The Somerset reporter., 1897-12-16
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

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Justice of the peace and quorum.
There are some young men in Detroit,
who show the right kind Of neighborli-
ness They met the other day aud cut
aud hauled the winters wood for Fred
Temple, who has been i'll for several
weeks.
At a regular meeting Of y. A. Weston
Post, Ne. 81, G. 4. r., Madison, the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Com, +. II. Davis; ;.
Y. c., D. 5. Bennett; J. Y. {, n. IL.
Aithee; A. NJ, {. {. Ellis; Chap, S.
yose; Sur, c. D. Morrill,; o. g Alonzo
Bosworth; o. d., g. Beal.
W A. Lancaster, formerly of Pitts
field, has been appointed Judge of the
Hennepin County Court, Minnesota, by
Governor Clough, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation Of Judge ia
Nilsson. Judge Lancaster is a brother Of
IL. d. Lancaster, of the ;. & NJ. railroad,
and of Henry X. Lancaster, of this town,
says the Pittsfeld Advertiser.
The lyceum question for the Gale de-
batting club of Palmyra, Friday, Dec. 10,
was, "Resolved, That misery and igno-
rance is a greater cause of crime than
ntcmperance" Inasmuch as intemper-
ance is largely responsible for the misery
and ignorance in this world, the one
who had the affirmative side Of the
question, must have found little ground
for argument.
The Bangor Commercial has a note
from Mr.. II. NJ Lowe of Shawmut, I'M
der date of Dec. 8, in which he says:
Il notice in a late issue Of the CONNER
cial statement which is an error, and
| wish you to please correct it. | raised
Halle, and still own her. | have never
offered her for the price stated as that
would not begin to buy one side of her.
Mr. Lowe is to be congratulated upon
his ownership of so valuable a piece of
horsehesh.
One of the latest towns to be enthused
with the spirit of the Maine Musical
Festival is Pttsfeld. Mr., Geo f. Pull
sifer of Auburn, went there, Friday,
met the musical people of the town,
and organized one of the best choruses
in the eastern part of the State. Officers
were elected as follows: President, X.
A. Conant; vice president, Mrs. Eva
Bryant secretary and treasurer, Hiram
Ordway; executive committee, Mrs.
i Lillian Hatch b. +. Cornell, Oscar A.
Goodwin, &. +. Goodwin, Mrs. J. l.. {.
Porter, DR.. L. A. Porter DR.. + l.. Tay-
lor
Miles Standish of Portland, who went
to Washington a few weeks ago in the
government printing Office as printer,
has resigned 1t will be remembered
that he is direct lneal descendent of
Capt. Miles Standish of Puritan fame.
His father and grandfather, both of the
same name, formerly resided at Flag
staff, Somerset county, and died there
printers trade. He has been offered
work in Portland which will pay him
something over So a day, as much as he
can earn in Washington, and he thinks
it will cost him considerably more to
live there than it will cost in Maine.
Moreover he dislikes the manner of
working under the naughty chiefs in
Washir gton.
l.. G.. Cornish, Esq of Augusta, rep
resenting the Kennebec Log Driving
Co.. went to Madison, accompanied by
Sheriff Viles, last week, and placed an
attachment on three piles OF logs be-
longing to the Manufacturing and In
vestment Co, to cover claim of $4,000
against the last named company. The
claim is for pay for labor performed by
the plaintiff company on the big jam of
logs that formed in the defendent com
pany's boom, last summer. There are
supposed to be Is, 900 sticks in the three
piles of logs now under attachment.
When the flood came, last spring, and
so many logs broke away from their
fastenings way up the river, the defen-
dant company's boom was full of logs.
These logs had been held beyond the
limit in this boom and so when the
river rose, these logs, together with
those that had come down from farther
up the river, burst their lines and, taking
boom and all with them settled down on
the bridge piers. The jam that formed
on the piers was a bad one, requiring
weeks of hard labor with a large force
of men to remove. The Kennebec Log
Driving Cos men did the work, or the
most of it, and the said company claims
that the jam was formed through negli-
gence of the defendant company, causing
IA great outlay of money on the part of
the plaintiff company. Thus the log
driving company seek to recover for the
amount of extra expense through the
big jam.
Household Gods.
The ancient Greeks believed that the
penates were the gods who attended to
the welfare and prosperity of the family.
They were worshipped as household
Gods i'm every home The household