The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-02-08
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Home made mince meat (by Mrs. g.
B. Fairgrieves) at Fairgrieves.'
8. G. Mayo lie passing n portion OF
this week with friends in Augusta.
D. r. Judkins' store will close next
Monday for one week while stock taking.
All kinds OF valentines from the suit
lime to the ridiculous at Fogg's drug
STORE.
Mrs. A. G. Blunt, who has been con-
aued to her home by illness for the patt
three weeks, is convalescing.
Edwin Gledhill and j. Wallace Blunt.
general manager aud assistant treasurer
of the Marston Worsted Mills, are In
Boston on business, this week.
Mrs. Jewett Savage arrived home, yes
terday, from a visit of several weeks
with the family of her son, Clair Savage,
at GreenviIe, Me.
Skowhegan's second progressive din
log party occupied the attention OF
company of thirty-four ladies and gentle
men from six TO eleven O'Clock, Tuesday
evening.
The Nilburu Club gives its first ladies'
nj hit of the present season, this evening,
ut the clut rooms and In Milburn Hall
adjoining, for which KendalPs orchestra
is to furnish music.
The annual meeting of the Somerset
Central Agricultural Society Ia called at
the flee of Gould & Lawrence, Satur-
day afternoon, February 17th. See
notice in another column.
ocrats was held here, Tuesday evening.
A meeting of the party committee for
this county was appointed aud will occur
tomorrow at Hotel Coburn.
The ladies afternoon whist club is to
visit the Gerald at Fairfield next Satur-
day afternoon, goiog by the IS train.
They will Ell " six O'Clock dinner al
this popular hOstelry and arrive home at
nine O'clock.
Mis- Florence and Mabel Pooler enter
lined company of twenty. -four ladits
at their home last Saturday afternoon.
Bridge whist occupied most of the hours
OF the afternoon First prizes we're won
bv Miss Annie Leland aud Mrs. Grace
Durrell.
The next regular meeting of the Wo
mars Christian Temperance Union will
be held In Grand Army hall, Tuesday
afternoon, February 18th. The ladies
will please notice that the meeting viii
begin promptly at 3 o'clock. Also thai
a collection will be taken for the Willard
Memorial fund. A hearty welcome Is
extended to everyone.
High Counsellor l.. l.. Walton install
ed the Ulcers OF Court Wesserrunsett
and Companion Court Altana Of the H.
dependent Order OF Foresters, Tuesday
evening, January 30,h. The Order is In
the most prosperous condition Of Its 80
vears' existence, having more than
% 900 600, surplus. Members of h
LEGAL Court (Wesserunsett) hold insur-
ance amounting to s1O3 500 and the
ladies of Companion Court Altana have
an aggregate of $15 900 In force.
There Is to be free for all race, for
which five horses are already entered On
the ice track Of the Somerset Driving
Club next Saturday afternoon and a pac
t., IL ~
start. The stake is 25 bushels OF OATS
10 each race, Off red by the club, and all
the horses are owned by club members,
none others being eligible. The track
has been recently acraped and is in 1oe
shape. IL is about one half mile long
and eighty feet wide. The races will be
one-third mile heats, best three In five.
There Ia also to be match race between
r ,mrod, owned by james Nutting, and
NJ quon, owned by G. A. Drake, that
promises to be most exciting.
w. a. Clarke, who Ia conducting lum-
hering operations this winter at his
camps In Caratunk plantation, was in
town on business, Tuesday. Mr.. Clarke
states there were II inches OF snow in the
woods there, not counting that which
fell Monday, and that the choppers are
through work for this seasOn. There
WAS net enough snow when he left to
make good wagon sled roads, but he
stated that sled would slip as well in
January as year ago when at this time
there were four feet of snow in the
woods. The reason is that the roads are
smooth, with no bubbles, the snow melt
ing during the day and then freezing
evenly at night.
D. r Hobart OF East Madison made
the REPORTER a call, Tuesday morning,
and inc drntally the interesting fact de-
veloped that he had been subscriber to
the paper for fifty years. The hope be-
ing expressed that he might continue to
read and etjoy the REPORTER for an
other half century, Mr.. Hobart was lead
to remark that the day (Feorusry 6 b.
was bis so h birthday. We are cure
there are many among Mr.. Hobart
| friends who will share with the REPORT
Err In feeling of surprise In knowing
that Mr.. Hobart has attained to the aye