The Somerset reporter., 1907-06-13
TOWN and VICINITY


for several days last week with his
daughter, Mrs Edward F. Merrill.
The Somerset Worsted Mills at East
Madison have steady work at good
pay for two good weavers on Knowles
looms.
The Somerset Steam Laundry has
recently installed telephone con-
nected with the Maine Telephone ex-
change.
j. Putnam Stevens of Portland,
state agent of the Massachusetts
Mutual Life Insurance Co., was in
town yesterday.
J. w. Fogler arrived here from
w Washington, D. c., last week. He
has resigned his position as treasurer
of the Washington Times Co. and will
make his home in Skowhegan for the
future.
The Philathea class met Tuesday
evening at the First Baptist church,
16 members being present. 1t was
voted to hold the first basket picnic
at Coburn park Saturday afternoon,
June %.
An automobile party consisting of
Ex- Governor and Mrs. John F. Hill,
with their son, Percy B. Hill and
wife, were registered at the Coburn,
yesterday. They were en- route for
points in Franklin county, intending
to return to Augusta, today.
Mrs. Forrest Leavitt and her son,
who have been the guests of her mo-
ther, Mrs. Geo. E. Washburne at
Lake George, left yesterday morning
for her home in Haverhill. Mr..
Leavitt accompanied the family here,
returning the first of the week.
c. II. Perkins died at the home of
his son, DeForest H. Perkins, Satur-
day at the age of sixty seven years.
The deceased formerly lived in No.
Brooksville and came to this place
but few weeks since. The remains
were taken to Brooksville for inter
mentlMonday.
Among the recent farm sales of s.
II. Swain are the Masia G. Goodwin
/ farm in Canaan to Edith P. Withee
OF Skowhegan; the Ordway & Viles
timber tract in Harmony to NJ. j.
Googin1 of Lewiston, Me; and the
Chas..: Longley farm in Athens to
Brown &lWaterhouse of Dixfield, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Talbot of Brook
line, Mass, who have been the guests
of his sister, Mrs. Mary Webb at the
home on Madison avenue of her SON
in law, IRA A. Norton, returned to
their home Wednesday. Mr. and
Mrs. Talbot, with their daughter,
maid and chauffeur will sail next
month: for Europe to pass the sum
mer.
Mr.. andlMrs. Everett T. Goodrich
are attending the college commence
ment at Orono, this week, where their
eldest son, Joseph X. has one of the
!
cises. Other Skowhegan people at
the University of Maine commence
ment are Hon. S. W. Gould, now a
member of the board of trustees, and
Hon. f. F. Danforth, one of the
alumni.
OF the Boston daily papers read in
Skowhegan the Herald, Journal and
Post now arrive by the 1890 train a.
m. instead of at night as formerly,
this being made possible by the new
train schedule which went into effect
on Monday. This will continue until
the change to the winter time table
in the.fall and permits us to read cur
Boston morning papers but few
hours behind the citizens of the Hub
| Robert Steward and Raymond
Smith of this place who have recently
completed their studies for the pre-
sent at the U. of M, left Bangor last
week with a surveying party for the
Alegash region in northern Maine.
They will beloccupied all summer for
Mr.. Day of Bangor in timber sur
vey ing or estimating. Percy Wyman,
also of this place, member of the
graduating class of the U. of M, of
present year will be employed in
Bangor for the summer.
The fleet of motor boats at Hayden
is receiving important accessions this
season Two handsome launches ar
rived on the same train Monday,
from the Tuttle works in New York
city. One of them, a 17foot runa-
bout, was consigned to Ned II. Lam
bert and the other, slightly larger
boat, built on what is called the semi
torpedo model, is owned. by A. M.
Thompson, his son, E. II. Thompson
and C. II. Atkinson of Boston. They
are exceedingly handsome craft and
should be the source of much pleas
ure to their owners and their friends
during the coming summer. Simon
Grover also has a motor boat of his
own building which is nearly ready
for launching.