The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-12-05
TOWN and VICINITY

boy or girl happy. VIM arc ""
helping?
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Webb of Bangor
returned home, yesterday, after
brief visit here as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. II. Fowler.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. H. Eldridge of
Hampden, Ne, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. T. Allen portion Of last
week. The two ladies are sisters.
James B. Mckinney, student at
the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at
Kent's Hill, was In town last week,
to pass Thanksgiving with his aunt,
Mrs. Geo. w. Groder.
The family circle at the home OF
DIR. and Mrs. Geo. o. Smith was
increased on Tuesday last by the birth
of daughter, who has been given
the name of Elizabeth Coburn Smith.
Mrs. Henry E. Carbino of Caratunk,
arrived here Wednesday evening OF
last week and passed Thanksgiving
with her father, William Nesbit, at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Jeanne
ID. Russell.
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A delightful bridge whist party, at
which twenty -four people were
present. was given on Tuesday after
noon by Misses Florence and Mabel
Pooler in honor of their cousin, Mrs.
II. G. Turner of Los Angeles, Cal,
who is guest at their home.
K. w. Ames and family OF Clinton,
Mass, we're In town to pass Thanks
giving with Mrs. Ames' mother, Mrs.
A. r. Whittier. Mr.. Ames has re-
turned to Massachusetts but Mrs.
Ames with her two children, Virginia
and Smith, will pass several weeks
here.
The examining DO ard of the Maine
conference, sometimes known az the
Itine rant Institute, has been III session
at Wilton this week. The address at
the meeting last evening was de-
livered by DIR. F. A. Leitch of this
place, the subject being 1.-THE Mission
of Methodism.o
On Wednesday evening of last
week, William Russell arrived home
from New Vineyard to pass Thanks
giving with his family. He brought
with him fine large turkey, present
from Fred H. Smith of that town,
upon whose house he has been doing
carpentry work for some months
past.
Peter w. Merry has leased the
Brown stables at the corner of Court
and Winter streets and will engage In
the board and sale business making a
speciality of breaking and training
colts and young horses. He has
moved his family to town from the
Atwood farm on the East Madison
road, where they have previously re-
sided
Mrs. Walter M. Greene of Corn
Vile, who resided for time with her
husband at the Marston Farm in the
south part of this town, left here
yesterday with her daughter, Doris,
for Minnesota. They are to pass the
winter with relatives at Anoka in
that state. Mr.. Greene will join his
wife and daughter about February LIST
and all will return together in the
spring.
The last Maine Legislature appoint
ed a commission of three to investi-
gate the various systems of scaling
lumber, which have prevailed in this
state and to revise the same, with a
view to establishing one universal
system of scaling. This commission
holds meeting at Waterville, today
and E. P. Viles and s. w. Philbrick
are among the Somerset county lum-
bermen In attendance.
A. l.. Weston and w. A Smith are
serving az grand jurors at session of
the United States Court in Portland,
this week, and Milton Rowe and w.
H. Rowel as traverse jurors at the
same tribunal. For the December
term of the Supreme judicial Court,
for Somerset county, II. G. Gage,
John d. Symons, Cony Sanborn and
Chas. F. Longfellow will serve on the
traverse jury. The session will open
ON December oath.
Michael Piel of New York arrived
here Friday of last week and was
d omiciled at the Ooburn until Sunday
morning. He was on his way to his
summer home at Lake Parlin and
proceeded to that place by team Sun
day, the journey from Bingham being
made on runners. His stay was very
brief, and he arrived here on his
return journey, Monday evening, TAX
ing the train for New York the fol-
lowing morning.