The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-03-20
TOWN and VICINITY
New spring outing hats at Curtis.


Rebekah Fair Wednesday, Mar. &c.
DR.. H. c. Taggsrt has been appointed
town physician.
Mr.. G. A. Tobey of So. Norridgewock
was in town, Tuesday.
Mr.. Lewis Anderson left on this morn
ing's train for New York.
Mrs. q. E. Avore is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. R. W. Linn, Jr. at Hartland.
Prof. Edlson's Rag Doll show at
Grange Hall, Wednesday evening, Mar.
&c
The Cong'l Working League will meet
in their vestry, Monday, the oath instant,
at o'clock p m.
A. F. Adams of Bingham was In town,
Tuesday. He drove down to Madison
Center and said the wheeling was very
good.
The next regular meeting Of the w.
CT. L. will be held in Grand Army
Hall, Tuesday afternoon, Mar. %. All
are invited.
The high school will close, Friday, for
vacation of two weeks. The other
village schools closed the l4th and have
four weeks vacation.
1t is said that to be in fashion, you
must eat "Honey Comb Candy" You
can get free sample at c. W. Days,
.pbo 10 tho sole aOpnf
Or. L. A. Dascombe left home, Friday
morning, for Boston and New York for
brief rest and incidentally will visit
the hospitals of the two cities.
A meeting of the board of directors
and trustees of Good Will Association is
to be held at the Ryerson Memorial
building at East Fairfield, Monday even
ing, the oath instant.
Rev. II. W. Kimball, pastor of the
Congregational church, gave a lecture
Sunday evening on missionary Life in
Japan" supplemented with beautifully
c)lored lantern views.
Meeting of Russell Relief Corps will
be held this week, Friday afternoon,
March 21st. Members are invited to be
present. A very pleasing program has
been arranged by the entertainment
committee.
Two New York horse buyers were in
town, Monday morning, looking at some
of the good animals owned ia our town.
They bought the little bay trotter, Roxy,
of w. K. Brown and the Bigelow horse
owned by L. w. Chase.
Rev. c. A. Southland of Oakland, pre-
siding elder of the Augusta district, WAS
present Saturday evening, to conduct the
last quarterly conference of the Metho-
dist church, preaching Sunday at both
morning and evening services.
Thomas Leigh, Esq, of Augusta, at
torney for the state In Kennebec county,
was in town, yesterday, in the interest
of the Northeastern Telephone Co. which
desires authority from the selectmen to
set the poles and string wires In Show
hogan in order to carry on the telephone
business here.
The suite of offices in Ordway block
formerly occupied by A. X. Butler, Esq,
have been merged into the offices of
Forrest Goodwin, Esq, giving him the
entire front of the block and much need
ed, additional room for conducting his
extensive law practice. E. r. Viles is
to occupy one of the rooms in the newly
constructed and arranged suite.
When the new steam heating apparatus
was completed at the court house it was
found that the draft was defective and it
would give forth but little heat. Exam
nation of the chimney revealed the fact
that it was badly clogged. A large
quantity of bricks and debris which had
fallen in was removed and the partition
in the middle of the chimney was taken
out and it now seems to be doing good
work.
The regular meeting of the Town I'M
provement Society was held at the libra
ry parlors, Friday evening, March l4th.
Papers were read by Mrs. w. H. Spencer
on 1.-The ALEXANDRIA" and by Mrs. B. f.
lton on Northern aud Central SPAIN"
this paper being illustrated with stereop
ticon views. The music consisted of
banjo solo by Mrs. j. p. Oak violin solo
by Mr.. Frank Pooler. Mrs. Playse and
Miss Boothby were hostesses.
Sheriff Pencil made a seizure of
box containing bottles of whiskey at
the Skowhegan Office of the American
Express, Monday. 1t was directed to
Melvin Smith, East Madison. The IL
quors have been libeled by Sheriff Pen
nell and Judge Bachelor will give the
owner opportunity to claim the stuff and
show that it was not intended for illegal
sale, April 18th. 1t would seem the
quantity is rather more than an ordinary
man would have come along by express
for his own mao