The Somerset reporter., 1908-10-08
TOWN and VICINITY.

sale.
Arnold < Currier are agents for
Autocrat coffee.
Miss Nettie d. Upham Of Lewiston
has been visiting in town during the
present week.
You are all cordially invited to {.
E. Poulin's Millinery opening Friday
and Saturday October 9Th and 10th.
c. H. Davis of New York city left
here yesterday to return home after
few days passed at his Killcare farm.
DR.. Selden F. Greene of Scion was
in town yesterday, making the
tourney here in his Elmore touring
ear.
= The next meeting of Golden Rod
Branch |. S. S. will be with Mrs.
Martha futile on Madison Ave, Oct,
l4th.
Misses Edith and Minnie Gibbons,
who had been passing the summer at
Lakewood, returned to their home in
Boston by the morning train last Fri
/ day.
! Mrs. Edith S. Shepherd, Miss Lola
i Goodwin and Mr.. H. L. SWEET of this
/ place .are on an automobile tour OF
the White Mountains this week. They
have with them as guests tor the
trip. Mr.. Swett's brother and sister,
Mr.. Irving L. and Miss Mabelle SWEET
of Bangor.
Mrs. E. A. Bell OF Portland returned
home yesterday morning after pass
ing several days at the home OF her
brother, Fred L. Pooler. Mrs. Lucy
Parker, Mr. Pooler's aunt, who had
been visiting at his home and with
other Skowhegan relatives, left on
the same train for Winthrop.
Mrs. w, B. Pierce and her two
daughters, Rachel and Esther, leave
here today to return to their home in
Beverly, Mass. Mrs. Pierce's mother
accompanies them and they are to be
Joined en- route by Mr.. Pierce who
has been in Portland on business the
first days of the present week.
A. Fred Alden of Waterville, repre-
senting the international Correspon-
dence School, has been in town this
week. An exhibit of the books and
advertising matter of the correspon-
dence courses has been displayed in
the window of the Sampson & Avore
store during the week. There are
some twenty students in town en-
rolled in the textile course.
Bin W. Gage left here Monday af-
ternoon in his touring car accompan-
led by John Wright, George Nash and
Leon s. Witham, for trip through
Aroostook county. They reached
Lincoln, about 100 miles from here in
the first afternoons run. 1t is plan
ned to do little hunting as we'll as to
see whatever may be OF interest in
the northeastern portion of the State,
and each tourist has his rifle and am
munition along with him.
Fred s. Burrill brings to the Office
of the REPORTER mammouth toma-
to, raised by Laban Lincoln OF East
Madison. 1t measures three inches
in height, when resting upon a level
surface. 1t is five and three fourths
inches in diameter, seventeen inches
in its largest circumference and
weighs two pounds. Mr.. Lincoln grew
quite crop of tomatoes in his garden
be past season, many of them ap-
preaching in size the one described
above. They are of the variety
known as the Champion.
The kindergarten ON Leavitt street
has been closed for the present on
account OF the illness from diphtheria
of one of the pupils, the five year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. @. E. Town
send who reside nearly opposite the
Lincoln school building. The last
session of the kindergarten attended
by the little girl was on Friday morn
ing of last week. When the pupils
arrived on Monday morning they
were asked to return to their homes
and the kindergarten room was
thoroughly funiigated. The home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend is at present
under quarantine. The little patient
has been doing we'll and is now sitting
up. 1t seems practically certain that
she will recover. No additional cases
have been reported. and it is hoped
that none will result.
The three companies of the Show
hogan Fire department were out for
their last trial of the season on Satur-
day afternoon. The hose company
made business of trying the capac-
ity of the force pump, located under
the mill Of the Skowhegan Pulp Com
pany, and the mains connected there
with. Their pump has received con-
siderable extra attention during the
past summer and is now reported to
be in excellent working order. Hose
attachments were made at the ex
treme ends of the system, one near
the Bethany church and the other at
the junction of Water street and
North avenue. The pressure was
highly satisfactory and the force of