The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-05
Spring kid gloves at Judkins.'

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Fred G. Pooler went to Portland, Mon.
day afternoon, returning, Tuesday.
Miss Mary Donegan has been visiting
this week with friends in Lewiston.
L. W. Brown of Burlington, Vt, is in
town this week on visit to his father, r.
w. Brown.
Hon. Chas. A. Marston went to the
scenes of his numbering operations,
Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Irene Higgins, who is teaching
school in Bethel, is passing her vacation
with her father and sister.
A. r. Shaw is able to be on the street
again after being confined to the house
for four weeks by sickness.
About one hundred people from Madi-
son attended the Chapman concert in
Coburn Hall, coming by special cars.
We are informed that the late Arthur
G. Greene was insured in the order of
Maccabees and his death claims $500 was
promptly paid by Crescent Tent.
d. f. Judkins went to Boston and
New York, Monday afternoon, Mrs.
Judkins accompanying him as far as
Lewiston, where she remains few days.
The District meeting of the Odd Fell
lows will be held at Madison, Tuesday
evening, March 10Th. Special car leaves
here at $50 p. m. All members of the
order are invited.
Patterson and Goodrich have Just re-
ceived two carloads of phosphate which
they will sell you at bottom prices. If
you want plaster they have it aud will
make price to suit in any quantity.
Mr.. J. V. Wiley, who is to drive the
r. F. d. route to be opened up early in
the spring to supply the people in North
Cornville and vicinity has removed from
that place to Skowhegan, taking up his
residence on Spring street.
San evening on Italian music" will be
the subject of an entertainment given at
the Library by the Town Improvement
Society, Friday evening the 18th inst.
The Woman's Club, Sorosis, Mlburn
Club and Mems Club are invited guests.
John Philbrick and w. f. Robbins at.
tended the annual meeting of the Maine
Optical ASS q held in Augusta yesterday.
The latter was accompanied by his wife,
and today they continue their trip to
Boston and New York, where Mr.. Rob.
bius will take a course of optical lee
lures.
! Many ladies in town take an interest
in town meetings and the gallery of the
hall were well filled with lady spectators
a good part of the day. Moderator Wal
ton insisted upon all gentlemen present
refraining from smoking, which added
much to the comfort OF many partci.
pants in the meeting as well as specta-
tors.
Miss Laura Wescott of Madison passed
through here Monday on a visit to Hart
from her accident of six weeks ago in
which her arm was so badly mangled in
the machine she was running at the mill
at Hartland. At one time she assisted
at the REPORTER office, during the town
report rush.
Prof Henry L. Chapman of Bowdon
College delivered a lecture in the Con-
gregational church, Wednesday evening
under the auspices Of the Woman's Club,
upon the Merchant of Venice" The
other clubs of the town were invited to
attend the lecture and a good number
awaited themselves of the favor. The
lecture was exceedingly interesting and
instructive. The descriptive and histori-
cal features of the play were very ably
treated and the close analysis of the
principal characters very fine. Rev. II.
W. Kimball introduced the speaker.
o. E. King of North Cornyille has
hauled in about 5000 feet of pine cut
in his timber lot about 10 miles from
here. 1t has been sold to NJ. G. Shaw
81 Sons at Bath and was landed on the
bank of the river near the "Great
Eddy" In this lot of pine were two
very large trees for these years. One
of them measured four and one-half
feet at the butt and the body of the tree
was cut into three logs besides two logs
cut out of the branches. This tree sea-
ed upward of $500 feet. One other tree
was large one, nearly four feet through
at the butt. These trees attracted
much attention when drawn through
the village on seds and II. G. Bassel
trained his camera on the two largest
cuts. We were not aware that there
were pines of the size of these in this
part of the "Pine Tree State They
are samples of the HAS beens" Of
former generations. Such trees were
numerous in Somerset a century ago.
Mrs. Una Brann Mulholand, wife OF
VIM. H. Mulholland, died at the home OF
her mother, Mrs. Nellie Brann, Water
ST., Sunday evening last, of consumption
of which dread disease she was a patient
sufferer for three years. Her age wa:
| 30 years. Mrs. Mulholand WAS th'
daughter of Benton and Nellie BTanu OF