The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18
SOMERSET PICK-UPs.

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principal Of Greedy Institute, Cumber-
land Center.
A. y. Clarke, Bingham, has sold his
fancy pair year old Hereford steers,
to Portland parties. These steers he in
tended to have taken to the fairs
George Simonds, former resident
Of Plttsfield, but who has lived for the
last twelve years in Massac husetts. has
returned to Pttsfield with his family.
The Waverley mill dye house Pitts
field, will start up next Monday and the
management hope to have the mill run
ming in all its departments before the
end of next week.
The fiftieth anniversary Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Josiah Hight Of Athens was eele-
brated at the home Of their daughter.
Mrs. Horace Russell, on Monday, Aug.
s All the immediate relatives we're
present 10 wish them many added years
of happiness and prosperity.
J. H. Hussey of West Cornvile now
has three brood sows from imported
English bred stock, one of which has
fine litter Of pigs some three weeks of
age by her side. Mr.. Hussey intends
to exhibit his stock at the Eastern
Maine State fair at Bangor.
F. II. Farnum Of Palmyra shipped a
valuable Hampshire Down buck to
Rhode Island parties recently, for
which he received a good price Mr..
Farnum has good success in raising
Hampshire Downs and always finds
ready market for them.
Guy c. Haines of South Norridge-
wock has fine farm situated two and
one. half miles from the village of Nor
ridgewock, on hill commanding a fine
view of the surrounding country. Mr..
Haines is well known as a breeder of
Welsh ponies. Mr.. Haines is also en-
gagged in dairying, having a fine herd
of cows from which he furnishes milk
for his village patrons.
c. L. cCrills of Palmyra has nice
herd of fifteen cows, mostly grade Jer-
seys, and he uses one of the u. s. sepa-
rators for separating his cream. The
warm skim milk is fed TO calves which
he buys and fattens for veal. Perry
Furbush is also using one of the same
kind of separators for his herd of fifty
cows. They sell their cream to collect
ors for Nye Il Eyerett's creamery at
Wateryille.
DR.. Fred Bryant, who has been with
DR.. Taylor of Pittstfeld, passed a very
ereditable examination before the State
board of examining surgeons at their
recent meeting in Portland, which adj
mits him to practice in any part of the
state. DR.. Bryant has returned to
Boston where he will spend the summer
in the Chidrens' Hospital, specializing
on the diseases of children.
A two and half year old son of
Joseph Sedgwick of Camden, who is
visiting his aunt Mrs jeff Kenney,
who lives in Detroit about mile and a
half from this village, found a bottle
containing carbohc acid and drank a
quantity of the liquid Wednesday
afternoon. DR.. Goodrich was called
and removed the contents of the child's
stomach by means of a pump and the
child revived.
Martha Washington Lodge, d. of r.
visited the lodge in Hartland, on Tues
day of last week. The visitors number
ed about 10. On their arrival supper
was served and at the close of the even
ing exercises, which included the initi-
alton of one candidate and the exem-
plifcation of various parts of the degree
work, refreshments were again served
for all hands and the visitors were sent
on their way rejoicing.
The following change has been made
in postal service in this county: Route
l520. On the North New Portland to
Dead River route. From August Is,
1898, the service is changed so as to sup
ply Lexington three times a week only
and Somerset three times a week. On
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, the
carrier to 90 via /. xington, emitting
Somerset, and return via Somerset, omit
ting Lexington. o. Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday, he will 90 via Somer-
set, emitting Lexington, and return via
Lexington, emitting Somerset; this
change 10 be made without change of
distance.
Presiding Elder Ladd writing to
lions Herald of a recent visit in Starks
says "Starks, where the service was
held, used to have a population of more
than sixteen hundred; now its popula-
ton is less than seven hundred. 1t has
forty abandoned farms. But Madison,
near by, has been having a boom This
is the problem in Maine These
changes in the centres of population
baye been going on rapidly in Maine
the past twenty years and Starks is not
an exceptional case by any means. 1t
is thought, however, by more or less
the pendulum is about to swing the
other way and carry quite a good many