The Somerset reporter., 1899-05-25
SOMERSET PICK-UPS

ork ls being done IA tie track Of
the East Somerset Agricultural Society
at lartland. With the help Of the road
machine the track will be put into ex-
cellent shape
The Madison Base Bal team il ready
to meet any amateur nine. They have
recently organized and are plum full Of
good strikes and home runs, SAYS the
Madison Bulletin.
Alden Getchell, who has worked in
the Madison Wooden Mil, in charge Of
the repairs for the past seven years. has
finished working for the company and
will now take long and much needed
rest.
Geo F. Charles Of Madison has com
menced making brick. He is operating
in the brick yard near the Weston house
and also the one On the Arson side near
the old Parln place He expects TO
make 800, 900 this year
Walter Moore Of uartand las pur-
chased 5000 feet Of hemlock logs, for
which to rebuild the upper dam. Nj
Moore intends to peel the bark from the
logs and use them whole, and when it
is finished he will have one of the best
wooden dams on the river.
Messrs. Pollard and Simpson have an
nounced the program for their meeting
at the Fairfield Driving Park for July 4.
and the classes will be 235 and 2 Is
for purses of $3.50, and a 20 class for a
purse of 5000. The track is now in fine
shape and many horses are being work
ed there every day. The entries will
close on June %.
Edgar Z. Johnson, a member Of the
board of selectmen and one OF the well.
TODD farmers of Pittsfield, has lost
three valuable COWS and has two more
that are expected to die. The reason
assigned is that the cows were in some
way poisoned. Different theories are
advanced, some pretending that the
death of the animals may have been
caused by eating IAdian poke in the
pasture, and others that they got hold
of poison placed in the pasture to kill
foxes, though in each case there is moth,
ing more than supposition. The COWS
were valuable ones and were worth at
least $50 each.
The annual meeting Of the Ladies'
Aid Society of the Uniyersalist Church
of Pttstield, occurred Thursday, May
II. The following officers were chosen
for the ensuing year: President, Mrs.
4. j. Brackett vice president, Mrs. r.
L. Getchell; secretary, Mrs. {. E. Wick
cry; assistant secretary, Mrs. J. y. Mar
tin; treasurer, Mrs j. W Manson col
lector, Mrs. T. NJ. Griffin; directors,
Mrs. G. H. Hunter, Mrs. Benz Thomp-
son, Mrs. f. d. Jenkins, Mrs. John
Dearborn, Mrs II. c. Pooler, Mrs Maria
Nckles; committee on resolutions, Mrs.
o. S. Haskell.
The public schools of Pittsfeld closed
Friday for their summer vacation.
There will be very little change next
year in the corps of teachers. In the
Lancey street grammar school, Princi-
pal |. O. Bragg will not serve another
year, as he will enter Bates College and
will take a course there. The place has
been rendered to l. l. Felker, graduate
of the Maine Central Institute and a
student in Bates College, and while
strong hopes are entertained that he
will accept the offer, he has not yet
signified his intention of doing so.
The band of Fairfield has recognized
Messrs. Brown and Crawford, who have
just returned from Cuba where they
served as musicians in the regular
United States army, have joined and
will play comets. Harry Libby, the
former instructor has again been secUr-
ed to lead. The band now consists of
T. pieces but expects to soon be enlarg-
ed Several of the members have been
receiving instructions in Prof. X. B.
Halls band of Wateryille. At present
the band is better organized and in
much more prosperous condition than it
ever has been.
New machinery is being placed in the
new mill of the Linn Wooden Co. at
Hartland and the equipment running
now represents three sets. The new
mill is for six sets and a full equipment
of machinery will be put into it as soon
as possible. One of the new machines
will be placed in the new mill where the
wool will be picked three times, then be
blown through large tube u the eight
set mill across the street, saving the
work of several hands. Another ma.
chine and an expensive one To he intro.
duced is a Lombard regulator to main
tain certain speed. \ iarge cloth
drer will be introduced into the mill at
once. The company has plenty of or
ders and considers the business outlook
very encouraging.