The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-23
New Idea Patterns at Heselton,s.


Schools, went to Bangor this morning.
Mrs. W. A. Gannett of Augusta
passed Sunday 10 town as the guest Of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. R. Clifford.
D. A. Soule, formerly a salesman for
J. N. & |. j. Smith, now located in
Portland, was In town Saturday,
J. Wallace Blunt of the Blunt Hard
ware Co., was among the Skowhegan
citizens at the Capital, yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Drew of Port
land arrived, Tuesday evening, for a
visit with Judge and Mrs. o. r. Baehel-
Ter.
Or. A. Jolly, veterinary surgeon Of
Watervile, was 10 town Saturday to see
some stock on the Parochisl Farms, on
Norridgewock avenue.
The Blunt Hardware Co. have just
contracted for a large amount of lime
and cement, both Rosendale and Port
land, and as they bought on the advance
they can save you money on these goods.
Miss Maud French, who has been pass
ing the winter with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred NJ. French, returned to Boston
this morning. She is to resume her Po-
sition as bookkeeper which she held
previous to coming home last fall.
Geo. II. Smardon Of Portland was In
town, yesterday, to see his friend, NJ. A.
Parker. He was at the meeting OF the
State Board of Trade In Waterville and
took the opportunity to visit Mr.. Parker
with whom he has had an acquaintance
for many years.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Swain, who are
teaching 10 Patten, Me-, were In town
over Friday night. They are both grad
yates of the Skowhegan High school and
have many friends here. MIR. Swain is
principal and Mrs. Swain assistant of
the Patten High school.
Aatone Querion, better known by bis
English name of Chss. Avery, died at
his home on North avenue, Tuesday.
He was born in st. Frances, P. O., In
1853 and came to this place when twenty
years OF age. He is spoken of with
great respect by all his former friends
and neghbors.
Albert Poulin, young man of about
twenty-five years, residing on Lswton
street, received severe injury to one OF
his legs by rolling log while at work at
the saw mill on the Island, Monday.
The limb did not appear to have been
broken but an X-ray examination Is
to be made as soon as the condition OF
the patient will permit to ascertain the
full extent of the injury.
Friends of John Riley and family to
the number of sixty met at his home on
Mt. Pleasant avenue, Friday evening OF
last week, and observed st. Patrick'f
Day 10 fitting manner. The principal
feature OF the decorations was shamrock
vine, sent to Mr.. Riley by his friends in
County Caven, Ireland. Through the
courtesy of Mr.. Riley the REPORTER Ia
presented with sprig of this vine, &C
rarely seen aud 80 much priced here.
Mr.. Riley has seen it growing very often
In the country with which its name Is
always associated and remembers 1t as a
most pleasing feature of the Irish land.
scspe.
While the train was being made up
for the 2 40 freight Saturday afternoon,
car got off the switch Just south of
Water street. 1t took nearly an hour to
replace 1t and interested quite number
Of spectators for this time, most of
whom had never had so favorable an OPP.
portunity to see the trucks of heavy
car put back on the rails. A set of
heavy iron bars, called car replacers,
peculiarly curved to adapt them to the
purpose, were made use of. When once
the workmen succeeded In getting them
properly placed, the locomotive fur
nished the motive power to draw the
trucks on to the replacers and from them
to the rails.
Among the many numbering operations
In which Skowhegan people have flnan-
cal interest, one of the largest, the past
winter, has been In CrockertowD, car
ried on by Parker SanborD. Mr.. San-
born has had for several years con-
tract with Prouty & Miller, who have
had large saw mill at Bigelow Station,
and this winters cut, amounting to
10, 200, 900 feet, has been for them The
milling firm own the land and Mr.. Par
ker's contract was TO cut and deliver the
lumber at their mill. To do this he has
had in his employ between two and
three hundred men and one hundred and
eighty head OF horses. Mr.. Sanborn has
also been conducting similar but less
extensive operation near Pierce Pond
during the numbering season just COM
pleted.
Ira Page, Jr.. the proprietor OF the
sash and blind factory on the Island,
met with some loss and good deal of
annoyance last Thursday by having his
horse run away with hayrack full of
sash which he was hauling to a car In
the Maine Central yards. Mr.. Page was
driving the team himself and was just
opposite Chase's stable on Madison Ave.
when the horse became frightened at the