The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-02
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.


reported seriously i'll.
John Thompson of smithheld, sold a
nice yoke of cattle to Walter Gleason
for the handsome sum of $50, one day
last week.
Frank Hanson of North Arson, has
planted 70 acres of potatoes this season.
He has machine which will plant 0
acres of potatoes day.
DR.. Charles Hunter of Minneapolis,
MINI arrived in Pittsfield last Friday
for a few days visit with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. H. Hunter.
The work on j. C. Gonnor's new block
on Main street. Pittsfeld, is being rap
idly pushed forward. It is expected
that the store will be ready for occu-
pancy by g. b. Warner by the first OF
June.
A small fire in the office of S. S.
Hackett, ESQ, of Detroit, Sunday morn
ing of last week, called out the fire
department. The fire was extinguished
before the arrival of the company, very
title damage being done.
Elmer Mcfarland of Palmyra, has a
goose that lays wonderful eggs. The
egg on the outside has the appearance
of common large. sized goose egg, but
upon being broken another perfect egg
of smaller size is found within. The
inside egg is about the size of hens
egg.
The wood room of the pulp mill at
Madison started last Friday and other
departments of the mill will be started
as soon as possible and probably the
whole mill will be running by June LIST,
providing satisfactory arrangements
can be made for the future purchase
of sulphur.
Three Pittsfeld physicians, Drs. T. n.
Drake, Fred Bryant and I. NJ. Griffin,
attended the banquet, fTuesday night,
given at the Shaw House, Newport, in
honor of DR.. Byron Porter of that town,
who has labored so faithfully and well
in the study and practice of medicine
for fifty years.
The Pittsfeld silver band has moved
from their old rooms in the Common
building on Main street to new and bet
ter rooms in building belonging to the
Lancey estate on Hunnewell street. H..
{. Hunter has resigned the leadership
of the band and Charles Libby has been
chosen for the place. Mr.. Libby is a
thorough musician and will keep the
band up to its usual high standard as a
musical organization.
The new chimney for Smith Il Con
ant Brothers plant, Pittsiield, is com
pleted and stagings removed. 1t is 10
feet high and required 10000 brick in
its construction. c. 5. Noble e Son,
who did the mason work will now set
the 125 horsepower boiler to be used
in furnishing power for the plant. The
firm has received one machine for the
new mill and others are expected soon.
The work of stringing the electric
wires upon the poles set has commence
ed and Is miles of wire will be required
for the work. Everything is progress
ing as rapidly as possible and the firm
will no doubt have much of the village
lighted by electricity at the date set,
July /.
Somerset and Penobscot Union
Grange held very successful meeting
at Pittsfeld, last week, where the Wis
itors were royalty entertained by the
local Grange. A very pleasing pro-
gramme was provided. "The sunny
Side of Farm Life" was the topic, ably
discussed by several. We mad the
pleasure of hearing the closing re.
marks of Bro. n. H. Vining, st. Adams,
and Bro. Weber, Palmyra; the central
thought of both being that the sunny
side is found by bringing consumers
to our doors through established quail
ity of product. The address of the af-
ternoon was by G.. NJ. Twitchell, editor
of the Maine Farmer, whose theme
was "The Farm, the Grange and the
Home The next meeting will be
with Exeter in June, says the Pitts
field Advertiser.