The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-20
TOWN and VICINITY

PeEDeli, Tor rue past t"u "Sthsi IL
turned to her home ia Yinalhaven,
Monday.
F.A.sBenner arrived home, Monday
noon, after passing fortnight with his
wife at Capitol Island, Portland Haroor
Mrs. Benner is to remain for several
weeks longer.
". 3. Whittier purchased, last week
AZ an investment, the two story, three
tenement house, corner of North avenue
and East Leavitt street formerly owned
/ by Mrs. Annie Magoon.
Geo. 0. Smith is passing this week
at Rackland and other Penobscot bay
points where survey, according to
plans make by him, is being made OF the
limestone aud granite quarrys
Mrs. F. l.. Tozier returned, Friday
of last week, to her home in Washburn,
Me. after visit OF five weeks with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. f. z. Pennell,
She was accompanied by her sister,
Miss Sadie.
DR.. f. 0. Sawyer went to Portland,
Monday noon to attend the convention
of the Maine Dental Society. Mrs.
SAWYER and Miss Faueher departed by
the same train for Dexter, where they
are to visit for fortnight. The doctor
will go TO Dexter from Portland to pass
Sunday and will return here the first OF
the week.
A hedgehog that looked to measure
about three feet from tip to tip, made bis
appearance In the vegetable garden OF
Mrs. Helen Howard on NorridgewocR
avenue, about noon, Monday. Passing
teams did not seem to alarm him and
when the children of the neighborhood
gathered to observe the odd looking
creature he leisurely climbed an apple
tree and waited for them to dispense
He had undoubtedly been advised OF the
fact that the state bounty on hedgehogs
has been repealed.
Sheriff Smith arrived home from bis
automobile trip to Jackman, Friday
He made three seizures during MS
brief stay In northern Somerset. o1t
was at the house of n. James Prince IL
Jackman, another at the sporting camI
of James Paradis not far from Jackmar
village, and the third was at the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad station where hi
found a sugar barrel packed with hal
pint TASKS OF whiskey addressed tt
Thomas Berry of West Forks. These
LIQUORS were libelled and hearings viii
be held In the Skowhegan Municipa
Court as soon as necessary arrange
ments can be made.
The Blunt Hardware Co. have just re
ceived a check for five dollars from tn
manufacturers Of Jap-a-Lac as an aware
in their show window display contes
which was open to all merchants In tn
United States handling their goods. III
window, photograph of which was sub
mitted, and on which the award wa
made, was designed by Forrest Cross
one of the Blunt Hardware company
statesmen. The amount Of the prize is no
j.. the chief consideration In the matter; /
must be very gratifying to Mr.. Cross tt
feel that he thus successfully competed
with professional window dressers, som'
of whom devote their entire time to win
dow displays alone.
Soros's held its annual field day las'
Friday evening, at the residence of Mrs
F. W. Buchanan. Tables for the picnic
supper were arranged on the lawn and
the edibles furnished by the various mem
bers were supplemented by shebert, eof'
: fee and fruit punch served by the host
ess. In the evening Mr., Buchanan was
admitted to membership long enough to
entertain the company by sending up
several large hot air balloons. The
grounds at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Buchanan are ideal for meeting of this
kind and it proved to be among the most
pleasant field days in the history of the
club. The members OF Sorosis thoroughly
appreciate the effort made by their hos
tess to entertain them so pleasantly.
There was a large audience at the Be-
thany Baptist Church, last Sunday
morning to listen to the address by
ORA. H. Currier of Oberlin, Ohio. The
pastor of the Bethany society, Rev. Geo.
rye Merriam, and Rev. B. B. Merrill OF
the Congregational church were present
and assisted In the services. A feature
OF the music for the service was the solo,
The Plains of Peace, by MI. II. B.
Drake. Mrs. Josephine Smith Pierce,
who was formerly organist at this
church, and who is now visiting in town
at the home of her parents, presided at
the organ on this occasion. In the even
ing the regular prayer meeting was
omitted and in its place union evange-
listic out door service was held, adj
dressed by Rev. Il. F. Huse.
Skowhegan, in common with the rest
of Somerset county and large part of
the state, experienced an earthquake
shock shortly after five o'clock, Saturday
morning. AS Watervlle is given as the
center OF the area over which the dis
turbance extended, it is probable that
the shock was felt throughout Somerset
county as severely rs anywhere. The