The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-12-08
TOWN and VICINITY

see reduction SAFE AT MISS Nlnees'
W. H. Wildes is on a business trip II
Boston, this week.
Mrs. S. j. Walton arrived home fron
Boston, Saturday evening,
Bucknam's line of Sawyer pictures
this season excels even that of last year
DR.. r. n. Marsh of Guilford passed
Sunday in town with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. NJ. V. B. Marsh.
A. C. Houston of Sangerville with hi
two sons, Robert and George, were Ii
town over Sunday as the guests Of rea
tves.
Mrs. Geo. S. Webb entertained th'
members of the Snow Bound Club at hel
home on Pleasant street last Friday
afternoon.
Edwin o. Vittum, representative-elee
from the legislative class comprising
Emblem, Biz CHAM, Moscow and the
xSiia=tas!ens ges IN town Monday.
David A. Halg, agent of the Skowhe.
gan plant of the American Wooden Co..
passed a portion of this week in Boston
on business for his corporation.
The next meeting of the Town In
provemeut Society will be Dec. 8, sub
ject, Education" in charge of Mrs
Clementine A. Weston, president of the
society.
c. w. Goodrich OF this town and j. w
Jones of Madison start crew of men
this week, cutting the lumber and wooC
from their farm recently bought neal
Madison village.
Persons desiring anything in the line
OF sleighs, harness, robes, blankets
whips, &C., will always find a complete
and up-to date assortment at Chase's
Carriage Repository, Skowhegan, Maine
Joseph K. Goodrich of this town was
one of the contestants 10 the sophomore
prize defamation ut Orono Friday last
Reginald E. Robinson of Oxford received
the prize and Goodrich received honor.
able mention.
A literary club has been formed by the
young ladies Of the junior class OF the
Skowhegan High school, under the namt
OF The Jolly Ten. Their Arst meeting
was held, Saturday afternoon last, at the
home of Miss Lucy Jewett, one of theil
number.
Ralph E. Gledhill, superintendent oil
the Somerset Worsted Mills at EasI
Madison, arrived home from Shirley
Me-, M onday morning. He had been at
the lumber camp of W. II. Clark for .
weeks hunting and brought home fine
doe with him as the result.
Mrs. G. W. Brown of Bangor was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Merrill 8
portion of last week. On returning
home, Saturday, she was accompanied
by Mrs. S. F. Powers, Mrs. Merrill's moth
er, who had been visiting with her
daughter for the last six weeks.
Miss Annie Russell of Washington, d.
~ 10 Ahc Rucep VI NIL anu ME- ID It
Eaton and will remain for the month OF
December. Miss Russell has been for
the past five years in the United States
Census Office, her present position being
in the division of manufactures.
Col. and Mrs. A. g. Blunt arrived
home from Boston, Saturday evening.
The Colonel WAS among the few Maine
people to attend the annual bat
quet of the Home Market Club in the
Mechanics fair building last Thursday
evening at which over one thousand dis
tingushed Americans were present.
Vice president elect Fairbanks 4ad other
well-known men were among the@ speak
ers.
Officers of Russell Post, G. A. r., were
elected Friday evening last, for the en-
suing year as follows; Sewall w. Smith,
commander; J, d'erson Savage, senior
vice commander; John Phillips, junior
vice commander; F, r. Buck, quarter
master; S, F. Emerson, chaplain; Dr. },
N. Merrill, surgeon; Charles Smith, Off
Ger of the day; F. M. Mills, officer of
the guard; j. P. Thompson, K, L.Walker,
jefferson Savage, trustees. E. l.. Walker
and Jefferson Savage were elected dele
gates TO the. Department Eneampment,
and Charles Smith and 5, F. Emerson
alternates.
Donald Morrison, son of l., L. Morri-
son of this town, who is pow attending
Tufts college as a senior, has received
the appointment OF one of the class
parts, which is chapel orator. Mr.. Nor
rison is very promising young man
and talented in the art of music, being a
mem Der of the gle9 club of the college,
as Vlolinist, and also has the part as
reader and soloist. What makes youn <
Morrison's honor something OF surprise
to his friends is that his first two college
years were passed In another college and
they expected Tufts honors would go to
Tufts uen of the full course.
Christmas Ribbons at Miss Williams.