The Somerset reporter., 1908-01-30
TOWN and VICINITY.

EVERY UlOJDtI SDOulu lcdi tlAeia- ! e
Ward Co.'S ad this week.
Y. w. Nelson passed Saturday and
Sunday in Oakland as the guest of his
aunt, Mrs s. F. Manter.
Miss Maud Chute, who is attending
school in Lewiston, passed Sunday in
town with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
{. II. Chute.
Mrs. II. c. Gillen of Somerviile,
Mass. passed a few days here last
week as the guest of her sister, Mrs.
A. 7. Whittier.
Mr.. and Mrs. T J. Savage Of Fair
field returned home Tuesday morning
after visit here with their daughter,
Mrs. Fred r. Philbrick.
E. c. Butler Esq, went to Bangor
Tuesday morning to attend the jan
nary session af the Penobscot county
Probate court in session in that city.
Miss Hester Maddocks was sum
moned TO Damariseotta Mills Tuesday
by a telegram announcing the serious
illness of her sister, Mrs. Mary
Morgan.
f. X. Delano has just received lot
of twenty thousand Japanese paper
napkins, ell the latest designs, great
variety Of colors, all warranted fast
no staining.
Mrs. Annie Welch of Watertown,
Mass, accompanied by her son, Au-
justine, was in town on Tuesday to
attend the funeral of her daughter
in law, Mrs. Minnie r. WEIGH.
Mrs. Mary Goodrich and daughter,
Mrs. Mary Blanchard, both of Dexter,
arrived here Thursday of last week
and have been the guests Of DR.. and
Mrs. +. O. Sawyer on Madison ave
nue..
Miss Frances Lord left here, yester-
day morning, for New York. After a
few weeks passed in inspecting the
millinery establishments of that city,
she will go to Fall River, Mass,
where she was employed during the
last millinery season.
The Social Circle at the Blunt dis
triet gave box party at the home OF
Miss Rhoda Young on Saturday even
ing. There was a splendid gathering
and an enjoyable time. The circle
received S11 and have placed an
organ in the the school for use of
the school and Sabbath services
Messrs. Nathan McQuillan and Fred
l.. Pooler, members of the firm OF
McQuillan e. Pooler, took the train
Tuesday morning for business trip
to Portland and Boston. They pro-
pose to look the market over for
certain grades of lumber and investi-
gate the chances of securing some
building contracts, propositions for
which have been brought to their at
tention.
DR.. Ivory Lowe of Canaan, who has
been receiving treatment at the
Somerset Hospital for several months
picked shrubbeIy branch, while out
, walking on Monday forenoon, with
we'll developed buds A few more
warm days would certainly brought
out the leaves on this plan. We hear
of other instances of this kind and
also of some lawns that commenced
to show green. 1t is to be presumed
that the low temperature of Monday
night and the days following have
checked midwinter vegetation for the
present at least.
Rev. j. M. Frost of ST. Johnsbury
VT, delivered his lecture, "Half
Baked Men,, at the Centenary
Methodist Church last evening, under
the auspices of the Social Circle. Mr.
Frost was the resident pastor here
for three years preceding 1885. He
was afterward assigned pastorates in
Portland and in Bangor. In the latter
city he had long term of service as,
to comply with the three years time
limit, then in force in the Maine Con-
ferences, he was transferred between
the pulpts of the Methodist denomi-
nation of that city for several terms
of three years each. He has been
settled at st. Johnsbury, the scene
of his present charge, for the past six
or eight years.
Levi G. Emery received letter ON
Monday morning advising him of the
serious illness of his friend and former
partner, G. f. II. Paul of Boston, and
on Tuesday evening he was summon
ed to the telephone by Mr. Paul's son,
Frank, to be told the illness had re-
suited fatally. Mr.. Paul was native
of Scion and was resident of this