The Somerset reporter., 1908-05-28

town on Monday, the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred F. Lawrence.
Carroll L. Wheeler returned to his
home in Boston Saturday, after a
brief visit with Skowhegan relatives.
Mrs. Gordon WayHess and Mrs. F.
W. Briggs of Pittsfield are passing
the week in town as guests of Mrs
Edith S. Shepherd.
w. H. Pearson of Portland returned
home yesterday after few days
visit here at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Wallace Nash.
Mrs. Helen Brown entertained the
Snowbound Club at her home, High
street, yesterday afternoon, the
guests remaining to supper.
Geo. II. Markham and party arrived
home from Carry Ponds on Friday OF
last week, bringing with them 125
handsome trout, caught in one day.
A mystery supper will be served to
order at the First Baptist Church,
Tuesday evening, June 2, from SIS
Don't miss this novel and interesting
affair.
Sidney L. Pooler has maple sugar,
in seven pound boxes, made from his
syrup by E. X. Delano. Can be
bought of Delano, or direct of Mr..
Pooler. Drop him postal or call
him on Farmers Telephone.
Fred F. Lawrence and d. W. Colby
of this place attended the meeting of
the Knox County Teachers Associa-
ton at Warren, Me-, Friday of last
week. Mr.. Colby addressed the
meeting on the subject of manual
training.
Frank Ennis, formerly an employee
of the Reporter office, who had been
at work for the Knowlton & McLeary
Co. at Pennington for the past year,
has resigned his position with that
firm and is at present employed at
the Anderson Mills.
At recent meeting of the Skowhe-
gan High School Football Association
Enoch Markham was elected man
ager and James Reed captain. They
are to devote their best attention to
the matter and expect to have a
strong eleven in readiness for the
coming fall
S. D. Knights reports the sowing of
36 acres of land to grass seed at his
farm, the Thompson place on the
back road, in eleven hours, on Mon
day of the present week. The man
who did the sowing was Thomas Dean.
1t was all done by hand, the land of
course being previously prepared.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. J. Lambert of New
York and Miss Blanche Haskell OF
Bangor were in town over Sunday,
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. +.
Ordway. Miss Haskell returned home
Monday noon. Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert
! left on the $50 car Monday for a
weeks fishing trip to Moxie and
later will visit the Carry ponds.
On May Goth, Memorial Day the
Skowhegan postoffice will be closed
as follows: from $50 a. M. to 1870
a. m. from 1915 a. IN. to 1890 p. m.
from 1880 p. m. to 2.40 p. m. from
$50 D. m. to $50 p. m. and at 800 at
night. City carriers will make one
collection and one delivery their
regular a. m. trips. There will be no
service performed by Rural Carriers.
The handsome pair of blacks, driven
by Fred L. Conant in the parade
yesterday, were the property of F.
i NJ. Vittum of Scion, and were two
individuals out of four carloads of
horses which he has had shipped
here and sold to citizens of Show
hogan and vicinity during the past
five weeks. He is to have another
carload here tomorrow and will be
glad to show them to intending pur-
chasers or any one interested in the
horse kind.
C. R. Cook went to Waterville Mon
day p. M, to meet his nephew, Fred
w. Cook of Pressure Isle, and accom-
pany him for portion of the journey
on his way to Portland. This gen
tleman lives on the home farm in
Pressure Isle, the place where Mr..
Cook has passed quite portion of
the time when he has been in Aroos-
took county in recent years. He was
on his way to Portland to consult a
specialist with regard to his health.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. f. Bartlett of Win
throp, Mass, arrived here last week
and are visiting with Skowhegan
friends. They are old time residents
of this county, moving to Massachu-
sets from this place thirty years ago.
They have made almost yearly visits
here since that time but have not
previously been here on Memorial
Day. As Mr.. Bartlett is veteran of
the civil war and was anxious to meet
his former comrades in arms of this
section, the present time was selected
for his annual visit to Maine.
Mrs. Henry O'Brien of st. John,
New Brunswick, who has been pass e
ing portion of the present month in
town at the home of her parents, Mr.,
and Mira T. r Nickarson expecta to