The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-12
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next week Friday.
Mr.. J. n. Dysart of Aroostook
county Is In town and makes his head :
quarters at the Norridgewock House.
Mr. Dysart owns two farms here, one
of them known as the Spaulding
place, near the old trotting park and
Ii is his intention to SO improve them
as to make them desirable property
for the market.
Mr.. William r. Whitney has added
10 his possessions here by buying the
Augustus Tobey lot and store on Main
street next to the Watts block. This
lot Joins the one recently purchased
by him for his potato house.
Mrs. Clara Jenkins Merriam and
husband are spending short time IN
town renewing old acquaintance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Increase Robinson
we're in town last week visiting
friends. Their home Is III Waterville.
Mrs. Alice Matson and little son,
Kenneth, of Skowhegan, were in town
several days of last week visiting Mr..
and Mrs. A. d. Brackley.
The hotel on the corn shop grounds
has opened up again for business after
laying idle since last years packing
time. This long narrow building was
erected by the Burnham and Morrill,
Company for the convenience of the
French families who come every year
TO do the husking and who formerly
were obliged to live in tents or con-
strict some rude shanty for covering.
Each family had room in the build :
ing, and though the rooms cannot be
more than eight or nine feet square, 1t
is surprising to see the number OF
people that some of them accommodate.
A flooring over the plates which sup
port the roof, forms place for sleep
ing and as the rooms are not needed
for use except at meal time, they get
along very nicely.
The members of Quinnebasset
Lodge, l. o. o. F., will have refresh
ments in their dining hall on Monday
evening of next week, their regular
meeting night. Business of impor-
lance will also come before the lodge
and good attendance is desired.
Mrs. William Tobey who spent few
days recently at Fortunes rocks, Bid
deford, returned home last week.
Mr.. Harry Harris, Mr.. Chester and
Leone Jones and some invited guests
have been spending week at one of
the cottages at North pond.
Mrs. Mary Tobey left Monday for
Skowhegan on her way to Boston, she
was accompanied by Mrs. Perry, who
has been spending short vacation
here.
Mr.. Irving Tibbetts is recovering
from a severe surgical operation
which was recently performed upon
him at the Sisters Hospital in Lewis
ton.
from the Maine General Hospital,
where she has been under treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hussey have
returned home after spending the
summer months at their cottage at
North pond.
Mr.. H. c. Hussey has the contract
to put a new furnace in the Congrega-
tional church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Hussey were
at home from Skowhegan last Sunday
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Bap
list church will meet with Mrs. Mary
Brown on Thursday afternoon of this
week.
Edwin Tinkham who met with such
q severe fall while at work In his
barn a number of days since, is now
able to be about somewhat but still
unable to do any work.
The village schools commence their
fall terms on Monday of next week.
The annual announcement of the High
school shows a course of study prac
tically uniform with schools of this
grade In our state. Our superinten
dent, Mrs. Alice Folsom has very
carefully gone over the matter and
compared the work of our schools
with the work of other good schools
ana introduced all the good features
which she was able to find. That she
is close student In these matters
none will deny and her painstaking
work cannot fail to give us the best Of
schools here.
Miss Madge Holt has returned from
Massachusetts where she has been
spending the summer.
Rev. f. G. Davis Is making plans to
spend the cold months of the winter
again In the south as one of the in
structors Of the Leland University, a
position which he filed with eminent
satisfaction to the faculty of that in
stitution last winter. He will leave
sometime the latter part of this
month. We are very sorry to have
him leave us but hope to have his
Kindly thoughts return to us frequent
~ while be enjoys the balmy breezes
of the Gulf stream.
DIR. Philip Lindsey and wife have
bee up river for number of DAYS on
fishing expedition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel HOPKINS of
Providence, r. l., are spending their
vacation with Mr.. Hopkins mother,
Mrs. Maria Hopkins
A new supplement to the library
catalogue has just been issued and
contains the titles of about $50 books
which include about lao which have
have just been added. These supple
ments may be obtained from the IL
brarian.
Neil Mills is at home after spending
the summer at Bar Harbor.
Miss Lois Burgess Is spending a few
Gays with her brother, Fl. D. Burgess.
Ihere are II men at work at present
at the Dodlin quarry and it is rumor-
ca that the new management will ar
range to work the property to it's full
capacity. We hope that this be true
as The old hill contains some of the