The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-10-29

Mrs. L. ID. Miller returned home from
Ter Boston visit, Tuesday night.
Miss Elsie Walton teaches the guitar
and mandolin, 81 East Front street.
w. B. Whittier offers a quantity Of
hemlock for sale, to be sawed to order.
Those beautiful Merrill pianos at
Smiths music store are receiving many
compliments.
Tobias Eastman of Fryeburg was the
guest of his sister, Mrs. L. W. Lord and
family over Sunday.
The light lunches at Delano's Candy
Store pleases particular people and the
low price surprises one.
Conductor W. r. Richardson, who has
been enjoying two weeks vacation, is
on duty again, taking his run on Nor
day last.
Mrs. Warren White, who has been ill
for the past summer and Is now convG-
lescent, has gone to her former home in
Massachusetts,, for the winter.
Nathaniel Owen, George Soule and
George Weston are at work on tene-
ment house in Pittsfield that II. B. Good
win is building for F. W. Briggs.
Mrs. Helen Polacek, who has been
passing several weeks with her mother,
Mrs. George Washburne in Canaan,
started from this station yesterday en-
route for her home in Paris, France.
At the First Baptist vestry on Mon
day evening, November 2, at 7.30 o'clock
the young people will hold their regular
social gathering. 1t will be an autumn
social. The program promises to be it,
interesting and helpfnl. Young people
are cordially invited.
Messrs. Herbert Judkins and Elmer
Thibault departed, today, from Show
hogan with their families for their new
home in Clinton, where they have re-
Gently established themselves in bust
ness. The best wishes of large circle
of warm friends follow them.
Mrs. II. A. Sturtevant of Oakland was
in town, Tuesday, in attendance upon
the centennial exercises of the First
Baptist church, the church home of her
early years. While in town she was
the guest of her sister, Mrs. George E.
Goodwin.
Supt. D. w. Colby, d. Ii. Perkins,
principal and W. L. Wadron, sub-master
of the high school, and Misses Grace
Choate and Florence NJ. Murphy rep
resented the Skowhegan schools at the
meeting of the State Teachers Assoc.-
alton in Augusta, last week.
Readers of this paper will do well to
read the advertisement in this issue Of
the Atherton Furniture Co. of Water
Vile, Me. This is the largest house fur
nishing establishment in this section and
their buying for their three stores at
once for cash prices makes their prices
of the low, st.
A party composed of man, two
women and two children narrowly es-
capped serious injury, last night in front
of Hotel Coburn. The party was in
two seated wagon and the horse BE-
came frightened at the electric cars.
The wheels of the carriage caught in the
track, crushing down one side of the
vehicle and throwing out the occupants,
but they escaped bodily harm.
The Skowhegan foot ball team have
arranged for game on Saturday after
noon next at Farview Park with the
Colby second team of Waterville. Game
will be called at LIS to permit of the
visitors returning home by the 2.40
train. The SkoW hogan team will be
composed of students of the high school
mostly, but it is necessary to fill in va
cancies from local players to complete
the eleven. There is no doubt but what
the game will be one of the best ever
seen on these grounds, and as much eX-
pense is involved, it is hoped there will
be good attendance.
The regular meeting Of Skowhegan
Grange, held last night, was in the
nature of "Halloe'en Party" and
proved one of the most enjoyable of the
many held this year. The hall was
tastefully decorated with an abundance
of evergreen, and electric lights were
replaced by "Jack o. lanterns" which
shed sombre hue over the assemblage.
The program rendered and the refresh
ments following were both suggestive
of the observance of Halloe'en. The ell
tertalnment committee consisted of Mrs.
G. D. Miller, Mrs. Eva E. Gage, Mrs.
Carrie L. French Mrs. Ella j. Benst
and Miss Nellie l.. Leavitt, and the CON-
mittee on refreshments were Mrs. Ida
M. Huff, Mrs. Emma c. Dyer, Mrs. F.
c. Dunlap, Miss jeanette Hill and
Messrs. Horace Lowe aud Lester G..