The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-10-01
All kinds of school stationery at low

All kinds of school stationery at low
est prices at Fogg's drug store.
The Blunt Hardware Co. are showing
large line Of Shot Guns and Rifles.
Remember the opening at Mlss Withee's
on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 6 and !.
Furnished room for rent to a lady, at
10 Leavitt street, corner of Court street.
Buy your ladies' misses and children'e
underwear of Bridgam & seekins' so
Water street.
Bucknam, the druggist, is spending
the week in Boston and New York, buy
ing holiday goods.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cabot of Boston
were the guests over Sunday of Col. ard
Mrs. A. G. Blunt.
Andrew MeFadden of Waterville, ex.
sheriff of Kennebec county, was an al
tendant at the races, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bosnian and child
of Watervlle were the guests over Sur
day of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. L.
Foss.
A meeting of Russell Relief Corps will
be held this week, Friday afternoon.
Oct. :. Officers and members are re
quested to be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. a. Corson of Athens
Ell ioyed carriage drive to town, Friday.
Mr.. Corson will engage in numbering
again, this winter.
Coburn Marston returned, Monday
morning, to the naval academy at An
napolis, after passing part of his fur
Tough with his parents here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ford went to
Portland, Monday morning, where they
are passing the week with friends, and
will visit In Pennington before their
return.
j. II. Williams, the barber has put a
massage cream on the market for which
great things are claimed. Get free
sample bottle and you'll learn of its
merits.
Fred Barnes, formerly cashier at the
Adams House, Boston, was in tow2, last
week. Mr.. Barnes has returned to bis
old position as clerk at the Park House,
Hartland.
A fine string of 10 woodcock were on
exhibition at Fairgrieves' restaurant,
Monday and Tuesday, and attracted
considerable attention. They were shot
by Allie Knights.
The firm of Patterson & Goodrich has
been dissolved, Mr.. Patterson selling his
interest In the business to Mr.. Goodrich,
| who will continue the same. A notice
of the change appears in another column.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker of Portland ar
rived in town, Monday night, on vacf-
ton visit to her mother, Mrs. Augustine
Fowler. Tuesday morning, Mr.. Walker,
Augustine and viii Fowler started for
Pierce Pond on sporting trip.
The concert at Lakewood, Sunday, by
the newly organized band was not large
ly attended, owing to threatening
weather. The musicians, which were
recruited from this town and Madison,
were directed by Elmer Towne.
Horace Stevens returned to Cam
bridge, Monday morning, to continue
his studies at the Harvard medical
school. Randall Kelley, who had been a
guest of DR.. and Mrs. E. Fl. Stevens at
BLOOMFIELD" for week, also returned
to his home In Boston.
Hall & Reed, who had the contract to
build the granite abutments for the steel
bridge across the north ehanrel, have
their work practically completed after a
Job of nearly two months. Much of the
steel has already arrived, and 1t is ex-
pected the work of putting 1t In place
will commence this week.
Street Commissioner Webb has the
Water street macadamizing well along
and is now using the Watervlle steam
roller on 1t. This weighs twelve tons
and is much better than the four ton
granite roller heretofore used In this line
OF street work In this town.
F. W. Briggs and wife of Pittsfield
with party of friends, which includes
Mrs. Edith s. Shepherd of this place,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wetmore and Mr.. Donald
of Boston, John o. Day Of New York
City and E. P. King of Lakewood, are
making ten days visit to Carry Ponds,
having left here for that place on Friday
of last week.
The funeral of Peter Lessor, who died
late Saturday afternoon at his home In
the rear Of Mt. Pleasant avenue, was
held. Tuesday morning, from st. Mary's
church. Services were conducted by
Father A. o. Lacroix. Mr.. Lessor WAS
81 and left two children, son, Richard,
and daughter, Mrs. Meddar Rouillard,
both of this town.
The new millinery and fancy goods
store of Brigham & Seekins at so Water
street Is to have its opening on Wedpes-
day, Thursday and Friday of next week,
when they will display an entirely new
stock of up-to-date merchandise In their
line, direct from the Boston and New
York markets. Both members of the
a.. 80 l lob In ha los