The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-01-17
TOWN and VICINITY

Miss Lord, Hotel Oxford, will do
mending and repairing.
Small tenement to rent. Inquire of
r A. Wood or William Doran.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter P. Ordway are
expected home, tomorrow, from a week g
visit in Boston aud vicinity.
L. C. Hale of Dexter has been The
guest for portion of the week, of his
daughter, Mrs. l. r. Boothby.
Souvenir post card albums for all
those beautiful post cards of yours can
be bought at Bucknam's Drug store.
Mrs. j. P. Lawrey of Fairfield has
been visiting, this week, at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. s. Webb on Pleasant
street.
The next regular meeting of the Order
of the Eastern Star will be held at
Knights OF Pythias Hall, tomorrow
<Friday) evening.
Mrs. Martha L. futile, who had been
visiting friends in Waterville and Sidney
for the past five weeks, returned home,
Thursday of last week.
Ralph Gledhill, manager of the Son.
erset Worsted mills at East Madison,
took the train from this station, yester-
day, for business trip to Boston, Mass,
aud Pawtucket, r. |.
Ia IN q
quarters during the present winter at
the Fogg lot, near the Jesse Reed farm,
where he Is to set up a portable mill
with the expectation OF saving the lum
Der to the extent Of about one million
feet, on the tract recently purchased by
him.
A. W. Louis of New York City, ae-
companied by Vermont gentleman,
was In this vicinity several days last
week buying furs. Purchases to the ex-
tent of several thousand dollars were
made from local dealers and trappers.
One shipment, made on Wednesday to
Revilon & Freres of New York City,
was of $500 value. This particular lot
was all purchased of one dealer, j. q.
Mathews, of Madison.
DR.. Fred g. Merrill of New York City
arrived here, Saturday, and Ia to remain
for several months as the guest of Show
hogan relatives. 1t will be recalled that
DR.. Merrill sustained critical operation,
some weeks since, and being now able to
travel, he comes here in the hope that
the rest and change will benefit his
health. His brother, DR.. j. N. Merrill
OF this place, met him at WaterVille to
escort him the last few miles OF bis
journey.
j. G. Tuck has sold the place on Msdi-
son avenue, which has been his home for
the past thirty-four years, to James d.
Emerson of Madison. Mr.. Tuck and his
family are to continue TO occupy the
house until spring when, il they follow
the plans now contemplated they will
move to Massachusetts and establish
their residence in some town near Bos-
ton. They are led to do this from the
fact that two sons, Walter and Harold,
are in that locality, ard they prefer to
be near them il possible.
Those Of our readers who see the New
York Evening World and note the la
dies costumes Of original design shown
therein, will be interested to know that
the "Miss Annette Bradshaw" whose
name sppearr as the designer Of the
illustrations and the writer Of the bright
descriptive matter and fashion COM
ments which accompany them, Is for
mer Maine girl, now the wife Of G. <.
Tebbs, the manager Of the art depart
ment of the New York World. Mrs.
Tebbs retains her interest In Somerset
county and has farm In Brighton where
she passes much Of her time during the
summer season, this farm being the
residence Of her mother during the win
ter. AT the Brighton farm Mrs. Tebbs
has several fine Percheron horses and
during the past summer she added a
flock of thoroughbred Dorset sheep.
Farms operated in this manner by city
residents are often something of a source
of expense, but Mrs. Tebbs Is reported
TO be as successful with her Brighton
venture as with her work for the great
metropolitan journal.
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