The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-21
and VICINITY

the SkOWneRAD hafhel,
Miss Walker has Just returned from
New York City and Boston with a full
line of fall millinery.
Miss Iva y. Jackins of Houlton, Me-,
arrived, Monday, aud is to pass the win
ter with Mr.. aud Mrs. Geo. o. Smith.
One hundred AID twenty-five tickets
were sold at this station for the Central
Maine Fair at Waterville, this morning.
Forrest Goodwin, Esq, went to Dover
Yesterday, where he has cases on trial
in the Piseatsquis Supreme Judicial
Court.
The homemade candy season Is here
and next Saturday you will find many
kinds of these popular, fresh made
sweets at Delano's.
Mrs. f. .. Sawyer gave a progressive
whist party, Friday afternoon OF last
week, in honor of her guest. Mrs. Geo
W. Way of Portland.
Miss Clara and Miss Mabel Woodward
Of Hampton, Va, left here for home,
Yesterday, after weeks visit with their
cousin, Mrs. \. B. Lamb.
Mrs. \. X. Smiley returned home, this
week, from Leyant, Me, where she had
been visiting her sister, Mrs. c. c. Simp-
son, for the past few weeks.
r. W Brown has the lumber on the
ground and is to build another story on
his Maine Central Hotel property at
once. The addition will provide for four
teen new rooms.
Mrs. Olive A. Dealey has been hav-
ing serious trouble with her eyes of late,
and left for Portland, Tuesday, where
she will be under the care OF specialist
for the next few weeks.
Miss Ole Huntoon, who had been visit
ing for the past five weeks with Mr..
and Mrs. Butler and with other relatives
in this vicinity, returned to her home in
Somerville, Coma, Monday morning.
The steel shelving and furniture for
the Somerset Law Library has arrived
and will be installed in the Library Hall
at the Court house Immediately on the
adjournment of the September term of
court.
Martha Steward invited eight of her
plavmates to pass the afternoon with
her, Tuesday, on the occasion OF her
fourth birthday. Each little guest was
presented with a box OF bonbons as a
souvenir of the occasion.
Miss Lillian French, who has been
making her home here for the past two
years, quite portion of the time In the
office of the New England Telephone
Co., has returned to Bath and will pass
the winter at the home Of her parents.
Mr.. Z. S. Basin of the U. s. Geologi-
cal Survey was in town on Monday,
calling on Mr.. Geo. Otis Smith. Mr..
Basin is making a study Of the Rock
land limestone area and will continue Is
work another month or more before TT
turning to Washington.
CHI. Davis of New York City, the
proprietor of Killcare, has been in town
several days this week. Mr.. Davis keeps
about twenty head of cattle at his sum-
mer home besides Sleeps, hogs and other
live stock, and takes personal interest
in the management of his farm.
L. w. Chase prefers to sell out all his
carriages remaining in stock at great
sacrifice rather than to carry them over
this winter, as he Ia troubled for room
since the burning of his repository. II
you are to need new carriage your
money will be well invested il you buy
of him now.
Mrs. G. W. Emerson, who met with
an accident to her eye nine weeks ago
and who has since been an inmate OF the
Eye and Ear Infirmary at Portland, ar
rived home, Monday. The eye is saved
and 1t is hoped that the sight may be
partially restored in the future. II often
happens that the sight of one eye will be
impaired by injury to the other; tu
Mrs. Emerson is thankful to find that
this Ia not the case with her, the sight of
the uninjured eye being perfectly pre-
served.
Geo. King and Mrs. Mary L. DUDE
were married by Father Lacroix, Satur-
day evening. They left, Monday, for a
brief visit with friends in Massachusetts.
In returning home, they plan to 60 to
Bangor, Me-, by steamer and thence TO
this place by rail. Mr.. King has charge
If the finishing room at the shoe factory
and he was presented with an upholstel
ed parlor rocker by the employees OF that
room, they also received many othtr
presents from friends. A reception will
be given their friends on their return.
A recent rumber Of the World Wide
mag; zine prints story under the title
of "Csrried off by Moose" from the
pen Of John f. Taylor Of this town. The
scene of the uspposed adventure is in
the vicinity of The Forks in this county
and Abbott Nelson, salesman in Fogg's
drug store, figures as the hero, his pho.
"by Bassett" appearing among
the illustrations. The story was first
published in Bangor paper and in such