The Somerset reporter., 1907-10-17
TOWN and VICINITY.

a
market under the South Side Grocery,
in the near future.
The Congregational Working Leag-
ue will serve harvest dinner, Wed
nesday, November 6.
Miss Clara Vosmus went to Water
vile yesterday to resume her piano
studies with DR.. True of Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis LaCroix, who
have been the guests at the farm
home OF Mr.. and Mrs F. P. Huntley,
returned Tuesday to their home in
Mills, Mass.
Alec Low of New York has entered
the employ of F. G. Danforth, as gar
dener. Mr.. Low Is a Scotchman by
birth and has been in this country
eleven years.
Nathan Fowler, Somerset county's
register of probate, took the train
for Revere Beach, Mass, this morn
ing, where he will visit his sister,
Mrs. Clara Libby.
Mrs. Della Lockwood has leased her
house on Bloomfield street and left
Saturday for Norridgewock, where
she will make her home with her son
Oscar and family.
Miss Maud Chute has gone to Lew
iston to take a course In the Bliss
Business College. She had been en-
ployed as cashier in Days grocery
store for three years, resigning last
August and filling the position OF
book keeper at the Corn Factory
during the busy season.
w. C. Emerson of Labonda, Cal,
who has been visiting here with his
uncle, Frank Emerson, has gone to
New York City for brief visit with
friends. His father, c. w. Emerson,
the brother of Frank Emerson just
mentioned, remains here at Mr.. En-
erson's home. These three gentle
men made an excursion to Kineo last
week.
Thaxter Reed sends to the REPORT
Err office a small box of strawberries
and a bunch of blossoms picked on
his farm in East Madison the past
week. Some of the berries are not
fully colored, indicating perhaps
that they are little out OF season,
but they are all well ripened and have
the same flavor that this best of all
berries has when ripened under the
June sun.
GUY L. Conant, who had been sta
toned at Winchester, Mass. in the
employ of the Metropolitan Insurance
Company, has resigned his position to
accept situation with the Common
wealth Shoe & Leather Company, In
their Skowhegan factory. He is to
be shipping clerk and also assist in
the work of the office, similar posi-
ton to that which he filed at the
same factory some years since.
William Frye, the gate tender for
the Maine Central Railroad at the
Water street crossing, has been i'll and
off duty for about week. He Is re-
ported as better and will doubtless be
at work again by the first of next
week. Mr.. Frye has undoubtedly as
many years of service to his credit as
any one now connected with the
Maine Central system. He was work
ing for the company when the road
was built to this place in 1867.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bailey were
invited to the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Adelbert Green on Pine street Friday
evening of last week to meet a com
pany of friends and neighbors who
had assembled to tender them best
wishes on their departure for their
new home in Auburn. Refreshments
were served by Mrs. Green, and Mr..
and Mrs. Bailey were made the re-
cipients of several presents to take
with them in memory of their Show
hogan acquaintances.
A wedding was solemnized at the
Congregational Parsonage on Main
street at noon yesterday by the Rev.
B. B. Merrill, the contracting parties
being Mr.. B. NJ. Eames of Prospect,
Me-, and Miss Emma j. Black of
Sandy Point. Three relatives of the
bride were present at the ceremony,
her cousin, Mrs. Merrill, and two sis
tiers, Mrs. Annie COTE and Miss Mar
tina G. Black. Mr.. and Mrs. Eames
were to visit Kingston, Ontario, on
their wedding journey and departed
from here on the 1880 train.
The most of the teachers now con-
nected with the Skowhegan schools
and those who taught at the time that
Miss Grace Bradley was one of their
number, met at the kindergarten
room of the Lincoln building last
Friday evening for the double pur-
pose of rendering Miss Bradley good
wishes ON the eve of her departure