The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-06-04
and VICINITY

business, Monday.
All kinds of lawn seed at Steward
Bros, at Island krist mill
Sunset Chapter o. E. S. will meet
Friday evening, June 5
Girls are wanted in the stitching room
at the shoe factory. See ad.
Alonzo Merrill, Bowdoin 1906, passed
Saturday and Sunday at home.
Piano tuning promptly attended to.
Orders left at Smiths music store.
Mrs. J. T. Wadsworth and young
child are visiting in Portland, this week.
p. Page left, Friday, on a business
trip through the central and western
states.
Fresh supply Of paris green, hellebore
and insect powder just received by 6.
X. Fogg.
Mrs. Rose Of Watervlle is visiting at
the farm home of +. p. Huntley In East
Skowhegan.
Charles Barbour of Newport was the
guest Of Skowbegan friends few days,
last week.
Steward Bros. have just received a
good lne of lawn mowers. Better cali
and see them.
Capt. ". II. Emery just completed
a nice job of grading in front of his
house on Water st.
Mrs. W. B. Pierce of Beverly, Mass,
is spending a few weeks at the home of
her parents in town.
The opening ball at Lakewood occurs
Friday night of this week, with music
by Kendalps orchestra.
Delano's candy kitchen is the popular
resort for the ladies when they want a
cool soda or delicious ice cream.
All persons contemplating buying
carpets are invited to inspect Bragg &
Varney's line before purchasing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lane and young
weeks visit to relatives In town.
Fogg's line of up to date disinfectants
includes sulphur torches, blue vitriol,
chloride of lime and antiseptics of all
kinds.
John Hedman, Professor Of Romance
Languages at Colby, accompanied by
Mrs. Hedman, visited friends In town,
Saturday and Sunday.
There will be cake sale under the
auspices of the Covenant Daughters in
the store next to J. 2. Merrill's Water
ST., Saturday afternoon, June 9th.
Phillips & Mills have opened branch
law office in Jackman. c. II. Mills. left,
Monday, to take charge, and will re-
main In that part of the county during
the summer.
The Skowhegan baseball team defeat
ed the Pttsfields at Fairview Park, Sat
urday afternoon, in loosely played
game, by score OF IL to o. The at
tendance was light.
Special sale of the popular confection,
Cocoanut Ruffs, at Delano's Candy
Kitchen next Saturday. Three flavors,
strawberry, vanilla and maple, all zoe
h., regular Doc goods.
Marshall c. Viles, who has been In the
woods near Cupsuptic Lake, In the en-
ploy of the Berlin Mills Co., returned
home, Saturday, and intends to remain
here for the summer.
George o. Smith OF the U. s. Geologi-
cal Survey, arrived here on Friday from
Washington with his family for the
summer. He will do some geologic
field work In Maine, this season.
You will find every variety Of car
riages at Chase's carriage repository on
Water street, opp. the REPORTER office,
where Mr.. Chase will always be pleased
to show the same to anyone interested.
EN-. Merrill, Esq, his two sons, E.
r. and Folsom, and guest, <. s. Antoine,
assistant professor In history at Bow
dom College, tried their luck at Carry
Pond, last week, securing large num-
Der of fine trout. Mr.. Merrill's neigh.
bors can testify to this.
A pleasant occasion occurred, Satur-
day evening, at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. w. Marble, when musicale WAS
given by Miss Harriet Marble, Miss
Margery Morrison, Mrs. Agnes Stafford
Steward and Mr.. Donald Morrison, to
small company of friends.
Thursday night, as the team contain
ing the members of Lees orchestra was
starting for Canaan, one OF the horses
took fright at passing car, and before
the driver conld recover control of the
pair the heavy pole crashed through the
center pane In the large window In the
front of the postofiice block. No other
damage resulted.
The Turf, Fam and Home OF last
week contains the cuts Of the stallion,
Sterling owned by C. Davis Miller, Show
hogan, and four of his colts, viz: Larry.
owned by C. w. Day, two years old /;
Diamond j., owned by james B. Nut
ting, two years old; Tommy, owned by
Ben Steward, two years old, and
Phineas, eleven months old, owned by
Hiram Berce, all of Skowhegan. They
are very promising youngsters.