The Somerset reporter., 1899-04-06
SOMERSET PICK-TPS

The Fairfield members # the 1t
Maine Heavy Artillery arrived home
Sunday afternoon
Z @. Frost Of Palmyra has started hIs
shingIe mill, and is nov running with a
full crew. He has cedar enough in the
yard for about forty days saving
The wooden mill at Fairfield is now
running on full time and with full
crew. This gives steady employment
to about - hands. There is every ind.
cation to think the mill will run all sum |
mer.
Rev. F. D,George, now Of Gardiner, |
and who is to assume the pastorship Of
the F. b. church at Pittsfeld, in about
month, to fill tie vacancy caused by the
resignation of Rev. q. L. White. has
been engaged to deliver the Memorial
address in Palmyra, May Both.
Some of the farmers in West Pittsfield
are making extensive preparations for
early gardening this spring. {. {. |
Woodruff has 800 tomato plants already
transplanted and is making room for 5000
| cabbage plants This is his first year on
farm but he means to give it a fair
trial.
At mass meeting of the citizens of
Waterville, Saturday evening, called for
the purpose of voting upon the act to in
corporate Waterville and Fairfield into
the Kennebec water district, passed by
the last legislature, Mayor Philbrook
presided, and it was voted, 355 to 10, to
approve the act for incorporation.
The Laney House at Pttsfield was the
scene of a small fire Sunday at 8 p. m.
caused by chimney burning out. The
sparks from the chimney set fire to
the shingles on the ell roof. Chief
Parks of the fire department soon had
large stream of water playing ON the
roof which promptly extnguished the
flame.
Mr.. Judah Cook, who lives ON the
mountain, st. Adams three and one
half miles north of this village, died re-
Gently. The funeral took place at his
late home on Saturday afternoon, Rev.
|. Ii. Lidstone officiating. Mr.. Cook
was an aged man and well known
throughout the country where he has
made pumps for many years.
The body of Private Silas l. Mayo of
Fairfield, arrived at Fairfield Saturday
morning from Santiago, from where it
had been sent by the United States gCv-
eminent to the home of his people Pri-
vate Mayo was in the Second Massachu-
sets Volunteers and fell before Santa
go. This is the first time that a body
from Cuba has come to this section.
The school board of Palmyra has
elected the following teachers for the
spring terms of school in that town:
Village district, Lulu q. Millett; Carr
district, Adde L, Davis; Mills district,
Emma Johonnett; Parkmal district,
Thena Lowe; Ell district, Alice Home
stead Gale district, Mrs. E. L. Cook;
South Union district, Alice b. COLA
more.
Rev. Virgil D. Sweetland of Palmyra.
has been engaged to deliver the Me.
mortal address at Athens in the day
time and in the evening at Orono.
Mr. Sweetland is veteran of the civil
war, being a member of the lst Maine
II. A, an organization which met with
the heaviest loss in killed and wounded
of any organization in the Federal ser
vice
AT the Methodist parsonage at Pitts
field, Thursday at noon, occurred a
quiet wedding, the contracting parties
being Edward Linn Wellington of Hart.
land and Mrs. Mildred Brooks Of Pal
myra. The ceremony was performed by
Rev a. f. Luce. Mis- f. {. Mason Of
Orland and Mrs f. (. Carter of Bar
Harbor, guests at the parsonage, wit
messed the event. Mr.. and Mrs. Well
ington will reside in Hartand.
Superintendent William Aver OF the
/ DOIlclb tb ldllN dNi atNpiil idHlth ~ wv
| Philadelphia capitalists, visited the wat
er power three miles above Norridge
wock village Saturday. Mr.. Aver rep
resented the Bombazeen Water Power
Co. of this place of which he is one of
the directors. The two gentlemen were
given the price which the power com.
pany asks for the power and the land
surrounding it and were given 10 days
in which to decide whether they will
purchase.
Villroy Worthing of Fairfield, recent
| ly purchased fine tiveyear-old chest
nut gelding from Charles Patterson of
Thorndke. The horse was sired by
Aongway and is out of Bloodmont
mare sired by Almont. He stands Is
hands and weighs 1850 and "can brush
flies off his ears with his knees when in
action as one horseman expressed it
Mr. Worthing also has in his stable the
bay PAGER Don, sired by Lothian, Jr
He stands Ii hands, weighs l100 and is
very speedy.
The sad news of the sudden death OF
J. l. Baron. a well known travelling