The Somerset reporter., 1899-11-30

factories, Will make inc corn crop III
this section means of distribution of
large sums of money among the far
mers annually.
Among the increase in pension list
of Maine, last week, is noticed the
name of Benjamin F. Fairbrother of
Pittsfield, from $12 to $14.
Rev. John Longley, pastor of the
Baptist church, Arson, has resigned.
The society at their last business
meeting voted unanimously not
to accept his resignation.
Bert Brown and Bennie SWEET of West
Weld camped on Dead river from
October 8 to November 9, returning
to Weld that day. During that time
they killed % foxes, 20 muskrats. 10
mink, black skunk and 2 deer, besides
shooting DO or so cartridges. They
camped in Flagstaff on the farther
shore of Dead river and report fine
time.
In the course on libraries and books
before the sophomore class at Colby,
Miss Lucia FL. Conner of Fairfield gave
last week an address on "Travelling
Libraries" Miss Conner was one of
the prime movers in obtaining for
Maine the state aid and direction of
these libraries. Her description of the
working of the system, and of the his
tory of the movement to obtain legis-
lation in it's favor, was full of interest,
and was appreciated by the class.
A creamery company will commence
Portland according to present prospects.
The company was organized saturday
the 18th inst. The officers chosen
were president, H. F. Weymouth;
clerk, A S. Parsons; treasurer, A. s..
Parsons; directors, F. f. Caswell, J. F..
Cornforth, j. G.. True, F. s. Boynton,
Hiram Emery, Cephas Walker. The
ice house will be built at once and
preparations made to construct main
building early in spring. The probable
cite for location will be on r. F. Cas-
wells land near VIM. Parsons.
The Fairfield plant of the American
Wooden Company was shut down, at
noon Wednesday of last week, for an
indefinite period, and Is hands are
thrown out of employment. Supt
Shaw is quoted as saying that this
course is due to lack of orders. The
plant has been furnishing yarn and
shoddy for the Vassal boro plant and
these orders have ceased coming, with
the result that the plant is closed,
which is great disappointment TO the
people of the town. 1t was built n
number of years ago with the express
purpose of building up the town.
William r. Hunnewell of Pittsfield,
has begun the work of stocking his
private pond with hornpouts and now
has quite number of those fish there.
These have come from Newport pond,
where they have been taken by local
devotee of Izaak Walton. MI. Hume
well states that he shall not put in any
more this fall on account of the pond
freezing over, but that he shall put in
few thousand of them in the spring,
if the fish can be had. Mr.. Hunnewell
is now in the northern part of the
State, where he will engage good
many fish to be delivered to his pond
in the early spring and during the
coming summer. This pond will be
one of the principal attractions of the
town, when Mr.. Hunnewell succeeds
in getting it stocked as he wants it,
Whittier School Improvement League
of the Lancey street intermediate
school, Pittsield, has done much good
work. 1t is now more than a year
since this league was organized and
the pupils have evinced much interest
in it all the way through. The
parents have also, many of them. shown
great and increasing interest in this
work of improving the surroundings
of their children while at school,
Since the organization of the league
one large framed picture has been pre-
sented to it by one of the pupil mem
bers, a beautiful picture has been
bought and framed, Mr., Stetson's
portrait which he so kindly presented
to the league has been framed; some
supplementary reading has also been
bought which the pupils take home
Friday nights to read, besides many
other things both useful and ornamen
tai which have been procured by the
league for the good of the school, The
members are now saving their pennies