The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-28
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

The mill OF \. TOtman IL Sons Of
Fairfield, started Thursday morning.
after shut down Of few days for re.
pairs.
Pittsfield has electricity now. It's
electric lights 50 long discussed so long
desired and very much needed, are
! giving abundant satisfaction and are all
that the owners Of the plant promised
James S. Turnbull, the designer Of the
Pioneer wooden mill, Pittsfeld sailed
July 2, from New York on the fast
ocean steamer Lucana for bis old home
in Galashiels, Scotland Mr. Turnbul
is in poor health and was advised to
take the trip.
Palmyra man says eaterpillars may
be nuisance-but don't mention the
crows. OF three-fourths of an acre of
corn which he planted this spring not
blade has been left by these dusky
birds. He has ploughed the field again
and sowed it to Hungarian.
The summer school for teachers closed
at Pittsfield, Friday, and has proved one
of the most successful ever held. The
attendance has reached 176 and the vel
come accorded the pedagogues, and the
enjoyment they have derived led to the
decision to meet there next year.
DR.. T. NJ. Griffin of Pittsfeld, is in
tending to go in a few days to Harvard
Medical school to take a post graduate
course having special reference to sur
gerry and diseases of women and chill
dren. He will be absent several weeks
and may attend one of the New York
medical schools also for short time.
Miss Mary Page, who had been very
sick for some time with consumption,
passed away Thursday evening, after
several days of intense suffering. Miss
Page was one of Hartland' most esteem
ed young ladies and was loved by all
who knew her. She leaves a father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira W. Page,
sister, Mrs. w. II. Moore, a brother, Ira
w. Page, Jr., and large circle of friends
! TO mourn.
The town of Fairfield, was greatly
saddened Friday afternoon, by the sud
den death of one of its most promising
young men, Lincoln Savage. He suffer-
ed an attack of measels and did not
rally from the effects which soon de-
yelloped into quick consumption. He
| had been able to get out a little and had
taken a ride Friday afternoon. Soon
after getting home he complained of a
severe distress in his side and suddenly
passed away.
The north bound freight on the Somer-
set railway Saturday morning, ran into
Green Bros. grocery wagon containing
Fuller Green and George Morrow at
Madison. Both wagon and occupants
were carried by the engine several rods.
Green was badly bruised on the body
with severe cuts on the head. The Nor
row boy was bruised and cut. The
doctors say both will be laid up for some
time but think the injuries will not
prove fatal. The fiagman on duty says
it was purely accidental no blame being
attached to the company.
The work of demolishing the tower
and spiIe of tie Universalist church,
Pittsfield, and removing the walls of
the vestry and other supports have
been completed. Mr. Wellman. was the
contractor to do that work and to low
er the main body of the church and
remove it to its new site. Z. 5. Libby
of Augusta, one of the workmen en-
ployed by the contractor to remove
this church, had the misfortune to have
one of his legs broken below the knee
by the falling of piece of timber from
the spire which he was assisting to tear
down.
AT the foot of Fletcher mountain in
Concord, two miles Nest of Bingham, is
which has a rich showing of metal which
experts claim contains lead. silver and
gold. At the time of the Blue Hill ex
element miners came and sunk a hole
SIX feet deep, bonded the mine for one
year and departed never TO return.
Now new company has been formed
by j. j. Lander, other capitalists from
down river and mining experts from
New Brunswick, who will sink a shaft
sixty feet deep and otherwise develop
this mine Who knows but that klon-
dixie will heaeafter be spelled Concord.
Mrs. Charles Gaylord of Skowhegan
has flock of eleven hens, White Leg
horns and Black Spanish cross breeds.
Nine of these hens laid fifty nine eggs in
one weeks time, two of the eleven hav.
ing a large flock of chickens of the
same breed. Mr.. Gaylord has a very
thrifty young orchard of thousand
apple trees, most of them the Ben Davis
apple, and about thousand more old
er trees, principally of the Russell, Bald
win, and Greening variety. He also
has quite little nursery growing. Mr..
Gaylord and son also have fourteen
horses and colts, all of them well bred
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