The Somerset reporter., 1908-10-08

Chas. Copp IS critically Ill al
Wateryille of typhoid fever.
Dr. Fred o. Sawyer shot part
ridge in one of the maple trees on
Madison avenue last Monday morning.
i Mrs. Ada NJ. Pooler of Greenville
will be prepared to do all kinds of
dressmaking at 100 Water st. after
Oct. 10.
JOS Bizier and Miss Mabel Pooler
of Waterville were guests of Miss
Nellie Lewia of this place, Tuesday
and yesterday.
Miss Mary Jaynes of Plainheld, n.
j., arrived here Tuesday evening for
a visit of several weeks with S. w.
Philbrick and family.
Arthur w. Packard, a graduate of
the Skowhegan High School, class OF
1907, goes to Portland next Monday
to take a business college course.
Mrs. Amelia Roberts returned to her
home in Worcester, Mass. yesterday,
after passing several weeks here as
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Newton
II. Caswel
Mrs Laura J. Perkins is passing the
week with friends in Portland. Her
son, Howard J. Perkins OF Woburn,
Mass, was to come to that city for
part of the week.
Mrs. j. l.. Field, of Almeda, Cal,
took the morning train today for the
Pacific coast. She had been the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Weston since
early in September.
William Walker of Port Gamble,
Washington, who has been passing the
summer here at the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. W. r. G.. Estes. left on Mon
day to return to the Pacific coast.
Mrs. Herbert F. Burrill of Boston,
who with her two sons, Gaylord and
Randall, had been visiting at the
farm home of her brother since early
in September, returned home, Mon
day.
Leroy L. Sanford shot two deer
Monday morning. He discovered
them near his farm, the Daniel Ross
place, and finally brought them both
down a mile from there on the Eu-
gene Swain farm.
Mrs. A. r. Jones cordially invites
the ladies of Skowheg and vicinity
to attend the opening of Pattern Hats
and winter millinery at her parlors
over Bison & Sons shoe store Friday
and Saturday, Octo Der and 10.
Mrs. Abbie Bunker Weston of Berk-
ley, Cal, who has been visiting her
brother, Fred W. Bunker, in North
Arson since returning. from a trip
abroad, a few weeks since, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. s. w. Philbrick.
Alonzo P. Merrill and Edward F.
Merrill brought in four wood duck
from days hunting, last week. They
also saw flock of sixteen black ducks
but will not divulge the locality as
they make another trip there to try to
bag some of them.
DR.. Percival Barton of Inver Grove,
Mimi, was in town last week, the
guest of w. II. Paine and other rela-
tives. He had rece ntly been in North
Arson, where he was born Sc years
ago. He afterwards went to Vassal-
boro and from that town to the West
in 1854.
Chas. r. Cook, local agent of the
American Express company, went to
his former home in Pressure Isle last
Thursday, having been advised of the
critical illness of his nephew, Fred
Cook, and it has since been learned
here that the illness terminated IA
tally on Monday.
freely at the Skowhegan station, the
receipts Of late being about one thou
sand bushels day. Yesterday morn
ing the largest carload of potatoes
ever shipped from this point was sent
out. 1t contained eleven hundred
bushels, weighing sixty six thousand
pounds. This is about three times the
largest single car shipment that could
be made in former days before the
times OF the twenty and thirty ton
cars.
The foot ball eleven from the Maine
Central institute at Pitts6eld, won, in
the game played at Fairview Park last
Saturday, over the Skowhegan High
school team, the score being four to
five. The M. c. LIS led off in the
first part of the first half, getting
touchdown, but failing in an attempt
to kick goal. In the latter part of
the first half the Skowhegan Highs
got goal by place kick. The Sec
ond half was very even playing,
neither side, however, adding to the
score. DR.. |. R. Boothby officiated as
referee, Professor E A. Parker as field
Judge and William Simpson as head
lineman. There is game in pros
pect, though not definitely decided
upon, with the team from the Coburn
Classical institute at Waterville, to be
played at Fairview Park next Satur-