The Somerset reporter., 1901-12-12
TOWN and VICINITY

GHls appropriate Tor every class and
all ages at Heselton's.
Miss Margery and Zaidee Morrison are
in Boston, for a brief visit.
Miss Blanche Tantish went to. Water
vile, Wednesday morning.
Great closing out sale of hats before
Christmas at E. B. Curtis.
Hon. ]. o. Bradbury of Saco. formerly
of Hartland, was in town, yesterday.
Hon. Hiram Moore of Madison was IN
town yesterday on his way to Green
vile.
Mrs. w. B. Pierce of Hopedale, Mass,
is spending the week with her parents
here.
Miss Rose Dearborn, the special
teacher of drawing and music ia the
public schools is confined to her home by
Illness.
Henry Williams was called to Green
bush, Penobscot County, early this week,
by the death of sister, Mrs. William
Spearin.
Rev. Charles H. Vail of Jersey CITY
lectured in Grand Army hall, Saturday
night, on Scientific Socialism and the
Trust Question.
Miss Mae Moore, Miss Olive Gleason,
Miss Viola Adell and Miss Daisy f.
Holway left here Monday morning for
Pennington to attend the normal school.
The best Christmas gift is the practi-
cal one. The Blunt Hardware Co. have
large line of practical articles which
are suitable for gifts. Call and see il
they haven't just what you want.
The W. C. I. Union held a meeting in
G. A. R. hall, Tuesday afternoon. Miss
l.. Il. Coburn read paper on "Worlds
Progress of the Nineteenth Century"
1t was voted to send Christmas box to
the Girls Home at Belfast, and articles
for the same may be left with Mrs. L.
W. Weston, this week.
Many OF the teachers of the public
schools here purpose to attend the an.
nual meeting of the Maine Pedagogical
Society which will be held at the State
House, Augusta, the 26.h and 9th in
stants. Prof. W. L. Bonney has been
invited to read paper before the society.
The rural schools began a ten weeks
term, Monday morning with the follow
ing teachers: Malbon's Mills, Mrs.
Della Sanford; Lake George, Miss Arab
Davis; Richardson, Miss Mary Went
worth; Blunt, Miss Jennie Davis Snow.
Miss Edith Knowlton; Pitts, Miss Sarah
Wentworth; Lsrone, Charlotte Farren;
Bigelow Hill, Ita Hatch.
At the December meeting of Abraham
Lincoln Command, Union Veterans
Union, A. F. Bickford was elected Col
.onel; j. o. Smith, Lieutenant Colonel;
H. P Cannon, Major; C. V. Richards,
Surgeon; Stephen GRAHAM, Chaplain; C.
c. Grover, Officer of the Day; Simon
Grover, Officer of the Guard; Prescott
Cleveland, Adjutant; Jefferson Savage,
Quartermaster. The installation of these
officers will be held Tuesday evening,
January 7.
Frank E. Emery, M. s., who has been
in town with his family for several
months has received appointment to a
position in the Experiment Station of
Wyoming State University and will
leave for that State at an early day. He
visited japan year ago as an agent of
the Agricultural Department at Wash
ington to investigate the dairy interests
of that country, has written his report
since hereturned here and forwarded it
to the Department.
Col. Francis Fl. Wing, Division Com
mander of Maine Union Veterans Union,
has issued his first order announcing the
officers elect, assuming command of the
Division, establishing headquarters at
SkOwhegan and naming his staff as fol-
lows: Chief of Staff, Patrick Hayes of
Chelsea; Assistant Judge Advocate Gen
eral, Jefferson Savage of Skowhegan
Asst. Mastering officers, F. f. DeMerrit |
of Topsham. Maj. Charles j. House of
Augusta is Adjutant General.
Lovers of the beautiful in fancy china,
choice bric-a-brac, statuary, art goods,
stand lamps ETC., should not fail OF see
ing the fine stock carried by j. p. Oak |
for the holiday season. His display of
these goods is an admirable one, par
ticularly adapted to the wants of the |
people and cannot fail of pleasing all |
looking for gifts of this nature. The
stock of house furnishings carried by
this firm is complete in every depart
ment. Visitors are always welcome.
Miss Marion Howard Brazier of Boston,
Secretary of the New England Woman's
Press Association and editor of the
Patriotic Review will lecture before the
Sorosis, on Tuesday evening, Dec. II, at
7.30 o'clock. The subject of the lecture
will be "Are We Growing Older Grace
fullyT The club extends cordial
invitation to the members of the
Woman's Club and The Town Improve
ment Society to be present at this time.
Each member of the Sorosis has the
privilege of inviting one guest.