The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-02-18
TOWN and VICINITY.

NOdl OOibPdiyj maAoS VAIN iAi0hN0'
DIR. j. F. Hill will be at the Office OF
Hill & Whitney ON Friday of this
week.
The Congregational Working Lea
que meets in the Church Parlors, Mon
day afternoon.
On account of the storm, the Dyer
Dry Goods sale will be postponed to
Saturday, February twentieth.
Mrs. II. S. Parmalee of New Haven,
Conn. is in town, the guest OF her
daughter, Mrs. Roy L. Marston.
Miss Emma Bragg, who has been
confined to the house for the past
four weeks with typhoid fever is now
improving.
Mrs. J. N. Merrill and her daughter,
Miss Louise arrived home on the late
train, Monday evening, from brief
visit to Boston,
Roy L. Marston was in Augusta
yesterday, called there to attend the
funeral OF DIR. e. II. Wheeler and
Officiating as one of the bearers.
How about little ice cream, sailed
nuts, or home made candy, for your
next party. Lambert can please you
In this line. Call or telephone.
The Congregational Working Lea
que will serve an Old Fashioned sup
per, next Wednesday evening, COM
mencing at half past five, February
Gath. Price 25 cents
Miss Bertha Merrill, who has been
passing a brief vacation in town with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward N.
Merrill, returns today to resume her
studies at Wellesley College.
Mrs. P. A. Woodland with her two
children, Clinton and Dorothea, left
here for Milo on Saturday last. They
are to pass the next four weeks as the
guest of Mrs. Woodlands parents.
Miss Edna G. Locke, who has been
teaching school in West Somerville,
Mass, is expected here next Satur-
day, on her way to pass a fortnight's
vacation with her father in Corn
vile.
Mrs. Minnie A. Fish of this place
has completed the winter term Of the
school she has been teaching at Lake
Moxie, and will pass the time inter-
vening before the spring term with
friends at Somerset Junction.
Miss Fancher Sawyer has been at
home this week, being called here by
the illness and death of her grand
mother, Mrs. Mary Goodridge. She
will probably return to resume her
studies at Lasell Seminary some time
next week.
Miss Arrie Pratt of Boston made a
brief visit here at the home of her
aunt, Mrs. O. D. Miller last week.
Miss Pratt, who has been in Boston
for the past two years, had been pass
ing the first part of February at her
former he ne In Newport.
The Senior class of Sko vinegar
High School has engaged Bowdoin
Glee Club to give a concert at the
Opera House Feb. %. Prices %, 35,
so and rs cents. Concert will be fol-
lowed by a Dance in Grange Hall.
Music by Kendall's Orchestra.
An excursion is to be run from Wa
terville and intermediate stations to
this place tomorrow friday, under
the auspices of the Catholic Societies
and for the benefit of st. Mary's
Church. Entertainment in Convent
Hall. Tickets 25 and 35 cents. Chill
dren Is cents.
Mrs. E. w. Marble and her daugh-
ter, Miss Harriet, passed yesterday
in Augusta as guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank G. Harrington. Miss Marble is
a member of the Cecilia Club of that
city and sang one of the numbers at
a musical given by them yesterday
afternoon.
Frank /. Estes was in Portland on
Tuesday to consult specialist with
regard to the condition of his eyes.
He has always enjoyed fairly good
eyesight, but within the past three
months they have developed a fail
ure of vision which has given him
great concern, and he is of course de-
slrous of securing the best medical
advice with regard to their treatment.
A federated meeting of the
women's clubs from the cities and
towns of Kennebec valley is to be
held at the Congregational Church i'll
Waterville tomorrow (Friday) after
noon. The name of Mrs. Elizabeth
Merrill of this place appears on
the program. She is to give the
paper on "Woman and Marriage"
recently read by her before Skowhe-
gan Sorosis.
The many friends of Hon. s. ]. Wal
ton were much gratified at the oppor-
tunity to listen to that gentleman, as
one of the speakers at the Lincoln
observance, last Friday evening, after
SO long period of comparative re-
tirement. Mr. Walton's qualifications
have led to his being in the public
eye to a far greater extent than the
average citizen and, during the past