The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-07-26
North Arson.

Miss Flossie Bates of Bingham is visit
ing Miss Frances Knapp.
Rev. and Mrs. w. W. Hayden of Mad
ison were in town, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs X. Fairbrother took a
carriage drive to Scion, Sunday.
Dir. and Mrs. Gilmore Halves returned
to Skowhegan, the last of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fuller of NAL
den, Mass, were in town, Wednesday.
T. F. Paine went to Norridgewock,
Monday, and visited relatives for few
days.
Miss Bertha Caswel entertained her
Sunday school class at Mrs. VIM. Cults,
Tuesday.
Miss Frances simmons went to Old
town, Thursday, to visit Miss Gertrude
Frazier.
The past three weeks have been great
for the sweet corn. The crop looks
promising indeed.
Mrs. Ellen Brown and son, Clarence,
of Mercer were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
o. w. Bryant, Sunday.
jefferson Spearin went to Boston,
Wednesday, aud will visit in Lynn and
other places before returning home.
olestine Savage and Will Livingston
have dissolved partnership, Mr. Living
ston going to open a shop in Madison.
Will Williams has left the shank
factory, where he has been employed so
long and is at work at his trade in
Madison.
A party consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. G..
l.. Hovey, Rev. j. E. Kyle, Mr.. Stose
and Miss Helen Kyle visited the Con-
cord mines the last of the week.
The lightning struck the barns of
Phineas Eames, in Embden during the
recent shower. 1t did but little damage
save stripping off few boards. Had
Mr.. Eames horses been in the barn they
without doubt would have been killed.
Frank Wells of Embden is about to
begin work on his canning factory. 1t
is to be 26x36 feet and will be completed
for use at the opening of the season in
September. Mr.. Wells does good
business in putting up apples, corn,
beans, pumpkins, squash and in fact all
garden products.
Campmeeting will be held Aug. 20 to
9th
T. F. Mantor was in town from Madi-
son, Sunday.
Mrs f. D. Nudd of Waterville is the
guest of Mrs. E. M. Wing.
Miss Helen Nudd of Waterville is
visiting Miss Paulenah Simmons.
Mrs. Ward S. Gould went TO Skowhe.
gan, Tuesday, for visit with relatives
and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H, Emery of, Show
hogan have been the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. G. Emery, this week.
F. T. Crane appears out with new
double carriage, fitted with pneumatic
tires, making one of the best teams in
town for pleasure riding.
Mrs. NJ. j. Blaisdell and Miss Esther
Blaisdell of Chelsea, Mass, are making
a visit at the home of Mrs. Baisdell' 3
grand nephew, Rev. Il. S. Ryder.
Mrs. Lizzie Wheelwright of Paris,
France, did not forget her native town
when the subscriptions were being sent
very generously donated ten dollars.
Mrs Wheelwright will go to Carlsbad
for treatment before coming here to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Pease in the fall.
Work on the new uepOt Will DC COM
menced next Monday. The grading
crew is expected to finish the work this
week, then it will go down the river and
do some grading between Madison and
Oakland. This crew has Strengthened
the road on the south side in connection
with other work here and when the
depot is completed there will be no
stopping on that side of the river as the
passenger and freight depots will both
be moved.
Mr. George w. Stose, who is mem-
Der of the government geological survey
and has been visiting his father-in. law
the past week, returned to Washington,
Saturday. After a few days prepar-
alton he goes to Colorado to make sur
veys for the government in that State,
locate its minerals and make maps from
which the silver, gold and coal can be
discovered or mined. His wife and
child remain here at her fathers, Rev.
l. Kyle, during his absence from
Washington.