The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-09-27
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Watts coat shop is shut down for
short vacation.
DR.. J D. Ames was in Portland OF
business, Monday of this week.
The french families on the corn shol
grounds have packed their goods ant
are gradually moving away, by the las
Of the y eek the long hotel will be de
serted for another year
Mrs Il W. smith, who has beer
critically III for a number of days waf
operated upon asst week and is now i'm
proving.
Miss Bell Adams went to Lewiston
+ last week, to attend the Congregations
/ state convention and while there was
! taken with appendicitis in such an acute
form that she was obliged to submit to
/ an operation at once, she is now at the
hospital doing nicely.
The work of canning this season (
crop was finished 10 the corn shop
Tuesday, with a pack OF nearly 6OO.OO
ctns of very fine goods. One thing
about the new pure food law that re
ouires the name of the packer lie that
the Burnham & Morrill, Co. won't have
anything to be ashamed of in the corn
put up in this factory.
There was good attendance at the
harvest supper given in the Congrega-
tional church on Monday evening of
this week This is an annual event OF
this church and the feast 10 made up of
all the good things of the harvest
The regular meeting OF the Village
Improvement Society will be held in
their rooms in the library building on
Friday afternoon of this week. The
meeting will be in charge Of Mrs. Rose
NJ. Haywood and Mrs Carrie Ames.
Subject: current events.
The first Rebekah supper of the sea-
son will be given In their hall on Friday
evening of this week.
The little daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Mitchell has been very sick
with bowel trouble this week but is a
little better at this writing
We hear that Miss Jessie Holt now
has the scarlet fever, being the third
one in her family to have 1t.
Mr.. Chauncey Smith returned to
Dartmouth College last week, where he
will finish his course. Mr.. Smith Is also
an enthusiast In foot ball and is look.
| ing forward for position on the team
II possible. He served last year as a
substitute.
Mrs. Yesta Morse left Tuesday of last
week for California where she will
spend the winter visiting among rela-
tives. Mrs Morse had rather peculiar
experience with one of her cats which
abe wanted to have killed before leav-
ing. She caught the cat and tied 1t with
a string to await the arrival of the exc
cutioner, but in some manner the cat
broke the string and went up tree
with quite a long piece Of the string
hanging about its neck, the string be-
came entangled with the limbs and as
the cat in its struggles fell from the
limb 1t was brought up by the string
and neatly IL not humanelY, hung. We
expect next to hear of some cat disap-
pointed In love, going up to the top OF
some of our electric light poles and
electrocuting itself in a fit OF dispon'
dency.
Mrs Lydia Ramsdell has been con
fined to her bed for a number OF days by
sickness.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Merrill and Mrs
Georgia Wood are making preparations
to move to Waterville within few days
The Somerset Central fair will be held
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
of this week at Skowhegan A number
of our farmers have entered exhibits.
Mr.. and Mrs Vernon Cunliff have 9
girl baby born on Thursday evening Of
last week.
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and Ames performed an abdominal op-
Grafton upon Mrs. Frank Wade shor'
time since, very successfully. Mrs
Wade is now getting along very nicely
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Barker returned
last week from st. Paul, Mimi. where
they have been spending few weeks
visiting relatives and friends.
Mr. E. A. Hilton is making some re-
pairs upon his buildings.
Mr.. Frank Fuller has changed the To-
cation of his gasoline engine, 1t now be-
ing placed upon a solid stone foundation
In the basement of the mill. He will
build suitable room about it to keep II
from freezing In cold weather.
Mr.. Charles Sawyer was in town from
Pennington, last week, looking after
the interests of his picture business
! Mr.. Sawyer had number of pictures on
exhibition at the Central Maine fair and
won first prizes.
DR.. w. r. Brown has been putting In
additional equipment for his crown and
bridge work and is making preparations
for putting in a compressed air outfit &c
furnish the necessary pressure for the
various uses in which he needs air under
pressure in his work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Hopkins return
ed to their home ia Providence, K. l.,
last week. after spending their vacation
with Mr.. Hopkins mother here.
Mrs W. T. Brown and daughter, Miss
Linnion, spent Saturday and Sunday
with friends in Clinton.
The wall and stone work for the Main
street bridge is nearly completed and
the contract for the iron work has been
let to the Berlin Iron Bridge Company
of Berlin, Conn. 1t is expected that the
iron will be here some time next month
and will be Immediately placed in posi-.
ton. The bridge will have sidewalk on
on the south side. Some time In the
future a concrete walk will be laid along
the wall each way from the bridge but
this cannot be dohe until the dirt has
ample time to fully settle 30 that there
will be no sagging of the walk after il
Is laid.
Rev. and Mrs. j. H Gould attended
the State Congregational convention al