The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-07-19

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Miss olive Green left Wednesday
morning for Wiscasset where she will be
the guest of her college roommate.
Mr.. and Mrs Z. W. Hall of Lynn,
Mass, who were the guests last week Of
.. 5. Rowe and family, returned to their
home last Friday noon.
y. s. Towle left Friday for Winslow
to Visit his daughter. He will be away
from home all summer and before re-
turning plans to visit his children In
Auburn, Lewiston and Campello, Mass.
The papers OF transfer Of the Heselton
House property from K. W. Brown ct
ais to the town OF Skowhegan have
been passed, with a stipulation that the
lot shall be cleared OF the debris now on
it by September lst.
Mr.. and Mrs Roy L. Marston Of New
Haven, Conn. arrived Monday after
noon, TO take up their residence for the
summer In the Coburn mansion on Main
street. Several of the servants of the
family preceded them.
r. W. Brown has lately moved into
the house on Court street owned by him
and formerly occupied by Warren
Brown. During the past few weeks Mr.
Brown has had his new home thorough
" repaired and painted.
The annual outing of the Social Circle
of the Centenary Methodist church was
held, Monday afternoon, at Lakewood
grove. A picnic supper was served at
O'Clock. There was large attendance
and a very pleasant time was eni 1yed.
Miss f. Zimmerman of New York is
the guest OF Mr. aud Mrs w. T. Clark
at their summer home, Checker cottage
at Lakewood. For the past three sea-
SONS Mr.. Clark has played the Judge in
the comedy drama "Checkers" part
which he originated.
Edward F. and Folsom Merrill put in
the afternoon last Thursday along Snow
Brook with their fig-rods, and as a
result brough home string OF 20 hand
some trout. They were particularly
large for trout In local brooks, and
averaged 10 inches in length.
Mr.. George f. Muzzy, accompanied
by his daughter, Miss Florence, are the
guests of Mr.. Muzzy's niece, Mrs. Geo.
Simpson and family. Mr.. Muzzy's
home is In Cambridge, Mas, where he
has been a member of the city Fire De-
partment for the past "a years.
Drs. Fred o. Sawyer and Charles r.
Viles left Monday to attend the annual
field meeting OF the Maine Dental Soci-
ETY., which lie held this year at kineo
The two gentlemen made the trip in Dr..
Sawyer's new touring car and were &C.
companied by Mrs. Sawyer and Miss
Fancher.
The Congregational Working League
will hold basket picnic at the home Of
Mrs. Charles North at So Mt. Pleasant
Avenue on next Tuesday afternoon, at
which the gentlemen OF the parish are
invited to be present. 10 case Tuesday
should be rainy day the aff4ir will be
postponed to the following Thursday.
Miss Mildred Keene has returned
home from Med6eld, Mass, where she
went early In the summer. and will re-
main here during the remainder OF the
summer. Miss Grace Merrill who went
to Medfied at the same time has also
left there, but will visit relatives in
Lewiston for several weeks before re-
turning.
Frank f. Walker, with the wholesale
aud retail hardware firm Of Walker &
Edwards, Of Portland, and his sister,
Mrs. Carl Curtis of Boston, arrived Fri
day night and will pass the coming
month as the guests of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. <, L Walker. Frank is
Just recovering from severe attack Of
tonsilitis, which has confined him to his
bed for the past two weeks.
G. II. Shuttleworth, a Liverpool, Eng,
apple buyer, was In town last Saturday,
looking over local orchards and making
contracts for fall aud winter fruit. MI.
Shuttleworth has handled much Of the
fruit of Skowhegan orchardists for sew
eral years and comes here annually at
this season Of the year to make arrange
ments for his buying and shipping. The
apples shipped from this and nearby
towns are of the best quality and always
command the highest prices.
Ii has recently come to the knowledge
of the REPORTER that several boys "in
spirit of fun" recently set fire and burn
ed camp which hal been erected after
much labor and some expense by boy
acquaintance Of theirs. We wonder had
they known the law for such malicious
mischief would they have done as they
did; we think not. The law in such
cases is very implicit, and we trust 1t
may not be necessary that 1t be enforced
to put stop to such "thoughtless fun;'
when property lie destroyed.
For nearly week past we experienced
our first touch of real genuine summer
weather. The mercury In local Their
mometers has lowered around the 80
degree mark during the Middle OF the
DO - yyith N atnaaphpra that has ham