The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
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after general discussion, decided that
womsn's woik IN The house is more
tedious lhan msu's ,Dfk On the farms
The date Tor the dedication Of the
new N 4 church at Madison has been
sel for December Oh It is last nearing
completion and Il is now expected that
all the work will be done within the
contract time.
A number Of carloads Of edgings have
been shipped to the mill Of the Great
Northern Paper o at Madison. and the
company will make them into pulp. If
the experiment is successful from
commercial standpoint, there is some
talk Of using them, partially at least, al
the Mllnocket mill
Last Sabbath, Rev. ". ". Hayden
completed five years pastorate at the
Madison village and Arson Free Baptist
Churches. During this time twenty
have been received into these churches
He has married fifty-one couples and
attended sixty three funerals. Mr.. Hay
den is popular superintendent Of tie
public schools and the community will
be sorry to lose SO good a citizen.
At the request Of Canaan Grange.
which is actively at work completing its
new hall, Palmyra Grange, has taken
the Pomona for November which was
to have been held with Canaan Grange.
A good meeting is assured and members
of the Pomona are requested to inform
their brothers and sisters Of the change.
Tuesday, Nov. -, is the date, the same
also being the seventh anniversary Of
the organization Of Palmyra Grange.
Thursday evening Oct ., friends and
neighbors to the number Of - assem-
bled at "aunt Mary Robinson's" of
North It. Adams for a husking. The
corn was soon ready for the bin A
bountiful supper was provided including
cheese made by aunt Mary, who is -
years old. she has made 5s cheese the
past season. She is still vigorous in
mind and body, reads the papers and
takes lively interest IN all that goes Cd
in the outside world.
Mr.. ar Randlett and Miss MYRTLE
Annis were married at Hartland. ~atur-
day even ng, Oct. y Rev. L W oons
of Pttsheld performed the ceremony in
the presence of party of the immedi-
NJ 70 lot g.,
Randlett are both numbered among the
most popular young people in that place
and host of friends extend best wishes
to them on this occasion. The wedding
gifts were numerous and beautiful
They will reside on Main street.
Miss Nettie Wade of Mercer took an
overdose of morphine, Tuesday morn.
ing. Serious if not fatal results were
feared and her sister, Miss Lucy ade,
and her brother, w. g. Wade, of Madi-
son we're notified. Miss Lucy imme.
diately started for her home in Mercer
DR. Edwards had been summoned and
shortly after the noon hour Nettie was
reported out of danger. 1t is not ex
pected that she took the drug with any
suicidal intent, but was careless in its
use to the extent that she came near
losing her life.
Isaac Cooper of Pittsfeld Wednesday
of last wdek, killed a wild cat a short
distance from his home He was a
large one but did not possess the tuft of
hair upon each ear which is common
with the Canadian lynx. Old hunters
cat, and that he has come down from
the northern wilds. Others have limited
that this animal may be the one that
caused sheep owners some uneasiness
in Burnbam during the last few years
and of which some rather hair raising
stories have been told by those who
have caught glimpse of him as he
passed out of sight in the woods, after
being startled.
! There was the livlest kind of excite
ment, Friday evening, among the liquor
sellers of Fairfield, when sheriff F. P.
Pennell of Skowhegan, and Deputies F.
L. Harding of Madison, n. NJ. Haskell
of Pittsfield and F. 5. Parsons of North
Arson swooped down upon the town.
The officers entered the first place about
Q o'clock and secured quite a quantity
of liquor. They were also successful at
another saloon. The saloon keepers got
wind of the movement and their shops
were soon dark and empty. Since the
dry season in Watervlle began, many
from that city came to Fairfield for
drink, and now it promises to be a dry
time all round.
Two important contracts for news
paper have been closed recently. The
J New York World has closed a contract
with the New York and Pennsylvania
Company for 10000 tons of paper to be
manufactured by the Great Northern
Paper ompany, that has a mill in Madi-
son, and the New York Times has com
pleted arrangements with the same con
Germ for its supply for 1901, amounting
to about - tons per day. As nearly as
can be asoertaned, the price mentioned
/ in the " orld contract is shade under
the regular figure Of p cents. and that
on the Times order is about , 20 to %
cents. These two contracts are the