The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-12

Miss Ethel Bernard has returned
from a months visit with her sister,
Mrs. Charles Lewis of Kennebunk-
port.
Mrs. Flora Dealy returned home
last Friday night from Mouse Island
where she has been employed during
the summer.
Mrs. David Fitz of Worcester, Mass.
arrived on the afternoon train last
Friday and is the guest OF her friend,
Mrs. w. F. Robbins.
Miss Maude A. Merrill left on the
morning train last Saturday for Next
co, where she has the position of as
sistant in the Hi h school.
MIR. and Mrs. J. F. Williams, who
had been the guests for a week of
their daughter in Lewiston, Mrs. ID.
w. Weber, have arrived home.
Mrs. Charles Pullen of Plymouth,
Mass, arrived on the afternoon train
last Saturday and will visit her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Nc
Ilwrath.
Sampson & Avore having made a
satisfactory settlement of their insur-
ance are to sell off all damaged goods
at bargain. See id in another
column.
Chas. F. Ward Co. have offered
$1,000 suit of clothes for the best all
round farm team hitched to dump
cart to be shown before the grand
stand at the fair next Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Perry of Port
land, former residents of the town, are
in Skowhegan for few days, the
guests of Mrs. Mary Lewis and family
at her home on East Front street.
The Savings department of the Sec
ond National Bank pays interest at
the rate of 81 per cent; interest com
mences the first of each month on de-
posts made on or before the 10th.
Professor and Mrs. Levi Wyman
and young son returned to their
home in Chester, Pa, on the morning
train last Friday after visit of
month as the guest of Mr.. Wyman's
father, Augustus H. Wyman.
The first crew of men and horses for
the numbering camps up river to pass
through town left Saturday. There
were four men and eleven horses and
they were bound for one of the Hol-
lingsworth & Whitney camps.
Miss L. M. Withee has taken the
store formerly occupied by Mrs. r.
w. Brown in the Brown block below
the R. R. crossing and will be glad to
meet her customers old and new
there after Friday, Sept. II.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Hoffses and
daughter, Miss Marguerite, who have
been the guests of Mrs. Hoffses'
brother, D. H. Judkins and family,
returned to their home in Worcester,
Mass, after visit of nearly month
in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd G. Nye returned
home last Saturday morning after
. passing a vacation of two weeks in
Hartland with Mrs. Nye's mother,
Mrs. Fronia l.. Trafton Mr. Nye re
sumed his duties in the Post ONCE,
Tuesday morning.
Dow & Carter, the clothiers and
tailors are to dissolve partnership,
and with this purpose in view an
nounce in our advertising columns
this week "Dissolution Sale with
prices that should command the at
tention of the buying public.
Rev. FIR. A. o. Laoroix, pastor OF
ST. Mary's Parish returned home last
Friday night from the ecclesiastical re-
treat at Cushing's Island where he
passed the week with nearly one hun
dred brother priests who were taking
brief vacation from their duties.
George F. Barrett of Canaan passed
through here last Saturday on bis re-
turn from an outing at Pierce Pond.
He had with him as trophies Of his
skill with the fly, landlocked salmon
weighing ten pounds and square
tailed trout which tipped the scales AZ
Az pounds
Charles Smith and Seldom Davis left
Saturday noon to attend the Annual
Encampment OF the rationale 4. r.,
which is held this year 1t Saratoga
Mr.. Smith expects 10 return about the
18th OF the month, while Mn Davis
will be absent longer visiting relatives.
This Is the sixteenth successive en
campment that MIR smith has attend
ed.
Fred Kincaid haA returned from
Portland, where be had been under
going medical treatment Last spring
MIR. Kinoaid contracted rheumatic
fever while working Ia Canada. which
left him IN very bad physical eoudi
ton. When he LEFT for Portland some
two months ago ne wss obliged 90 bee
wheeled 70 the train in a chair TIE
WA able to walk - bis carriage upon
his return Hs many friends here
will be pleased t. learn of ha ImpfQv
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