The Somerset reporter., 1901-05-23
TOWN and VICINITY

ing for Oakland, r. |.
Many ladies are profiting by the silk
waist sale at Judkins'.
Miss Sarah j. Anderson was the guest
of Fairfield friends, Saturday.
The firm of Pishon & Clarke, hay
merchants, has been dissolved.
Chss. r. Ward has fine line of child.
dren's crash suits for 30 cents.
New picture moulding and artists
material at Folsom & Nutting's.
Miss Mary Harris left town for Bos-
ton, on the morning train of Monday.
j. II. Barbarick went to Portland,
Saturday afternoon, returning Monday
morning.
Hon. C. A. Marston went to Bangor,
Saturday, to attend the funeral of John
" Weber.
George H. Pishon is making shipments
of hay weekly, and has a crew OF men
and hay press at work.
Rev. T. F. Mlllett OF Gorham, former
ly of Bingham, arrived In town, Monday
on his way TO Cornvllle.
Mrs. Samuel Skillings of Lewiston
visited with her parents, Jos. Provincial
and wife, the past week.
Now is the time to buy watch. You
can save money by buying one at
Ormsby's mark-down sale.
Charles E. Moore left, Saturday after
noon, for Roach River and Indian pond
on two weeks fishing trip.
Mrs. Geo. Tozier and son, Ozro, of
Bingham were visiting her daughter,
Mrs. T. II. Harville, Saturday.
VIM. Abbott, a student at Colby
college, passed Sunday in town the
guest of S. j. Walton aad family.
Mrs. F. S. Cairns and son, who have
been 10 Washington, D. c., the past
winter, were among the arrivals, Satur-
day evening.
Mrs. r. b. Shepherd and Miss Lola
Goodwin returned home early in the
week from their three months trip to
the Pacific coast.
Mrs. Hiram Perkins and daughter,
Alice, who have been in Boston, several
weeks returned home on the forenoon
train of Saturday.
Mrs. Edward Locke Of Portsmouth,
N. H., arrived in town, Saturday even
ing, and is the guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Rice.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Heselton and son,
Charles, left Monday, for Dover, where
they will open a branch of the Diamond
garment cutting school.
Miss Alice Anderson, who has been
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j. ID. Symons,
returned to her home in Portsmouth, N.
H., Thursday afternoon.
II in need of carriage of any kind F.
Z. Moore, the carriage builder and dealer,
can give you good argument why it Is
to your advantage to trade with him.
Repairs for all makes of carriages.
Hon. Edward Wiggin of the Educa-
tional department, Augusta, was in
town over Sunday. Mrs. Wiggin ac-
companied him. They were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. Smith while here.
Hon. Albert w. Chaplin of Monson
was in town, Friday. Mr.. Chaplin was
senator from Piscataquis county in 1891.
He was veteran OF the Civil war, and
an officer in the First Maine Heavy
Artillery.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Anderson and two
daughters of Fairfield were the guests
over Sunday of Lewis Anderson and
family. This was Mrs. Anderson's first
trip to town since her return from
Scotland.
Skowhegan is well represented at the
ponds in the vicinity of Blanchard, this
week. Among the local anglers there
are Arnold Lawrence, William Donald
son and son Willie, F. c. Emery and
Seth Smith.
Hon. S. j. Walton has been at Moose
head Lake for week past on fishing
trip. Monday last his family received
three handsome square-tailed trout from
him that weighed 434, "A and az lbs.
respectively.
Thomas Anderson, who has been en-
ployed In the Anderson wooden mills
here for year or more, departed, Tues
day afternoon, for his former home in
Sandfield, Scotland, accompanied by his
family, with the intention of remaining.
Fred II. Wing and DR.. w. S, Stinch-
field returned from their fishing trip to
the Moxie, Saturday, and brought back
a handsome lot of trout. Sometime
during the night, however, some thief
or thieves broke into Mr.. Wings cellar
and stole the whole catch.
A fine fleet of five row boats arrived
at this station, yesterday, from the boat
works of l.. NJ. Cummings of East
Sebago, who, 1t is claimed builds the
best boats in New England. They are
built of cedar with copper trimmings,
are II feet long, made to carry six
people each and considered perfectly
safe. They were for Forrest Goodwin,
j. 2. Oak, Robert Wentworth. Lewis