The Somerset reporter., 1901-06-27

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town, Tuesday.
Ladies s1OO Batiste dressing sacks
going for 69c at Judkins'.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Doran are in
town for the summer.
DR.. L. D. Rand and DIR. F. j. Robin
son of Fairfield arrived in town, this
morning.
Hon. Henry W. Mayo of Hampden,
member of Gov. Hills council, was in
town, Wednesday.
Mrs. Nellie Cleveland returned to her
home in Eastport, by the afternoon
train Of Tuesday last.
Mrs. C. A. Marston left home, We'd
uesday morning, for Boothbay harbor to
remain there a few days.
A party of twenty. five people departed
from this station on the morning train,
Tuesday, for Montreal and Quebec.
You can find any kind of new and
second hand carriages for sale at L. w.
Chase's, Madison Ave-, Skowhegan.
W. L. Bonney, principal of Skowhe-
gan High school, and Mrs. Bonney are
spending their vacation in Turner, Me-,
Mr.. Bonney's former home.
Help wanted for the Lakeside mill
one weaver, two speakers and two boys
for finishing room. Apply at office Of
Marston Worsted Mills.
Miss Ethel McPheters left home, We'd
nesday morning, to spend her vacation in
Portsmouth, N. H., and Klttery Point,
Me-, visiting relatives.
Carriages Of all kinds for sale at Co.
burn House stables, both top and open,
pneumatic, hard rubber and steel tires,
and the prices right.
Mrs. E. W. McKenney and Master
Enrol of Kingfield, have been in town
the past few days, visiting her sister,
Mrs. Mae E. Pratt and family.
Station Agent Eaton informs us that
Skowhegan is now experiencing an ex-
eeptionally heavy freighting business for
this time of the year, both outgoing and
incoming.
Bartlett has recently put telephone
into his store and he claims he will save
his consumers by ordering their supplies
from the old Fletcher store, ten per cent
in their yearly expenses.
S. A. Dnsmore of Boston was in town,
Monday. He is making favorable pro-
gress in his recovery from the effects of
a rheumatic fever by which he was pros
trated, last winter. He finds Somerset
climate Just the thing for him.
The school friends of Miss Leila E.
Fairbrother gave her pleasant surprise
party, Thursday last, her fifteenth BIRTH
day by assembling at her home in good
numbers and passing happy hour and
presenting her a very handsome silver
vase.
"Chidren's Day" was observed in the
Bethany Baptist and Universalist
churches, Sunday last. Exercises were
largely by the children and were as usual
very much appreciated by large audi
ences. The audience rooms were besuti-
fully adorned with plants and flowers.
A movement is on foot for rural de-
livery route extending west, southwest
and northwest of Skowhegan, petitions
having been forwarded to the postal
authorities at Washington for the estab-
lishment of said route. We are not In
formed of the exact bounds of the route
proposed.
At recent meeting Uf Skowhegan
Union, 7S7, Carpenters and Joiners
Union of America, the following officers
were elected: A. W. Day, president;
j. P. Thompson, vice president; w. A.
Clough, recording secretary; w. A.
Bailey, financial secretary; R. H. Town
send, treasurer. Although the union in
Skowhegan is but few months old, it
numbers all the carpenters in town with
the exception of three.
Among those who attended commence
ment exercises at Waterville, this week
for one or more days, from this town,
were DIR. W. Fl. Spencer, Mrs. Spencer,
Mrs. Grace Coburn Smith, Prof. G. E.
Spencer, Henry W. Spencer, Miss Louise
a. Coburn, Mrs. Bruce NJ. White,
Miss Lizzie Hussey, Mr.. and Mrs. W. L.
Bonney, Fred F. Lawrence, Forrest
Goodwin, ESQ.,, and Misses Emma
Hutchinson and Ethel Walton.
The amusement season at Lakewood
was inaugurated on Monday evening
last, and large crowd Of people was in
attendance, overlooking the theater to
witness the first appearance of the Lake
wood Stock Co., who on the opening
night presented the laughable comedy,
1.-THE Private Secretary" The piece has
been staged in pleasing manner with
great attention to detail and finished
performance is given, each one of the
several parts being in good hands. The
difficult portrayal OF the part of Rev.
Rob't Spaulding was most admirably
interpreted by Mr.. James Durkin, while
that Of Mr.. Cattermole in the hands Of
Mr.. Albert Lando was equally as we'll
done. OF the entire company it may be