The Somerset reporter., 1906-05-10
TOWN and VICINITY


present week with friends IN Boston.
A young man rs wanted to work at
Bucknam's drug store. One with some
experience preferred.
Miss s. Madeline Ward is on two
weeks visit with her sister, Miss Mae
Ward, at Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Mrs K. F. Genthner of Damariseotta,
Me. arrived, Monday evening. for
weeks visit with her daughter, Miss
Myrtis Genthner.
Mrs. Sarah Whitcomb, who has been
passing the winter here with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. +. w. Buchanan, is on a
months visit to Exeter, n. Il.
William Porter, train dispatcher at the
Waterville station, and A. G. Fenner,
train master OF the Portland division,
Maine Central Railroad, were 10 town,
Tuesday
Mrs. S. J. Walton arrived home, Sat
urday evening, after an absence OF two
weeks. During this time she had visit
ed Washington d. c. ard represented
Eunice Farnsworth Chapter, d. A. K. OF
this place at the National Congress OF
that organization. Mrs. Walton passed
some time with her daughter, Miss
Ethel, in Boston.
The commissioners of Coburn Park
find that there is disposition to indulge
in target practice and random shooting
in that part of the town and they wish
to remind those concerned In 1t that
such use of firearms is alike dangerous
and illegal. They feel It as their duty
to see tEat the safety OF the public 10
this particular respect be better OBJ
served.
Miss Marion Brainerd has received TIT
appointment Of stenographer to the
Sturgls Commission and went to Angus
ia, last Monday to enter upon her duties
Miss Brainerd is a graduate OF the Show
hogan High School, being valedictorian
of the class of 1905. Since her gradua-
ton she has studied stenography and
typewriting with her brother, Fred F.
Lawrence, Esq. and under his instruc-
ton has attained sufficient proficiency
to secure the above mentioned position,
Almond r. Sanford, driver on Rural
Free Delivery route No. 6, found recent
ly and brought to j. Merton Swain, sec
retary of the Maine archaeological 30
ciety, brownsh colored bird about the
size Of robin which proves to be a
Brown Thrasher. This will be oil inter
est to students OF natural history and to
ornthologists as the home OF the brown
thrasher is in what Is known as the
Aleghanian fauna and ii Is very rare 10
New England. Mr.. Swain states that
no specimen OF this bird has previously
peen taken so far north In Maine.
A workman OF foreign birth, giving
his name as Dennis Cruther, had both
his legs broken by rolling log, Tuesday
afternoon, at a landing one and one-half
miles below this place on the south bank
of the Kennebec river. The logs have
been landed at that point during the
past winter by Chss. Tobey of Fairfield
and Cruther was among the crew that
were putting them into the river. The
fracture is of both bones of each leg be-
low the knee and constitutes a serious
injury. He was taken to the Somerset
Hospital and remains there for treatment
for the present.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. Davis Miller arrived
home from California, Saturday evening,
after an absence Of nearly four months.
Oh their outward journey they visited
New Orleans, San Antonio, Ell Paso and
other cities. Their longest stay was at
Ontario but they also spent some time
in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San
Francisco and Santa Cruz. On their
homeward journey they came through
Colorado and took time to visit many
points OF interest 10 that state, among
them the famous Cripple Creek mining
region. Brief visits were also made with
relatives In Minneapolis and Chicago.
Mics Mollie Marston went TO Madison
| Monday morning to Join Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis w. Briggs Of Pittsheld and a
company of friends on their way to
to Carry Ponds. The members of the
party, besides Mr.. and MIS- Briggs and
Miss Marstln are Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
|. Richardson, New York City; Mr.. and
Mrs. George Fisher, Middleton, n, y;
Willis Fleischer, Philadelphia; Henry
Barnett, Albany John ODay, Boston
John r. Mcdonald, Boston; A. l.. Pus'
her Pttsield. They will occupy the hand
some cottages, completed by Mr.. Briggs
last season, for the next two weeks
which will give THIN the best OF the
spring fishisg season.
Il seems to be pretty generally con-
ceeded this spring that the country
has been worse while the frost has
been coming out Of the ground, than for
many years. This no doubt is due to the
fact that there was less snow than usual
and the cold got at the ground and freq
1t to greater depth than usual. With
those who have had occasion to travel
the roads to the south of the town, there
is some variety of opinion. All report
mud enough, but in that direction some