The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-23
North Arson.

LDe pOSlOInC6 lot u. l.. hON6yi mOuudy
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Farbrother were visiting
in Skowhegan Sunday. the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs E. F. Fairbrother.
F. D. Clark and W. j. Candee of Mil
ford, Conn, who were in town last
week buying young cattle, shipped 50
head to that State, Friday morning.
Owing to break in the press at the
corn factory Monday afternoon work
was suspended until Tuesday noon.
Mr. and Mrs Royal Boston came up
from Skowhegan Saturday night and
remained in town with relatives during
Sunday.
Miss Frances Simmons, Arson Acad-
envy '97, went to Watervile Monday to
begin the four years course at Colby
University.
Llewellyn Lincoln from Deer Island,
Boston Harbor, arrived here Friday
night for a few days visit with his
brother, L. p. Lincoln.
After an extended visit of two months
with relatives and friends in Maine, F.
NJ. Paine and family are on the way to
their home in Illinois.
Walter Wells is rushing business at
his canning factory. His brother Frank
is helping him this week. Many from
tho surrounding towns bring their goods
to him to be canned.
Addison Bailey. just from Mexico
where he has been mining for the past
year, has returned north and is visiting
at his boyhood home in this village.
His brother Mont from Melrose, Mass,
is also visiting here.
The county commissioners we're in
session at the Stephen Walker place in
Arson, Tuesday, to act on the petition
for new county road beginning at some
place near the Gilbert bridge in Arson
and running northerly to connect with
the highway at or near the Z. II Bailey
farm. so called. AS yet the ommission-
ers have made no report on the hearing.
Harry Hilton, in selling eight Shrop-
shire bucks to II. b. Merry recently, did
not entirely go out of the sheep business.
He still has one hundred of these fine
blooded animals, eighty of which are
ewes, and choice lot they are. His
father, Benjamin Hilton, is said to have
been one of the best judges in Maine if
not New England, and it was with great
pains and expense that Mr.. Hilton col
lected this breed of sheep. His trip to
Scotland was mainly for this purpose.
Although there is scarcity of sheep in
town as is the case in many other places
in the State, yet the time was when An
son had the reputation of being one of
the best sheep raising towns in Maine.
Twenty-Five years ago the Somerset
stable was the rendezvous for sheep
BUYERS, and Brown IL Hilton had some
of the. best grades in New England. At
that time, although 800 was good
price for buck lamb, it was not con-
sidered exorbitant. The sheep which
Harry now has are the the choice bloods
of those former days.
Perley Hooper had his left hand in
iured by circular saw in Emery IL Col
lins's mill Friday. The fingers were
badly torn, but amputation was not
necessary.
Mrs. Lord and daughter Grace of
Hallowell, were in town short time
ago and visited the Jessie Spaulding
farm. Mrs. Lord was daughter of Mr..
Melvin, the one who first settled ON this
farm and moved from it IS years ago.
/ Mr.. Spaulding has owned this farm over
| so years and this is the second time
Mrs. Lord has had an opportunity to
visit her childhood home in all these
long years.
Quarterly meeting will be held at the
Methodist church next Saturday and
Sunday. Business meeting Saturday
at p. M; Sunday services, morning
love feast at $50; sermon by Rev. A. s.
Laid at 1920, followed by the Lords
supper Afternoon, preaching at Pine
hall, lake Embden at 2:30; evening, the
regular union monthly temperance
meeting at 7 o'clock. 1t is hoped that
DR. Ladd will be present at all of these
services. Everyone especially invited.
w. B. Cults went to Melrose, Mass,
Thursday to pass few days with a
college friend before returning to Penn
sylvania. He has finished his work as
instructor in the Haverford grammar
school in Philadelphia, which position
he has had for several years and will
enter the University of Pennsylvania
this fall, devoting his entire time to the
study of medicine. For the past two
years Mr.. Cults has pursued this study
in connection with his teaching. His
brother, O. f. Cults, will remain as in
structor in the grammar school.
Iva Gushing began putting his landing
OF logs just below the village INTO the
Kennebec, Wednesday. There are $780,
600 of spruce hemlock, fir, Eastwood,
and pine. They are to be driven to
Madison for Weston's mill.
There was quite heavy frost Tues
day night. The damage to the sweet
corn will be small, as the larger part is
already picked, and the fodder is most
ly harvested.
The Good Templar's lodge in this viii
lage has disbanded.