The Somerset reporter., 1906-06-07

Monday, to pass the week as the guest
of Mrs. Rena Fellows Hight.
Miss Marjory Salley entertained her
schoolmates of the class Of 1906, Show
hogan High School at the home of her
parents on Middle street, last evening.
Mrs. Ann Lumsden left here by the
noon train, Monday, for Dexter, Ne.
where she will be the guest of her sic
ter, Mrs. John Morrison, for the next
ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Hackett have as
guests at their home Mr.. Hackett's
father, Allen Hackett of Pittsfleld, Mrs.
(. 81. Kidder of Waterville and Mrs. c.
F. Brock of Waltham, Mass.
Miss Maud Merrill arrived home, Mon
day evening, from Syracuse, N. z,
where she has just completed years
study at Syracuse University. Her sis
ter, Miss Miriam, returned with her
from a six weeks visit with relatives In
New York City.
mEs nDu mIta :" L. OlohO Va 0oAoioF
Me-, arrived at the farm home of Mrs.
Blake's father, Henry A. Varney, on the
river road, five miles from this place,
last week. Mr.. Blake returned home,
Monday morning. His wife is to pass
the summer with her father.
Geo. II. Palmer left here, Tuesday, for
Stockton Springs, Me. There is some
thing of boom on in that town since 1t
became the tidewater terminal of the
Northern Seaport Railroad aud Mr..
Palmer proposes to pass the summer
there and possibly make some invest
ments in real estate.
S. W. Phlbrick left on the early train
Monday morning, for Greenville. In
connection with F. r. Bradstreet and
F. E. Boston of Gardiner, directors of
the Kennebec Log Driving company,
Mr.. Philbrick was to visit the dam at
West Outlet, where break some thirty
feet in length is being repaired.
Prof. and Mrs. Herwig Won Ende of
New York City and their daughter
Roxane of about five years, were among
the arrivals last Saturday evening. Mr..
Won Ende Is the teacher with whom
Donald Morrison of this place has pass.
ed considerable time in the study Of
violin and he and his family are to pass
the summer at Hayden lake as guests
at the Morrison cottage.
An interesting game of baseball was
played on the |. X. L. grounds, Satur-
day afternoon, at 2 O'Clock between the
Baptist Hill team and the Methodist
knights team. The score stood nine to
six In favor of the Methodist knights.
Saturday afternoon next has been chosen
as Field Day by these athletic aspirants
and series of athletic sports have been
arranged for, consisting Of many features
strenuous and entertaining and exciting.
The games will be in the Fairview Park
at 2 o'clock.
At caucus of the Democrats of Show
hogan held Monday evening. the follow
ing delegates were chosen: To the state
convention, j. A. Mooers, iChas. Greer,
s. W. Gould, j. p. Clark; alternates,
Oscar Green, Frank P. Thompson, Geo.
II. Pishoh, Albion Rowell. County con-
vention to be held in Grange Hall,
Thursday, June II, Abner Currier, H. c.
Gage, R. F. Parker, William Jewett,
Geo. Weymouth, II. G. Taggart. Third
District convention, j. P. Clark, Geo. II.
Pishon, F. p. Thompson, R, W. Brown.
All delegates go uninstructed, both with
regard to platforms TO be adopted or
candidates to be nominated.
Eugene R. Bowler, grand patriach Of
the grand encampment /. o. o. +. Of
Maine, died at his home in Rockland,
Monday morning. Mr.. Bowler had FREE
quently visited Skowhegan, the last
! occasion being at the time of the Joint
installation Of the officers of Carrabassett
Lodge and Priscilla Rebeksh, in Grange
Hall In the winter of 1905. Willis A.
Bailey OF this town, the present grand
high priest becomes ranking officer of
the Maine Encsmpment by Mr.. Bowler's
decease and he will be acting grand ps.
triach for the remainder OF the term.
Mr.. Bailey went to Rocklsnd, yester-
day, to be present at the funeral OBJ
sequies.
Messsrs. Clyde Smith and Chas. Green
were delighted on Tuesday of the pres
ent week to learn that their Gilmore
touring cars, ordered many months ago,
! had arrived at Lewiston, having been
shipped to that point over the Grand
| Trunk railway from the factory in Ohio.
| They promptly took the train for that
city, accompanied by Herbert Went
worth, planning to bring the cars home
across country, yesterday. On arrival
at Lewiston they were much disappoint-
to find that one of the cars had prae ica-
ly been ruined in transit. The fact that
the cars were exactly alike and were
consigned without any specification as
to ownership they were unable to tell
whose car was injured. Mr.. Smith, &C
companied by Messers. Green and
Wentworth, came as far as Augusta In
in the unipjured machine, yesterday.
Owing to the storm it was thought best