The Somerset reporter., 1907-04-11

visiting IN town Tor the past month,
returned to Lynn, Mass, Saturday.
The Blunt Hardware Co. are in
position to quote very low prices on
American Fence, having recently re-
ceived full carload.
Remember the social dance at En-
gine Hall, tomorrow Friday even
ing, under the auspices of the Skow-
hegan Fire Department.
l.. A. Payne, local agent for the
Edwards Farms Agency, reports the
sale of the Abel Merrill farm in Smith
field to Mrs. A. d. Wilson of Dryden.
Frank w Bucknam attended the
meeting of the Maine Commissioners
of Pharmacy at Augusta yesterday.
Twenty five applicants for registra
tion were present and took the re =
quired examination.
Dr. Harold S. Viles of New Port
land, nephew of f. p Viles of this
place, has leased the offices over the
Second National Bank, formerly oc-
cupied BY Geo w. Cover, Esq, and
will occupy them for the practice of
dentistry in the early future.
N. B. X. Brooks of Baston, treasur-
er of the Maine Spinning Co., has
been in town for several days this
week, comforting with VIM. Mitchell,
the superintendent and local mana
ger, regarding the business of that
corporation. This company wishes
to continue to run their works both
night and day to full capacity but find
it quite difficult to find help for all
the departments at night.
On a recent trip to Piscataquis
county, w. E. Hackett of the Island
Machine Co. sold a saw mill which
his firm will build and ship during the
next three weeks. This will go to
Lake View, just off the line of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad, some 20
miles west of Brownville. This will
make the eighth mill that Hackett &
Witham have shipped t that section
of the state in the last two years.
The Members of Somerset Chapter,
Royal Arch Masons, will assemble in
special couvocation this afternoon at
four O'Clock for the purpose of con-
ferring the Temple degree. Refresh
ments will be served at $50, and at an
evening session the P. NJ. and M. E.
NJ. degrees will be conferred. Next
Monday evening another special con-
vocation will be held at which time
the work will be the Royal Arch de-
gree.
H. l.. SWEET is expected to return
this evening from ten days visit to
the Pierce Great Arrow Automobile
works in Buffalo, N. Y, where he has
been perfecting himself in knowledge
of the construction and handling of
the automobiles manufactured by
this firm. He was accompanied by
Byron Harvill, who has been engaged
by Mrs Edith S. Shepherd as chauffer
for her new Pierce Arrow car, for the
coming season.
The first 1907 model morotcycle ar
rived in town last week. 1t is the
property of Bin W. Page, four
cylinder, direct drive, machine of
Belgian make, said to be capable of a
speed of so miles an hour. A new In
dian, from the factory at Springfield,
Mass, arrived, yesterday, for Forrest
Mckinney. There are at least six
more Indians to come to Somerset
county through the Skowhegan
agency, one of them being double
cylinder machine for Ben B. Fogler.
1t will be interesting to the people
of Skowhegan to learn that the "Con-
cert of Nations" that has been given
in many places in the State is to be
presented in Grange Hall sometime
in May, under the auspices of the
Young Peoples Society of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church. A chorus of
sixty voices is to be organized, and
will meet for the first rehearsal next
Monday night in the vestry of the M.
E. church at 7.30. The rehearsals
will be conducted by Mr.. N. w, Little
field of Bangor.
Word has been received here of
the death of Josiah w. Dudley, which
occurred at his home in Jersey City,
N. j., on Apr. 2. The deceased was
born in Augusta, Me-, 7s years ago.
He is survived by widow, formerly
Carrie E. Owen of this place, two
sons, Frederic M and j. Bliss Dudley
and one daughter, Mrs. Chas. j.
Brooks of New York whose husband
is the eastern representative of the
San Francisco Chronicle. The re-
mains were placed in the receiving
tomb at Jersey City but will ultimate
ly be brought to this place for inter
ment in the family lot.
Herbert N. Pratt of Portland, eldest
son of Mrs. Augustus Crowell, has
bought the Isaac Dorothy farm, about
three miles from this village on the
Canaan road, for home for himself
and family. Mr.. Pratt is graduate
of the Skowhegan High school and of
Colby College. Mrs. Pratt, formerly
Miss Evelvn M Whitman of Auburn.