The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-08-16
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

- 1850 ~ '@DihOihSL ARK dI ADlhDD,
Wednesday and Thursday, October Sd
and 4th.
L. 9. Willis Of Pit'sfeId has secured
position at private school for young
men in Boston, at a salary Of $500 per
year lie will teach Latin, Greek and
Athletics.
Rev. ". W. Hayden has resigned his
pas'orate Of the Free Baptist church in
Madison, to take effect the last sunday
IN October. He will, however, continue
to act as superintendent Of schools,
possibly until spring
L. Il. Goodwin Of Hartland Las be-
come 50 Interested 4 base ball that he
has started team Of his own. which
will be known as the Good wins The
first game was played with the Palmyra
team, resulting in a victory for the
Goodwins with score . to Il.
Amos z. Gerald Of Fairfield has secured
pair of elk, pair Of Buffalo and a
cage of monkeys which have just
been brought from sierra Leone,
Africa, the first Of the kind to be
brought to this country. The elk and
buffalo are large and have Just been
bought by Mr.. Gerald from parties in
Michigan, where they have been raised.
Nj. Gerald bought them for the park
which be proposes to fit up near the
Fairfield Opera house, in that town.
In the third heat of the 2 Is class at
the Fairfield Driving Park, Thursday,
just as Ned o. turned into the stretch
he fell in some manner and his owner
and driver, Pearl A Libby, was thrown
from his bike and sustained a compound
fracture of his left leg at about six
inches from his ankle. Medical aid was
called for and DR.. NJ. :. Goodrich of
Waterville responded and superintended
the removal of Mr. Libby TO hack, in
which he was carried to the Park Hotel.
Wateryille, where the fracture was
reduced.
hrs. Rebecca c. Atkinson of Arson,
10 years of age last February, has recent
ly spun fifteen skeins of nice white warn.
The yarn is remarkably smooth and ia
nicely done. The wheel upon which
she did the work is about 100 years old
and we feel free to say that there are
few if any people now living, who can
do such nice work Mrs. Atkinson is
remarkably well preserved, bright and
active for her years and has not seen
sick day for year and can walk two
miles TO church, which she did when at
Hiram Paine's, Madison. She is the
mother of six children, four of whom
are now living. She now makes her
home with her daughter, Mrs. A. T.
Tinkham in Arson.
The authorities of Madison have been
making enquiries for Young man, who
came to that village as Laforest DAVIS
and worked for time in the pulp mill.
Securing mis- wages, he borrowed BIZ
cycle of John Hatch and skipped leaving
unpaid bills amounting to about $50,
including his board. Davis, who claim
ed his home to be in Dexter, has since
been heard from in Sebec, where he
likewise left unpaid bills, disappeared
just in time to elude the officers who are
on his track. When he left Madison he
rode '97 model Rambler bicycle, with
octagon handle bars, factory number
Is, 1872. The owner hopes to recover his
wheel, but whether Davis creditors get
their money is somewhat uncertain.
Schools will begin at Madison the Sd
of september with the following board
of teachers: High school, T. A. Rob.
erts, principal; Edith L. Floyd, assistant;
9th grade, Miss Hattie Cleaves; It'll and
Sth grades, Miss Alice Lalley; 5th and
9th grades, Miss Aunie V. Bracket; Sd
and 4th grades, Miss Edith Frederic and
Miss Ethel NJ. Frost; I'd grade, Miss
Nellie NJ. McClary; LIST grade, Miss
| Gertrude Blackwell. The rural schools
as follows: East Madison, Miss Blanche
Chadbourne; White school house, Miss
Annie Fuller; Blackwell hill, Miss Lottie
Moore; Ward Hill, Miss Ada Davis;
Pugh orner, Edith Blanchard; II Cor
ners, Miss Elya escott; No. !, Miss
Mabel Davis; Pooler Bridge, Miss Nettie
Burns. There are two less rural schools
this year than last.
1t is understood that quite a portion
of the rails to he used in the extension
of the Somerset & Moosehead railroad
will be purchased of the Maine Central.
1t is probable that the work on the ex.
tension will not commence much before
the 10th of the present month. W. j.
Hayes of Cleveland, Ohio, who is back
of the plans, will not get to work on
matters pertaining to the extension so
soon by two weeks as he thought, on
account of other business requiring his
attention. 1t is understood that the
$40, 600, which the court has allowed to
be put into the work of extension and
repair, rolling stock, etc, will do quite
a little outside of completing the extern
sion, all of which will tend to greatly
i increase the value of the road by im-
/ proving its tracks and roadbed. About
three miles of new track will we - be
laid to complete the roa 70 VAN
Stream, according TO the statements of
/ the civil engineer. When the work COM