The Somerset reporter., 1899-04-27
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

Henry IlnNley Of KlugGeld. bas
bought out the stage f9ute from Sofsh
New Portland TO North Ans,L.
The pulp mill at Madison has at
down aud will not start again mi tie
whole plant .has been remodeled aud
fitted up Tor the manufacture Of paper,
ground wood and suIphite pulp.
Hon. bartlett Tripp Of South Dakota,
formerly Of Harmony and late minister
70 Austria, has been appointed By Pfesi.
dent Mckinley commissioner to samoa
and will soon leave for that place.
j. ", WATSON Of Madison, hauled out
two nice sticks Of pine to the pulp mil
to be used in taking down the big crane.
One stick WAS IA inches at the top, 80
feet long, and the other - inches ar the
top and G6 feet long
Schools in the Hartland academy be
gan on Tuesday,..Ap ril +. with the fol.
lowing teachers: Principal Of tie aead
envy, Prof. F. W. Virgins OF Leyant,
with Miss Belle Brooks as assistant;
Intermediate, T. II. Anderson; primary,
Mrs fronia Trafton.
The corn factory at Fairfield, is being
greatly improved under the direction Of
Harrison 7. Burns. A part Of tie struc
ture which age had rendered OF little
practical use, had been tom out and a
substantial addition will take its place.
The factory is owned by the Portland
Packing company aud about 300, 900
cans are packed here annually.
Gordon McTaggart, who has been in
the employ of the Washington county
railroad for number of months has re-
turned to his home in Pittsfeld, having
finished his laboIs on that road where
he has been in charge Of switches and
other work. MI McTaggart is thor
oughly familiar with the work of con
struction and has been employed by tie
Maine Central for number Of years in
this line in the past,
Another Maine man las decided 20
improve the quality of his dairy stock
and has gone to the great home Of great
Jerseys, Hood Farm, Lowell, Mass, to
select a sire. + Z. johnson of Pitts.
fold has recently purchased son of
Mint and Straight Lace. Mint has 30
per cent of the blood of Combination,
the sire Of % in the IA ID. list and
grandslre of IS tested cows, including
Brown Bessie and Merry Maiden, the
great Worlds Fair winners.
Not for a number of years has Hart
land showed signs of such a lively and
prosperous summer. The various man.
ufacturing plants aboutIthe town are all
running on full time and with full
complement of operatives in all their
different departments. while at the
wooden mills, which was erected few
years ago, and which has been standing
there since unused, except Tor store
house, presents a scene OF lively opera
tons and will soon be turning cut cloth
and giving employment To a fuIl crew of
eighty hands and thus putting about
$4,000 per month into the hands Of the
people who work there.
VIM. {. Vaughn, who las recently
started into the furniture business at
Fairfield, under the title of the YIN. c.
Vaughn company, manufacturers of up
holstered goods, the Sane as the Whit.
temore Manufacturing company, is find
ing much encouragement. He v as em-
ployed as a foreman in the shop of the
Whittemore company up to the time the
building was burned and was personally
acquainted with many customers of the
company. In a short trip made, he Sc
cured over $1,000 worth of orders and
has now crew of seven men hustling to
fill them. A. f. Gerald, manager Of the
Lewiston and Bath electric road, has
placed an order with the new company
for the 20 large Turkish chairs which
will be placed in the new parlor car 70
be run on this road.