Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12

his orchestra was composed ne No1lG
solemnly answer, Five, Mrs. Smith
and ST and the rosin, bow and .iddle.
His wife. who was Miss Amanda Hol-
way of Madison, also one daughter
Mrs. Emma Rowe of Oakland, dn6
one brother. Samuel of Skowhegan
survive. Funeral services will be held
at 2 p. Nj, Tuesday, Rev. Georgt
Merriam officiating.
Fred Perkins is i'll with pneumonia
at his home on Madison avenue
Norris Cleveland drove to Kingtield
Sunday, being accompanied by his
daughter Miss Harriet Cleveland, a
teacher in the kingfleld High school
S. Russakoff left here. Sunday, for
New York, where he will attend the
wedding of his brother. He will spend
10 days there on n business trip.
Philip Veilleux of Bangor has re-
turned to Skowhegan and resumed his
position as soloist at the Star The
alter.
map of Skowhegan village nearly
completed The map will contain all
of the names Of the streets corrected
to date.
Mothers and Teachers day will be
observed by the w. c. 4. T., Tues
day afternoon, at G. a. r. hall, and
the meeting will be in charge of Mrs.
Ethel Hight, teacher in the High
school.
An address was delivered by Rev.
b. B. Merrill at the meeting of the
Y. NJ. C. A., Sunday afternoon.
F. S. Burrill of Hartland, deputy
sheriff has begun circulation of a
petition as candidate before the
Democratic primaries for county com
missioner to succeed Henry Crowell
Michael St Ledger of Skowhegan will
be a candidate for the office on the
same ticket
Mrs. Nellie Groves of Smithfield is
visiting her daughter. Mrs. Edwin
Tracy. for a few days.
Lumbermen are predicting an early
spring. One old luinberman said, Sat
urday. that in the middle of Febru-
airy there was no frost in the ground
in the woods and that now in the
fields there was only about four inch
es. The maple syrup makers feel sat
isfied that it will be good year for
sap on account of the large amount OF
snow which is conducive to it's rum
ming well. The condition of the roads
in the country is bad and in places
almost impossible, because of the
amount of snow the horses slumping
a great deal.
The Senior class of the Skowhegan
High school will leave here. March
o. for trip to Washington. They
will be joined at Augusta by the Cony
High school and Superintendent
Farnsworth Marshall, who will con-
duct the party Those not in the Sc
Nor class who will go from here are:
Joseph N. Smith, Ned Sampson, Mrs.
Charles Whittemore, Everett Bacon.
The party will be gone u days
Prof. Roy L. Marston will give an
address before the Skowhegan Grange,
Wednesday evening, on Forest
Preservation-Cons of the
National Forests" A paper will be
given by S. II. Bradbury on 1.-THE
Farmers Wood-lot, How Best to Care
for It," another by w. L. Walker on
THE Method of Reforesting Waste
Land" l.. L. Sanford has the diff
of a Man Who Goes About Singing
Home, Sweet Home When House
cleaning Is in Process?" There will
be special music and several other
papers.
Lily Pond and it's tributaries in Con-
cord, where many Skowhegan people
like to go fishing, has been closed to
catching trout or land-locked sal
man, for a term of four years.
1t cost the town of SlSowhegan ST.
6ss.95 for one smallpox case that oc-
CURED, last spring, according to the
annual report of the town officers.
This was the first case that the town
has had, for about eight years One
of the inmates of the South Side
boarding house became afflicted and
40 men were quarantined. A special
house was built for the victim. 1t
cost s677.96 for boarding the quaran-
tined men