The Somerset reporter., 1908-03-05

latest thing in souvenir postcards, at
Fogg's drug store.
Mrs. l.. Decker and son Norman of
| Clinton, returned home last Saturday
after visit here with Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert G.. Judkins.
Miss Hazel Leavitt returned to
Boston Monday to resume her studies
at the Leland Powers school. The
spring term will end about May lst.
Mrs. Charles North entertained the
members of the Good Will Club of the
Congregational church Tuesday after
noon at her home on Mount Pleasant
avenue.
The Here and There club will meet
with Mrs. Herbert George next Thurs
day at two p. M Mrs. George is Wis
iting this week in Madison, with her
brother.
Bert Foss returned to Boston Tues
day. He had been here since two
weeks ago Sunday, called home by
the sickness and death of his uncle,
B. N. Foss.
r. H. Abbey passed the first few
days of this week at Brunswick,
where he was the guest of Charles
Walker of this place who is junior
at Bowdoin College.
L. L. Walton, Esq, left on the
morning train today for Pennington
where he will visit with bis mother,
Mrs. Martha Walton, who is now in
her eighty sixth year.
Chas. Folsom Jones is just getting
about again after three weeks i'll
ness with the grip. Sheriff Z. h.
Smith has also been among the num-
Der to be confined to the house with
the same malady.
Chas. E. Young and Benjamin A.
Sawyer, two of the committee who
have in charge the erection of the
new municipal building, were in
Portland on Tuesday in consultation
with architect Stevens.
W. S. Cavanaugh, who has been a
salesman at the store of J. Arthur
Morrissette for the past six months,
went to Portland, Monday morning,
to enter the employ of Foster &
Avery, retail clothiers.
Edward F. Merrill, Esq, went to
Augusta on Tuesday to be present at
the opening of the March term of the
Supreme Judicial Court for KennebeC
county. E. N. Merrill, Esq, was also
in attendance, yeste rday.
H. A. Wyman, Esq, of Boston, a
former Skowhegan boy, was in town
Saturday and Sunday. His errand
here at this time was to consult Har-
vey B. Goodwin with relation to some
building plans for his summer home
in Middleboro, Mass.
We publish on page three of this
issue list of books recently added to
the Skowhegan Public Library, which
will be of interest to our readers. Ii
; will be noted that large number OF
them come az the gift of Miss Louise
Coburn, one of the many benefactions
, which it has been the good fortune OF
this institution to receive from her.
The fourth in the series of social
hops which is being given by the
E Sioux Club the present winter, occur
ed in Milburn hall, Friday evening OF
last week, proving pheasant occasion
like the three that have preceded it
The general conduct of the evenings
program was attended to by William
Simpson as floor manager and his aids
were Samuel Durrell, Thos. Arbuckle
William Coburn and Clyde Weston.
, Mrs. Geo. Foster with her little
| daughter, Madeline, and Mrs. Will
/ liam Titcomb, who had been the
/ guests of Frank | Estes for fort
, night, returned home, Saturday
| Both the ladies are sisters to Mrs,
Estes. Mrs. Fosters home is in Abb
bolt and Mrs Titcomb resides in
Guilford. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Titcomh's son, Carl, an EN-
ploye of Fred A. Wood of this place,
who goes to his former home for a
weeks vacation.
Fred G. Dow left here on Tuesday
for Springfield, Mass. to pass the
week at works of the Hendee Manu-
featuring Co, where the Indian Mo-
torcycles are made. Mr.. Dow is local
: agent for this machine, and goes to
get points and place orders for the
coming season. He will return to
Boston to take in the Automobile
show next week. Mrs. Dow accom-
panies her husband as far as Boston.
She will visit with friends in hat city
and Somerville during this week and
next.
Eighty one years old and still in the
game is the record of j. Fred Pollard
of this town. Mr.. Pollard has bought
wool and pelts all his life and has also
been engaged in the tannery business.
He is hale and hearty and can give
points to many of his younger com
petitors when it comes to sizing up a
fleece. He has just sold his wool,
some $4,000 pounds, to Boston parties,