The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-05-03
TOWN and VICINITY

George Pishon is paying 65c cash for
good potatoes to ship. He is loading a
car now.
Hon. and Mrs. Forrest Goodwin went
to Boston by the So train, today, to re-
main over the Sabbath.
Mrs. r. W. Brown announces special
" pretty line of trimmed and untiimmed
hats for her Saturday sale.
Mrs. Augusta Reed of Lewiston is the
guest, this week, of Mrs. c. w. Reed at
her home on Madison avenue.
The Blunt Hardware Co. have full
line Of fishing tackle at their store, In
GLIDING all the modern inventions.
John Houston OF Guilford and VIM.
Lumsden Of Boston are In town, today,
to attend the funeral services of james
NJ. White.
At the regular meeting OF the Improv-
ed Order of Red Men, next Monday
evening, the Warriors degree will be
conferred.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Parkman went to
Pttsield yesterday mor6ing. They
are to pass the next fortnight with rela-
tives in Pttsfield and Harmony.
Mis-. M. r. Welsh returned to her
home in Boston, yesterday morning, sf-
ter two months visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Stilson, at their
home on the Hayden Lake road.
J. F. Spauldiug arrived home from
Greenville, Monday evening. Mr..
Spauldng has secured employment as
engineer on one of the boats of the Co
burn Steamboat Co. and will commence
his duties as soon as the ice goes out of
the lake
Ned Fl. Lambert & Co. are to make a
speciality of strawberries, and announce
that the public may depend on finding
the best always at their store. They
are selling fine, large, bright berries at
% cents box and will have them every
day this week.
Mrs. NJ. T. Pooler and her two daugh-
tiers, Misses Florence and Mabel, who
have been In Washington, D. G. for the
past two months, are expected here to-
morrow or Saturday. Mr.. Pooler has
gone to Boston to accompany them home
from that city.
Bin w. Page has sold his interest In
the Prescott Lug Strap Co. to Nathan
Fowler, the transfer taking place last
Tuesday. The firm Is now composed OF
Mr. Prescott, the inventor OF the device,
Clyde Fl. Smith, and Mr.. Fowler. The
business has developed rapidly and
many orders have been booked from
New England Textile mills and some
from factories as far distant as Tennessee.
All the local churches united in
union meeting, Sunday evening, at the
Congregational church, with a liberal
attendance. The meeting WAS addressed
by r. A. Joid of Bangor on the object
and work of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association. The speaker has for
20 years been secretary of the associa-
ton in this city, and his remarks were
very interesting and instructive. Mu-
sic was furnished by quartet compos-
ed of Messrs. Harris, White, Nye and
Maven.
The baseball game and band concert
scheduled for Fairview Park, Thursday
of last week, the proceeds of which
were to have been devoted to the San
Francisco relief fund, had to be cancel
led on account of the snow storm just
sprevious and the none too favorable
weather IN the early part of the day IT.
self. Company E. Band did its best to
carry out the program by giving con-
cert from the versnda Of Hotel Coburn
which as listened to by a considerable
audience with evident enjoyment.
The alarm from Box Az Sunday
morning, was caused by fire in the
grass on the plains. 1t started in the
lot east OF the Traction Company's
car barn and sweeping across North
street covering 10 its course about 20
acres. No serious damage was done
though the flames narrowly missed
some of the houses on North avenue.
Another grass fire occurred at in the
afternoon on the farm Of f. p. Pennell.
1t started near the river bank and spread
until 1t had burned over several acres.
When discovered 1t had set on fire
store house which stood In the burning
area. Those who arrived at the scene at
this time broke open the building and
saved 80 out or 200 pulp hay-caps,
and one pillow, but the mcst Of the con-
tents to the value of o7er hundred
dollars was destroyed. Mr.. Pencil and
family were not at home at the time and
did not know what was happening to
their property until all the damage had
been done.