The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-04-02

cultural lime in bags, TO enrich the
lawn and front yard; sold by the
Blunt Hardware Co.
DIR. J. N. Merrill was in Augusta,
yesterday, to attend the meeting of
the Grand Lodge of Maine, New Eng
land Order of Protection.
Miss Elsie Walton, who has been
passing the winter in Boston studying
vocal music with Professor Karl Boer-
ing, arrived home last Monday.
Mrs. A. R. Jewett and Master
Langdon went to Lewiston, yesterday
morning, to pass the remainder of
the week as the guest of relatives in
that city.
The Savings department of the Sec
ond National Bank pays interest at
the rate of per cent; interest COM
mences the first of each month on de-
posits made on or before the 10th.
Mrs. w. B. Drew returned to her
home in Portland Tuesday, called
here by the death of William Doran.
Mrs. Doran wishes to thank her many
friends for their kind membranes.
Hon. Milton M. Merrill of st. AL
bans, member of the Maine Tax
Commission, was in town over Sun
day. He came here from Augusta
where the commission held a special
session last week.
Mrs. Eff1e Drew of Newburyport,
Mass, and Mrs. Carroll Brown of
Haverhill arrived last evening and
are guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. George H. Pishon. Mr.. Brown
will come to join his wife here next
Saturday.
As directed by the vote of the last
town meeting, the seleetmen have
placed pressure gage in the win
dow of Sampson & Azores drug
store, by which the pressure in the
mains of the Skowhegan Water Com
pany may be noted at any time.
Edward E. Groder of this place has
a flock of twelve Wyandotte hens
that layed 232 eggs in the month of
March. This entities them to rank
with the famous egg producers re-
ported by B. A. Sawyer and others in
our columns not many weeks since.
DIR. c. r. Viles arrived home yes
terday afternoon from few days
fishing at Moosehead Lake. He
brought with him eight of his catch
which together weighed twenty five
pounds. These fish were on exhi-
bition in the window of A. r. Jewett's
market yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Merrill went to
Pittsfield, Tuesday, to deliver an adj
dress on Parsifal, one of Wagner's
operas, before the literary club of
that town. Mrs. Merrill has spoken
on this same subject on one occasion
before Skowhegan audience and has
given the address before one of the
literary clubs of South Weymouth,
Mass.
The firm of Sproul, Paul & Co, Bos
ton, Mas, whose card appears in
another part of this issue, wishes TO
inform their shippers, that they will
continue business under the same
name, as before the death of the late
Mr. @. F. H. Paul. They respectfully
solicit your shipments, which will re
ceive the same prompt attention AZ
in the past.
DR.. w. S. Stinchfield, secretary Of
the Skowhegan Board of Health, was
in Augusta Monday in attendance at
the annual meeting of the State
Board. The program for the meet
ing was largely devoted to the con
sideration of ways and means to pre-
vent the spread of tuberculosis
among the dairy herds of the state.
The speakers included Leon S. Mer
rill of Scion, state dairy instructor,
DIR. F. L. Russell of Orono, professor
of bacteriology in the Univ ersity of
Maine, and many Others high in
authority on such subjects. Other
physicians in attendance from this
county were DR.. W g. Sawyer of
Madison and DR.. f. c. Hooper of
Fairfield.
Considerable interest was mani
tested among the drivers and others
interested in cattle, Monday morn
ing, when Roscoe Bigelow drove a
pair of nine year old oxen on to the
way scales on Russell street This
pair of cattle tipped the beam at 1900
Lbs. They were a pair of short
horned Durhams, a specially good
match in color, proportion and
features. They have been used by
Mr.. Bigelow in his business of hay
pressing and held the record of
pressing over two tons of hay in less
than one hour. The cattle we're sold
to Manley Holt and shipped to the
Massachusetts market. Mr. Bigelow
has raised some of the finest cattle
that ever went out of Somerset
county.
q. r. Fogg has a stable to rent
New college style hats at Chas. T.
Ward Co.'S
Miss Walker has q pretty line Of