The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-29
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

Clarence S. Harlow.
Hanson q Thompson, the well-known
stock buyers shipped to Brighton, from
Pittsfeld, Monday, 30 sheep and lambs,
30 calves and 20 head of cattle.
Burnham d Morrill, Co. have just
paid about 5000 to the farmers in the
vicinity of Norridge The work
of labelling and shipping the cans is
nearly completed.
At a special town meeting held at
Cambridge Monday, d. B. Whitney was
elected first selectman To fill the vacancy
made by the death of George Mitchell,
which occurred Oct :.
Madison Good Templars give en-
couraging reports. AL their meeting
last week eight candidates were initiated
and four more are to join at the next
meeting. Interesting meetings are now
being held.
Mrs. Ella Mason of Biddeford, will
inspect Bates Relief Corps Norridge-
wock, on oct. 31st, and on Sunday
evening, Nov LIST, she will deliver a
lecture at the Baptist church for the
benefit of Camp Benson.
The Fairfield Lawn Swing shop is to
be run all winter this year from present
indications, and throughout the fall
park swings will be the principal style
turned out. The factory is being fitted
with 20 H. P. electric motor
The Southland Manufacturing com
pany will hold its annual meeting at
Brighton, Monday, Nov. 2, at 10 o'clock
a. m, to elect president, three di-
rectors and clerk, and to act upon other
business that may come before the
meeting.
A Dexter marketman recently pointed
out in his store the carcasses of a pair
of porkers raised by John Bowden of
Ripley, which were of exactly the same
weight, $50 pounds each. The pigs
were of the same age and were fed at
the same trough.
The installation of Rev. II. 4. Town
send as pastor of the Unversalist So
ciety, Pittsfeld, occurred last week.
Among those present were Rev. Caroline
f. Angel of Norway, whose ordination
and installation occurred at this same
church, which was the beginning of her
successful career.
Meridian Lodge, No 125, f. d A. NJ.
Pittsfeld, revealed the mysteries of the
NJ. NJ. degree to two candidates, Friday
evening. As invitations were extended
to Penobscot Lodge, Dexter; Parian
Lodge, Corinna; Meridian Splendor
Lodge, Newport; Plymouth Lodge,
Plymouth Corinthian Lodge, Hartland
Sebasticook Lodge, Clinton, large
number of masons were in attendance.
Mr.. S. A. Parsons of Dead River, will
ask the State to make good large
quantity of oats that were trampled
down and destroyed by deer during the
past buIluloI. MI 1 dIooLe hiob uoticcea
that he was suffering considerable
damage in this way in the summer of
1894. In 1895 he suffered even more
and last summer the loss became 30
large that he determined to find out
what his rights were in the matter.
He doesn't think it reasonable or just for
the State to prevent him from killing
deer that are actually damaging him
seriously unless it provides for his
reimbursement.
The Bangor Commercial says: 1t
is stated on quite good authority that
numerous changes will be made in the
station at Pittsfield, another season.
The coming winter the double track will
be finished from Detroit to that point
and more tracks put in there in order to
better facilitate the handling of the
business which is fast increasing at this
point. In order to accomplish this it
will be necessary to make some changes
in the location of the freight buildings
and it is quite probable that the depot
and surroundings after the plans are
carried out, will be little resemblance to
present conditions. Considerable freight
is now being hauled up over the line of
the S. & M. to Hartland.