The Somerset reporter., 1908-01-16
TOWN and VICINITY.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Elwood took the
train for Portland, this morning.
The ladies of the Afternoon Whist
Club were guests OF Mrs. Fred c,
Dow, Friday of,last week.
Miss Louise H. Coburn went to Con
cord, Mass, yesterday, for few days
visit with her sister, Mrs. c. H.
Pepper.
E. E. Greenwood is expected home
tomorrow from New York City,
where he has been on business since
Monday.
Mrs. f. c. Walker of Portland ar
rived in town, this week, for a fort
nights visit with her mother, Mrs.
Augustine Fowler.
Rev. F. A. Leitch delivered a lee
ture in Wilton, Friday evening of last
week, under the auspices of the local
society of the Brotherhood of st.
Paul
A. W. Clark of Caratunk was in
town last Saturday on business con-
nected with numbering operations
which he is carrying on the present
winter.
Mrs. Abbie Berce returned, Satur-
day to her home in Dover. She had
been in town since the middle of De-
cember as the guest of her sons, Hi
ram and d. r. Berce.
James H. Grant, formerly of this
place, was in town Tuesday. He has
been in the employ of the Maine Cen
trail railroad at the Waterville round
house for the past year.
Judge Leslie c. Cornish was the
quest of honor at a small whist party
given by Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Viles,
Thursday evening of last week, at
their home on Madison avenue.
General Wainwright Gushing and
his adjutant, William Miller, both of
Foxcroft, were in town, last evening,
to install the officers of Abraham Lin
coin Command, Union Veterans
Union.
Mrs. H. B. Jones of Boston arrived
here last Saturday evening and will
pass the winter with her niece, Mrs.
w. H. Emery. Mrs. Jones is native
of Fairfield and removed from that
town to Boston about twenty five
years ago.
F. II. Colby of Bingham, agent for
the American Realty Company,
passed several days in town this
week. His principal business here
was connected with the animal meet
ing OF the First National bank, of
which he is director.
Mrs. Laura J. Perkins of Somer-
vile, Mass. who came here this week
to attend the funeral of Augustus N.
Davis, returned home yesterday.
Mrs. Perkins formerly lived in Corn
vile and was one of the neighbors of
the deceased during his residence
there.
On Dec. "a, 1907 it was voted by the
Trustees of the Skowhegan Savings
Bank to pay dividend at the rate of
four per cent on Jan. l, 1908. This
will be one half of one per cent more
than they have previously paid and
of course will be appreciated by the
depositors of that Institution.
w. b. Whittier of this place, past
master of Skowhegan Grange, in
stalled the officers of East Madison
Grange at their hall, last Saturday.
Quite a number of the members of
Grange accompanied Mr..
Whittier to be the guests of East
Grange for the evening.
DR.. J. N. Merrill attended meet
ing of the local lodge of the New
England Order of Protection at
Waterville Tuesday evening. He is
installing officer of that order for
this district and was to have off1cia
ted in that capacity on Tuesday
evening, but so much other business
required attention that the installa-
ton was deferred for two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward r. Vail have
moved their household goods here
from Pittsfield and established their
home in the Stinchfield house on Me-
ohanic street. Mr.. Vail had been in
the employ of the Andrew j. Raul Co.
Of Bingham. but is obliged to give up
work for the present on account Of
MS health, and they now locate here
that he may receive
treatment.
The Skowhegan Pulp Company has
cut a channel, about six feet wide,
the ice from their mill up the
river about fourth of a mile, toward
their piling ground. Following their
custom of previous years they will
foat their logs down this channel,
bringing them to the upper end of it
by team from their pile at the foot of
Neil hill. This plan will be in opera
ton the last of the present week; in
the meantime they are using up some
logs hauled back from the Eddy,
whittier they escaped during the high
water last fall.
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