The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29
Paris green at Bixby & Bucks.

! Edwin Gledhill has been in New York
city this week on business trip.
Ten dollars worth of instruction with
every cameraNsold at Bassett's.
Miss Winnefred Partridge of Augusta,
Is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. E. S.
Prescott.
C. R. Cook, local manager of the
American Express, Co., in Augusta, was
I in town over Sunday, renewing old ac-
quaintances.
Delbert Smiley received this week a
three months old thorough bred Holstein
bull calf, purchased from the herd of
VIM. Rankin, Brockton, Mass.
At the next regular Grange meeting a
picnic supper will be in order. Each
lady Is requested to bring food for her
own family AID one extra person. The
committee will serve tea.
Prof. Charles w. Spencer of Cornell
University and Mrs. Spencer arrived in
town Wednesday to spend some weeks
at the home of Mr.. Spencer's parents
DR.. and Mrs. W. Il. Spencer.
A unique thing was seen at Bartlett 8
yesterday, boy weighing "a lbs. han
ding 6 foot Columbia mower with all
ease. ~ wouldn't want it to go any
easier" said the little fellow.
We are informed that the Bombazeen
water power was transferred, yesterday,
to the company of Philadelphia news
paper proprietors who have been negoti-
ating for it for some months past.
Mr.. Gene Hinekley, Mr.. Myers, Miss
Edna Thornton, Miss Myrtle Gilman of
Middletown, Conn. and Mrs. B. B.
Phillips of Fairfield, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. w. B. Whittier the past week.
Charles Varney, who for the past two
years has officiated as electrician with
the Skowhegan and Norrdgewock elect
rio road has resigned to accept a more
lucrative position with the Bangor and
Oldtown electric road.
Hon. E. F. Danforth has returned
from three weeks visit in the Middle
and Central States. While absent Mr..
Danforth attended the annual convention
Of the A. o. u. w. at Indianapolis, he
being past grand master workmen of
that order.
Henry G. Haskell of Somervlle, Mass,
who Is spending the summer at S. II.
Atwood's, with his guest, Mr.. George
Chandler of Boston, returned Tuesday,
from Carry ponds with one hundred and
forty trout, the result of three days
fishing.
The body of the young son of Thos.
Dore, who was drowned the 18th inst,
at the Eddy, was recovered Monday
afternoon at Pishon's Ferry, being dis
covered by the drivers at work on the
boom. 1t was brought to this place and
buried in the Catholic cemetery.
Somerset towns will indulge quite
freely in celebrations of 1.-The Fourth
this year but Skowhegan does not APP
pear to be in the list. Fairfield, Mer-
Ger, Harmony, East Madison, North
Arson and Bingham are among the
places where they propose to demon
strate their patriotism, Tuesday next.
A Somerset man, Francis Wayland
Briggs of Pittsfleld, ranked third in the
class of '99 at Bowdoin College at the
graduation, last week, and two Somer
set men, Harold Libby Hanson snd
Henry Russell Spencer of Skowhegan,
have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa in
Colby College. Somerset boys generally
take their share of the honors in our
colleges,
Among those who attended Colby
commencement this week, from this
town, were Rev. DIR. and Mrs. w. H.
Spencer, Gen. r. B. Shepherd, Mrs.
Helen s. Coburn, Miss Louise H. Coburn,
Mrs. Geo. O. Smith, Miss Elizabeth
S evens, Mrs. f. T. Goodrich, Miss
Josephine W. Smith, Miss Mary Das-
combe, Miss Ethel Walton, and Miss
Louise H. Cass
c. w. Folsom has bargained to sell his
drug business in this place to Fred II.
Wing, and stock taking commenced this
morning. Mr.. Wing is well known
and popular Skowhegan boy, and was
for two years past up to the present
spring, prescription clerk at the noted
Boston pharmacy of Theo. Metcalf;
later was employed in Lewiston. He re-
Gently took the examination before the
Maine Pharmaceutical board, receiving a
certificate as registered pharmacist.
Hon. H. c. Weber, county commits
soner, was in town Monday on his way
to Lexington to attend hearing on an
appeal from the decision of the county
commissioners of Somerset and Franklin
counties on the petition for a road from
Lexington to Kingfield. The hearing
was held Tuesday before a special COM
mittee appointed by court consisting of
Hon. George W. Ridlon of Oxford
county; Hon. Frank A. Cushman of
Waldo county, and Hon. Lewis C. Whit
ten of Penobscot county, each being a
member of the board of county com
missioners for their respective counties.