The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05
Hon. S. J. Walton was in Fairfield on

Charles Holt went to Boston, Sunday,
for weeks vacation.
Mrs. f. w. Crawford of Waterville is
visiting with friends in town.
w. A. Dore of Athens succeeds E. 2.
King as clerk at Hotel Heselton.
Miss Lena Tobey has entered the store
of Miss c. J. Williams as clerk.
Mrs. Forrest Colby ard Miss Clark OF
Bingham were In town, yesterday.
Rev. H. A. Marley and family return
ed from their vacation, Monday night.
W. II. Wildes Is absent in New York
and Boston, this week, on a business
trip.
Miss E, B. Dunton was the guest OF
Mrs. Edith s. Shepherd portion of last
week.
E. F. Merrill left home Saturday morn
ing to pass a few weeks at Boothbay
Harbor.
Mrs. Helen Neil Howard returned
from her visit upon friends at Hallowell
and Augusta, Friday.
II. G. Kendall and wife of Oakland,
Calf, arrived in Skowhegan, Monday
night, to pass some weeks.
Mrs. Edith S. Shepherd and daughter,
Mrs. F. W. Briggs, are passing two
weeks in the White Mountains.
Miss Mollie Marston returned home,
last Saturday night, from the summer
home of her parents at Boothbay.
Electric fans have been put into the
stores of a. E. Bison and E. X. Delano
this week, by the Somerset Traction Co
Will Holt and sister, Miss Elite, and
Miss Helen OLSON of Boston are the
guests of his father, Jas. Holt, for two
weeks.
George Goodwin is vacationing, this
week, in Boston and vicinity and upon
his return is to enter a Portland business
college.
Miss Frances Lord is vacationing at
Old Orchard for two weeks after which
she will attend the New York millinery
openings.
Edgar Bernard, who has been passing
several weeks 10 town, returned to his
home in Moosup, Conn, Tuesday
morning.
David Vigue is enjoying week ;
vacation leaving home, Sunday, for
Gardiner for a brief visit, later going to
the State Fair at Lewiston.
Mrs. Charles Gaylord, accompanied by
her daughter, Mrs. Alonzo Smith, is on a
visit to two other daughters in Boston
and to relatives at Nantucket.
Mra. E. N. Merrill, Miss Bertha and
Master Folsom returned, Monday, from
Boothbay Harbor, where they passed
the month of August In their cottage
c. B. Williams of Haverhill, Mass. was
in town, Friday last. He had been
spending week at his old home in Hart
land and was on his return to Haverhill.
Fred Head and C. w. Grover are in
attendance upon the State fair at Lew
iston, today, and last evening attended
meeting OF the D. o. X. X. at Auburn.
Among the go prize winners in thu
special Swift Soap wrapper contest
which closed August II, was Miss Eva
L. Knowlton of this place, who received
one dollar.
A crew Of 30 men left this station by
special car on the 1880 train of yester
day for Greenville where they are to GO
into the woods on the Roach River sec
ton for Davis & Marston.
With regard to the Rev. r. f. Bisbee
who is to give his popular lecture, 1.-The
Man with the Hoe" in Grange Hall,
Tuesday evening, September 18th, the
Boston Globe says "Altho he did not
begin to speak until after 8 O'Clock he
held his audience spell bound for nearly
one hour and half"
The rural schools commenced their
fall term on Monday last, under the
following corps of teachers; Malbons'
Mills, Mrs. Della Sanford; Lake George,
Miss Arab Davis; Richardson, Miss Mary
Wentworth; Blunt, Miss Jennie Davis
Snow, Miss Katherine White; Pitts.
Miss Viola Adell; Bigelow Hill, Miss
Mae Moore.
Miss Zaidee Morrison of this town
made a fine exhibit of the work of her
pencil and brush in the art department
Of the Eastern State Fair at Bangor, last
week, and took good number of pre-
miums, viz: First on oil portrait, pastel
portrait, drawing from antique and
wash drawing; second on oil painting
and on watercolor.
The fall term of Pennington Normal
school has very large enrolment, fully
100 with more to enter the second week
Following are the pupils attending from
Somerset towns Evelyn Lord Atwood
and Helen Lydia Bragg, st. Adams /;
Irene May Higgins, Skowhegan; Enid
Bertha Holbrook, So. Norridgewock' j;
Edith Adelaide Maxwell, Canaan
Fanny McEachern, Madison; Olena