The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15
COUNTY CLIPPINGS

r "as Killed 1000 pounds Of pork this nm
y. 'hase Son of North New portIan,
aie operating quite extensively in In
WOODS TINS winter. They have fon
camps and employ sixty men: BioeIov
IL men; kibly township Chase < M,
ION y camps, 40 men; Buxton 10 men
lhelr teams consist of 10 oxen at kiblv
horses at Bigelow and / at Buxton. II
Siark 4 Co are doing a thriving cuisines,
III inc manufacture of patented riyetef
nloecaslhN and are rushed with orders.
The Somerset District Lodge |. O. G.
l. was IN session at Mcrcer last week
we were surprised and rlcased by a 200,
attendance. The Norridgewock am
Skowhesan Lodges We're well rcpresentr,
though they had To work their passage in
set'Ins mere. The meQtngs were yer,
interesting, all seemed to have a gooa
tlise ana some good work was done fol
ueih pefahce Mercer Good Tempars are
'iiaeh encouraged is new members are
coming IN nearly every week The baIl
Is being repaired and made comfortable
and convenient and there is u genera
feeling that this earnest working order
has come TO stas says the Bulletin.
Mr. James Clough of Manchester Is
again on the track of good cattle. he was
|
par of oxen of X. b Shepherd of Skow-
hogan. for the Ilalowel Granite Comma.
ny. price slso one pair of Watson Jones
OF Fairfield, for which he paid about
$40; nice cattle feet 10 inches in the
me one pair of year old steers of Will
nam Jones, nice pair and we'll matched
Slfth leet inches, and cost lust $50
Mr.. Webb of Fairfield Centre has been
offered quite an advance ON his Young
Roife colt that he bought of c. 4. Fuller
some four weeks ago. The owner of the
colts sire offered Mr. Webb $500 but he
refused it.
Mr. Frank Clark was buried Sunday in
| Concord Cemetary. His home was in
| California where he had lived some
twelve years, there he met with an acct
dent which caused the amputation of one
| leg, leaving him in poor health. Some
two months ago he came here to his ma
| 1--WE nome hoping to improve his health
ana 10 visit his brother wn Clark with
whom he died. His health was much i'm
proved until about two weeks ago he took
sudden cold that caused his death on
Friday last says the Bulletin.
Bluehill correspondent OF an Els
worth paper relates the fact that on one
OF their streets less than one-half mile
IN length are fifteen widows South
Norridgewock can give greater II cord
for on the Maine Street in the south vii
lage in not more tina onehalf mile
from the cemetery to Savers hotel, are
twenty three widows between the ages
of ninety-two and thirty-fye The ad-
voirdupoiS of the bevy from 230 pounds
or some more, down to = tribe more than
100 pounds. The Blue eill correspondent
oil. Int q r.
the addition of two or ihree Others fur
nish more than one-thiid of the taxable
property, while the South Norridyewock
widows may not be representatives of so
much money, try them in the balance of
true worth and they will no. be found
wanting
The town of Ripley rs n farming town
is not behind any OF its neighbors Al
vim Randall raised the past season 1928
bushels of grain. John Jones also falls
into the list with 80 bushels, and Charles
Hanson with 500 bushels. In machine
threshing the Ripley people are equally
rs active. Iloratio Bryant and Hiram
Stevens threshed in 10 hours, with what
is known rs the Gray machine, 1870 BUSH
els.
one day last week Mr.. Ashley Kccne
hundred and forty pounds of hay in nine
hours and forty minutes, in thc barn of
Frank Burrill, Canaan. All they felt
greyed about was that they did not have
Il sufficient amount of hay, if they had
they would have pressed their twenty
tons which they anticipated before COM
mencing.
llar land was cut OFF fIom railway com
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stage line for relief for two days. The
engine was backing down the side track
and when the steam was reversed the
wheels refused to stick to the track, and
slid of. the switch being open There
was snow on the track The engine was
soon replaced when it was discovered
that Il casting on the tender was broken
and new one had to be got from some
where which caused a dc ay.
J. o Bradbury, Esq, and Messrs.
Shaw, Blake and others, went to Well
ington last Monday to attend the rail
road meeting at that place. The town
vot d to assist the road, by a large maj
GRITTY. The route is being surveyed and
will be pushed through to the Lake if
deep SHOWS do not prevent.
Miss Nellie L. Merry, formerly of
StarkS and later a teacher in the graded
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Va ,
Ira Libby, one of PittSilcld'S many car
penters, has this season built eight single
houses one douoie mouse anu TWO s'"u'eS'
ne commenced on the hrSt p"'"llns MAY
lst' ana mas just coihpie'eo inc iaN' one
-Four OF thcse houses were Tor .he Don
sons 'lree ior "niher1 an" ho"Hc anu
staple ior frheSt SaAlclu' u ho"1c i1'
Emery haineS anu S'apie lor -, w
cent Rnrnps' house Mr.. Libby has paid
H. NJ. Johonnctt. of PALMYRA. the sum If
s767 for buildi, y the cellars under thee
buildings. His bill for materials at DcX-
ter 4 Sampsous fo3ts M some 300,
which does not include nearly all the sup
plies. He has paid for labor on the jobs,
300. He and his two boys have done all
the work except the labor rrprl scented in
This sum.-The bindings. a. far as we