The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-20
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Mrs. William Whitney has been
quite seriously i'll during the past
week but is now much better.
Elbridge Hale Is visiting old friends
and relatives in town. Mr.. Hale was
a native of this town and an authority
on things that happened here in the
earlier years. Although he has at
tanned the dignity of eighty four
years, his age sits lightly upon him
one would scarcely think that over
seventy winters had been his by his
appearance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Devereux had a
ten pound boy come to stay with
them his arrival being Tuesday of last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Walls of
Rhode Island are visiting their rela-
tives, the Rogers families.
Saturday morning COW moose
made us an early morning call and
was seen by number of our citizens.
She came up the Skowhegan road on
the south side of the river and went
in through Charles Russell's cornfield
then across the old ferry road through
the field and across the mill stream
up through the field and across the
mill stream up through the corn shop
grounds and across the platform OF
the Somerset depot; on the tracks at
this point was a continuous line of
freight cars all coupled together, lady
moose went to one opening between
them and thinking it looked too small,
turned back and went to the next car
where she neatly jumped the draw
bars and landed in heap in the ditch
on the other side, she soon unfolded
herself and made her way across MIR.
Hussey's field and between the houses
of Chas. Hussey and Henry Hussey,
crossed Main street and passed be-
tween the parsonage and j. T. Welch's,
crossed Mr.. Welch's field swan the
mill brook and disappeared apparent
" on her way to North pond to rusti-
cate. We have the names of good
witnesses to these events but do not
dare to give them for fear that Com
missioner Carleton might fine them
for looking.
We had another heavy thunder
shower on Friday of last week, the
lightning struck the trees in many
different sections of the town but no
serious damage is reported.
Miss Blanche Smith of Auburn has
been in town during the past week
the guest of Mrs. George Porter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Murphy and
little daughter returned to their home
in Bath on Wednesday of this week.
Mr.. Murphy is at present engaged in
the Bath Electric and Gas Lighting
Company. Quite an extended ac-
count of Mr.. Murphy's life and former
travels appeared in the Boston Globe
of last Sunday.
Rev. H. L. McCann left last Sat
urday for his home in Gray. Mrs.
Mccain will remain at North pond
for some time longer.
Ralph Ketchum and Irving Wells
left Sunday for Boston after spending
their vacation at B. B. Wells.
F. W. Spaulding and family spent
Sunday at the pond.
Mr.. Kennison of Waterville has
been spending a few days with his
sister Mrs. Harriet Fields.
Mrs. M. j. Hathaway has been
spending few days in Kineo.
Mrs. G. A. Whiting is having plea
SAINT visit from two of her sisters from
Oakland.
Mrs. H. D. Durham and son and E.
R. Wetherbee will leave this week for
their home in Somerville, Mass. after
spending their vacation at their bung-
allow.
Rev. and Mrs. George Morrow OF
Foxcroft have been visiting a few
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry George.
DR.. w. F. Brown rs added the few
necessary instruments for making the
new cast gold inlays for filling the
larger cavities in teeth and the pres
sure method of swaged aluminium
plates with rubber attachments to his
dental equipment.
Rev. and Mrs j. H. Gould and Mrs.
George Carr will spend Thursday of
this week at the Emory cottage at
North pond, the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs William Hobbs.
The Congregational fair will be
held on Tuesday afternoon and
evening of next week. A baked bean
supper will be served in the dining
hall at 6p. m.
Eben c. Doyen, formerly of this
place, observed the passing of the
10Th milestone of his life, on the even
ing of July 9th, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. George A. Blanchard
in Lawrence, Mass. The Evening
Tribune, published in that city, in its
edition of July 20, gives a long ac-
count of the life of Mr.. Doyen, under
the heading "saw Service in the
Army and Navy" from the time of
his birth In Avon to the present date.
A poem, written by his daughter, Mrs.
Blanchard, in the form of birthday
greeting, is also published, with the
account of the gathering which as
sembled to congratulate Mr.. Doyen on
his birthday anniversary.