The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-01

town over Sunday.
Brier pipes from 15c to $500 at J. D.
Symons'.
Two lbs. nice white halibut 25c, at
Cape Ann Fish Market.
W. NJ. Abbott of Bath. WAS among
the arrivals Saturday evening.
Hon. 5. j. Walton is on a ten days
fishing trip to Indian pond, leaving Fri.
day.
Miss Kate Sawyer left home Thurs
day afternoon for Bangor on brief visit
to relatives.
Grand Warden, S. Z. Felker, was
present at special meeting of Priscilla
Rebekah Lodge, Monday evening.
The graduating class of the NJ. C. /.
at Pittsfield are spending the day at
Lake George.
Winona Rebekah Lodge No. II of
Athens, will be the guest of Priscilla
Rebekah Lodge on the evening of June 6.
Walter F. Robbins of Skowhegan, will
visit Athens the second Thursday of
each month with a full line of watches
and jewelry.
Mr.. Frank l.. Cushman with his son
were In town this week, for a few days,
driving across the country from Gull
ford, their home.
r. M. Clark of Fairfield. who will have
charge of the Kennebec drive from
Skowhegan Falls TO the Augusta boom,
was in town few hours Saturday.
Rev. and Mrs. Geo. E. Leighton re-
turned from Portland, Thursday even
ing, called there to attend the sickness
and death of Mrs. Leighton's aunt.
Mrs. Eta Seveno, operator of the
Western Union telegraph company, is
on vacation for the summer months,
and Miss Ida Walker of Pishon's Ferry
is officiating in her place.
Some of our citizens whose trees are
covered with caterpillars, are trying to
exterminate the pests with the aid of a
shot gun. A number of trees about
town are nearly bare of leaves which
have been eaten off by these worms.
The next regular meeting of Skowhe-
gan Grange, June 9TH, will open at the
usual hour in the afternoon for business,
aud then adjourn until evening and be
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children having exercises. Refresh
ments will be served at the close of the
entertainment. The ladies are request
ed to bring cake.
Vaseline is used each year more and
more, and its medicinal properties are
being appreciated not only in the family
but in the stable. Horse owners find it
valuable remedy and use it about the
horse in many ways. G. w. Folsom,
the prescription druggist, carries in
stock the various grades, among them a
veterinary vaseline in bulk. If you will
carry In your pals or cans he will fill
them for II cents per ID.
Superintendent Barbrick informs us
that some people very freely crticz ID
him for ringing in an alarm, Friday last,
when the fire was discovered raging in
the wood near the corn factory and said
to him that he ought to have put his
men to work to put it out. He informs
the REPORTER that that course would
have been useless, and that the fire de
partment by their very prompt response
to the call saved the factory. Lines of
hose were laid quickly and were Just the
things to extingush the fire in short
order.
At the interscholastic meet at Bruins
wick, Saturday, the team representing
the Skowhegan high school won sixth
place out of IA contestants, scoring SD
points. The one mile run was won by
A. c. Head in m. and IS. He was
also second in the $50 yards dash, the
time of the winner being m. 3-5 8.
In the pole vault +. A. Parker was
third, clearing the pole at 8 feet. The
team was composed of Halves, French,
Head, Parker, Stinchfleld and Swain.
The showing made by our boys WAS
highly satisfactory.
Last week furnished some good sport
for the salmon fishers both at Madison
pond and Lake George. AT the former
pond Friday afternoon F. G. Heald and
Howard Steward caught two which to-
gether weighed 81 pounds, and several
more were seen by other fishermen who
were unable to land them. On Satur-
day afternoon at Lake George John
Drawn was high line, catching three in
four hours fishing. One weighed five
pounds, the other two three pounds
each. Mr.. Drawn has knack of catch
ing salmon that others might follow TO
good advantage When he gets u bite
he does not play the fish as many do,
but lands him with as little delay as
possible, taking no chances of the prize