The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-09-29

especial companion 10 The ladies'. There
was Just one dining 70 do-ask for a Ii
cense. Jim asked aud the commits
sIonefs granted.
In the death IF see. Abel Walker,
who died a hi, Aame AZ the Powers
homestead, u.s. Pushed. Wednesday
afternoon, tlls hamlet loses one Of its
oldest and bss-.6n8R1 residents. Mr.
Walker has been u f9r several weeks
and it was not thought by the attending
physician that be would recover. He
vas the stemafher If Governor Lew
eliyn Powers Of Hoaton. He Was a
preacher Of the Christian denomination,
and in his younger days was quite an
expounder Of the Gospel. During his
long and busy life he las ioined many
young couples in marriage, hundreds Of
married people in this section OF the
State having been welded BY Elder"
Walker. The funeral took place, Fri
day, at the Powers homestead and was
largely attended by relatives, friends
and neighbors.
Fairfield again is discussing town di-
vision says the Waterville Mail 1t says
the people living within the limits of the
corporation maintain that they are pay
ing too much tax for the purpose of i'm
proving the town at large, while the
FOLKS in the west end Of the town claim
that they have to pay too many dollars
to be expended for the benefit of those
living within the limits Of the corpora
ton. The only scheme of division
thus far proposed is to follow out the
plan now in use for voting purposes.
The line dividing the two precincts
starts at point near and little to the
west of where the so-called ridge road
intersects the Wateryille line and ex-
tends northerly to a point near the Ken
nebee river where the Maine Central
railroad runs into Skowhegan, the terri
tory east of this line taking in four set
Elements: Fairfield, Shawmut, Nye's
Corner and Pshon's Ferry, and the tel
ritory west of the line including a stretch
of farming country farer than which it
is hard to find throug hout the length and
breadth of the state. Ii is thought that
the next legislature will be asked to take
some steps in the matter.
Extensive improvements are being
made at the Hathorn farm, Pittsfeld,
owned Jointly by E. II. Greedy and
! Judge Peters, both of Ellsworth. Will
liam Coughlin of Ellsworth is acting as
superintendent of the stock farm. Two
large barns are being made into one,
which will make a building 1873 feet in
! length. This structure will be fitted
with all modern appliances for farming,
and will be one of the best equipped in
all this section. The building will be
/ lighted by electricity. A cream separa-
tor, run by electricity, has just been put
/ In operation, and in less than half an
hour after milking-time the cream has
been separated from the milk, and is
ready for shipment TO Ellsworth ON the
morning train. The separator, which is
the only one Of the kind in town run by
electricity, attracts no end of attention,
and the milk room is thronged each
night by people who gather to watch
4 the machine in operation. Peters and
/ Greedy already have a herd of % Jersey
COWS at the farm, and this will be
augmented by 20 more, soon. The skim
milk is fed 10 large number of pigs,
which are kept in pens adjoining the
barn.