The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-08-12
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lives.
Mr.. John Mck-aver and wife of Bath
are visiting Mrs. Will Andrews. Twenty
eight years ago Mr.. Mckeaver worked
in this place for Tom Dinsmore in
harness shop.
Bert Harvill and Joe Russell of East
Madison passed through town Friday
from Pleasant Pond where they caught
thirteen nice trout in two hours fishing
At the Good Templars meeting last
Wednesday evening the following officers
were installed: Harry Cummings, c.
T; J. a. Jordan, p. c. T.; Mrs. Sue
Preble, Y. T.. c. W. Harville, F. S.; H.
o. Chase, T.. F. W. Preble, Sec. Amy
Bates, A. Sec; John Piper, NJ; Nora
Goodrich, d. NJ; Flora Knight, Chap. :;
j. F. Rogers, |. G.; Anon Baker, O. q.
Membership Of the lodge lightweight.
Capt. Moses French of Scion was in
town Friday.
Mrs. Julia Dnsmore and Mrs. Chas.
| Colby are entertaining guests from
| Rhode Island.
Misses Grace and Jennie Eames Of
| Dover, y. H., are visiting their cousin
Roy Savage.
Mr.. Will Wharf has finished his SER
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| The Forks, and has gone into business
with Mark Dinsmore.
Mrs. II. Washburne and invited
friends held picnic at Houston Brook
Falls. one day of last week.
Daniel Robinson is suffering with
felon on his fiager.
The Methodist society had an ice
cream supper at the chapel Wednesday
Of last week.
Rev. Ghas. Smith preached another
able and interesting sermon last Sunday
to large agd appreciatiye audience.
Rev. J. c. Gregory held services at
Carratunk and at The Forks last Sunday.
Mr.. Sumner Dinsmore of North An
son, and Sebina Dnsmore of Madison,
have been visiting in this village.
Mrs. Fred Clarke was ia town last
Monday.
James Hall died in Moscow, Saturday,
Aug. It'll, aged - years. He was son of
Professor Hall native Of Scotland, and
one of the first principals of Arson
academy.
Mrs. Clarkin and two little children Of
Waterville, have been visiting Miss
Belle Clark.
Sam Foster, Simeon Whitney. John
Ovens, and Albert Clark are having an
outing in the Robinson pond region.
Mr.. Walter w. Poore, principal of
Arson academy was in town Monday,
looking after the interests of his school,
which commences its fall term Aug. lG
There are several from this place who
think OF attending this excellent institu-
ton.
The financial embarrassment OF Colby
q Preble was great surprise to the
people of this section, and much sym
pathy is expressed for them
Chas. Ball of The Forks, was ia town
Monday.
At about one o'clock Monday after
noon, a small cloud gathered over old
Bluff with vivid lightning and sharp
crashes OF thunder. One bolt of light
ming struck Henry Washburn's barn on
his farm about mile below the village
c. 5. Baker with Howard Smith and
Willie Martin had Just driven a span Of
horses into the barn when it was struck.
One horse was killed and the other was
knocked down but the men were not
injured and had barely time to get
the unhurt horse out before the
The barn contained about seventy tons
of hay just housed, ten tons of straw,
sleds, pungs, hay-rack, moving machine
etc, all OF which was total loss esti-
mated at $1,000. No insurance.
A. F. Donigan apd viii Andrews had
very good success fishing at Chase's bog.
Several parties with their guests are at
Pleasant Pond this week.
The 9th of July was sold Billv's
tweuty-eighth birthday. Old Billy is
horse well known in this section-his
mothers folks came from Arabia and his
fathers were of Messenger blood. The
pretty dappe-gray color of his younger
days is now faded to white. He was
not very fast trotter, but was never
out-run, and could easily follow an
eight mile an hour Jog for days. He
has been owned, first by Thomas Me
Collar, then by Harlow Knight. II. J.
Abbey, Chas. Bray, 5. A. & A. Dns-
more and by his present owner w. B.
Goodrich. His varied experience COM
menced when he was year old and was
hitched in a dark stall with an old
blanket tied over him, the blanket got
under his feet in such way as to cause
the string to nearly cut off his tail leav-
ing a lifelong scar. At one time he was
turned loose in barn floor and being
adventurously inclined, he climbed a
slanting NOV till he stood upon the big
beams, it being necessary to lower him
with snub line and pulleys. While in
Mr. Abbey's possession two men hired
him to go up river. The men got drunk
and tumbled out OF the wagon near the
Carrying Place dug ways. On went the
horse in the dark as il nothing had hap
pened, and wishing to visit the scenes of
his youth turned into the Pleasant Pond
| road, then two miles through a logging
road to pasture where he was kept
| when a colt. When found two days
later, the carriage was unbroken, but
the horse being checked had been with
out water for nearly three days and had
been able to eat only the leaves OF
bushes within his reach. At one time S.
A. Dinsmore and William Snow with
:sOld Bill were in Watervlle buying
wool, and were very anxious to be in
Madison at noon. just as the mixed
freight train was starting for Skowhe.
gan, Mr.. Snow left the carriage and
jumped aboard remarking that he could
get there quicker in that way. MIR.
Dinsmore then said to "Old Bill" show
us what you are made of. AS the train
was shifting at Shawmut the team
dashed through the village ahead. From
there to Pishops Ferry the race was
very even, but at this place the highway
swings to the west and the train arrived