The Somerset reporter., 1903-10-01
LOCAL MENTION.

Miss Edna Page went to Portland by
Tuesday mornings train.
Miss Olive Green attended the Musical
Festival at Bangor this week.
W. B. Steward was IN Bangor, Wed
nesday. to attend the musical fe.tiyal.
c. A. Ross and wife went 10 Bangor
and orono, Tuesday. for a few days'
visit.
Mrs. Horatio v. Cushing and daugh.
ter, Edna, are visiting with Augusta
friends.
Sunset Chapter, Q. f. :. will hold a
meeting, Friday evening, Oet. q, work
is expected.
E. G. Emerson Of Portland who is e.
joying vacation, is passing the week in
town, accompanied by his family.
l. c. Dorothy left on Monday for
Lynn, Mass. where he proposes to
remain during the winter or longer.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Doran, who
passed the summer in Skowhegan re
turned to Portland, Saturday morning.
J. 2. Oak and family have closed their
summer home, 1.-THE Oaks,a at Hayden
Lake and removed to town for the viii
ter.
T. W. w. Atwood Of the Portland
Packing Co., was looking over the
Skowhegan canuery, the fret of the
week.
David Staples, fireman on the morn
ing freight, has recovered from his re-
cent sickness and is now enjoying q
brief vacation.
R. N. Nickerson of the Waterville
postC flee was in town, Thursday morn.
ing. He returned to his duties Satur.
day after ten days vacation.
Rev. and Mrs. D. A. Ball attended
the kennebec Association of Universalisl
churches at Oakland, Tuesday and
Wednesday.
The pupils of Skowhegsn High schoo
will give reception to parents, teacher:
and friends in Milburn Hall, tomorrow
friday evening.
Mrs. Fred Lewis, who had been very
Ill at Nahant, Mass., is convalescng al
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Hiram Perkins.
We have a limited number of Com.
missioner Gilman's Agricultural reports
for distribution among REPORTER pa.
trons. Come early.
The Ladies' Circle of the Universslist
Church will have harvest dinner at G.
A. r. Hall, Wednesday, Oct. 7th. Sup
per will be served.
Fred +. Lawrence, graduate Of Colby
College, class of 1900, since which time
he has been reading law, has entered the
law school of Boston University.
The home of Mr.. Frost Oh Bloomfield
street is under quarantine, owing to two
mild cases Of diphtheria, the invalid.
being the mother and daughter, both OF
whom are now convalescing.
Abraham Lincoln Command of Union
Veterans have elected H. P. Cannon, B.
B. Wells, c. C. Grover and P. A. Cleve,
land delegates to attend the State en-
campment at Auburn, next week.
Henry Lewia has entered the shoe
store of his father, Jas. Lewis, as ar
assistant on Wednesday and Saturday
evenings, and would be glad to show his
friends their desirable line of foot wear
Edward Billadeau, an apprentice or
board the U. S. cruiser Vixen, is in town
on ten days. vacation, the guest Of hiE
parents on Lawton street. The Vixer
is now laying In the Portsmouth, N. a
navy yard, and Mr.. Billadeau left Mon.
day morning to rejoin his ship.
Eureka Lodge, No. 12s, N. E. o. P,
are to entertain Ancient Landmark
Lodge No. 323 of Pennington on Friday
Oct. 8. The degree staff from the Farm.
ington Lodge will exemplify The degree
work. The officers OF the Supreme
Lodge are expected to be in attendance
A potato Of large size which in shape
10 of q decidedly freakish nature, hsl
been sent to this office by H. C. Tobey
of Athens, and displayed in our window
attracts much attention. In genera
appearance 1t resembles dog in lying
position with head erect, and has good
shaped features with eyes and ears.
As Abel W. Snow OF North Fairfield
was going home from the fair with his
array OF stock which he had exhibited
while crossing the bridge over the north
channel on TO the island, the wheels OF
the hay rack struck the timbers on one
side of the narrow passage way where
the new bridge is being built, breaking
the axle and almost demolishing the cart
There were seven pair Of cattle drawing
the cart, so very naturally when the
wheel struck the bridge, something had
TO give way.
The alarm OF fire early Sunday morn.
ing was occasioned by blaze in va.
cant house on North avenue plains
recently purchased byThos. Butler from
Mrs. John Turcotte. About ; a. m., s
man passing reports everything al
right, and 1t was about 40 minutes later