The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

The 9th annual fair of the East som
efset Agricultural society viii be held
On the aocietys grounds in Hartlard,
september 8, 10 and Il.
Owing to the increase in tie demand
Of the product II the Kennebec WoIsfed
%. Of Fairfield, it is proposed bY the
management to Set a night crew at work
in the near future This is the new
mill that started June ! Of the present
year The addition of the proposed
night crew viii give employment to
about - more operatives
The officers chosen at the reunion Of
the Third Maine Regiment at Gardiner
Wednesday were: President, Mrs. {. A.
L. Sampson, Washington, D. G.: list
vice pres, John Il. Raymond, Bath I'd
vice pres, George [. Russell, Salem
Mass treasurer, George 5 Fuller. Hal
lowell; secretary. William AcDavid.
Augusta; corresponding secretary, Lew
is selbing, Augusta: chaplain, stephen
NJ Scates, Augusta.
Eben Marsh, s. years Of age. residing
at Marsh's corner in Palmyra and
father Of J. T. Marsh, a well.known
business man, met with serious acct
dent, Friday morning. while driving his
team in the vicinity Of the residence of
Richard Libby He was on his way to
the condensed milk factory with a load
of milk and in some way was thrown
from his load and had one Of his legs
broken. Dr.. Porter was summoned to
attend him.
Joseph Davis of Pittsfeld, has had
considerable sickness in his family Of
late and his little child suffering for
some time with ulcers on her neck led
Mr.. Davis to suspect that the milk lie
was using might he from a cow affected
with tuberculosis He accordingly
asked Mr.. David Winslow to inspect the
COW that furnished the fluid, owned by
Heman Keeber with the result that Mr..
Winslow condemned the animal The
COW is Jersey fye-year-old and was
valued highly by the owner.
At the cattle stables at the New Eng
land Fair, Thursday last. Herbert Eaton
of Scion, Me-, who was tending the ex-
hibit of his brothers cattle, was clean
ing a three year old heifer when the
latter suddenly turned and thrust a horn
into Eaton's eye, almost tearing it from
its socket The injured man was taken
in charge by Charles Eaton, Mr. Farm
hams secretary, who secured carriage
and took the injured man to the Eye
Ear Infirmary, where the eye was Re.
moved.
The Lewiston Journal has a letter
from Prof Bateman of Auburn, whose
lecturing tour has taken him to Flagg-
staff. He writes that he is having a
good time in that well known game
country The villages are not large but
all the people attend the lectures, and
the professor couldn't well expect
better patronage than that. After fill
region, he will drop around to Scion and
Bingham and thence up through the
woods to The Forks, Moose River. Jack
mantown and Moosehead. He will be
in the game country all the fall and il
he doesn't shoot bear before coming
home he will be very much disappoint-
ed.
Pttstield correspondent in the Ban
gor Commercial reports that Frank
Dyer, residing IN Palmyra ell" three
miles from that village, met with what
may prove a serious loss Wednesday
He has owned for some time a very valu-
able pair of draught horses and Wednes.
day, with his team, was working for
Geo. II. Hunter. The horses were
hitched to a spring tooth harrow which
became caught upon root while at
work and the root breaking struck one
: of the horses breaking the breechinl
strap and the harrow went against the
, horses in some way with such force thai
| one of the teeth passed through tht
flank of one of the animals while an.
other struck the other horse penetrat
ing the flesh and passing around thu
thigh bone. Mr. Dyer held the horse.
as best he could and after working for
some minutes aided by several men the
harrow teeth were removed from tht
animals. Both horses were badly cur
and marked up, and it is very doubtful
if one of them survives.
An unfortunate accident occurred a
t the Waverley Mill, Saturday. A pair al
t work horses owned by Chas. O. Burns
t was at work on scraper exeavatinG
: earth near the tiume on the west end o
2 the mill. The work was such that tht
: horses had to be driven very close +,
the edge of the wall. In hauling ont
the scraper caught on rock, THROWN.
2 the near horse of her feet into III,
: tlume dragging the other horse on tol
5 of her. The water in the tume Is som,
5 Is OF 20 feet deep and the horses thrash
e ed around desperately, entanghne them
selves in the harness, one Of then
: drowning before the water could b,
: drawn off. \ derrick was rugged anC
g the horses hosted ont. The live hors,
+ lay in the sings very quietly ill lie VI!
swung in over the wall when lie mad,