The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-12
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

Erwin Davis Of West Pittsfeld, was
drowned at sibley pond, Saturday
frankie, the five year old son Of {. T..
Duren Of Fairfield, died Wednesday,
from he effects If bruise on the head
received while playing with another boy
about week before.
Miss Flora NJ. Danfe.th Of North An.
son, has just been made the recipient Of
s45 diamond ring. She formed 10
words from The letters Of the word en-
cyelopedia IN a special prize contest,
beating all competitors.
The lightning struck A. +. Brooks
barn recently in Fairfield killing two Of
his horses. It then struck a watering
tub which stood near, followed the lead
pipe to the house and damaged the tub
there. Two members Of the family re-
ceived a slight shock The fire in the
barn was soon pnt out, but not before it
had done some damage.
over at Pishon.s Ferry an odd sight
seen from tie passing trains is that Of
cow dressed in neatly fitting suit Of bur
lap, quietly feeding ia field near the
railroad. Evidently the suit was made
+ by the kindhearted owner TO protect the
animal from flies and it coyeres the en-
tire body. 30 perfect is the fit that it is
evident that it must have been made
] from pattern Of Jersey bathing suit.
At an adjourned meeting Of the stock
/ holders Of the sebasticook 81 Moosehead
railroad, held at Pittsheld. Monday. the
following directors were elected: Chas.
d. Haines, stephen D. Lake, Hiram Nc
CONCEAL OF New York State and L. D.
Lancaster Of Pittsfeld. Tins same board
will assume control Of the Wiseassett 4:
/ Quebec railroad at an early date if plans
mature, the roads becoming one system.
Kennebec journal. North Arson is
distinguished in way that might inter
est horsemen-a woman horse jockey.
She is Mrs. Mae Williams, wife of Nj.
Webster Williams, owner OF the famous
st. Croix, a stallion with a record Of
2.144. 1t is a common sight to witness
Mrs. Williams seated on a bike be.
hind her fayorite bay trotter and headed
for the trotting park where she puts
the horse through a mile in as complete
a manner as any driver of the sterner
sex.
The Jam Of logs against the railroad
bridge pier at Madison is being removed
very slowly. About - men have been
employed for the past ten days The
work is made extremely slow by the
sorting which must be made before the
logs 90 over the dam. The Manufacture
ing Investment Co are taking theirs out
and piling them on the shore between
the two bridges. Steam engines are
used to take the logs up the bank to the
top of the hugh piles which have already
been taken out.
Mrs. James Weeks of st. Adams. who
was SO seriously scalded by the over
turning Of a boiler of hot water a few
weeks ago, died Friday morning. She
had been a great sufferer since the &C
cident. Funeral services were held at
the Union church sunday at 10 o'clock
and the remains were inferred in the
family lot at Lincoln's Mills. The de-
ceased WAS % years old and leaves a
husband and six children, who have the
sympathy of the community in their
bereavement,
The state Board Of Agriculture bulle
tin, Just ISSUED, gives the following re-
port for Somerset county: Condition Of
fruit, 40 per cent; grain, 81 per cent !;
hoed crops 50 per cent. Forty-eight per
cent of the hay harvested. Potato bee.
ties about the same as usual. New in
sectcdes, 'Bug Death Slight rust
reported on early potatoes. But very
little Bordeaux mixture used. The
crop average for the State is: Condition
of fruit, A per cent; grain, 81 per cent;
hoed crops, "A per cent. Proportion Of
the hay harvested IS per cent Slight
indications of rust on potatoes, with a
very limited amount of Bordeaux mix
; ture being used.
The first reunion of the alumni of the
Eaton school and the Nouidgewoek
high school was held at Norridgewock
Friday evening, About three hundred
people were in attendance consisting of
alumni and invited guests. The meet
ing Was presided over by \. Q. Frederic,
A letter was read from Hamlin F. Eaton,
, who was the principal of the school
from lsG6 to 1Ss2, and who NOW IS a
resident of Ludden. 5. D. Next was a
chorus Of young ladies trained by Miss
, Maria L. carr, 81, now Of Eadcline,
'92 Miss Mary l.. Tobey. - Colby,
50, read a history of the school in
chronicle form. Miss Mary Boston read
. a poem written expressly FOR the oeea-
, sion by that famous poet, translator and
critic, Mr. Nathan Dole. II. of Boston.
The title of the poem WAS The Three
Palaces After a cornet duo by Mcs>rs.
Hale and WEIGH, came the hit uf the
evening in the form of a paper by Mrs.
Addie BiXby Weston, '69, al Madison.
Il was entitled Thirty Years Ago
and was Renaissance of the school