The Somerset reporter., 1905-06-22

made the first picking Of his Early Ohio
strawberries.
A. H. Wyman arrived home, last week,
from quite an extended visit with his
son, Levy, in Pennsylvania.
Herbert Z. SWEET went to Brunswick,
Yesterday morning, to be present at the
commencement exercises Of Bowdoin
college.
Miss Laura Hoxle, who has Just COM
pleted three years Of the course of the
Skowhegan High school, went to Lynn,
Mass, Friday, where she will pass the
summer with her mother.
Miss Estelle and Miss Marjorie, daugh-
tiers of DR.. Fred G. Merrill of New York
City, arrived yesterday and will pass the
summer with their aunt, Mrs. Eta Mer-
rill, and with other relatives In town.
Miss Laura Paine, who is employed In
one of the publishing houses In Water
vile, passed Sunday in town with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Paine.
DR.. F. L. Tozier of Washburn, Me-,
arrived last evening to join his wife who
is visiting at the home Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. Pennell on West
Front street.
Hiram p. Thing has in his possession
a hack drivers cap piece marked BREW
ster House" which he picked up in the
street nearby the morning after that
hotel was burned, thirty years ago.
VIM. Moore of Portland, chief opera
tor for Maine of the New England Tele-
phone Co., was in town, last week. A.
R. Shepherd OF Boston, service inspector
for the same company, was also here.
Miss Helen Dearborn of Hampton, n,
Il. passed commencement week in town
as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. E. n. Mer-
rill and returned home Monday of the
present week. Miss Dearborn has been
teaching at the University of Maine dur
ing the past school year.
W. z. Hackett attended the auction
sale at Lewiston, last week, of the ms
chnery from the works of the Lewiston
Machine Co. He bought for the Island
Machine Co. a twenty.six foot lathe,
machine of much larger capacity than
this company now has in operation,
The next meeting Of the Fourth of
July celebration committee will be held
at the office of Fred F. Lawrence, Mon
day evening. Every member should be
present, and the chairman of each sub
committee should be prepared to render
full report of the standing of matters
in his department.
Harrison D. Barrett of Canaan left
here, Monday morning, for Los Angeles,
CAL, where he is to be the principal
speaker at the annual Spirituallst camp
meeting Of that state. Mr.. Barrett is
now serving his twelfth term as presi-
dent of the National Spiritualist Assoc
citation Of America.
Geo. P. Goodwin is passing brief
vacation in town, coming here from the
University of Maine at Orono, where he
has just completed the work of the
junior year. he and Alonzo P. Merrill
are to 20 up river for a ten days fishing
trip. after which Mr.. Goodwin will go
to Hoosac Tunnel, Mass, for the re-
mander of the summer.
Walter G. Edgerly has received an APP
pointment in the United States Railway
mail service and commenced work, last
week, on the mountain division of the
Maine Central. Mr.. Edgerly has lived
in Skowhegan for several years, follow
ing the barber's trade. He qualified for
the postal service by taking the civil
service examination over a year since
and has had several temporary assign
ments; the present position is undoubt-
eddy permanent.
Last Sabbath was observed as Meme
rial Sunday by the Skowhegan Grange.
This annual observance s specially de-
signed as a tribute to the memory Of
those mem bers OF the grange who have
died during the past year. The mem
bers met at their hall on Pleasant street,
proceeding together to the Bethany Bap-
fist Church, where they listened to
sermon by the Rev. Geo. Merriam.
Special music was provided and the pas
tors address was appropriate to the oc-
casion.
The parochial school at st. Mary's
Convent closed, last week, with exer-
cises 10 the hall of the Convent on Thurs-
day evening. Chorus singing, reclta-
tions and music by st. Mary's Orchestra
made up the evenings program. The
sisters who have been teaching through
the past school year left, Monday morn
ing, for Canada and will pass the sum-
mer at a Convent In st. Paurs Bay.
They took with them fifteen or more
pupils Of the school who go to their
homes In various places in the Canadian
provinces for the summer vacation.