The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-18
See Miss wlthee's ad, this week.

r. C. Pooler returned from Boston,
Friday afternoon.
Charles B. Dodge returned to Boston,
Friday afternoon.
choice and desirable line of laces fer
handkerchief work may be found at Miss
Williams.
Mrs. II. A. Bussey and family left
Friday afternoon, for Orono, where they
intend 10 reside.
Fred Lswley returned to Boston, Fri
day morning, after passing a two weeks
vacation here with his parents.
Are you going to the high school
MINISTRIES? Everybody else is and 80 are
their sisters and their cousins and their
aunts.
We notice by a Portland paper that
Clifton j. Bailey has opened a private
sanitarum 10 that city for the cure of
lnebriety aud all drug sddictions.
7. Fl. Anderson, J. A. Hoexter and Y.
8. Glover OF New York, returned Friday
night, from their hunting trip to Austin
stream. The party secured two deer.
Last Friday evening at the First
Baptist church occurred the annual mite
box opening of the Womsn's Missionary
Society. A soolsble followed and re-
freshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alden French left, Tues
day, for Brooklyn, n. Y, where they
will pass the winter with their daughter,
Mrs. William Wentworth.
G. o. Small, Esq, Sheriff F. L. Hard
Ing and II. w. Laid of Madison, Mr..
and Mrs. W. A. Clough and Mr. and
Mrs. X. d. Baker of this place attended
the meetings of the Grand Lodge of the
!. o. o. +. In Bangor, Tuesday.
Miss Ford, who has been the Western
Union Telegraph operator 10 this town
for several months past, returned to her
home In Searsport, Monday, having sew
cred her connection with the company.
Her successor is Miss Walker OF Fair
field.
The evening school which held such
successful term, last winter, will be re-
opened, Monday next, In the high school
building. X. w. Ames will teach until
he leaves for the South to pass the win
ter. The prospect Ia good for a large
attendance.
The curbing about the concrete around
Hotel Coburn Is being Strengthened up
and eobble stone side drain added by
Street Commissioner Webb. The con
crete will be newly laid and slso put
under the yersnds along the whole
length OF the front Of the hotel The
improvement will add much to the street
and hotel
The members of the Sunday school
class of Rev. Henry f. Huse, the pastor
of the First Baptist Church. rendered
him pleasant surprise party at his
home on Water street, Monday Mr..
Huse was presented with three choice
books and according to previous ar
rangement, knowlton Il Thompson, the
caterers, served ice cream and cake. A
pleasant evening WAS passed.
r. II. Mitchell & Son, the Waterville
florists, will remove their office from the
building on the south side built by
Charles Leighton, to the j. 2. Merrill
store, which WAS formerly occupied by
Bowley and Porter A. X. Bixby will
have charge OF the office and run his
coal business In connection with it. He
also intends to add other branches later.
The store ia being thoroughly overhauled
and hard wood floor la being laid. Mr..
Bixby will open the store, Oct. ~,
Somerset farmers have been trying
the experiment of raising ehieory the
past season, many giving a small acre
age to the root, which Is now being mar
keted. The flrst car load was shipped,
this week, billed to Flushing, n. Y,
where the factory Ia located. The price
paid, we are Informed, delivered 1T the
son II Is hoped to have kiln built In
this section for drying IT, and II this Is
done they are promised $1,000 per ton.
Chicory has been raised for some years
In other sections OF Maine, but with
what profit to the producer we have not
learned.
Saturday afternoon at Fsirview park,
the Skowhegsn high school foot ball
eleven. defeated the eleven from the
Maine Central Institute at Pittsneld af-
ter hard fought game by score OF IS
to 0, the Skowhegans making one touch
down In the first half and two Ia the
last, but failed each time to kick a goal.
The game was called at 2 80 o'clock.
The day Was Just right for the game and
a good crowd WAS in attendance. The
Pittsheld men averaged more than 10
pounds heavier than the Skowhegan
boys, but were not so quick and snappy
10 their work. They simply could not
break Skowhegsn's line nor could they
make any large gains around the ends,
notably the right end, which was very
strong. Bgelow, the heaviest man on
the Skowhegan team, put up the best
individual game. No man could get by
him and few could have made better in
reference than he did when Skowhegan
had the ball, His playinR WAS heady