The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-04
TOWN and VICINITY

A bargain in a double hammerless at
Fsirgrievee.
Souvenir stationery, Skowhegan We've,
at Fogg's drug store only.
Miss Withee's opening occurs Thurs
day and Friday, October IL and II.
Mrs. Ella II. Crowell left here, Satur-
day of Last week. for a visit with her
sons, Il. N. Pratt of Portland and Maui
rice E. Pratt of Boston.
Mrs. Experience B. Tomlinson return
ed to her home In Bowdoinham, Me-,
Friday of last week, after a weeks' visit
here as the guest of her son, Jasper c.
Jennings and family.
The winter time table OF the Somerset
Traction Co. will go into effect next
Monday, Oct. 9Th, and cars will leave
Skowhegan for Madison at 6, I, 8, II a.
H.; l, 2, 4, sos, Z p. m.
Howard Weston fell from the hay
l1ft in the barn of John Weston, bis
grandfather, last Saturday afternoon.
He had gone to the upper NOW to pitch
down some hay for the stock and fell
through hole to the fl Ior below, about
20 feet. The physicians who were call
ed found his left arm broken near the
wrist.
Harrison D. Barrett of Canaan, presi-
Gent OF the National Spiritualst Asso-
citation and of the Maine Spirtuslist
Society, left here for Milwaukee, Wis,
this morning. He will attend the an.
uual convention of the National Asso-
ciatiCn 10 Chicago, next week, and ex-
poets to be back in Maine again the last
OF the present month.
Col. and Mrs. A. g. Blunt went to
Boston, Monday, taking the s 10 train.
The Colonel planned to take in the fair
at Brockton, this week, which is the
greatest of the New England fairs, pos
sibly the most extensive annual event
OF its kind in America. Mrs. Phena
Low OF Westboro, who had been the
guest of Col and Mrs. Blunt for few
days, returned to Massachusetts with
them.
Two hundred Old Fellows and Re-
tekahs with their children aud young
people invited by them were in attend
suce at the Children's night celebration
held by Priscilla Rebeksh, Tuesday
evening. An extensive program was
carried out nearly all the numbers being
10 The hands of the juveniles and each
splendidly taken. The committee who
had charge Of the affair were Mrs. Cora
Hurley, Mrs. Mabel Bragg and Miss
Daisy Holway. The refreshment ta-
bles were provided for by Mrs. Martha
Davis, Mrs. Annie Walker and Mrs. Alice
B,ker.
Street Commissioner Geo. II. Webb
has crew Of mel renewing the
parking on the North Channel bridge.
Tie old driveway WAS fat and for that
reason collected and held the water
at er every storm. The planking is now
4 be laid "crowning," four inches high
at the center than at the sides so that
will drain readily. The rails left on
tbs bridge by the Norridgewock Rail.
lad will come up and will not be re-
laced. AS half of the width of the
dye has to be kept open for traffic all
the time, the work progresses very slow
b and probably will not be finished until
the middle oil the present month.
fhe report in the daily papers, news
ION Skowhegan and vicinity to the
FL ct that a large black bear was seen
the Bigelow Hill road last week,
seems not to have been strictly accurate.
hss Hannah Bunker, one OF the nurses
.. the Somerset Hospital, was driving
,ng the road mentioned one afternoon,
s.uompanled by some OF the hospital
Z tents, and the horse came to stop In
patch of woods, being strangely frigh-
teaed and absolutely refusing to go on
again in the same direction. The occu-
pants Of the carriage saw nothing and
hoard no noise of any kind, but some
thing caused the horse such fright that
they were obliged to turn about and take
another road. They may have seen an
animal in the woods at which the horse
took fright but somebody's imagination
ia responsible for the bear story.