The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-20

Mrs. Arson savage ana Ilule
daughter are on visit to her sister
in Freeport.
Miss Olive Bussey left this morning
for vacation trip of two weeks to
Nashua, N. H.
Miss Clara Heath of Waterville
visited in town over Sunday last week
with relatives.
Miss Marjorie Carleton of Oldtown
is visiting with w. B. Steward and
family on Coburn avenue.
G. L. Cleveland was in Garland,
Wednesday, and attended the annual
reunion of his school association.
U. G. Varney, formerly OF this
place, now a resident of Boston, has
been passing the week in town, the
guest of George H. Morrill,.
George Cayouette, a gentleman
who is extensively engaged in min
ing in the Canadian provinces, passed
Sunday in town with his cousin, r.
X. Cayouette.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Harris were in
Auburn, yesterday where the semi
annual meeting and summer outing
of the Maine State Creamery Associ-
ton was held at Lake Grove.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. James Pike and their
daughter, Miss Edna. of Onawa,
Iowa, arrived here last evening, for a
visit with L. J. Addition and family.
Mrs. Pike is Mr.. Additions niece and
is also cousin of Gen. O. o. Howard.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Warren of New
York City were guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Steward during last
week. Mr.. and Mrs. Steward also
entertained over Sunday, L. T. Cush-
man of Melrose, Mass, Mrs. Cushman
having been member of their house
hold for some weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gray and
daughter of Boston arrived here last
Monday evening, on their way TO
Athens for their annual visit. Mr..
GRAY is native of that town who
went to Boston something like twenty
five years since. He is now a sue
cessful photographer and real estate
dealer of that city.
Miss Edna Conforth has a position
to teach French in the Edward Little
High School at Auburn and will COM
mence her duties there about the
middle ,of next month. Miss Corn
forth had previously held a position
of this kind, for four years, but dur
ing the past year taught the ninth
grade of the Skowhegan schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. n. Woods and some
twelve or fifteen other members OF
the Skowhegan Seventh Day Advent
list Society, left here by the noon
train today for Brownville, where a
ten days. session of the annual camp
meeting of their denomination for
this state Is being held. This Church
has been holding meetings of this
kind yearly since about 1858, some of
the more recent being at Milo and
Bath.
Rev. 3. B. Merrill arrived home
last week from his vacation which he |
has been passing at Standpoint and
services were resumed at the Con-
gregational church on Sunday. Mr..
Merrill's family remain at Sandy
point during the present week and
are expected home next Saturday.
Next Sunday Mr.. Merrill will ex-
change with the Rev. w. A. Rich
mond, pastor of the Congregational
church at Bingham.
Lieutenant J. N. Merrill, Jr., who
has been on military duty in the
Philippine Islands for several years,
has recently been appointed assistant
district supply officer and ordinance
officer for the 9th Philippine Con-
stabulary district, which embraces
all OF Mindanao and adjacent islands.
The ordinance officer, in the Phillip
pine service, includes in his depart
ment the duties usually performed by
the paymaster In the military estab-
lishment as conducted In the states.
Miss Hazel Sprague, who las been
the guest of John Griffin and family
at their summer home, Kildare, for
several weeks, returned to Auburn
Monday. Miss Sprague will be re-
called by many skowhegan people,
members of Sorosis and their guests
at the annual banquet of that society
in 1907, as the lady whose Rotations,
monologues and readings were so
pleasant II part of the entertainment
on that evening. Miss Sprague is
now instructor in elocution and cal
isthenics in the St. Johnsbury (Vt.,)
schools.
Well bred millionaires don't brag
about their dough.