The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-27
COUNTY CLIPPINGS

The Somerset Railway have made a
new division of their sections. Section
No 4, now runs from Emcrv's switch at
No Arson to StinSon Hill, and is to be in
charge of Grant Bickford who has work
ed on this section ever four years. The
Company will build handsome car
house at Arson Station. MIR. Bickford
has hired the ToZier house and will move
in this week. Mr.. Blagdon will continue
on this section and we understand Rob
Wood the present popular foreman OF
this section, Will have charge of the yard
al No. Arson.
c. II, bartlett, North New Portland,
has bought the stumpagc of five or six
hundred cords of birch and poplar, which
he will get out this winter.
r. II. Spear. in connection with his
stove store, manufactures tin ware, sheet
iron stoves and mill-work, at Madison.
He has lately begun manufacturing his
new patent drinking troughs, of which
there are now twenty-five in use in this
vicinity, The water in these troughs i
kept from freezing by means of lamps
and the arrangement is so simple and in
expensive that those who have them in
use are enthusiastic in their praise. These
troughs are free from ice in the coolest
weather and the theory is that all kind
of farm stock as much benefited in the
winter by being supplied with warm
water
In agriculture and stock interests An
son has always occupied Il leading rank
among the towns Of the state and more
especially in the value Of its large hocks
of merino sheep. Among the noted
breeders in town are Brown & Hilton S.
W Tinkham. Francis Hilton, j. NJ. Hill.
ton, George Flint, w. w. Pease, George
b. Gray, George +. Moore, IL. T. Emery
and S. w. Walker. There are now about
l6 900 sheep in the town and among that
number are many that are thoroughbred
and registered. Brown & Hilton, pro-
prietors of the popular Somerset House,
own three farms and cut about 225 tons
of hay yearly. They now own 100 regis
tered merino sheep, and 81 registered
Shropshire sheep. Their first importa-
ton of Shropshires numbered 40 and ar
rived here in March, 1886, This flock Is
regarded as among the most valuable
that can be found in this or any other
country. In recent years they have en-
gagged in breeding ponies on large scale.
Their first importation of WEIGH ponies
was eleven in number and arrived here III
1886. Their next lot, of twenty-one, ar
rived here in January, lssS. The III
crease this year has been nine colts, and
twenty -hve pony mares are now in foal.
Mr. Hilton has leased the farm house and
farm stables on Cushng'S Island, Port
land IIarbor, for the season of 1889 and
will have a lot of his pony teams and sad
dle-horse there through the season. 1.
T. Abbott, the well-known lumberman
who resides at North Arson, has some
good ones. His stallion Tom King Is
five years old and weighs 100 pounds,
His sire was Daniel Boone and his dam
Dolly Bidwel, This horse is in the care
of NJ. Phillips. His mares /ulah and
Eunice have excellent blood in their veins
and both of them have very pr missing
colts. Zulah has colt by Wilkes and
Euuice has a colt Iby Woodmont. Mr..
Abbott, who is well posted on the lum-
bering operations on the kennebec, es-
Inmates the probable lumber cut in the
Kennebec region this winter at 100000
600