Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-20
Somerset.
NORTH ANsON.

Harold Collins, employed at Potter e.
Watson's shank factory. met with a pain
full accident last Thursday afternoon IIe
was feeding shanks to a press which
shapes them when his right hand was
caught under the press. The little finger
was taken off and the third finger very
badly crushed, but the doctor hopes to
save U.-Miss Mildred Murray the yoiInp
elocutionist, who is visiting Miss Hattie
Hilton, gave a reading IN the Union
church at North New Portland last
Thursday night.-There has not been d
death in this village for six months and
ton is good.-Miss Mertie Dutton has
been spending Il few days with friends in
LeXington.-The Methodist COMMUNICATING
in the grove near this village will be held
next month.-Miss Jennie Paine has i'm
ished her school in South Arson and is
al home with her parents.-Miss Gertrude
Millay, postal telegraph operator at Wa
terrille. is at home on vacation. Robert
Savage, the prince Of North Arson must
clans. has returned from Il visit at the
home of his daughter, Mrs NJ L. French.
The Forks.-Mr. ana Mrs Fuller Of Wal
than. Mass. are visiting at Mr.. w. q.
Goff s--Miss Addie Cleveland Of Skowhe-
gan, is visiting her sister, Mrs. l.. T. Lin
coins. II. Ward is in camp nj Rowe
pond.-1'he town officers nave granted
the New England Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company permission to locate
poles, so that this town may have the
b. Merry Is buying up wool for the Do
YER WOODEN mills. Already Mr.. Merry has
bought about 5000 pounds half of Il be-
ing high grade wool. Several carloads
have been shipped and there will be con-
siderable more sent from here and North
New Portland.--Hay on the up lands Is
looking very well.-Ed Brown Is through
work at the South Norridgcwock corn
factory.-Miss Annie Moore Is home from
WaterVille for a few weeks sc NJ F0s-
- y n flef. a ia
nn Pariin is home from Cambridge
Mass. and is visiting her parents The
extreme high water on the Cara basset
last week did not break Emery Il Collins
boom, but tt pushed good many logs
either over or under the boom logs
Mrs. Almeda Paul sister of Rev C. r.
Andrews has arrived from tho West and
VIII visit relatives for a few weeks--Dr
anu Mrs. Il. c. Andrews are visiting at
Lowell ard South Paris.-Mrs Helen Cra-
gin. of Rondout, n Y. arrived here. sat
urday evening. and Will visit her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Benz Mantor.-Miss Nellie
Porter has gone to Strong for a two
weeks visit.-Mrs. BENZ. Alhee arrived
Is at the home OF Mrs. Lewedwyn VIII
hanson who is not expected to I've.
HARMONY.
ON Monday the farmers, as a rule,
began their haying The crop will not
be up TO the average The grass has
not yet matured and is growing RAPIDLY
in many localties.-W. T.. Marble has
his new house up and boarded. 1t will
be n fine residence and desirable adj
dition to the village-Miss Woods
of Medford. Mass, is visiting at C. f.
Spaulding' s.-Mrs. G.. r. Chadbourne of
Lewiston, is staying through the heat
ed term With her mother, Mrs. Good
rich, on the North road.-A man with
team of horses attached to a moving
machine was seen moving grass all the
forenoon on Sunday last in this town.
He came from an adjoining town. how
eVer.-The measles have had an extern
sive run in town, but it looks as though
they had got through.-All kinds of
grain and hoed crops are growing rap
idly, and with favorable weather will
mature in their season.-The late rain
and high winds did considerable dam
age to highways and fruit trees.
MADISON
childs natural inclination for inves-
iigation proved source of some con-
Germ in Irwin Russells family. Sunday
afternoon. Their boy year and n half
old, while playing around the sewing ma
chine, found round space about the
SIZE of his head in the iron frame ana.
child-like, put his head through it. Hav-
ing accomplished this feat, he found IT
Impossible to withdraw his head 1t re-
CURED three men with files half an hour
to establish the accustomed serenity in
the family and an injured machine and a
wiser baby are the result.-The Madison
investment Company have undertaken
the job of breaking the big jam above the
railroad bridge. Sunday they butt a
sorting gap immediately below the jam
to run their own logs into the canal