The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-17

only 61e cents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Tantish are in
Portland, this week.
Mrs. Fred E. Dow left home for Bos
ton, Tuesday morning.
The spring term of all the village
schools will open April II.
Trial Justice B. D. Bowden of Pitts
field was in town Tuesday.
Miss Susie Priest and Mrs. George A.
Head returned home, Tuesday night.
S.A. Dinsmore of Boston, was among
the arrivals by Tuesday nights train.
G. E. Dealey went to Waterville Tues
day afternoon, returning yesterday
| forenoon.
All persons who have bills against the
village corporation are requested to pre-
sent them at once.
The High school closes April /. The
Baptist Hill school closes March "a. All
the other schools close March ia
Charles E. McIntire left here for Cali
fornia, Tuesday morning. He expects
| to locate there. This is his second trip
to the Pacific slope.
A meeting of the directors Of the Town
Improvement society will be held at the
house of Mrs. B. F. Eaton, Saturday
afternoon at o'clock.
Mrs. C. V. Hanson and Mrs. b. A.
Small attended the meeting of the Maine
Federation of Womens clubs at Fairfield,
last Thursday afternoon.
Elmer E. Town of Boston, formerly of
Skowhegan, was here, Tuesday, on his
way home from Madison, where his
family is spending some weeks with
| friends.
All who are interested in having
Episcopal services held regularly in
town and are willing to contribute in any
way towards their support are invited to
meet at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Fellows, Friday evening at 7.30.
| Members of Sorosis are requested to
hand in list of their choice of officers
for the coming club year, previous to
the next meeting of the club, to one of
| the nominating committee. Mrs. S. w.
Phlbrick, Misses IRA j. Anderson and
Clara B. Varney constitute that COM
mittee.
Our town feels the benefit of its cleo
! trio roads these times, when the country
roads are so difficult to travel over It's
good thing to be able to reach up-river
towns now by rail and fortunate for
''shire" by rail without going % miles
further around by Waterville.
Sorosis has engaged Rev. Henry r..
Rose OF Auburn, to give his illustrated
lecture on "rhe Klondike," next Mon
day evening, the 2lst. He will also give
some pictures of the Inflated Maine. In
vtations have been extended to the Wo-
mans Club and the Town Improvement
Society and members of the club have
the privilege of inviting guests. The
lecture will be given in the Congrega-
tioual church beginning at 7.45.
The members of Skowhegan Lodge
Knights of Pythias are just now con-
graduating themselves on having the
handsomest room in this vicinity, and
we think with good reason. Their hall
has recently been decorated by painters
under Ed. L. Walkers direction, which
explains the whole matter. The design
of the work is artistic, the execution
thereof is good and the coloring especially
| fine. The result is something for all
concerned to feel proud of.
1t is by no means common thing for
potatoes to be brought from State as
far away as Michigan, but this has been
done this year and recently, by James
Lumsden & Co., to supply their custo-
mers, and those who have tried these
tubers pronounce them excellent. This
cannot be said with entire confidence
of potatoes generally this season.
Lumsden & Co. are enterprising,
up-to-date merchants, who purpose to
give their customers the best the market
affords.
We publish, this week, poem of rare
merit written by Mrs. l.. H. Webb of
Pasadena, CAL, and read by Mrs. L. l..
Morrison at the recent meeting of the
Skowhegan Woman's Club. 1t was
"Maine" day and the topic was MAINE"
one ever dear to the heart of the true
citizen of our glorious State We have
heretofore, published poems written by
this author, wife of Hon. l.. H. Webb,
formerly of this town, in fact, we always
gladly do so whenever we have oppor-
tunity, because of their poetic merit, aud
because.they are read with great pleas
ure by her many warm friends and
admirers in Somerset-and their number
is legion.
There is movement apparent in town
in favor of having police officer on
duty during the day time in our village,