The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-02-21
TOWN and VICINITY

III IOWu mouuaSs
Walter Savage returned from Boston,
Wednesday evening.
Miss Francis Lord visited with friends
in Portland, this week.
Miss Mary Barnard left Wednesday
morning to visit friends In Boston.
Lent commenced yesterday, Ash Wed.
nesday, and will end April 7, Easter
Sunday.
Mrs. C.sE. Dealey has been confined
to the house for several days with the
grip.
John Murray and daughter, Miss
Laura, are visiting in Portland this
week.
Jerry Lord returned TO his studies at
Mitchel's school in Bellerica, Mass,
Friday.
Mr.. George A. Parln, editor and pub
Usher of the Machias Union, was in
town, yesterday.
Fogg's cream of rose and almonds is
highly recommended for chapped hands
and lips and skin eruptions.
Meeting of the Town Improvement
Society at the Library Parlors, Friday
p. M, Feb. 22d, $50 o'clock.
Mrs. j. Palmer Merrill, accompanied
by her sister, Mrs. White of Bangor, left
town, Monday morning, for Boston.
Mrs. r. S. Williams and son George
of Hartland, are the guests this week
of Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Fairgrieves
Miss Minnie Russell, who Is teaching
in North Conway, N. H.. was the guest,
over Sunday, of her sister, Mrs. Rael S.
Copp.
See the fancy Numbered shirts in Chas.
f. Wards window, the patterns will
please your eye, the prices will please
your purse.
Miss Grace Nudd, who has been pass
ing two weeks vacation at her home
here, returned to Danvers, Mass, Tues
day morning.
SudIlC5 dIlSnubu Itl6
meeting of the Sons of the American
Revolution In Portland, this week, and
was accompanied by his wife.
Mrs. Raymond Dumont was taken to
the Maine Insane Hospital at Augusta
for treatment by DR.. Gelinas and L..
c. Emery, Tuesday.
Mrs. Lenora A. Jewett who has been
in Brownville for the past year, has
returned to town, and is now employed
in the family of j. F. Pollard.
A. X. Butler Esq, returned Saturday
evening from South Paris where he
was In attendance upon the February
term of the supreme court for Oxford
county.
Russell Post was represented at the
annual meeting of the Department of
Maine G. A. r. in Auburn, this week, by
Gen. Isaac Dyer, Chas. Folsom-Jones,
Benz. Bigelow and George B. Stafford.
Tuesday night, Harold Swain gave d
party at his home on the back road to
Waterville. During the evening Mr..
Swain, who leaves for California, next
Saturday, was presented with silver
napkin ring.
A stated couvocation of Somerset
Chapter Royal Arch Masons will be
held tomorrow, Friday evening at z
o'clock. The 2. NJ. and M. <. M. de-
grees will be conferred. Refreshments
at close of work.
Baker & Marble have an order for a
substantial monument in memory of
Gen. r. B. Shepherd. The design is
unique and will be executed in the cele-
brated Barre granite, finely carved and
polished; beautiful addition to our
north cemetery.
Miss Georgia Burrows, who takes
the part Inogene Courtleigh In "a
Vrginian Romance, is one of Belfast's
most popular society ladies, and an
elocutionist of marked ability. Miss
Burrows will render several select read
ings during the evening.
B. B. Perkins sold and shipped Tues
day afternoon to Hobbs Bros. of Shaw
NUT Me-, very choice Hereford bull
10 months old. The Messrs. Hobbs
have recently purchased few register
ed females from the herd of Hon. f. w.
Hill of Exeter, Maine.
The supper given in Grange hall
Tuesday evening by the members of
st. Mary's church was huge success.
Over 400 plates were laid. In the
evening an entertainment was given
consisting of the 'Old Maids Conven-
tom by % young ladies, vocal solos
by Mrs. Ella Vigue and Mr.. William
Groder, and several aelections by the
Catholic Order of iForesters banjo
mandolin and guitar club.
The Somerset Central Agricultural
Society held its annual meeting In the
office of Danforth & Gould, Saturday
afternoon. There was a good attend
ance OF members interested and the
following officers were elected s. w.
Gould, president; Harrison Weston and
j. d. Packard, vice presidents; X. T.
Patten, secretary; Edwin Packard,
treasurer; A. II. Lang, G. w. Day, r.
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