The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-09-28

Chas. r. Ward Co. want 100 pair do
mestic hand knit stockings In exchange
for goods.
Daniel Allen of Hall)well was the
guest over Sunday of his nephew, Mar
tin B. Heselton.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Stafford arrived
home, Monday evening, from a weeks
vacation trip to Portland.
Mrs. Samuel Nash and her daughter,
Miss Harriet, passed Tuesday and yes
terday with friends In Winthrop.
There is to be rehearsal of the Re-
bekah degree staff in Old Fellows hall,
Monday afternoon at four o'clock.
Any one wishing to buy single tickets
for Maine Festival at Bangor or Portland
should apply to J. Harvey White at once
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis w. Briggs and
Miss Wayness of Plttsfield passed Sun
day as the guests of Mrs. Edith 5. Shep-
herd.
At the meeting of the Degree OF Honor,
Monday evening, there will be initiation,
also entertainment and refreshments
served.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Il. Davis of Cumber-
land Mills, Me-, made brief visit here,
this week, with Mr.. and Mrs. William I.
Seekins.
MIS-. w. r. Bartlett returned to her
home in Lewiston, Monday, after visit
of few days with relatives here, her
former home.
Mrs. C. D. Pinkham, who has been the
guest of Col. and Mrs. W. R. G. Estes at
their home on Leavitt street, returned
to Portland, Monday morning.
Rev. and Mrs. B. B. Merrill and Mrs.
Levi w. Weston attended the annual ses-
sions of the Maine Congregational Con-
ference at Gardiner, this week.
DR.. F. o. Sawyer, j. P. Oak and E. E.
McNeelie left here, yesterday morning,
with J. Wallace Blunt in his touring car
to attend the fair at Exeter, Me.
Jefferson Savage is the guest for few
days of his daughter, Mrs. j. w. Web
Der, In Augusta, and of his son, George
and family, in the latter's home at Gar
diner.
There is to be a rehearsal of the Show
hogan Choral. next Monday evening, at
which time the chorus tickets will be
distributed and other important matters
attended to.
Miss Emma White returned to Lewis
ton, Monday afternoon. She is the
granddaughte of Senator Frye and for
several weeks has been the guest of Dr..
ard Mrs. Stevens at Bloomfield cottage.
The number of tickets sold at this sta
tion for the Central Maine Fair at Wa
terville, last week, was ST. This is
more than double the number ever sold
for any one of the big fairs in past years
Horace Z. Stevens left for Boston,
Monday morning, where he will return
to his studies at the Harvard Medical
School. He passed portion of the va-
cation here with his parents at Bloom
field cottage, DR.. and Mrs. Edmund II.
Stevens.
The oyster season may be said to open
in Skowhegan next Sunday as on that
date Delano's large, juicy fresh shelled
oysters may be obtained. Some people
have questioned Delano's oysters being
better, but that was before they became
a customer of his.
A. H. Gledhill and family are to occu-
ply the residence of Mrs. Joseph O Smith
on Water street, this winter, during the
months that Mrs. Smith will be absent
from Skowhegan. She is to pass por-
tion of the cold season with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. w. B. Pierce, in Beverly, Mass.
The Skowheg4n Gun Club have hired
permanent target grounds at the Horace
Stilson farm, Just east of the tracks OF
the Somerset Traction Co. and at a meet
ing held last week it was voted to have
three trap pit dug at once. The club
now has forty.tiVe members. Il is pro-
posed to have shooting match, Thanks
giving Day, between two teams made up
from The club membership.
The boys of the Skowhegan High
school have great hopes this year of
good football season. They have elect
ed Greene, one of their best ends, to be
captain. They have secured the services
of Mr.. Parker, the sub master here, as
their coach. Mr.. Parker is an old foot
ball player, he having played in all
about eight years, four of which were
in the High school here and four with
the University of Maine varsity team.
II s hoped that under the careful train
ing of their coach, they will be able to
hold their own with any team they may
run up against.
The first of Miss Margery Morrisons
series of musical recitals occurred in
Milburn Hall, Tuesday evening. The
subject WAS German music. Miss Morri-
son devoted the time principally to the
early composers, playing selections from
Bach, Hayden, Beethoven, Schumann,
Mendelssohn and Liszt. The important
facts In the life of each composer were
given and enough of the history OF the
times to show the circumstances under
which no xx,rofo and pffppt 0f his