The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-09-26
TOWN and VICINITY

Dover friends.
g. Abbey and wife visited in Au.
gu:ta, Tuesday.
Garment opening at w. H. Wildes
next Wednesday.
Blaine Viles left, Tuesday, to resume
his studies at Bowdoin.
A.. D. Patterson is on a business trip
n Boston and vicinity.
Sample bottles of fine perfume given
sway at Ordway's Saturday.
Dr.. F. S. Greene and Perry Longley OF
Scion were in town, Tuesday.
Miss Emma Morse of Wellesley, Mass,
came to Skowhegan, Tuesday night.
s.W. Gould, Esq, has been appointed
receiver of the Island Machine Company
Earle's non-eorosive ink can be found
in Skowhegan at Fogg's drug store only.
Harris z. Burrill of Lynn, Mass, is
visiting friends in Canaan and this place.
An ice cream soda with each 25c pur-
chase of fruit, Saturday, at Knowlton &
. Thompson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Kendall left here,
Thursday last, on their return to their
California home.
Rev. H. F. Huse and Mrs. Huse are
attending the State Baptist Convention
at Bangor, this week.
G. W. Heselton, Esq, of Gardiner was
in town, last week, for day, the guest
4 Of ". S, Cobb and family.
Twenty-four from this place left on
Z the excursion to Montreal, Quebec and
other Canadian places, Tuesday.
Dr. Everett Winter, formerly of King
field but now of New York, has been
visiting his aunt Mrs. James Harmon,
the past week.
c. w. Hayden went to Boston, Tues
day, on a business trip. Mrs. Hayden
accompanied him and will visit with rel
stves in Lowell, Stoneham and other
cities.
A. X. Butler is establishing himself
this week in his new suite of offices over
W. B. Stewards, recently completed and
consisting of four admirably arranged
rooms.
At the recent show of the Somerset
Central Agricultural society c. E, Dur
rill made an exhibition of Angora goats
that receive no little attention. He was
awarded first prize on both buck and doe
The ladies of the Methodist society
will serve harvest dinner and supper in
G. A. r. Hall on Friday, Sept. 81. Din
ner from II to 2, price % cents. Supper
from to 7, price 10 cents. All are wei
come.
j. n. & |. J. Smith have an important
addition made to their store on Madison
ST. in the way Of work shop in the
rear of their salesroom. They have
also re.arranged their store throughout,
making it much more attractive and
The subject for the Thursday evening
prayer meeting at the M. E. Church will
be "Vicarious faith" Mr.. Onstott's
subject for Sunday morning is 1.-THE
church and the rock" The subject for
the sunday evening prayer meeting will
be 1.-THE redemption of Neodemus."
All are welcome.
Miss Eunice Bodwell of Scion has
been employed as an assistant in the
high school. There are As in the enter
ing class and the other classes bring the
number up to lis in the school. The
size of the entering class made division
Of the class necessary and the employ
ment of an extra teacher.
The water was shut out of the canal
in the south side Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. and while the water was out,
different owners of powers took occasion
to do some little necessary repairs to
wheel pits, gates, etc. Work is being
pushed on the excavations for the fiume
and wheel pit of the American Wooden
Company.
The annual meeting of the W. C. T.
[. was held Tuesday afternoon, in Grand
Army hall. The usual routine business
was transacted and the reports of the
Vrious departments were presented.
Officers for the ensuing year were elect
ed AS follows: President, Mrs. l.. W.
Weston; 1st vice president, Mrs. p. d.
Lttefield I'd vice president, Mrs. How
ard Markley; secretary, Mrs. Charles
Whiting; treasurer, Mrs. Philander
Jewett; chaplain, Mrs. W. Fl. Spencer;
assistant chaplain, Mrs. Frank Burrell;
committee on music, Mrs. Philo Steward.
1t was voted to hold cake sale and tea
IN the vacant store owned by j. 2. Mer-
fil on Water street, on Friday, Sept. 81.
AT the annual meeting of the Somer-
SET Loan & Building Association held
the 23d inst, the following officers were
elected, viz l.. W. Weston, Pres; F.
A. Nolin, Sec'y; E. F. Danforth, Treas,
and four directors to serve three years,
A, H. Lang, S. w. Gould, Geo. W.
Groder aud Peter Vigue. The eight
zenith annual report was presented and
accepted. This report shows loans out
standino aeo ooI 50. oaob raol aatota