The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-11

home 10 Scion this winter, was 10 town
portion of the present week
FP. Moore has received an invoice OF
fine sleighs and has them at his new re-
pository for inspection for those inter-
ested.
Remember the lecture, Monday ever
ing, Jan Is. h, 10 the Centenary church
on "Courtship and Marriage Admit
lance 10 cents.
Mrs. j. A. Colby went to Pittsfeld,
Saturday, and remains during the pres
eut week as the guest of her daughter,
Mrs. E. R. Vail.
Adelaide Lancaster, daughter of John
Lancaster, entertained small company
of her little friends, yesterday after
noon, on the occasion Of her fifth
birthday.
Mrs. Fred c. Dow entertained the
Young Ladies' Afternoon Whist Club,
Friday afternoon OF last week. AT the
close of the game light refreshments
were served.
The members of the Town Improve.
meut Society are requested to bring quo
tations from Emerson or acurrent event
at the next meeting, Friday afternoon
of this week.
Geo. (. Morrill, arrived home from
Foxcroft, yesterday, where he was sum-
moned to attend the funeral of his uncle,
Nathan Carpenter, who died, Monday,
aged eighty years.
The annual meeting of the Maine as
ISOLATION of Opticians was held at the
Gerald in Fail field last evening. W. F.
Robbins and j. r. Philbrick of this place
were in attendance at the business ses-
sion and at the banquet which followed.
W. A. Allen of Plymouth, Me. passed,
Sunday, in town as the guest OF his
brother, N. j. Allen. Mr. Allen was
resident of Skowhegan until 1854 when
he left here to engage in trade in Ply
mouth. he is now proprietor of two
large general stores ia that town.
The Free Public Library is indebted to
Judge o. X. Bachelor for Maine school
reports dating from l847 to 1904. Re.
ports for 1s53-54 55 were not printed.
Judge Bachelor had them bound in
neat and substantial manner, and very
generously gave them to the library.
They are all the more valuable as prob
ably there are not more than one or two
full sets in the State besides
The next entertainment In the Congre
gational lecture course, which was open
! ed so auspcously by DIR. Beachs lecture,
last Friday evening, will be concert by
the Gout cd ladies' quartet of Augusta,
Friday evening, January 10, at the Con-
gregationa church at s O'Clock. Price
of tickets for this concert will be thirty
five cents, or tickets including this en-.
tertanment and the remainder Of the
course may be purchased for eighty-fiVe
cents, at SIMPSONS drug store or Of
members OF the society.
The officers OF Russell Post, No. &C.
Department of Maine, G. A. R., were in
stalled, Saturday evening, January 6, as
follows, the ceremony of installation
being performed in dignitied and pleas
ing manner by Past Commander +. II.
Wing: Com, Jt fferson Savage; 5 V c,
Alor 10 Smith; V c, Samuel r Emer-
son; Surgeon, c V Richards; Chap, w
Smith; Q NJ, II A Varney; d, Charles
Smith; o G, + NJ Mills; Acjr, f L
Walker; s N, F Bigelow; Q NJ 5, A
w Smith
Miss Rose Fortier, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Cyrus Fortier and Mr.. Joseph
Turney of Lewiston were married at st.
MarY's Church, yesterday morning., by
Rev. Father Lacrox. The bride has
been employed for long time In the dry
goods store of w. P. Ordway and Is
much respected by all her associates.
They were handsomely remembered
with wedding gifts. Mr.. and Mrs. Tur-
ney took the train, yesterday afternoon,
for wedding journey, after which they
will reside 10 Auburn.
IOlcbeOI my Ii mdIbIOu Va new
Haven, Conn, arrived here, last evening,
and is to remain until Sunday. MIR.
Marston has rendered hIs resignation as
professor of forestry at Yale and 1t has
been accepted to take effect next April.
The position of government forester for
the West Point Military Academy will
be retained by Mr., Marston and he will
arrange TO devote such time to 1t as it
may require. Mr.. and Mrs. Marston
will come to Skowhegan to reside early
next summer and will occupy the Co.
burn mansion on Main street. These
changes are make necessary to allow Mr..
Marston to give the necessary attention
to the management of the estate OF his
father, the late G. A. Marsten.
A corporation to be known as the
Moosehead Investment Co. has recently
been organized under the general law
with its principal place OF business at
Skowhegan. The meeting for the pur-
pose of Incorporation and for the election
of officers was held at New Meadows
Inn at Bath last Thursday, F. T. Brad
street Of Gardiner lie president and S. W.