christmas came
on Sunday the business and manufacture
ing houses observed different days where
IL was observed at all. The grocery
stores and some other lines closed part
of the day Monday and the factories
generally suspended business part or
the whole of the day. The traders re-