The Somerset reporter., 1902-08-21
TOWN and VICINITY

Witch Hazel 25c a pint at Bucknam's.
Miss Ada Ford left town, Wednesday,
for uachias.
Boy wanted-to run bobbin winder,
nights. Msrston Worsted Mills.
Miss Daisy Fuller of Hallowell WAS
the guest Sunday of Miss Maud Belongs.
Miss Grace Glass, formerly Kinder
garten teacher, here, Is guest Of Mrs.
L. W. Weston.
Friday, August 22d, is the date of the
next regular meeting of Bloomfield AS
sembly, Pythian Sisterhood.
A recital will be given in Mlburn
Hall, Friday Aug. 30, at o'clock, by
pupils Of Miss Margery Morrison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert C. Hight of
Somerville, Mass, are the guests of Mr..
lights sister, Mrs. Augustus Crowell.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Davis of West
brook were guests at the home of W. T.
Seekins, Esq, several days, this week.
H.. Bassett is In attendance upon
the photographers convention In Boston
this week. Mrs. Bassett accompanied
him.
Charles Adams went to Bangor, yester.
day as a delegate from Wesserruusett
Court, to the meeting of the High
Court I. o. r.
DR.. A. T. Smith and wife of Minnea-
polls, Mimi, who are passing the sum-
mer months at West Athens, were in
town, yesterday.
The water In the Kennebec has fallen
off considerably within few days and 1t
is the lowest 1t has been for the season,
yet it is not low for this time of year.
Rev. D. B. Holt Of Bath will preach in
the NJ. E. Church, Sunday morning,
Aug. "a, at the usual hour. Prayer
meeting at seven p. m. led by Mr.. Holt.
Mr.. E. W. Marston of Oakland, CALI
fornia, was In town few day and left
for New York, Monday. He purposes
to return to California within few
weeks.
Station Agent Eaton Informs US that
he sold tickets, Monday, to amount to
$40. About $l20 of this amount was
for New York tickets. This was a big
days sale for Skowhegan station.
j. r. Carey. Esq, of Haverhill, Mass,
Socialist orator, spoke In railroad square,
Monday evening, the 18th instant, from
R. T. Patterns automobile. Mr.. Patten
introduced the speaker. The audience
was good sized one.
Mr.. George Fl. Kilham, who had been
foreman 10 the shoe factory here for
some years, left town, Monday, for Au-
burn, where he has position with the
National Shoe Company of that city.
His family will remain here for the pres
ent.
At the Baptist Church on Sunday
morning there will be morning worship
at 10.45 with sermon by the pastor,
s'God's Workmanship In the Christian"
Sunday school at ID. Juniors at 5.
Evening praise service at 6. All are in
yited.
Athens is to have Republican rally
Monday evening, the 25th instant with
Hon. Walter Emerson of Washington,
D. o., and Forrest Goodwin, Esq, as
speakers. Mr.. Emerson is a Maine man,
formerly editor of the Portland Ad-
vertiser and has been very acceptable as
stump speaker in New York and other
states In former campaigns.
The list of voters of Skowhegan, with
few more than 1900 names thereon,
has been posted in the vestibule of the
post Office where each voter can look 1t
over and ascertain whether his name Is
placed thereon, correctly. The select
men will be In session, Saturday after
Moons, Aug. 23, Aug. 80 and Sept. 6, to
make any necessary corrections. All
persons desiring their names placed on
the list should appear in person when
ever possible.
A meeting was held In Grand Army
Hall, Tuesday evening, In the interest of
the candidacy of A. H. Lang for sheriff
and J. r. Holman for county attorney.
The meeting was addressed by Rev. W.
Y. Berry, secretary of the Maine Civic
League, and Rev. Fl. r. Huse presided.
Rev. Fl. w. Kimball also spoke briefly of
local affairs. The chairman announced
that meeting would be held in the
same hall one week later, Tuesday even
ing next, to be addressed by Rev. Fl. W.
Pringle of Eastport.
The burial place of the we'll known
lumbermsn, Heman Whipple of Scion,
is to have an appropriate. monument
erected this year. 1t Is to be special
design by Baker & Marble and will be
the finest specimen of granite work In
Somerset county. This firm have a large
and increasing business in granite as
we'll as marble work. They are now
filling orders for Milton G. Shaw Of Bath;
Albion D. Barrett also Mrs. Azuba Chase
at Canaan, George F. Jackson of Bath
and others; all first class granite monu-
ments.
Notice.