The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18
North Arson.

The blueberry piokers report small
crop this year, as the cold nights IN
June destroyed the blossoms.
Miss Mabel Steward arrived here
! Saturday night from Boise City, Idaho.
+ on her way here she visited her parents
+ in Colorado.
Two deer were driven three times
from an oat field on upper Elm street
/ Thursday forenoon and then still per-
sisted in coming towards the street.
/ They are reported to be very common
/ this season and 1t certainly looks as
! though there would be game enough for
everybody this fall.
supt. Emery received information
/ Tuesday, that his nephew, 5. j. Mayo of
/ Worcester. In the I'd Massachusetts, regi-
ment had just died of yellow fever in
/ Santiago. Sad il is, but such is the case,
/ that many a northern boy has met his
death in the fever swamps of Cuba and
/ Chokamauga.
The Madison pulp drive reached the
booms between this village and Madison
Monday night, after drive OF 20 days
from Pierce Pond.
The North Arson horses at North
New Portland, Wednesday, were Annie
b., driven by ". +. French and Young
Prescott driven by II. U. Romer, both in
the $50 class and Alice driven by Il. l.
Romer in the 2.32.
sherman Gray of Gardiner, Oregon,
native of Embden, passed through this
town Thursday night on his way to
East New Portland to visit his mother,
Mrs. caroline Walker, and sister, Mrs.
Il IN
village Saturday attending the races4 1t
has been IA years since he left Maine.
Many in this locality will recognize him
as he is the son of the late John Gray
who was one of the prosperous farmers
of the town and lived on the plains be-
tween Arson and Scion. During his
absence he has occasionally made visit
to his early home in the east and his
friends here are always glad to see him,
Francis Hilton of Arson, has recently
sold and shipped to Mr.. Tracy OF
Dedring, two yoke of fancy cattle for
1919, one yoke being three years old and
girt feet and 9 inches, and the other,
one year old and grit 6 feet and 5
inches. These cattle will be exhibited
at the New England and Maine fairs this
fall. One of the three-year olds will be
entered for the sweepstakes. Mr.. Tracy
has a herd of thirty choice bloods that
will be at the fairs Evidently Mr..
Hilton does not intend to go out of the
stock business as last week he purchased
another fine pair of calves for which he
gave a good price. 1t pays to raise the
best stock and that is the kind that
always commands price that gives the
greatest profit.
Tuesday, road agent Walker COM
menced a piece of concrete sidewalk on
Elm street, beginning at the brick store
and extending about ten rods up the
street This is new departure in this
village from the old system of plank
sidewalks and much better one as time
will show. More costly at first, but
great saving in term of years. 1t is
large expense to the town from year to
year to maintain planks sidewalk, as
new planking wears out in from three to
five years and the work has to be done
over again. Main street would be
good place to test the concrete walk as
there is three times the travel on this
street of any other in the village as the
academy church, schools, corn shop
and trotting association interests all
lead up Main street and this is the street
that needs the next new concrete.