The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-30
CORRESPONDENCE
North Arson.

Sportsmen in this locality complain OF
there being few partridges this fall,
caused, it is said, by the cold. wet
weather in the spring which destroyed
the eggsor young of these birds.
L. P. Lincoln and brother Llewellyn
went to Rowe ponds last week and took
a nice trout.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Goodwin are soon
to reside in Skowhegan. They are stay
ing in Scion for few days.
II. b Merry returned from New
Sharon, Saturday afternoon, where be
had been putting wool into sacks pre-
paratory to shipping
Wednesday night meeting was held
at Mrs. H. E. Wares to organize a
Current Topic Club" The club will
meet every fortnight in the future.
The contract for white birch is filled.
This year it is $50 cords. Supt. Fair
brother has more than usual on hand as
he bought large amount last year.
The newly organized grange in this
village has promising future New
members are joining the order and the
work is progressing to the satisfaction
of all members At the next regular
meeting, October 9th, there will be re-
freshments served in the hall.
The prospect is that there will be a
cattle show and fair and another good
trot here this fall, the date Of which
will be announced soon. Although not
fully decided there will be at least two
good classes of horses for the trot The
fair will be held under the auspices of
the Arson grange, and the show, fair
and trot will be pushed to make each
and all success in every particular.
Special meeting of the grange in
music hall Tuesday evening, October 5,
to practice degree work. All officers
and members who can, are requested to
be present.
The following delegates to the Univer-
salist Sunday school convention at
Skowhegan, October ;, q and 7 have
been elected by the North Arson school
Mrs. A p. Simmons, Mrs. Wallace
Emery, Mrs. f. T. Small. Others will
also attend part of the time.
Early Monday morning as the strong
wind was blowing fire was discovered in
a chamber of George Abbotts house.
1t seems that the chimney took fire and
the wind blew the flue out, letting the
fire into the room. One window sash
was destroyed and some other slight
damage done before discovered. Had
not it been discovered just when it was
nothing could have saved the buildings.
The insurance was promptly adjusted
Tuesday, to the satisfaction of all con-
cerned.
Corn canning at the factory was finish
ed Tuesday noon, having put up 275, III
cans against 364, 602 last year, falling
short of last years pack S9,401 cans.
This is much better than was expected,
as the season has been anything but
promising for sweet corn. Hawkins
Gaping machine has done very salts
factory work and the company has
placed it in the factory to stay. Tues
day afternoon and late into the night
teams were hauling empty cans to the
station to load a car with sixty-five
thousand cans that were shipped for
Foxcroft on the passenger train Wednes-
day morning to be used there.
Mrs. Samuel Bunker went to Bath,
Tuesday, to attend the convention of the
w. G.. T. U.
The NJ. r. chapel was we'll filled last
Sunday morning to listen to DR.. Laid,
the presiding elder. He also preached
to good audience at Embden Lake in
the afternoon and went to Madison in
the evening