The Somerset reporter., 1901-01-10
TOWN and VICINITY

ness, Monday.
A. N. Bragg and little son were In
Waterville, Friday.
Col. and Mrs. A. G. Blunt went to
Boston, Monday morning.
II. q. Anderson is on a business trip
to Boston and New York.
r. Fl. Reed of Harmony was In attend
snce upon probate court, Tuesday.
George Maxfield, clerk at the Stage
House, Bingham, WAS in town, Sunday.
W. j. Bradbury, manager of the
Gerald, Fairfield, was in town, Sunday.
Miss Ina Emery of Athens is the guest
for few weeks Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. II.
Tilton.
b. Nj. Steward of Bingham, mail clerk
on the Somerset railway, was In town,
Sunday.
Hon. and Mrs. s. C. Strout returned
to Portland, on the afternoon train OF
Thursday.
Miss Nellie Jones of Bangor is the
guest, this. week, of her sister, Mrs. M.
C. Cushing.
l.. c. Williams, principal of Somerset
Academy, Athens, was In town one day,
last week.
Mrs. Edward Locke of Portsmouth,
N. H. is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Rice. 49,.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. French of The
Forks were in town, over Sunday, the
guests of his parents.
Mrs. George G. Carey and child re-
turned to st. Johnsbury, VT, Monday
morning, after visit with her parents
here.
r. +. Patten left, Monday morning, on
a business trip to Bangor and Belfast in
the interest OF the Marston Worsted
Mills.
One hundred and sixty dollars was the
net amount cleared by the Universalist
society at their recent fair and enter
tainment.
Mr.. Merchant, who has been visiting
relatives on the Madison avenue plains,
returned to Lebanon, N. H., Friday
morning.
Walter s. Cushing, Page In the House
of Representative, came up from Angus
ia, Thursday evening, returning, Tues
day morning.
Postmaster Walter d. Stinson OF
Augusta attended the funeral of Gen. r.
B. Shepherd, Friday. Mr.. Stinson Is
cousin of Mrs. Shepherd.
John Lashon is suffering from sprain.
ed shoulder and wrist, the result of
slipping down on the ice, as he was COM
ing out of his stable, recently.
The dancing public are making their
plans to attend the ball to be given In
Grange Hall, the 18th inst, under the
auspices OF Wesserrunsett Lodge, Order
of Foresters. Kendall furnishes the
music.
Miss Elizabeth M. Williams, who has
been passing the Christmas vacation as
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. George B
FaIrgrieves, returned to West Rye, n.
H., Saturday afternoon, to resume her
school.
MIR. II. v. Starrett, representative OF
G. M. Donham, publisher of the Maine
State Year Book, lie in town, making his
annual canvass for that valuable work.
He Is accompanied by Mrs. Starrett and
they are guests at Hotel Coburn.
B. B. Perkins of this place and W. E.
Eaton of Solon shipped 10 Hereford bulls
to Vassalboro, Tuesday morning, where
they will be taken, with II from the
farm of G. 8. Burleigh, to Mechanic
vile, Iowa, to be used on the ranges for
breeding purposes.
George X. Foss, the cook at Joe Viles'
camp, writes the REPORTER that he
tanned deer fkin, recently, that
measured 48 inInes In width and 30
inches In length and asks "who can
beat thisg' II there is one that can let
us hear. This deer WAS killed by
Marshall Viles.
George e. Sampson has on exhibition In
the window of his corner drug store, this
week, a couple OF coons. Last Sunday
they got out of their cage and had al
most as much fun as the bull In the
china shop. When discovered one was
under the prescription case and the other
was weighing himself on the scales.
An alarm of fire was rung In from box
"a at 4. 80 o'clock, this morning, small
blaze, in the home Of Edward Berry,
opposite Hotel Heselton, being the
cause. The department was promptly
on hand and one line of hose laid but
the fire was extinguished without their
assistance. Mr.. Berry Is tailor and
does work in bis home, and about 5000
worth of clothing was destroyed. Nc
insurance.
Mrs. Eta j., wife of Reuben F. Nc.
Clure of this town died, Monday, De.
cember 3lst aged 45 years, after ar
Illness OF about 8 weeks. Mrs. Mcclure
was born lnl the adjoining town Of Corn
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