The Somerset reporter., 1908-01-02


Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Emery have
been passing portion of the present
week with friends in Fairfield. They
are expected home tomorrow.
Miss Stella Kimball, who had been
in town since last June, has returned
to West Upton, Mass, where she will
be employed the coming winter.
Mrs. Cornish of Augusta is passing
this week in town with her husband,
Judge Leslie G. Cornish, who is pre-
siding at the December term of the
Somerset s. J. Court.
The Skowhegan Pulp Co., will buy
three hundred cords of good quality
FIR wood delivered to their mill In
Skowhegan, also five hundred cords
of green poplar.
The Savings department of the Sec
ond National Bank pays interest at
the rate of 4 per cent; interest COM
mences the first of each month on de-
posits made on or before the 10th.
Asa P. Lawrence went to Lewiston,
yesterday, to purchase pair of
heavy draft horses for use at Bloom
field farm. He was accompanied by
Harlie Annis, who formerly resided
in Auburn and had not made a visit
to that city since coming here three
years since.
Work at the Municipal Building
closed last week and the foreman, W.
A. Emery, has returned to his home
in Watertown, Oxford county. 1t
has been very favorable season and
the contractors were able to continue
operations much later than was at
first expected.
Fred Teal, formerly superintend-
ent of the weaving department of the
Marston Worsted Mills, was in town,
last week, the guest of Thomas Bot
tom. He is now located at So. Glas-
tonbury, Conn, boss of the weave
room in the mill over which A. H.
Gledhill, formerly Of this place, is
superintendent.
Frank s. Morrill,, who went to Jop-
lin, Mo-, last September, arrived
home, Saturday. Mr.. Morrill, went
with the idea of locating in that sec
ton and of sending for his family
later, but did not find conditions such
as to encourage him to remain.
Three other young men, formerly of
this place, are now in Joplin, one of
them, Geo. Fletcher, being the gen.
eral superintendent of the zinc mines,
the chief industry of that locality
Another, D. Howard Snow, went
there some years since and has be-
come permanently settled; third,
James Bean went only few months
since and it seems is not entirely de-
cided that he will remain.
H. L. Colby of Jackman was among
those who had business with the
board of County Commissioners at
their recent session here. Mr.. Colby
has been the county road agent for a
long section of the Canada Road
so called, for long time. This road
is the main thoroughfare from The
Forks to the Province of Quebec.
Many miles of it is through an un-
settled section and one of Mr.. Colby's
problems has been the tendency of
the forest to encroach on the high
way. He has persisted in keeping a
good width of road, however, and, In
his fight with the woods, Is said to be
able to get more bushes cut for a
hundred dollars than any road agent
in Maine.
Messrs. George W. Cover, A. M.
Thompson, George Simpson, F. P,
Pennell, James c. Durrell, George H.
Pishon and Augustine Fowler called
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. K.
Delano on East Leavitt street, last
evening, the occasion being Mr.. Del
AMOS birthday, the twenty eighth &C
cording to his own report. Mr.. Del
ano was entirely unaware that he
was to be thus honored, and was OF
course very much surprised and graf
flied that his friends should be mind
full of his anniversary and call to ex-
press their congratulations. Mrs,
Delan had been apprised of their in
tended visit and toward the close OF
the evening babe the visitors to a
veritable feast which she had pre-
pared for them. One of the incidents
of the evening was the presentation
by Mr.. Simpson, on behalf of himself
and the other friends present, of 6
fine chair as a memorial to the host
of his twenty eighth CD anniversary
G. G. Robinson of Waterville, sec.
rotary for the department of boys
work which is carried ON under The
auspices of the Young Mems Christian
Association of this state, was in towr
on Monday evening and met with the
local boys club, in their rooms In the
Steward block. Mr.. Robinson's spe.
cial errand here at this time was with
reference to the annual state meet
ing of boys clubs which will be held
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