The Somerset reporter., 1909-08-26

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Mrs Levina Boston and her grand :
daughter, Miss Mildred Whittemore,
have gone for a weeks visit with
friends in Pittsfield and Sebec.
Mrs. Abram Lord of Saco returned
home Monday. She had been in town
since the first of the month as the
guest of Mrs. Arlene Lord on North
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Snow of Bos-
ton and their daughter, Gladys, ar
rived here, Saturday, and have been
visiting Mr.. Shows mother, Mrs.
George D. Arnold,
Miss Emerald Adden left, Saturday
last, for Washington in Kennebec
county, resuming her duties as
teacher in the public schools, at the
opening of the fall term on Monday.
Miss Julia Coburn of Concord and
her friend, Miss Harris, joined at
Skowhegan by Miss Louise II. Co.
burn started yesterday on a short
automobile trip up river intending to
reach Pleasant Pond the first day.
Mrs. Walter P. Ordway and her
mother, Mrs. o. A. Priest, who had
been occupying their cottage at Peaks
Island for the greater part OF the
summer arrived home Saturday night.
Mrs. Ordway will return to the Island
again in the near future.
Mrs. G. Wallace Nash left here yes
terday for Portland. She will visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Pierson, and on her return will be
accompanied by her daughter, Miss
Edna, who has been a guest at the
Pierson home for the past fortnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. M. Paul of South
Boston, who have been in this vicin-
ity for the past three weeks, leave
for home, this week. They are ac-
companied by Mrs. Carrie Rowell of
Madison and will stop in Lewiston for
brief visit at the home of Mrs. Stel-
la Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Paul of Dor
chester, Mass, who had been visiting
here at the home of Nathan Fowler
and with relatives in Cornville, re-
turned home last Friday. Mr.. Paul's
little son, Willard, will remain for
some weeks with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fowler.
Hon. Milton M. Merrill of st. AL
bans was in town, Tuesday, the first
time that he had been here since last
December. 1t will be recalled that
he was i'll of appendicitis and oper-
ated upon at the Augusta hospital,
during the last legislative session.
He has since then passed quite por-
ton of the time in Auburn and Port
land.
s. II. Swain reports the following
recent farm sales: The Samuel E.
Stowell farm in Arson to Hermon F.
Putnam of Albion, N. Y. The J. H.
Matthews farm in Madison to Mrs. F.
s. Berry of Madison. The Herbert
Rowe farm in Arson to Fred Pusch-
mig of Wilkesbarre, Pa. The Angus
tus Jewett farm in Madison to M. w.
Ryder of Dover, Del.
Rumors are current to the effect
that R. w. Brown is to put on a mo-
tor boat between Skowhegan and
Norridgewock. If so The Pines, at
the Morse farm, will be developed as
a pleasure resort and the boat service
will be arranged to take Skowhegan
and Norridgewock people to and from
that point as well as to handle pas
senger and express traffic between
the two towns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lees Hall of Rockville,
Conn. arrived here Monday and have
been passing the week in town. For
FIVE years previous to last May Mr..
Hall was boss dyer at the Marston
Mills. Mr.. and Mrs. Hall have just
returned from trip to the Pacific
Coast, where they visited the expo
sition at Seattle and attended the
annual convention of Elks at Los
Angeles.
Reports from DR. L. A. Dascombe,
who was so seriously injured on the
18th instant, are at present very en-
couraging. He has been propped I'D
on the pillows in bed for a few min
utes at time and has commenced to
confer with his physicians with ref
erence to sitting upright and even
getting into chair, though progress
TO that extent is likely to be some
days in the future at the best. For
one who went through such severe
ordeal he is certainly doing very well
and he and his family are full of cour-
age for full recovery at reasonably
early date.
Frank Corson, alias Dummy" is in
the county Jail, serving sentence of
go days for larceny. 1t will be re-
membered that in the municipal court
he was convicted of stealing money
from the till at Steward Bros. grist
mill. His sister promised that
If sentence was not at that time
imposed she would, within ten days,
have him leave town. This she fail
ed to do for two reasons. First she