The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-24
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

A bullet from the rife of lad shoot
ing crows in Embden, early Monday
morning, entered the chamber of Mr..
Aft Bems, and was stopped by the head
board of the bed Had it penetrated
the wood the bullet would have struck
Mr.. Bemis who was standing near the
bed
The farm buildings of Otis Farnham
of Mercer, were burned to the ground
Thursday morning. The fire is suppos-
ed to have caught from defective
flue. Very little furniture was saved,
but the farming utensils were saved.
The loss is about $1,000; partially in
sured.
In the Manson prize orations and
ESSAYS, of the Maine Central Institute the
awarding committee composed of Geo.
II. Morse, Esq, Miss Grace A. Rog-
ers, and DR.. w c. Marden, after much
deliberation decided to award the prizes
to j. d. Buck of Orland, and Miss Sarah
Cook, St. Adams.
The present board of teachers of the
Maine Central Institute will be retained
for the coming year: Prof .. II Drake,
Principal; Prof. ID. b. Lothrop, A. B.;
Miss Angie f. Hanson Preeeptress; Miss
Minnie A. Everitt, Prin. Normal Depart
ment; Miss Garry f. Libby, German and
mathematics Mrs. F. j. Taylor, music.
A pretty wedding occurred at the
Methodist church, Madison, Tuesday
evening, the contracting parties being
Mr.. William IL. Kennison, student
in the medical department of Boston
University, and Miss Mary w. Gregory of
Madison. Invited friends to the nnmber
of about $50 assembled to witness the
ceremony which was performed by Rev.
r. F. Lowe assisted by Rev. F. c. Nor
cross.
The hearing on petition of the New
England Bell Telephone Co, for setting
their poles on the Russell road from
Skowhegan to Madison, was held in
Madison, at the Office of the selectmen,
last Saturday. The petition was grant
ed without any opposition. The Bell
people will build a substantial line, cop
per metallic circuit with a booth and
long distance instruments at this termi.
nal, thus giving Madison first-class tele-
phone service with the rest of the world.
James Hartman, of Pittsfield, who is
81 years of age, Is now in fine health
and gives this receipt for long living:
"Take good care of yourself; don't
drink, don't smoke; don't eat too much
and get plenty of sleep AS he has
proved it's genuneness perhaps it might
be well for others to try it. His mem
DRY is still as retentive as ever. He can
recall all the Presidents from Jackson,
and remember the politics of the parties
by which they were elected. He is a
native of Wiscasset, where he was born
in 1916.
A report from Flagstaff says that
three sportsmen, Mr.. Crafts, Mr.. Calden
and G. A. Witherell, left there June s,
for the Atean section, intending to re-
turn in week. They have not been
heard from and it is feared that they
are lost in the woods. The party had
fowling pieces with them and as there
is plenty of game to subsist upon as
we'll as fish in the streams, it is not as
bad as it would be in the winter. Two
guides, Llewellyn Greene and Ed.
Doble, have started over the route, to
see If the men can be found.
The Linn Wooden Company, of Harland,
has again been awarded the government
contract to manufacture the $4,000 or
more shawls which are furnished an
nually to the Indians. For five years in
succession the contract has been award
ed to them. The first shawls made by
the firm had to be brightly colored.
Red, yellow and black were the colors
that predominated, but now these have
been outgrown by the change in the
tastes and customs of the different
tribes and every year witnesses change
towards something less striking. This
year gray will be the color most used.
The story that is supposed to have
come down from Moose river to the eff
feet that two river drivers were drown
ed, Tuesday, at Holeb falls on that river,
is branded as canard by Master Bert
Clark, who says that the rear of the
Moose river drive started from the
Bridge" 20 miles below Holeb falls,
the last of last week. 1t appears to be
the annual custom of someone who has
but little to do to circulate these stories,
often using the names of well-known
river men as the ones lost. The scene
of these fake accidents has heretofore
been located on Dead river, usually on
"Popple hill'', bad place in the famous
rapids.
Two commercial men, A. 7. Hanscom
and Charles Freeman, both of Boston,
went to Smithfield, Friday, and went
out on the pond to fish. About noon a
storm, accompanied by lightning and a
gale, came up and before the men could
,anoh obora THAR boat waa napsiza6