The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-03-14

Chas. F. Ward Co. are making spe-
clalty If young mems college style suits
and bats for Easter.
Joseph Butler, who has charge of the
Kilcare farm, passed Sunday as the
guest of Ed P. King in Monmouth.
Skowhegan Sorosis is to hold its
twenty irst annual banquet at Hotel
Coburn, tomorrow evening.
Mrs. Anna Chase of Bingham, who Is
visiting at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Will Snow, is in Augusta this week.
Denatured alcohol, for cooking, heat
ing, lighting and for mechanical pur-
poses, can be obtained at Fogg's drug
store.
Green & Barnard have marked down
all their winter weight stockings: l3c
stockings to l0o; 25c stockings to l9c;
soc stockings to SIC.
The Blunt Hardware Co. have reeeiv-
ed their stock of Derby Mixed Paint pre-
psrstory to the spring paint trade
every atom of 1t is guaranteed.
Miss Lord, milliner, will remain in
New York City for this spring season.
All orders sent to SO West Ssh street
will receive prompt attention. Express
paid on all orders.
Mrs. F. E BRIGHAM OF Pittsfield ar
rived here last evening, having just re.
turned from Boston with Mrs. W. T,
Seekins. She will be the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Seekins for the next few days.
John Parkin has resigned the position
which he has held at Bucknam's drug
store for the past year, and is to enter
the employ OF A. w. Kierstead, a phar-
macist In Livermore Falls, his former
home.
The many Skowhegsn friends OF Mil
ton N. Merrill of St. Adams will sympa-
thize with him 10 the death of his wife
which occurred on Saturday last. Mrs.
Merrill had been an invalid for more
than year and for the past six months
there had been little hope OF her re-
covery.
The complete line of goods now car
ried at Fogg's drug store Is to be sup
plemented by a select stock OF choco-
lates. A lady demonstration, represent
ing the manufacturers, will commence
on Monday to distribute sample pack
ages to all those who visit the store dur
ing the week.
Mrs. Delphina Carter died at her home
In Watervile, Thursday of last week.
She was the sister Of William G. Hesel
ton of this place. Her age was sixty
eight years. Mr.. and Mrs. William Fl.
Heselton, NJ. B. Heselton and Mrs. Gala
Heselton attended the funeral which
occurred in Waterville, Saturday.
Miss Annie Barbeau, who has been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Avore
since early in January, returned to fer
home in Medford, Mass, Saturday after
noon. Miss Barbeau will continue her
work in the public schools of Medford,
where she has taught for the past five
years.
Company z Band gave two brief con-
certs on Monday, one in front of Weston
Hall during the brief session OF the
town meeting at that place, and one in
the area In front of st. Mary's Hall in
the afternoon. This wassa very pleas
ant way of reminding the voters of Art.
27 in the town warrant, under which
they ask for an appropriation of 5000 for
series of eight concerts, to be given
during the coming spring and summer.
MIR. and Mrs. James T. Leavtt plan to
leave here tomorrow for Port Deposit,
Md, where they will be the guests Of
their daughter, Mrs. Walter Flint, for
the next five weeks. Mr.. Flint was
formerly professor of mechanical engi-
neering at the University Of Maine after
ward occupying similar position with
the faculty of Jacob Tome Institute at
Port Institute. 10 recent years the su-
perintendency OF the buildings and
grounds of the institution has been add
ed to his responsibilities.
About eight o'clock one morning, near
the last of the month of February, l.. j.
Addition found peculiar looking cater
pillar crawling over the ice and snow of
the foot walk on Maple street. The
little animal looked out OF place amid
such surroundings and Mr.. Addition was
decidedly astonished as the temperature
during the previous night had gone to
thirty or more below zero. He gathered
the caterpillar into a box and it was
subsequently sent to Miss Edith NJ.
Patch, entomologist at the Maine Agri
cultural experiment station, O:ono.
Miss Patch's report has just been re-
turned. II seems that it was the larva
of the Tiger Moth a variety that be-
comes partly grown in the fall and that
hibernates for the winter, forming their
cocoon in the spring and subsequently
changing to the moth stage. This parti-
cular specimen must have been disturbed
10 his winter den, which was probably
il a crevice OF the branches of an over
hanging maple, this leading HIM TO the
dangerous (snd for his kind, rather I'M
uauol axparimanfl NJ a atrOll over the