The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-12-04

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have ~ dpuu,, good ph, sioisn, AMI an
expert chemist, bu, Is ignorance on
sptaf ppihts Of domestic economy was q
little srnusing. A neighbor passing by
his place saw him milking aud stopped
to talk little III. DIR. said be had just
bought the COW, ard the man he got her
from said she would give six quarts At q
milking, but he had been milking two
lours and had not got over three quarts.
Calvin Selden was gentleman. and Of
good T, pulntion as q lawyer. ! noticed
| aim only as subject TO aprivatation to
which all are liable. While not 10 ex-
rene old age, while yo. possessed Of
consider able mental aud physical ability,
ne lost his memory OF names. ! was
present oEce with him and some others
when the conversation WAS on literary
subjects. He mentioned some well
known author and In few minutes after
wishing TO speak of him again, he could
not recall the name. Whom did JUS
name," he asked on being told, he cont
tinued to speak with judgment and dis
elimination.
| Miss Francis was not resident Of
Norridgewock for any length of time /;
she was sister Of Mrs. Judge Preston
out spent the larger part Of her time with
Mrs. DR.. Bowen In Bloomfield. 1t was
here that she wrote her first. (perhaps
her only novel, Hobobok. After her
marriage there was change In her views
Of life, and she wrote not for amuse-
ment, but for the elevation and improve
nent of mankind. l must not forget her
exploit of walking with lady companion
one summer morning from Mrs Preston
to Mrs. Bowen's, over five miles, before
breakfast.
The literary taste and culture of the
people of this grand old town" are
shown by the number who have become
authors The following nsmes, with
specimens Of their poetry are found In
Grifith's. Poets of Maine," Rev. Minot
J. Savage, now Of Boston; Albert Moore
Longley, Mrs. Caroline Fletcher Dole !;
her son Nathan Haskell Dole. who spent
his boyhood there, Harriet Selden Baker,
Sarah W. Spaulding, Martha Waldron
Blacker and Susan Frances Preston
Clapp, neice OF Mrs. Lydia Maria Child.
Amos Bixby and Mrs. Nancy Dnsmore
Bixby Lovett both now In California
also were raised in the town but not 10
.hs village.
EBEN WESTON.
Canton City, Co.