The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-02-20

this week.
! o. E. Sawtelle, r. F. D. No. Skow-
| hogan wants a horse, for which he
will pay cash. 1wS
Carrabassett Lodge No. "a l. o. o. F.
will work the initiatory degree next
Wednesday evening.
! Mrs. F. K. Buck ente rtained the
Snow Bound Club at her home on
Madison Avenue Tuesday, Feb. Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. P. Viles arrived
home last week from visit with
their son, Blaine s. viles, in Newport,
N. H.
Athens, Benton, East Madison,
Norridgewock and Smithfield Oranges
have purchased pianos of j. N. & l.
j. Smith.
Joseph Lessard Jr., left for Brock
ton, Mass, Monday morning where
he will be employed in the Douglass
shoe factory.
Mrs. w. E. Blake of Calais, Me-, is
expected here the last of the week
for visit with her father at his farm
OH the Waterville road.
Frank Savage, son of Mr.. and Mrs
F j. Savage of Fairfield, passed Sun
day in town as the guest of his sister,
Mrs. Fred R. Philbrick.
/ DIR. E. II. Stevens of Cambridge,
Mass. was in town Monday and Tues
day of the present week, on a mid
winter visit to view his property at
Bloomfield Farm.
| Mrs. James Lumsden of Everett,
Mass. arrived Saturday evening and
is passing the week at the home of
her brother, Willis Cushing on the
Norridgewock road
/ F.S. Parsons, manager of the North
Arson Lumber Company, and Wallace
Emery, another prominent citizen of
that town, were in Skowhegan on
business last Saturday
Mrs. S. K. Withee and her daughter,
N1ioS ilOpC3 WIZ nave DCOh iiiC SdCbbo
of Mr.. and Mrs c. H. Stinchfield for
the past six months, left Monday for
their home in Fort Fairfield.
Mrs, G. c. Luce of the Ri gelow Hill
neighborhood was summoned to Fort
Fairfield, Monday, by a telegram an
nouncing the death of her mother,
Mrs. Chas. Good of that place.
Mrs. E. N. Merrill and her sister,
Mrs. Sarah Foster, left for Water
vile Wednesday morning, called
there by the serious sickness of the
latter's daughter, Mrs. II. ID. Eaton.
There will be supper served at
Grange Hall, Saturday evening next,
! from $50 to 7 under the auspices of
the Junior class, Skowhegan High
! School. Tickets, Is cents. The pro-
ceeds will 60 toward a fund to defray
the expenses of Junior Exhibition.
! G. R. Fogg has just displayed very
pleasing selection OF souvenir post
cards, showing some of the pretty
views of Skowhegan. When you
have occasion to be on Water street
it will be well worth your time to
/ call and look at them.
Mrs. James Fellows with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Bruce NJ. White, and grand
son, James Fellows White, are ex-
pected home tomorrow from weeks
visit in Portland. During their alb
sence, Mrs. Whites eldest son, Bruce,
is passing the week at the home of
his aunt, Mrs. e. V. Richards, on
Spring street.
At the next meeting of the Brother
hood of st. Paul, at the Methodist
Vestries, next Monday evening, John
w. Fogler will give the principal ad-
dress on Banks and Banking and the
Cause and Cure of Money Strin-
gency." BY decision of the commit
tee in charge, ladies will be welcome
to this meeting.
The rain of last Saturday night
SpOllcu Oilc SlOuuIiiB ONSf PidStl-
cally all of Somerset county south of
The Forks and was very unwelcome.
Yesterdays storm of nearly foot of
snow has in part repaired the damage
and furnishes once more the surface
for runners which is very much de-
sired at this time of year.
c. A. Ross and Miss Margaret
Smith were in attendance at the mid
winter meeting of the Maine Coal
Dealers Association at Hallowell yes
terday. Miss Smith went as the rep
resentatiye of her father, Sewell W.
Smith, who has been i'll for some
weeks and had not sufficiently re-
covered to be able to attend.
Rev, George Merriam was in Water
vile on Monday to attend the meet
ing of the executive committee OF
the Maine Baptist Educational So
ciety which assembled at the Elm
wood in that city. Mr.. Merriam is
the secretary of the committee and
also a member of the special com
mittee on the examination Of condi-
dates for the ministry. This com
mittee, the other two members being
DIR. G. l.. White, president of Colby
College, and Rev DR.. +. G. Whitti-