The Somerset reporter., 1908-05-21

his daughter, Mrs. Mabel Fitzgerald.
The Skowhegan Highs won a game
from the Fairfelds at Fairview Park,
last Saturday. The score was II to 8.
AS in previous years, L. W. Chase
& Co. offer for sale full line of the
most up to date carriages and har-
nesses.
A. 81. Wyman has gone to Chester,
Pa. where he will visit for several
weeks at the home of his son, Levi P.
Wyman.
The Hand of God in History or The
United States in Prophecy will be the
theme of Chas. A. Brown, Evangelist,
at Mission Hall Sunday.
Mrs. Rose Sedgeley, who had been
passing the winter in town at the
home of Mrs. Rose Dugas on Pine
street, returned to Waterville last
Tuesday morning.
Miss Marion Cole, student at the
Winslow High School was in town
over Sunday, the guest of her aunt,
Miss Mae Cole. and her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Kinds.
John C. Griffin is setting out an or
chard of six hundred trees on his farm
which is situated on the road to East
Madison, about five miles from this
place and not far from the Griffin
a,, b1r,a K;ldoro
The members of the Snow Bound
club met at the ladies parlor of the
Maine Central Hotel yesterday after
noon as guests of Mrs. A. F. Bickford.
Supper was served between four and
five. The club members were de-
lighted with the bill of fare and the
attention shown them by landlord
Towle.
The grand lodges of the Pythian
Sisterhood, the order of the Eastern
Star and the Degree of Honor were in
session at Portland yesterday. Mrs.
E. F. Fairbrother was in attendance
as delegate from Sunset Chapter of
this place, Mrs. Adam Simpson as a
delegate from Skowhegan Lodge, De-
gree of Honor, and Mrs. William
Donaldson represented the local
order of the Pythian sisterhood.
May 9th is the date fixed for pre-
senting the Cantata "Singing Flow
ersn in costume) at the First Bap-
fist Church. Mr.. Lees Hall will be in
the role of gardener and will have
the help of sunfowers, daisies, butter
cups, lilies, pansies, tulips, roses and
"the man in the moon; 1.-THE whole
under the direction of Mrs. Philo
Steward and assisted by Co. E or
chestra.
company of twenty five or thirty,
relatives of Lyman d. Murphy and
employees of the Somerset Traction
Company, called at the car barn on
Madison Avenue, Saturday evening
last and gave him surprise party.
They passed the evening at the pas
times usual on such occasions and at
OH bihN1 PiNpNiiSS' 49,
Murphy with handsome watch chain
and charm. Mr.. Murphy has been i'll
the employ of the Traction Company
for over ten years and for the last
eight, in his present capacity i'll
charge of the car barn.
The new steam road roller has been
given its first practical tests on our
streets, during the present week.
The place selected was the westerly
side of Madison avenue, from
Pleasant street to Leavtt street.
The roller, Using the spikes in the
wheels, was first run over this section
for few hours and then three layers
of crushed stone were spread over
the surface, each being separately
rolled. 1t is now expected that the
job will be completed tomorrow.
This piece of road was build about
sixteen years ago and the surface
was very much worn and rough. The
foundation was, however, i'll good
shape. Practically nothing had been
expended upon it for repairs up to
the present time.
The Dramatic Club from the Acad
envy Grammar school went to Madi-
son Saturday and that evening pre-
scented in Union hall the play re-
Gently given in Grange hall here,
"New Hampshire Gold" The young
people were accompanied from here
by Miss Elizabeth Tobey, teacher in
the eighth grade, also by Mrs. F. A.
Benner, Mrs. F. s. Morrill, and John
McIlwrath, the latter going in the
capacity of theatrical coach and
stage manager. The profit realized
from the trip was not large, so far as
dollars and cents are considered, but
the young dramatists found much
enjoyment in the trip and gained
largely by their experience in play
ing before an audience, the most of
whom were strangers to them.
Chief of Police F. G. Dunlap was
notified by the park commissioners
on Saturday that some person or
persons had been doing the most
vexatious kind of damage to proper
ty at Coburn Park. A tool house had
been broken into and some tile,