The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14
TOWN and VICINITY

Watch for Philathea fair, Nov. %,
First Baptist church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Knight passed
Sunday with friends in Newport.
C. w. Stevens, who had been the
guest of his cousin, Mrs. F. F. Law
renee, returned yesterday to his home
in Winthrop.
Chas. F. Ward Co. say it is cheaper
TO keep warm in their heavy heeced
lined underwear at 80 cents than it is
to buy wood at $500 cord. t.
Rev. Father Lacroix passed Monday
and Tuesday at Augusta, assisting at
the services of the forty hours
devotion at the Catholic Church of
that city.
Roy, eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank R. Steward, passed Sunday at
Orono, with bis cousin, Robert Stew
ard, who is astudent at the University
of Maine.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward F. Merrill on Saturday
last. She has been given the name of
Mary, for her great grandmother, the
mother of Edward N. Merrill, Esq.
Mrs. M. J. Henderson of East Madi-
son has moved to this town and, with
her son, Geo. L. Cleveland, has es-
taplished her home on Front street.
Mrs. Henderson is a native of Corn
vile. She moved to East Madison in
early life and up to the present time
has always resided there.
tuesdays Lewiston Journal has an
account of the entertaining of Port
land Council of the order of CONNER
cial Travellers by Twin City Council
at Lewiston last Saturday evening.
The pictures of some of the officers of
Twin City Council are given and
among them that of E. A. Whittier,
formerly of this place. who is Junior
Counsellor of that body.
Hon. Ed. P. Page is passing the
present week at Livermore Falls. 1t
seems that the sy stem of water works
in that town are to be transferred to
the municipality from the corporation
that has been operating them and a
commission of three, appointed by
the Maine Supreme Court, of which
Mr. Page is one, are to determine the
terms OF the transfer. Mr.. Pages as
sociates are Ex-Judge Frederick
Powers of Houlton and George A.
Murehie of Calais.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Varney went to
Hampden, Me-, Saturday, where
they plan to pass quite portion of
the coming winter with their son, d.
Wilder Varney. They purpose after
ward to go to North Chelmford, Mass,
and it is not likely that they will again
take up their residence here. MIR.
Varney is a native of this place and
has always resided in Some rset coun
ty. With the exception of five years
in Palmyra and about the same time
in Athens, his life has been passed in
Skowhegan.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Brown, who
have been at Island Falls, Aroostoo
county, since last June, arrived home
this week and purpose to remain In
Skowhegan for the winter. Mr.
Brown went to Island Falls in the EN-
ploy of the Emerson Lumber Com
pany, and has been working at his
trade of a mason and bricklayer fol
them and for others in that locality
until the present time. The last few
weeks before his return here, he was
employed by William Sewall, the
guide who has become widely known
through his acquaintance with Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The work done II
this instance was at some camps neal
Mattawamkeag Lake, where Mr.
Sewell expects the president to make
him visit at some time during the
coming year. Mr. Brown reports
that his lowest wages, while employed
in and about Island Falls, have beer
five dollars per day.
flock of twenty-five sheep, own.
ed by Fred C. Dunlap and kept by
him in the Heselton field near NORTH
avenue, were chased by dogs one day
last week, with the result that one
was found dead, four more we're in
jured so that they had to be killed
and another is missing. Two of the
five thus destroyed were fullblooo
Hampshiredown ewes. The law per
mits the owner of sheep in such cases
to be reimh ursed by the town and the
town may, in turn, assess the damage
on the owners of the dogs if they car
be found. If the municipality cannot
prove their claim against the dog
owner they present the bill to the
state and it is allowed and paid, be-
ing, however, deducted from the
amount of dog tax credited TO the
town from which the claim comes
1t is some consolation to the owner OF
the sheep 20 be thus paid for his loss,
but it is said by Mr.. Dunlap and by
others who have had similar expert
ences that, to any one having the
least svmpathy for dumb animals, the