The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-05-05
TOWN and VICINITY

Ar. Jewett ia boiling Holsters twice
week.
Large assortment of fishing tackle at
M. B. Heselton's.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Holt of Huxley
were in town, Friday.
DR.. and Mrs. W. Fl. Spencer passed
Sunday with friends In Waterville.
All the famous remedies Of the Inter
national Stock Food Co. at Fogg's drug
store.
Miss Vera Snow returned to Farming
ton Normal school Monday morning az
ter brief vacation.
The ladies' afternoon whist club passed
very pleasant afternoon at the nome
of Mrs. Edith Shepherd, Friday.
Mothers will be interested to learn
that they can find fine line OF n. q Il.
waists for boys at Chss. F. Wards.
C. E. Ball of Athens took the train at
this station, Monday morning, for
visit to the plantation schools In the
upper part Of Somerset County.
A handsome 1Sft. napths launch,
purchased by Geo. W. Fargrieves In
Bath recently, has arrived and has been
placed in the water at Fairgrieves' Bay.
Miss 8. Madeline Ward has returned
from Boston where she has been pur-
suing her musical studies, and is pre-
pared to receive pupils. See card else
where.
The annual inspection Of Canton
Somerset occurred, Friday evening, Csi'
W. C. Miller OF Augusta being the In
spectlng officer. Major +. A. Knowlton
OF Fair field was also present.
All members of Carrabasset Lodge No.
"a |. o. o. r. who are interested 10 the
District meeting to be held at Madison,
May 20, are requested to meet at Odd
Fellows hall, Friday evening, May t.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. T. Pooler arrived
Saturday evening from Boston. Miss
Mabel has gone to Cincinatti to attend
the wedding of friend and Miss
Florence Ia visiting In Concord, Mass.
Rev. DR.. W. II. Spencer and Miss
Louise Fl. Coburn were In Wstervlie on
Monday and took part In the exercises
10 memory of the late Mrs. Mary Ellen
Fields Hanson, widow of the late Prof.
j. H. Hanson, formerly principal of Co
burn Classical Institute.
Rev. G. r. Cummings, Sheriff OF An
droscogggin County was registered at
Hotel Coburn Sunday night, comming
over from Madison where he was the
principal speaker at the anniversary ex-
ercises of Indian Spring Lodge |. o. o. F.
Sunday afternoon. He departed by the
morning train Monday for his home In
Auburn.
At the annual meeting OF stockholders
In the Skowhegan Water Power Co.
held May 2nd, Lewis Anderson, A. g.
Blunt, r. Fl. Carpenter, j. r. Mcclellan
and C. E. Young were elected directors
and r. A. Nolin, clerk and treasurer for
the year ensuing. At subsequent
meeting OF the directors Lewis Anderson
was elected president.
II. 2. Wheeler, recently in the employ
of the well known furniture firm OF R.
W. Soule & Co. Augusta, has opened a
shop In the Ross block on Madison Ave.
opposite Hotel Coburn where he is pre-
pared to do all kinds of work 10 uphols
tery and furniture repair, including
mattress making, repairing and cabinet
work. He invites you to call and inspect
his facilities and his work.
4 Democratic caucus was held Ia the
Mlburn block, Monday evening, and the
following delegates were chosen to at
tend the district convention In Fairfield
next Friday Jefferson Savage, E. F.
Fairbrother, John p. Clark, Adam Simp-
son, Augustus Gilblair, Frank Thomp-
son. The alternates chosen were Abner
Currier, Walter Pierce, A. l. Sawyer,
George Fl. Palmer, A. c. Gage and
George 81. Pishon.
A meeting of the Republican town
committee was held Friday evening In
the Probate office at the Courthouse at
which eight out of total membership
of ten were present. The business of
the meeting was to fix the date for the
caucus to choose delegates to the County
Convention Dune 81, and to the state
convention, June 29). Next Saturday,
the 7th, was decided upon and the call is
published elsewhere In our columns.
At a dainty luncheon given in Port
land, last week, in honor OF Mrs. Harry
W. K,mball, formerly Of Skowhegan,
each placc-card was decorated with a
delicate spray of Cryptotaenia CanadeE-
sis carefully pressed. These flowers
were gathered by Miss Dora a. Moulton
when she visited Skowhegan with the
Maine Botanical Society on its annual
outing last July. Although this is not a
rare flower these were the first speci-
mems ever found In the State of Maine.
Members of Skowhegan lodge, No. 70,
Knights Of Pythias, to the number of
twenty or more went to Madison Friday
evening, by special car, to celebrate the
twelfth anniversary of the founding OF