The Somerset reporter., 1907-01-03
TOWN and VICINITY

The Second National Bank pays Il rec
and one-half per cent on time deposits.
These chsppy days use Bucknam's
velvet cold cream. Pure enough to eat.
W. E. Haekett, of the Island Machine
Co, passed Sunday in Pittsfield at the
iIuue VI his iatnur, hmeu naUnut,.
urday, to her school in Epping, N. H.
after passing Christmas week In town.
Mrs. E. L. Marsh of Waterville has
been passing few days 10 town guest
at the home of Miss Hannah Page on
High street.
Hon. E. P. Mayo of Waterville, state
inspector of prisons and j4ls, was In
town, Monday. Mr.. Mayo was one Of
the proprietors of the REPORTER from
1873 to 1886
Mrs. Geo. Smith of Maiden, Mass. >,
arrived here, last week, and is to be a
guest for quite part of the month Of
January nj the holne of her brother,
Edward NJ. Greene.
Miss Linda Graves passed her vaca-
tiou OF one week Ia town with her aunt,
Mrs. Myra K. Arnold, and returned to
Medfield, Mass, where she is engaged in
teaching, Saturday morning.
10 the voting contest conducted by }.
ID. Symons during the past few months,
which terminated on Monday evening
last, Gail Chapman, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Chapman, secured the doll
and Wilfred Lsnglois the suit of clothes.
Mrs. w. S. Moore of Portland, who
had been the guest OF Mr.. aud Mrs. Geo.
Washburn at Madison, took the train at
this station to return home, Saturday
morning. Mrs. Washburn accompanied
her guest as far as Gardiner to make a
brief visit with friends In that city.
Mrs. D. W. Lewis and her daughter,
Miss Edith. left here yesterday, for
Worcester, Mass, where they are to be
the guests of DR.. George Sleeper, Mrs.
Lewis nephew. After the visit In Wor-
cester, Miss Lewis will go to Boston to
pursue the study Of music for a time in
that city.
Nay s. Varney was in Augusta, Tues.
day. to take the examination necessary
for him to qualify as I'd lieutenant of
Company <, to which Office he has re-
Gently been elected. Col. E. c. New
comb and staff were the txamining offi-
GERS and the examination took place at
the statehouse.
A. Fl. Noyes of Norwich, Conn. was in
town last Saturday, accompanying the
remains of his wife, whose death was
chronicled In our issue Of last week, TO
this place for interment. His sister,
Miss Bernce Noyes of Boston and Miss
Lillian Blair of Richmond, Me. were
also present at the funeral which occur
red at the home of Fred F. Lawrence,
Esq, Saturday forenoon.
The Maine Telephone Company is for
wsrding the reconstruction OF its Skow-
hogan lines as fast as possible. They
have a crew OF ten men at work prepar-
ing the polls on the site formerly occu-
pied by the Depot store near the Maine
Central freight yard. Two hundred Of
these poles were shipped here from Oak
land and about 100 will be picked up in
the local market. They are of two sizes,
20 and 35 feet 10 length. Within the
next ten days the crew Of 20 men now
at work In Pennington will be trans
ferred here and the work of setting the
poles will be entered upon. Where it is
practicable to do 80 the frozen ground
will be drilled and broken up with dyna-
mite to get below the frost line. All Of
the new work will be built without dis
turbing the lines which 1t is to replace,
and when everything is In readiness the
change will be made and the new system
brought into use without any Interrupt
ton In the service.