The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-10-31
1902 Maine Farmers Almanaes at G.
r. Fogg's drug store.

Large crowds of people visit Heselton's
5 and 10 cent store daily
w. B. Butler of Phillips was the guest
of his brother, A. K. Butler, Esq, over
Sunday.
Mrs. F. L. Powers and daughter of
Madison were in town. Tuesday after
noon.
S. W. Gould, Esq, accompanied by
Mrs. Gould, have been in Boston this
week.
Remnants in goods suitable for either
mems or ladies' wear at the Marston
Worsted Mills.
The first meeting of Sorosis will be
held at the library parlors, Tuesday
evening, Nov. 9TH.
Great bargain in ladies' Handkerchiefs
at Heselton's and 10 cent store, Friday
Nov. l. See ad
Mrs. Rupert |. Jackson, who has been
in Calais for several weeks, arrived
home, Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank bennett of Chi
cago were in town, this week, guests Of
j. p. Merrill and family.
Mrs. Melville G. Baker returned home,
Thursday, from a months visit with
relatives In London, Ont, and Detroit,
Michigan.
Phillips & Mills have opened a real
estate agency for buying, selling, rent
ing or exchanging village or farm prop
erty. See their ad in another column.
On Tuesday of last week, and again on
Wednesday of this week, Rev. Mr..
Markley spoke in Grange Hall, Corn
vile, under the auspices of the grange.
Will the finder of the gold brooch set
with pearls and having a diamond GEN.
ter, leave it at this office and be rewarded.
1t was lost Saturday night. either on
this street or in Coburn Hall.
An up-to.date "Hurdy Gurdy" has
been giving US concerts on our streets
the past few days, accompanied by a
female tambourinist. Tuesday even
ing at a hop in Milburn Hall they fur
nished the music.
There is nothing more beautiful in
monumental art than the marble statue,
recently placed in the family lot of Hon.
S. A. Nye at Fairfield cemetery. The
pedestal itself is work of rare excel
ence of relieved carving in Barre gran
lite. Our well-known firm, Baker &
Marble, who furnished this monument,
spared no labor or expense to make 1t
best among the best.
Mrs. George E. Friend of Augusta,
came to Watervile, Tuesday to attend
the funeral services of her nephew,
Frank Merrill Bigelow, held at the
Chapel there, and came to town on the
evening train with her sister, Mrs. Bige-
low, and will remain with her sore
time.
The Fat Mans Ball at The Pines, last
Thursday evening, was most enjoyable
occasion to the sixty couples in attend
ance. Not all the fat men of our town
were present, neither were all the men
present fat. but all were out for good
time and that was what they found,
thanks to the management of Capt.
f. A. Cass.
fu1 fhA To-
Thursday evening last, brought down a
delegation from Keystone Lodge X. of P.
to visit Skowhegan Lodge and wintess
the comforting of the rank of Knight up
on two candidates. Following the work
refreshments were served in the banquet
hall below and social hour passed with
music and conversation.
Another busy week for Kendall's
orchestra. Tuesday evening they fur
nished music for the ball in Grange Hall,
Wednesday evening for the opening ball
at Washburn's Inn, Canaan, tonight for
a social dance at Fairfield, Friday for
the opening ball of the Turner House,
Guilford, and Saturday for social
assembly at Watervile.
The first meeting of the Somerset
Choral Society for this season was held
in the high school building, Monday
evening. The following officers were
elected; J. N. Smith, president; Mrs.
Wm. Clough, vice president; Annie Mad
docks, secretary; Mrs. G. NJ. Barnard,
treasurer; DR.. j. n. Merrill, Mrs. f. C.
Dunton, f. Z. Harris, Mrs. Daniel Lewis
Mrs. Ella Jordan and Mrs. F. O. Saw
yer, directors. The first regular re-
hearsal will be held a week from Mon
day night, when Verdi's "Requiemn will
be taken up.
The vast amount of business being
done this fall with Somerset farmers by
George W. Pishon will be surprise to
many no doubt as Mr.. Pishon has a
faculty of turning off lots of business,
without the Juror excited by many.
For one thing he has four hay presses
busy and has shipped for a week past on
an average of three cars of hay day to
the Massachusetts market. As side
issue he is buying apples, and will pro-
badly pay out $4,000 the present week
for the fruit He informs US he wants
1000 bushels ofgood marketable potatoes
at once for which he will pay 80 cents