The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-01-10
TOWN and VICINITY

January IA, T.. ii. Gardner Will uhioau
car Of grain.
Bucknam's eNevershed" tooth brush
beats them all. Guaranteed to be the
best brush ever sold for 25c.
Miss Maud Merrlck of Waterville was
the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Lamb.
Monday and Tuesday OF this week
Mrs. B. I. Steward entertained the
members Of the Afternoon Whist Club
at her home on High street, last Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. Walker arrived
home last evening after a visit OF several
weeks with their children In Portland
aud Boston.
James H. O'Brien of Boston, after
passing a week 10 town as the guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. Walton, returned
home, Monday.
Miss Lula Smith went to Kenrs Hill,
Monday, where she will study Language 5
at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary during
the winter term.
Miss Jessie Maddocks has accepted
position as assistant In the fifth grade
on Leayitt street, the school taught by
Miss Vera Snow.
Mrs. D. Wilder Colby aud her three
children arrived home, Saturday even
Ing, from a three weeks Walt with rels-
tives In Massachusetts,.
Mrs. Pauline Hill went to Long
meadow, Mass, Saturday, having been
advised that her daughter, Mrs. Lena
Taylor, was Ill OF pneumonia.
W. Fl. Langley and Mrs. Thankful
Noble of North Fairfield visited In town,
Saturday and Sunday, guests OF Mrs.
Mobiles brother, Henry P. Canon.
The members of Russell Relief Corps
are to be guests of Russell Post tomor-
row (Friday) evening, on the occasion
of their annual installation and banquet
at g. A. r. hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Woodland of Green
vile, with their two children, Perley
and Artie, arrived here last Saturday,
and have been passing the week with
skowhegan relatives.
Mra. F. B. Allen, with her two chil-
dren, Maurice and Thelms, returned to
their home 10 Waterville, Saturday, after
passing several days In town with her
sister, Mrs. W. s. Gilman.
George Pierce of Bangor, accompanied
by his three children, Whittell, Fred
and Audrey, was in town Friday and
Saturday of last week, the guest OF his
sister, Mrs. Ivory Homsted.
Make arrangements TO attend the
Grange fair next week. A great amount
of work has been given to the two plays
and both should be well patronized.
Don't miss either Of them. And one of
our best chicken-ple suppers will be
spread, Friday night, from 8 to 7.
Clare s. Marston, who has been the
guest OF his mother, Mrs. Sarah s.
Marston, during the holiday vacation,
left Monday for Port Deposit, Md
where he will resume his studies In the
Jacob Tome Institute. This Is the third
OF a four years. course that Mr.. Marston
Is to complete at that institution.
The Skowhegsn Woman's Club enter
tanned Skowhegan Sorosis and the Town
Society at the first feder-
sted meeting OF the year, at the Bethany
Baptist church, yesterday afternoon,
the sui ject of the meeting being "Child
Labor" The program was all interest
Ing and necessarily lengthy one and,
as the clubs passed resolutions which
they desire printed as part Of the re-
port of the meeting, the report 10 its en-
tirety has to be deferred until our next
Issue.
The present week Is recognized by all
Christian nations as the week of prayer
and the Skowhegsn churches are hold
Ing special union services In Its observ-
ance. They are to close this evening
with meeting at the Methodist vestry,
meetings having previously been held
at the other three churches. More than
the usual interest seems to be manifest
ed, attributable, 1t Ia believed, In large
measure, TO the evangelistic services
held here under the leadership OF Rev.
Bowley Green during December.
Walter Dean OF Madison arrived In
town, last Saturday, with load OF
207S feet of rock maple plank, which he
had hauled from Parker's mill, dis
lance Of nine miles, with one pair Of
horses weighing $500 lbs. He drove on
to the scales on Russell street, but
though their capacity is six and one
half tons, they could not weigh the
load. The lumber was used at II. Z.
Thompson's mill on Mil street, and was
delivered at the Anderson sheds near
East Front street. Mr.. Dean feels that
few loads of that weight Will be hauled
into Skowhegan during the present win
ter.
Senator Stevens OF the Massachusetts,
legislature was In town, Tuesday. He
Ia a native of No. Arson and had Just
been to that town to accompany the re-
l., Ann o..