The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-08-04

children returned, yesterday, from their
vacation trip to Portland Harbor.
At this time of the year you can buy
second hand carriages of all kinds very
cheap at Chase's new Repository.
Misses Bertha and Auna Berry depart
ed, Monday morning, for a visit Of sever
al weeks with friends in Baverhill,
Mass.
Mrs. Addie C. Boucher and her son,
Edwin c. Boucher, of Portland, passed
Sunday as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. 2.
Thing.
Mrs. William Fowler and her sister,
Mrs. B. F. Webb, departed yesterday
morning for a vacation trip to Old
Orchard.
Father Lacroix has recently added to
his livestock at the Parochal farms four
teen heads of Jerseys purchased from
Joseph Boiler.
Mrs. Abbie Southland Of Lewiston and
Miss Nellie Morse of Bangor arrived last
evening and will be guests of their sister,
Miss Emma Morse.
Misses Katharine and Geneva Fitz-
gerald of Portland arrived last evening
for visit with their grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Weymouth.
Mrs. Fannie Gushing with her daugh-
ter, Eina, returned yesterday, from a
visit of several weeks with her father,
w. q. Pearson, In Portland.
The Imperial orchestra had busy
week last week playing in X. p. Hall,
Tuesday, Brighton, Thursday, Lake.
wood, Friday and Milburn hall, Satur-
day evening.
Miss L. Nj. Tardiff of Somersworth,
N. H., formerly in the millinery busi-
ness here, arrived Friday evening OF last
week, and is to pass the month Of Au-
gust in town.
County Treasurer, r. H. Reed of
Harmony was attending to county flnan-
ces at the court house, Tuesday and yes
terday. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Reed and the three children.
Mis-. Susan johnson broke her left
arm, Monday afternoon, as the result of
misstep and tall at her home on Court
street, where she resides with her
daughter, DR.. c. N. johnson.
John Priest, who has been renewing
his acquaintance In town for the past
few weeks and indulging In an occasional
game Of ball with the local talent, re-
turned yesterday, to his home in Lynn,
Mass.
William Libby of Kankakee, III, capi-
talist and extensive land owner of that
section, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Geo.
B. Stafford. This is Mr.. Libby's first
visit to the east for eighteen years and
he expects to remain for the summer In
Maine.
Among the farm sales of S. Fl. Swain
this week are the Chas. Fl. LOOMS farm
to Gilbert l.. Haight of Amityville, L. l.,
N. Y; the Weston Stevens farm to Geo.
B. Cuglar of Orange, N. j., also the
Chas. York farm to Thomas Manktelon
Of Newport, r. |.
A handsomely antlered deer entertained
the cottagers at Hayden lake one after
noon last week. 1t entered the water
near the Anderson cottage and, after
swimming about for nearly an hour, 1t
took to the shore near the Pierce cottage
and disappeared In the woods.
Nicholas Lynch, an employee of the
Marston Mills, left here, last Friday
morning, for Dublin, Ireland, his former
home, where he will make visit of
month or more. There is a rate war
going op at this time between transatlan-
tic steamship companies and he Is able
to purchase round trip ticket for the
ocean voyage for 500.
The Marston Worsted Mills base ball
team Is to play team from the Vassal-
boro mills OF the American Wooden Co.
at Fairview Park, Saturday afternoon.
One of the few games that the Mars
tons have lost this season was to the
Vassalboro team, last month, and the
home team wants Saturdays game badly
to make things even. 1t promises to be
fine contest.
The four young men, Carl Cotton,
Eugene Wing, Merle and Carol Weber,
who left Fairfield, Saturday morning,
for trip to The Forks in two canoes,
passed through Skowhegan, Sunday,
and reached Madison the same evening.
They intend to move up the river slowly
and take in the sights along the way.
They were fully equipped with two
shelter tents and all the necessary camp
ing utensils. After spending couple
of weeks at Mr.. Wings camp at Moose
head lake, they will go up through the
Allegssb, returning home the last Of the
month
For some time past our Selectmen
have been in correspondence with the
Maine Central Railroad officials regard
ing better protection to teams and Pc
destrians beth at the Mount Pleasant
avenue, and Water and Russell street
crossings. On Saturday morning Theo-
dore L. Dunn, chief engineer for the
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