The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-09-10
TOWN and VICINITY

ing his vacation mere since tne mloole
ofAugust, returned to Boston Monday.
J. N. Smith, one of the proprietors
of Smiths music store, left Tuesday
morning on business trip TO Jack
man.
NJ. Gerry Plummer, who has been
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Hurley, left Tuesday for his home in
South Freeport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Mills who have
been visiting their son, Chester H.
Mills, Esq, of Jackman, are expected
home next Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Bennett of
Newton, Mass. made brief visit here
last week with J. Palmer Merrill and
family, leaving for home in their
touring car Saturday.
Morris Gledhin of Sykesville, Md,
has been in town this week. Mrs.
Gledhill, who had been visiting here
for the past month returned to Mary
land W 18th her husband.
Miss c. j. Williams arrived home
Saturday evening after long vaca-
ton, passed at various places in this
state. Since the latter part of Au
gust she had been at Casco, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Sanborn re-
turned to their home in Dorchester,
Mass, Saturday, after a fortnight's
visit with DIR. and Mrs. w. S. Stinch
field and other Skowhegan relatives.
DR.. and Mrs. Olivier GAIA went to
Holyoke, Mass. Monday morning, the
doctor being a delegate from the
Court Laval of this place to the ma
tional convention of the societies of
St. John The Baptist.
The Skowhegan Electric Light
Company have reset or renewed
about 200 of its poles during the pres
ent season. They had crew at work
last Monday resetting the large pole
near the railroad crossing.
Mrs. EtheIyn Gardner, who has
been passing the summer here with
her father, Randall Nye, has been on
business trip to Bangor this week
She is to leave here tomorrow to re-
turn to her home in New York City.
Miss s. F. Coffin, Mrs. Mary G.
Brainard and Miss Crrolyn Brainard
left here Friday of last week for ten
days trip to Canada They will visit
the city of Quebec, the Lake st. John
region including the Saguenay river
and the city of Montreal.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Tilton, who have
been passing the summer here at the
Tilton homestead on the Norridge
wock road, returned to Bangor on
Monday. The schools of that city, of
which Mr.. Tilton has charge, com
mence their sessions on Monday next.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred N. Kincaid left
here on Monday for Kirksville, Mo.
where Mrs. Kincaid enters upon a
three years course in the American
School of Osteopathy. They will
plan to return here TO pass the
summer at the completion of the
first school year.
Miss Gertrude Weeks, who has
been passing the summer here as the
guest of Mrs. E. P. Page on High
street, returned to her home in Cam
bridge, Mass, last Monday. Miss
Weeks is a teacher in the Boston
Normal School Her friend, Miss
Jane Thayer also of Cambridge, who
had been here since the middle of
August, returned home last week.
The shipments of live poultry from
this vicinity have been much larger
than usual this season, averaging be-
tween fifty and one hundred chicks
day for several weeks. They are
chiefly birds from three to five months
old and are known in the market as
broilers. They are consigned princi-
pally to Boston dealers but some of
them go direct to large users at
various points in New England.
The Somerset Traction Co. have
issued a new schedule for running of
cars on the Skowhegan Madison line,
going into effect next Monday, con-
tinuing until October 9th, when the
regular winter schedule will be an
nounced. The important changes are
the emitting of the II a. m. trip from
Skowhegan, also the through service
from Skowhegan to Madison at sos,
8 and 8. There are also other minor
changes, chiefly in the afternoon
schedule.
A party consisting Of Clement B.
Clark and wife, Miss Martha Clark
and Robert Clark of Oak Hill, Michi-
gan and Mr.. and Mrs. A. @. Bowman
of Imio, Wisconsin, arrived Saturday
night and have been visiting at the
homes of their cousins Mrs. Helen
Robinson and Mrs. D. F. Palmer.
They have made visits in Boston and
Bangor and were accompanied here
by Mrs. Luther Palmer of Bangor.
Mr.. Clark is native of Maine but has
not been here for ~ years and his
family had never visited the state.
All kinds of spice for picking, at
Fogg's drug store.