The Somerset reporter., 1907-04-11

J. y. Smith arrived home from
business trip to Boston, Friday.
Many think Fogg's chocolates are
the best in town. The price is no
higher Have you tried them2
Miss Annie Rand, stenographer and
bookkeeper at the Office of the Maine
Telephone Co., is i'll and has been
obliged to go to her home in Canaan.
j. W Merwin, who has been in
town the past month ON business CON
nected with the estate of his brother,
the late Howard Merwin, left here
this morning to return to his home in
Bellevue, Mich.
Word was received here, - sterday,
to the effect that Mrs. Chas. NJ. Barn
ard. who has been critically i'll of
pneumonia at her home in Brooklyn,
n. Y, was better and believed to be
out of danger
D. H. Perkins, principal of the
Skowhegan High School, is expected
home this evening from Brookville,
Hancock county, where he has been
for the past week at the home OF his
father, Chas. H. Perkins.
Mrs. Celia Tufts left here Saturday
for two weeks absence during which
she will visit with her sons, Frank,
Walter and William in Portland, Me-,
Portsmouth and Manchester, N. II.
Mrs. Vina Hill accompanied her from
here going to pass fortnight with
friends in Massachusetts
The annual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of Maine
meets in Auburn this year and opens,
Wednesday morning at O'Clock, Bis
hop Goodsell presiding. This is an
occasion of much Importance and in
terest to every Methodist in Maine.
The Rev Fred Leitch, pastor of the
Centenary church of this place and
Registrar of Board of Examiners leaves
for Auburn on Tuesday forenoon.
E. F. Danforth and Z. G. Butler
were at Augusta Tuesday, comforting
with the Governor regarding the ap-
pointment of trustee for the Z. of
NJ, from which institution both are
graduates. As will be noted by the
mention elsewhere made concerning
the matter, these gentlemen were
successful in their efforts, 5. w
Gould, the candidate for whom they
appeared, receiving the approval of
Governor Cobb.
Elijah Alden of Gardiner was the
guest of relatives here Tuesday
night. Mr.. Alden was for several
years connected with the local plant
of the Commonwealth Shoe K Leath-
er Co., but for the past seven months
has been with the Snow Hazard Co.,
of Gardiner. He has been offered a
position by Geo. E. Snow, proprietor
of a large Brockton shoe factory, and,
if he decides to accept it, will move
to that city about the first of May.
Deputy United States Marshal Chas.
B. Haskell of Portland was i'll town
Tuesday evening and served sub
poenas to three members of the local
aerie of Eagles for their appearance
before the Grand Jury at Portland.
The fact that this organization dis
penses liquors to its members gives
eredence to the rumor that the In
ternal Revenue Department is NOV
ing to compel them to take out re-
tail liquor dealers license.
Mrs. Mary Sawyer, Skowhegan's
Oldest resident, whose home is with
Mrs. Sophronia Wyman on Island
avenue, celebrated her ninety seventh
birthday, Tuesday. No special plans
had been made for the event, but the
number of years being so unusual it
was deemed of considerable import
ance to the friends of this venerable
woman and she was occupied most of
the day in receiving callers and ac-
cepting their congratulations. Mrs.
SAWYER has been an invalid for the
greater part of her long life, and has
not taken a step for sixty five years.
Her mental faculties, however, are
unusually acute. She hears readily,
has good eyesight to sew and read
and thus the days, hours and years
pass pleasantly and she feels she has
wary much to he thankful for
Buchanan has just received another
fresh lot of Cooper's Remedies.