The Somerset reporter., 1901-01-10
TOWN and VICINITY

dand, TINS week.
Col. Isaac Dyer was in Bangor, Tues
day, to attend the funeral of the late
Lester Dwinall.
A dance free to the public will be
given In Town hall, Scion; Wednesday
evening next, the 16lh instant. Music
by Kendalrs orchestra.
Blaine S. Viles, Walter Wlldes, Ned
Merrill, Harry Palmer and Howard
Wymxn have returned to R0wdoin after
their holiday vacstion.
ALI members of Skowhegan Lodge,
No. 20, A. o. U. W., are requested to be
present at their next regular meeting,
Jan. Is, installation and refreshments.
A meeting of the Town Improvement
society will be held Friday, January
llth, at the library parlors at $50 p. m.
Ladies come prepared with quotations
from Shakespeare.
W. T. SeeRins, Esq, clerk of courts,
is in Pittsfield today and is expected to
move his family here tomorrow. He
will reside in the brick house on High
street owned by E. N. Merrill, Esq.
Very favorable reports are received
from DR.. c. p. Sawyer, who is undergo
ing treatment at q santarium Ia New
York city, and he has the promise from
his ply sicians Of a permanent cure from
sciatica.
A special conclave of De Molay CON-
mandery 10, Knights Templar, will be
held at the asylum, next Tuesday night,
when the order of the Temple will be
conferred. A banquet will be served
at the conclusion of the work.
A. II. Peaks, janitor of Coburn hall
had the misfortune one day, last week,
to stick rusty nail into his foot. The
wound was painful one, but fortunate
ly no ill effects developed and Mr.. Peaks
is now able to be about.
At Odd Fellows hall, last Tuesday
night, the officers OF Parmenas Eucamp.
ment, list of whom appeared 10 1HE
REPORTER, last week. were installed.
Afterwards refreshments were served.
Carrabassett lodge were guests of the
Encampment.
The Maine Board of Agriculture will
hold its annual meeting at the State
House, Augusta, Wednesday and Thurs
day of next week, the 10th and 17,h
Tho 10 n
attractive one and half fare Is given on
the Maine Central. It's mighty inter
-esting meeting for farmers to attend.
The annual stockholders meeting Of
the Second National Bank was held,
Tuesday last, in the afternoon and the
BOARD of directors was reelected with
the exception that, because OF the death
of Gen. r. B. Shepherd, Hon. E. F.
Danforth was elected director. AT a
subsequent meeting of the directors,
John r. Mcclellan was elected president.
The ninth annual mid-winter meeting
of the Maine Federation of Women's
Clubs Is to be held at the State House,
Augusta, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1901.
This meeting is more especially a bust
ness session aud it is desired that each
president attend. The guest of honor
will be Mrs. John r. Hill, wife Of
Names new chief executive, Gov. Hill.
A district meeting of Somerset lodges
of Odd Fellowship which include Cara
basset Of this place, Quinnebassett of
Norridgewock, and Indian Spring of
Madison, will be held In the lodge room
of Carrabasset lodge on Monday evening
next, to which the lodges of No. Arson,
Scion, Bingham, Athens and Harmony
are invited, and all members OF the order
as we'll who should be In town on that
date. The degree teams of Table Rock
and Indian Spring lodges will exemplify
the work at the close of which there
will be supper In Grange Hall under
the auspices of the Rebekahs.
The Womans Club held its annual
meeting on the afternoon of Jan'y 8.
The following program was presented !:
Song, Selection from Mignon, by Mrs.
Emma Dunton; sketch, Frederick the
Great, King of Prussia, Mrs. Esther
Palmer; song, (a) Outre Mer, (b) Song
OF the Heart, Mrs. Estabrooke; The city
of Cologne and the Rhine, illustrated by
sixty stereopticon views, Mrs. Margaret
Rawles; conversation, What can club
women do to help save the birds? Dis.
cussed by Mrs. Mary Spencer, Mrs.
Elizabeth Merrill and Miss Coburn.
Mrs. Alma Walton and Mrs. Ada Viles
were the hostesses. The Club will have
banquet on Tuesday evening, January
10Th, at Hotel Heselton. Members will
please prepare to state the number of
tickets desired for the banquet at the
next club meeting.
The holiday meeting of Sorosis WAS
In the library parlors on Wednesday
afternoon, January 2ad. The first on
the program was vocal solo by Miss
Florence Wyman. The regular course
of study for the winter was followed,
the subject for the afternoon being
"French Literature" The papers were
"The Augustan Age" by Mrs. Sturte-
want; 1.-THE Forty Immortals" by Mrs.
Kate JeWett: aModern French Wrjtera