The Somerset reporter., 1908-05-28
TOWN and VICINITY


to rent.
Herbert T. Jewett is expected home
tomorrow or Saturday from business
trip to Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Murphy passed
Sunday in Fairfield as guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Jewell.
W. H. Heselton has a nice phaeton
and a seated express wagon with
shafts and pole for sale.
Mrs. Augustus Nelson left here
Yesterday for D amaris c o t t a, Me.
where she will be the guest of her
parents until KIT week.
Miss Lizzie Higgins has some good
aster and tomato plants for sale.
Call at the house, Mrs. Leighton will
wait on you.
The Skowhegan BARRIERS will close
their shops at noon Memorial Day,
but will keep open until II O'Clock
the night before, Friday.
Geo. Weymouth, IS Water ST., has
for sale second hand top buggy in
good condition which can be bought
at a great trade if called for soon.
A reception was rendered to DR..
and Mrs H. A. Wood, who have re-
Gently arrived home from Baltimore,
by the United Order of the Golden
Cross, at Grand Army Hall, ON Mon
day evening.
]. D. Vaughan and l. E. Wellman,
both of this place, arrived Saturday
from fishing trip of few days at
the camps of North & Messer at Otter
pond. They had great luck and
brought back with them a string of
81 square tailed trout. Eight of
these were placed on exhibition in
the window of the SkoWhegan market.
The smallest weighed an even pound
after it was dressed and the largest
3 pounds and 10 ounces when ready
to cook. When taken from the water
this fish weighed Al pounds. 1t was
among the handsomest strings of
trout brought here this season.
Thomas Demo, one of the oldest
and best known rivermen in this part
of the state, died at his home on Demo
street last Saturday, aged go. For the
past % years he has been in charge Of
the sorting boom here He was work
ing Friday afternoon as usual when
the Jam suddenly started. His friends
think this caused the shock which
followed. He was son of the late
Mike Demo, for years the man in
charge of the numbering operations of
Gov. Coburn. He is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. John Laney, and his
aged mother The funeral was held
Monday at st. Mary's church.
The Memorial day exercises of the
present year, under the auspices of
Russell Post, No. 96, Grand Army of
the Republic, will occur at the
Centenary Methodist Church, next
Saturday afternoon, at half past one.
At the close of the exerci ,es at the
church, procession will be formed,
proceeding first to the North and
then to South Cemetery, to decorate
the graves of soldiers and sailors in
those enclosures. Prayer will be
offered and brief exercises carried
out at the North Cemetery and the
more extended ritualistic service of
the Grand Army at the South Gene
terry.
The Steward Hardware & Plumb
ing Co., have just been awarded the
contract for an extensive plumbing
lob which the State of Maine is to do
at the Muster grounds in Augusta
and which must be completed by
July 18th. The contract calls for the
expenditure of about S2500 and there
were five bidders, including one
Boston firm. An artesian well, 225
feet deep, on which work has been
progressing since August 1907, has
just been completed and the work on
the contract Just made will involve
the piping and appliances for dis
tributing this water to convenient
points on the muster field.
Phillip R. Burrill was thrown from
his motorcycle, when on his way
home from Hayden Lake recently
and had a narrow escape from serious
injury The accident came about
from the breaking of the control
connection at the right handle, this
permitting the handle grip to come
off, disconnecting the steering of the
wheel and causing the fail. He was
picked up in semi conscious condi-
ton and did not revive 80 az to recall
what had happened until some time
after he had reached home, whittier
he was taken by team. The motor
cycle will require a new rim on the
front wheel and a new front fork to
fit it for the road again. Mr.. Burrill
says he was not going fast, as he
recalls the way he started up Cold
Brook hill, but that the effect of the
ground on him and his machine was
such as to lead him to believe his
speed must have been greater than
he realized.
Naxy auponer hats at Curtis'