The Somerset reporter., 1899-11-30
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

The fast trotter Eldora, owned by r.
w. Linn of Hartland for some time past,
was sold and delivered, last week, to f..
T. B;gelow of Medford, Mass, who will
use her for a driving horse. Eldora has
a record Of 221.
While blasting ledge across the riv-
or at Madison, one day last week, a
piece of rock was blown across the river
and came down through the skylight on
the paper mill and into one of the paper
machines, doing some damage to the
machine.
Ri. Baxter of the Snow Flake Can
ming Co., was in st. Adams, recently,
for the purpose of paying the farmers in
that vicinity for corn furnished the can
ming factory during the past season.
$4,000 was distributed among the far
mers, one receiving $3.50, the largest
amount paid to an Individual.
Frank M. Piper, who has been stop
ping in Ripley for some months, died
Sunday, Nov. 10, after long illness
which terminated in consumption.
The remains were taken to his old
home in Franklin Tuesday morning
for interment. Mr.. Piper was brother
of VIM. II. Piper who resides in Dex-
ter.
W. ]. Ryan, who sells the old Maine
Farmers Almanac, was in Pittsfield on
Thursday and called on his many
friends. Although totally blind, he
goes about town with as much ease as
most people do who have good eyes.
lie knows every business house in the
village, and few of the proprietors OF
clerks who have been in the stores or
offices for some time can speak to him
without his readily recognizing them.
Herbert l.. Gale began series of
evangelistic services at the Free Baptist
Church, Pittsfeld, Tuesday evening OF
last week. The attendance is large and
great interest manifested. A chorus of
thirty voices leads the praise service.
Miss Hall of Boston accompanies Mr.
Gale as solo singer and director of the
chorus. The meetings will be continued
each week day except Saturday, at the
Free Baptist Church, at 8 O'Clock in the
afternoon and 80 in the evening.
The town library at Pittsfield is about
to be given great forward movement.
Mr.. b. S. Mathews, who has charge of
the library, has united his efforts with
those of the library association and as a
result the library is soon to be moved
into the front room, up stairs, of the
Osborn block. This will give ample
quarters for the books. New books are
to be added, and instead of the library
being open but one afternoon and even.
ing per week. it will now be open three
afternoons of the week.
The number of people who take
cream to the Pittsheld creamery is
increasing, so the company reports, and
will be obliged to add more equipment
at an early date to handle the business
of the creamery. Through this cream
cry being located in that town, the far
mers have begun to keep much more
stock than they have done heretofore,
and the hay which is raised on the
farms is being fed TO the stock, instead
of being shipped away, as it has been
for a good many years past,
Gunners who are returning from the
Somerset region say that this has been
the best season for game for a long
time. The first part of the week was
rather quiet, from outward appearance.
Later the gunners began to come out,
and, Thursday, five deer and a bear
were brought out. This is only a
sample of the work done by gunners
from out of the State The people
living in that section have been after
the deer for long time and have had
most excellent luck.
d. NJ. French, superintendent of the
corn factory at East Corinth, the past
season states that his firm has under
consideration the purchase of the
factory at st. Adams. The quality of
the corn grown and the demand for the
same together with excellent business
the past season, has led the firm to
expand their business. The factory
at East Corinth packed for the first
season 100000 cans. With $50 acres
for the factory at Newport, $50 acres
for the factory at Foxcroft, 225 acres
for the Dexter factory, and larger
acreage for East Corinth and st. Adams