The Somerset reporter., 1908-08-06

with friends IN Boston ana nearby
cities.
Urban spaulding of Caratunk plan
tation was in town Wednesday morn
ing on business.
Harry E. Chase of Amesbury, Mass.
is in town, the guest of his brother,
Frank w. Chase. He is the youngest
son of the late L. w. Chase.
Miss Mae Nay, money order clerk
in the postoffice, is on her annual
vacation of two weeks. Her place is
being taken by Miss Grace Cover.
The many friends of Frank P.
Pennell, formerly sheriff of Somerset
county are pleased to see him about
again after his long and serious i'll
ness.
Miss Lottie L. Dudley of Augusta,
arrived in town Monday and at once
commenced her duties in the variety
store on Water street which is man
aged by Green Brothers,
Mrs. Albert E. Leighton and daugh-
tiers, Mabel and Janet, of Marlboro,
Mass. also Miss Fannie Richardson of
Fairfield are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. futile at their farm home.
w. H. Clark of Caratunk was in
town Wednesday on business con-
corning his numbering operations the
coming winter which will be started
in that plantation the latter part of
this month.
James Low, conductor on the
Skowhegan- Waterville frei g t, is
passing a vacation of two week with
his family who are occupying a cot
tage at Friendship. The train mean
time is in charge of Conductor Nc
Donald of Waterville.
Captain Zenas Vaughn, formerly
sheriff of Somerset county, and for
many years a resident of Skowhegan,
is at present making his home with
his son, DR.. P. H. S. Vaughn, in Port
land. His friends in this section will
regret to learn that he is in some
what feeble health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Barker were in
town Wednesday. Mr.. Barker is an
Athens boy ana a graduate of the
Skowhegan high school. They had
been visiting in Bangor. He is the
of large sheep ranch in
one of the Dakotas and makes it a
point to visit his old home in Maine
at this season of the year.
Henry Crowell leaves Friday of this
week for Jackman, where he enters
upon a lengthy job OF surveying for
Roy L. Marston, running boundary
and working lines in advance of the
large corps of foresters Mr.. Marston
has at work in that vicinity. Mr..
Crowell starts in at No. 5, Range 6,
about rs miles from JacKman.
B. F. Gaylord of this place on Sat-
1rday last at Waterville sold his
promising trotting mare, Nelsie 8. by
Nelsonee, to George Booth of Maids
On, the price paid being $500. The
mare is five years old and very prom
sing. The sale was made after she
had won second money in the 2.35
race, the second race in which she
ever started.
This is "Governor's Day" at Angus
ia, where the annual muster of the
National Guard OF Maine is in pro-
yress, and several Skowhegan gentle
men are in attendance. Among them
are General Isaac Dyer, Colonel A. G.
Blunt and Walter P. Ordway. Colon
ell Blunt is especially interested in the
reunion of the members of governors
stats of past years, he having been a
staff officer for four years during the
term of Office of Edwin G. Burleigh.
Mr.. Ordway goes as the guest of
Colonel H. NJ. Cashier of Portland, at
present a member of the staff of
Governor William T. Cobb.
A party of Automobil from
Penn, were in town over
Tuesday night. They came here
from Phillips and left Wednesday for
Jackman. 1t was composed of H. H.
Farr, and L. Lourwine. These gen.
slemen are shoe manufacturers, re-
tailers and jobbers and are ON a six
weeks tour. They were highly
pleased with the Lscenery in Maine
which they said was the finest they
nad had on the trip. They also spoke
IN praise of Maine roads which were
better than those OF New York or
heir own State. They will return
nome via Quebec and Toronto.
Monday morning number of inter-
ssted spectators were watching four
nen in the employ of the Kenneoec
log Driving Company repairing the
string boom just above the railroad
bridge. The water is very low at this
point and when Ia heavy pine log
zones down it works under the
Doom. This causes jam to form as
he boom is swung around and the
ogs sluced over the falls are allowed
@ gather on the bridge pier. An ad-
litional log was attached to the boom
which cleared the logs as they fioated
Town the river. One of the men was
4 Ia l.