The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

The Fairfield corn shop is in full oper-
alton. About 125 hands are employed
and the output will be about 10000
cans.
Rev. II. Z. Townsend has rendered
his resignation as pastor Of the PITTS
field Universalist parish, TO take effect
Sept. 70.
James Frederic, the oldest person in
Starks, and who has been failing in
health for the past year, died recently
at the age Of 81 years,
Reports from Good VIII show that
work on the Grange Cottage is progress
sing. The cellar is ready and the super
structure will be pushed so that it may
be closed in by the last of October.
According to the Bangor Commercial,
the case against Frost p. Bailey, the
Pittsfield schoolmaster, who is charged
with infiicting an unnecessarily severe
punishment upon the Humphry boy at
school last spring, probably will be
settled without trial.
new building is to be Immediately
erected on Main street, Mercer, and it
will be the first building that has been
erected in the village proper for several
years. The structure will be two stories
high and forty feet wide. The upper
portion will be used for hall and the
lower floor will be fitted up for store
or used for residential purposes.
Work at the North Arson corn factory
began last week. 1t is thought the
yield will be among the average this
year Notwithstanding the late spring
A new sealing machine with capacity
for sealing 10000 cans per day has late
/ ly been added to the many improve
ments. This machine does the work of
ten men. Mr.. NJ. j, Hanakins, the in-
ventoT is uperintending the working of
it.
e. w. Morse of Palmyra, father OF G
II. Morse, Esq, of this village, dice sud
Ideally Sunday about i O'Clock from apo.
pleXy. The funeral was held Tuesday
from the late home of the deceased,
Rev. l. II. Lidstone of Hartand of1iciat-
ing, the inteUment being at tire family
lot in st. Adams Mr. Morse was abort
IS years of age and an honoNd citizen
of his town, Says the Pittsteld Adver.
tiser
Bring on your smart women, yo
back towns Of Maine and beat our OWL
Mrs Sawyer il you can. Ms SAWYER is
the wife of Frank Sawyer row follt wing
the occupation of farmer at East Fair
field. Thursday, Mr.. Sawyer was SC
busy about his farm that he could moi
find time to drive down tne sever mile.
to the corn SHOP with a Dad ol
corn so Mrs. Sawyer volunteered t.
make the trip, and carr ed bach. to tn.
farm large stock of necessities put
chased at several stores.
/ Work on the new hal at H4rtland :
being pushed rapidly. The bulldog.
will be practically the same 7,attern a
the one which was recently destroye,
by fire, with the exception OF being tw,
feet higher posted. The main hall ~il
te two feet longer ard the 0utside vii
be finished IL later pattern A II foo
aanex, two stories high, will be aide,
ia the rear.g.ving more rooa for dress
ing rooms, etc. II. 7. Burns of Fair
field is the contractor. The buildin,
. committee are II. {. F8ller, W. II
Moore and alvin Blake.
|, Among tine readers of The most ad
vanoed works of the day there are non
in THIS vicinity more studicus than DR.
A. L. Farnham of Fairfield. He is Al
intense lover of books flle1 with valu
able information. This week he is il
, receipt ofG0 volumes, for the most par
the works of Spencer, Darwin, Huxley
, Tyndall, Quick, LeConte, Ferri, Dung
Schmidt, Draper, Nicholson, Maudsley
Painter, Balm, Whitney, Weight. Procte
and Haeokell. These he will add to
library already stocked with as fin
, books as can be found IN few privat
libraries.
Daring the past few yeR-s Maine ne,
who have had money to invest hav
taken advantage OF the le@ price of woe
, to purchase as large a quantity as pos
sible to hold in anticipation of a rise
Among this number is Marley d. Hon
of Pishon' S Ferry, who up to within
few days had stock of 10C 900 pound
purchased daring the last three years
: OF this amount the well-krCwn firm O
S A Maxiield Il Co., of this city, la
just purchased u, 0eG pounde, paying ,
: ceats per pound. The balance Mr.. Hol
has refused to sell at the same tigur
and he still holds it for a further ris
, says the bangor Commercial
In 1882 the present mill Of II. Totmal
Il Sons was brilt. Gwenty-nine year
before that Nahum Totman with hi
brother Era built their hrst mill oil
the site of che present one. That mil
was stocked with machinery not muel
different in general from that used il
their mill Of today. Among those VIII,
assisted the Iotmans in tie construction
of the first mill was one Milton Pearct