The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-07-01

Tho Blunt Hardware Co. have the
Osborne moving machine repairs.
The skowhegan Ice Company want
to hire a man to work on their team.
Miss Selmer Weller of Methuen.
Mass. is visiting her brother and his
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Weller,
for short time.
Miss Eva Otis, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Otis Of Springvale, ar
rived here this week, for visit with
her aunt, Mrs. c. w. Steward.
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union had special exercises,
Sunday, in the Sunday schools of the
various churches. They also had
temperance papers given out to the
younger members.
Jos. Goodrich, son of E. T. Good
rich, who has been OH a plantation on
the Isle of Pines, little south of
Cuba for year or two returned home
Sunday. He is expecting to spend
the summer here.
Guy Estes returned home, Satur-
day night, having completed a four
years course at Bowdoin college,
Maurice Merrill, former Bowdoin
man, is also home for the summer
from Harvard Law school.
Edward Snow, who has been a stu
dent in the University of Maine for
three years is to be employed as Sec
ond cook of the Mouse Island Hotel
at Boothbay Harbor this summer, a
position he held last season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carleton M. Holt,
Miss Mildred Keene and Miss Allie
Goodrich were present at the mar
rage in Canaan, yesterday, of Mr..
Walter E. Farnham and Miss Shellie
Harris, the ceremony taking place at
the re sidence of Mr.. and Mrs. r. II.
Harris, parents of the bride.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the Congregations church has re-
Gently added six to their membership
list. Active work in the missionary
line is also being taken up, such as
purchasing books for the study of
Missionary Endeavor and providing
envelopes for the monthly missionary
collection.
The Postoffice will be closed Mon
day, July 9th, as follows: From $50
a. m. to 1890 a. IN. from IL a. m. to IL.
from IL. rs p m. to 2.30 p. m. from
2.40 p. m. to 1850 p. m. and at q
O'Clock at night. City carriers will
make one collection and one delivery
the regular forenoon trips. Rural
carriers will perform no service on
this date.
Mrs. Goodspeed and mrs. Mary
Adams both of Wilton, and Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Head of Pennington came
here in Mrs. aoodspeed's automobile
Friday of last week. The ladies re-
NAMED for a few days visit, Mrs
Goodspeed and Mrs. Adams as the
guest of Mrs. G.. B. Fairgrieves and
family and Mrs. Head at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter B. Fletcher.
The 42nd annual meeting of the
Maine Pharmaceutical Association is
in session at Portland this week, for
three days, concluding tomorrow.
An elaborate program for the enjoy
ment of the visiting druggists had
been prepared, including sail on
Casco Bay with "a shore dinner at
Peaks Island, and banquet at the
Congress Square Hotel, these features
taking place Yesterday for the most
part. Miss Margaret Wilson, violin
soloist and Mrs. Ida Jenness Moulton,
impersonator, were among the en-
tertainers, and Chandler's Band ac-
companied the party on the sail to
Peaks Island. F. w. Buchanan and
Gridley R. Fogg, accompanied by
their wives, we're among those in at
tendance from this county.
A company of young people, stu
dents of the pianoforte under the in
struction of Miss Harriet Marble,
gave recital at the home of their
teacher on Spring street, Monday
evening. Each member of the class
was permitted to invite two guests
and the result was that q very ap-
preciative audience of papas and
mamas were in attendance. The
program proceeded, under the title of
ga Day in the Wood" to tell in music
and verse of party of children and
what they saw in summer days out
ing. The star production of the
evening was "Kinder Symphony"
the last number on the program, In
which the little folks were formed into
a juvenile orchestra with their teacher
as musical director. Whatever their
successes of after years, these little
people can never exceed in interest
their performances of last Monday
evening.
A very handsome motorboat was
added to the feet on Hayden Lake
last Saturday and is now moored,
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