The Somerset reporter., 1900-12-27
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

Vnson Litchfeld, mau Of many &C
centrieities and peculiar hobbies, and
for years striking figure on the streets,
died at his horae ii North Hartland.
recently
Mrs. Orinda Harvey Of Hartland, aged
80 years, died At the home Of her son.
William, on Tuesday Of last week Mrs
Harvey was very estimable woman and
will be missed By large circle II
fiieuds
Perley Emery, who las been at his
home IN Palmyra on thirty day fur
Tough from uba, where he las been
stationed for the past year With the 2ud
L. :. Artillery, left Monday morning Of
last week for Governors Island, y y.
10 report for duty.
Nathaniel Green, an old resident Of
Fairfield, who has been confined 10 his
home by Illness for several year,. passed
away, sunday evening. Dec 1eth Nj
Green had a shock Saturday morning,
and rapidly failed from that time until
his death. A widow and one son and
three step sons survive him.
For some time past the Somerset Rail
road o. have been missing various
pieces Of freight from cars left standing
in Madison. An officer was put on the
watch, last week, with the result that
i two of the thieves were caught in the
act Of stealing and three other men are
implicated, all of whom are well known
citizens of that place.
Alden Haskell of Clinton lost his team
of two horses and sled load of grain in
the Kennebec river, " ednesday evening
/ of last week. Haskell was returning 9
from Waterville and lad taken to the
ice of the river. about one mile south
of Pishon's Ferry the ice broke and let
the team into the water. Haskell had a
narrow escape from drowning
Laforest Humphrey, a young son of j.
c. Humphrey, who lives on a farm in
the west part of the Pittsfeld, went out
cunning recently and succeeded in
shooting large silver gray fox The
skin of these animals is quite valuable
at this time of the year and young
Humphrey will probably receive a snug
little sum for his days hunt.
g. :. Witham, superintendent Of the
Great Northern Paper Co. at Madison
has on foot a scheme to build skating
rink on the river above the dam. The
rink will be covered in ard be about
50x200 feet. 1t is proposed to have an
orchestra in attendance and people may
skate to the pleasing strains of popular
tunes. The ice will be kept in good
condition all the time by flooding as
fast as 1t becomes worn by the skates
This is novel feature in the line OF
winter sports and will no doubt be well
patronzed.
At the regular meeting of Pioneer
Lodge, No II, K of P, Pittsfed, the
following officers were unanimously
elected for the coming semi annual
term: NJ. of W., John c. Thompson
c. c., Stephen l.. Watson; Y. c., John
O'Reilley; P, John F Tracey; K. of R
and S II. H Johnson; M. of F, Wal
lace L. Conant; NJ. of E., V. c. Bow.
man; NJ. at A., c. A. Libby; l G., La
forest Patten; o. G., A B. Douglass
representative to the Grand Lodge fol
two years, w. L. Pushor.
Mrs. c. G. Totman of Fairfield made 8
large display, at the annual exhibition
of the Augusta China Decorators Club
last week, the special feature of hel
work being the difficult jewel and en-
amel finish with which she has the mos
gratifying success. Her boulion cupi
in Persian design made every lover O.
china covetous, 80 daintily and so deftly
were they done. A large punch bow
done in apple blossoms within and will
the perfect fruit without, was great,
admired, as were also her two figur,
vases, one of girl with a mandolin anC
the other the we'll known study o
"Jeptha's Daughter"
Business at the Pittsfeld Electri,
Light and Power Companys establish
ment is excellent. The novelty mill, ruI
in connection, is now handling a larg'
amount of business, and the compan,
will saw from 600 to 500 cords of whit,
birch this winter. The company viii
have 1000, 900 feet of logs, one.h half o
the amount being cut about Moose pont
and the rest in that section and deliver
ed al the mill. The company is employ
ing 81 hands now and will increase tn
force to II the first of January. Thi
enterprise is one of which the town hs
reason to feel proud. +. l.. Smith, VIII,
is at the head of the company, is
hustler and the way the business ha
been developed in the past two years i
good indication that in the future tn
establishment will be greatly increase,
in size, thereby furnishing employment
to a larger number of hands Hundred
of novelties are manufactured unde
contract and special machinery has beei
invented To do the work.
Tortured a Witness.
Intense suffering was endured by wit
ness T l. Martin of Dixie, Ky before
he gave this evidence. Il coughed ever,
night until nv throat was nearly raw