Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-16

the Daily Newspaper or the Tele-
phone?" Almon F. Sanford; piano solo.
Harold Lazy.
Tie Wentworth & Bison black on
Water street, known as the McCoombs
stable. is being repaired. This Guilding
was burned during the winter. but
there was enough left to overcome the
demand for brick block. The front
part will be repaired and raised higher
Miss F-lossie Fortier Of Auburn and
aiece, Pauline Furney, have been visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. c. Fortier
Dr. and Mrs. X. W. Smith, formerly
of Show hegtn, now of Freeport, have
been passing few days in town.
Mrs. John Currier went, Tuesday, to
Boston, where she will meet her moth
er, Mrs. NJ. Z. Bean, who has been in
Florida for the winter.
Claude Barker, well-known cornet
:st, who has been passing the winter
in Jacksonville, Fla, returned home,
Monday night.
A meeting o. representative citizens
will be held. Wednesday afternoon, in
the clerk Of courts room, for the pur
pose OF perfeeting the Anti-Tuberculo-
Sis Association.
Miss Kate Allen of Oakland has been
visiting for few days at the home of
Prof. and Mrs. J. A. Kendall, on Main
street.
Mrs. Annie Maddox Marshall of Bos-
ton is visiting Miss Ethel Walton for a
few days.
Road Commissioner Z. L. Ford be-.
gan The work of using the split log
a
the mud. Tuesday, made great head
way IN drying up.
The j. Nosmus Hose and Ladder Co.
has elected the following men for the
. ensuing year; Foreman, e. L. Clough:
assistant foreman, Q. +. Potter: stew
ard, J. r. Davis; secretary and treas
urer. p. a. Boothbay; member, DIN
Waller, George Caron, George Lunt.
John Dumont, John Duga, Morris
Clough, Frank Dore, Forrest Sedgley,
Henry Burgoine and Guy Waller.
Nathan Fowler, register of probate
Tor Somerset county, who has been
confined to bis bed for about IA week, is
now much better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c. Cleveland
are moving into the john Clark house
on Madison avenue, where they will
make their home.
W. T. French sold last week a pair
of Hereford oxen for $500, which is
the biggest price ever paid for a pair
of oxen in this section.
Samuel +. Emerson has a maple
tree that has produced four quarts of
the finest grade syrup, this season.
The tree showed the disposition, Mon
day. to produce about another quart
Maine department of agriculture will
hold a spraying and pruning demon
stration, April u, at the orchard DC
X. Il. Patten, Eaton Mountain t'arn
This demonstration is to be given by
A. X. Gardner, State horticulturist,
and II. iP. Sweetser, assistant. This
is a public meeting, and various
phases of orchard management will be
discussed in the day.
The Somerset Automobile Associa
ton will hold a meeting in the
municipal court room, Thursday eve
ming. Many matters relative to good
roads and of interest to all automobile
owners will be considered.
The evening school in Skowhegan
has closed it's year, and will open
again, in the fall. It has been the
most successful year since the school
was started. The average attendance
has been 2S. The youngest student
has been IA years old and the oldest
about so years of age.
A new family has come to Skowhe-
gan, Mrs H. s. Briggs of Norridge-
wock with her three children. She
has bought the George f. Taylor
homestead, on West Front street.