The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-11-17
TOWN and VICINITY
Wall paper sale at Bucknam's.


You will fiod the old and reliable Far
mer's Almanac for sale at Fogg's Drug
Store.
The Lotus Male Quartet is coming,
Friday evening, November 25th. See
window hangers.
NJ. B. Heselton will have his entire
stock of holiday goods open for inspec-
ton about the first of December.
Mrs. Elmira F. Willis, who has been
visiting Mrs. E. F. Fairbrother and
other friends In town, has returned to
her home IN Industry.
There will be an Epworth League
Social at the M. <. vestry, Saturday
evening, November 10. Everybody
come. Admission free.
The next regular meeting Of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union will
be held in Grand Army Hall Tuesday,
Nov. 22i, at 5 O'Clock in the afternoon.
Look for the live turkeys in the win
uOW VI Mel VIII 9 Slkal slolCi uiuaJ
night. They are to be given away,
Thanksgiving evening.
Col. and Mrs. w. R. G. Estes depart
ed, yesterday noon, for Brockton, Mass,
where they are to make an extended
visit as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
r. Buchanan.
Roderick will have for Thanksgiving
plenty of native turkeys and fancy
chickens, also fresh stock Of lettuce,
spinach, celery, parsley, radshes and
Cape Cod cranberries.
Oae of the daintiest of luncheons was
served, Tuesday last, at p. M, by the
Misses Pooler to ten of their lady friends
at the beautiful home of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. T. Pooler.
W. c. Edgerly, who is now employed
as we:gher of mails at the Waterville
postoffice, was in town, Tuesday. He
expects his employment at the Water
vile Office to terminate about the middle
OF December.
The members of Eureka Lodge, No.
l29, N. E. o. P, are to hold a box soci-
able at their lodge rooms, G.. A. R. hall,
on Tuesday evening, Nov. 22d. The
ladies are to furnish boxes provided
with refreshments for two. The degree
will be conferred upon candidates be-
fore the socable, it being the regular
lodge meeting night.
DR.. |. l.. Salley of this place and
Frank s. Adams of Bowdoinham, cattle
commissioner, went to Arson, today,
and killed ten head Of cattle in that town
and Embden that had been tested and
found to be tuberculous. This makes
about seventy-flve cattle that have been
thus disposed of in that section of Som
erset county since last June.
The members of the junior class of the
Skowhegsn High school gave an enter
tainment In Grange Hall, last Friday
evening, 10 which Prof. Morse, imper-
senator and reader, OF So. Paris, Ne,
was the principal attraction. There was
a good attendance and all were highly
pleased with the entertainment afforded.
Mr.. Morse's program was interspersed
with vocal and instrumental selections
by members of the class.
The Bethany Baptist Church purpose
to make the accustomed distribution of
Thanksgiving dinners to those who
otherwise may not be able to afford to
their families dinner appropriate to
the day. To arrange for this, Thanks
giving social will be held in the church
chapel on Tuesday evening next, the
vegetables, cuts of meat, groceries, cook
ed food, etc, may be brought to the
chapel to be used for such distribution.
Sorosis met, Wednesday afternoon of
this week, with Mrs. H. C. Basset., Mad
ison Ave. The subject of the meeting
was Japan" The program consisted
OF the following papers; FLOWERS,
Flower Festivals and Women" by Miss
Clara Varney; decorative Art" by
Mrs. Edith Philsrick; "Applied Art"
by Miss Bradbury of Machias, the latter
paper being read by Mrs. Bessie Lam
bert. The literary program WAS inter
spersed with songs by Miss May Burrill
and Mrs. Agnes Steward. The meeting
was IN charge of Mrs. Edith Philbrick.
Rev George Merriam, pastor of the
Bethany Baptist Church. moved his fam
ily here last week and estab lished them
in the parsonage, corner OF Madison ave-
nue. and Winter street. The family is a
desirable one to have come to town as 1t
consists OF the father, mother and nine
children, five sons and four daughters.
The oldest son, however, who is q years
of age, remains at Freeport for the time
being. Six of the children have entered
the schools In the various grades. One,
Young man of II years, has been in
the high school for some weeks.
Herbert L. SWEET went to Brunswick,
last Saturday, and witnessed the foot
ball game between Bates and Bowdoin
in the afternoon in which Bowdoin won
by score of II to 6. 1t was the final
game OF the Maine intercollegiate series
and gave the championship to Bowdoin.
Mr.. SWEET is a graduate OF this college
and remained to the celebration 10 which