The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-10-31
Telephone No. Ii calls Peoples


as gate tender at the Water street
crossing, after an illness of three
weeks.
Money deposited in the Skowhegan
Savings Bank before the 10th of the
month will begin to draw interest
from the 1st.
Mrs. William E. Buchanan of Var
mouth. Me-, is expected here Saturday
for visit at the home of her son,
Frank W. Buchanan.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Emery are in
Mechanic Falls, Me-, where, during
this and next week, they will be
guests of Mrs Emery's sister.
Mrs. Mabel Archer Lawrey of Fair
field arrived here last evening and is
the guest of Misses Lizzie and Ger
trude Webb at their home on Pleasant
street
Those requiring heavy paper for
any purpose may obtain information
to their advantage by reading our
advertisement regarding same on page
three of this issue.
Sampson & Avore have received
their long delayed shipment of cloth
lined hot water bottles, for which
many have been waiting. 1t is said
that after using this kind custome RS
will take no other
William Chetfleld of Flagstaff, tim
Der and land agent Of the Shawmut
Manufacturing Co., was in town Mon
day, comforting with E. P. Viles re-
garding the sale OF some logs by the
latter gentleman to the Shawmut
corporation.
Mr.. VIM. Dodge of Waterville spent
the day, Friday, with his niece, Mrs.
Herbert N. Pratt, at Edgewood Farm.
Mr.. Dodge is eighty -four years old and
for over fifty years was in the employ
of the Maine Central, the greater part
of that time being conductor between
Skowhegan and Portland.
Saturdays Lewiston Journal con-
tains an account of the presentation
of Shakespeare's Gas You Like It," at
Foss Hall, Waterville, by the young
women of Colby College. Two Show
hogan young ladies were in the cast
Miss Jeanette Sturtevant as CORN and
Miss Ethel Knowlton as Touchstone.
R. II. Merrill & Son will carry few
lines of new goods at their store next
to Arnold & Curriers' grocery store,
including the celebrated "Gold Scalp
and "Snag Proof" rubbers, Bass work
shoes, and La France shoes for wo-
men; also a line of "Bal Band"
(Mishawaka) rubbers, leggings and
felts.
The football team of the Skowhegan
High School have played three games
during the last week. On Thursday
last, they lost to Pittsfeld and on
Saturday, at Pennington, met similar
fate at the hands of the local team
Yesterday they played sharply con-
tested game at Madison which resulted
in tie, neither side being able to score
Miss Ellen M. Stone, the famous
missionary once captured and held
prisoner by brigands, who demanded
one hundred thousand dollars ran
som, will lecture in the Congrega-
tional church next Monday evening
at 7.30. 1t is a rare opportunity tc
hear this heroic woman and all are
invited.
The special legislative committee,
appointed at the last session, to re
port as to the advisability OF establish
ing state board of education, met al
Bangor last Friday. Edward F. Dan
forth, who represented Skowhegan al
Augusta at the last legislative session
and who was among the number ap-
pointed on this committee, was pres
ent. Fred F. Lawrence, Esq, served
the committee as official stenographel
for their fridays meeting
The school building on Jewett St.,
which has not been In use for about
eight years, is to be fitted up with
new seats and reopened within the
next month. The number of pupils
in town has increased somewhat dur
ing the last year so that the rooms in
the Lincoln building on Leavitt street
have been overcrowded. The Jewett
street school will accommodate about
thirty pupils, of the first and second
grade from that section of the town,
relieving the Lincoln street building
to that extent.
Two of the prisoners who escaped
Sunday morning from Somerset Jail,
as reported on page three of this issue
were apprehended on Tuesday
Chas. Edwards gave himself up to
Officer Joseph Perry in Fairfield.
He stated that he had been at Water
Vile but had started to make his way
back to Skowhegan for the purpose of
surrendering himself. Harry Vesol
was captured by the City Marshall in
Waterville. Both were brought here
and are now at the Jail again. 1t
seems that they did not take the
freight out of Waterville as was at
first reported, but did proceed to that
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