The Somerset reporter., 1900-07-12
sOMEKSET PICK-UPS.

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cumbent, whose term expired, April -,
1889
Hon. Aaron Jones Of South Bend,
Ind, master Of the National grange, 2.
Of II will spend two weeks in Maine
lecturing in Il different parts Of the
state. August 18th is the date fixed for
meeting at Hayden Lake, Madison, at
which he will speak.
Mel Wheeler workman in south
ards box factory at st. Adams. met
with very serious accident, Monday
afternoon Of last week, getting his arm
caught in the planning machine and hav
ing it 50 badly mangied that he probably
will lose the use Of it for life.
Among the recent changes in postal
routes is the following in Somerset:
Route 1871, Palmyra to Newport
Leave PALMYRA at $50 a. m. and , a.
p. m. or in time TO connect with trains
Arrive at Newport In / hour. Leave
Northport on arrival of trains, but not
later than L m. and 8 p. N. Arrive at
Palmyra in / hour.
Joshua B. Perkins of Madison cele.
brated his 18th birthday, Thursday,
July 9TH. He is the oldest living person
who was born within what are now the
limits of Madison Village corporation.
When he was boy, where Madison vii
lage now stands was all woods except on
Weston avenue which was the road
leading to the ferry at the T B. Weston
place.
While Thomas Perry was in charge of
a donkey engine that was engaged in
piling logs on the edge of the canal in
the yard of the Great Northern Paper
Co. at Madison, a few days ago, the
strain of one of the loads was so great
that the engine was toppled over into
the water, carrying Mr.. Perry beneath
it to the bottom. Mr.. Perry through
his GOODNESS and being an expert swim
mer escaped with few bruises.
A. r. Dunlap of Ripley has a natural
curiosity in the shape of calf; his body
is covered with thick black wool but
there is little long hair on his belly.
He has white star in his face and has
ears like a deer. His tail is very long
and about as big round as a common
goad stick and has a pretty tsssel OF
| long, white hair at the end. Lots of
people come to see him and they all say
they never saw the like. He is now
about seven weeks old.
Mr.. Laughton of Ripley has during
the past two years or more gone into
raising thorough bred Durham stock
and finds it profitable, as there is much
of a demand for stock Of this character.
He shipped ten-months old bull calf
to Warren Ramsdell of Columbia Falls,
one day recently for which he received
the tidy sum of $75 Mr.. Laughton is
one of Ripley's foremost citizens and
the new departure he has made will no
doubt be prolific of large returns in the
near future.
Telephone message received at Bing-
ham, Saturday morning, from West
Forks states that w. L. Boothby, sup
posed to have drowned on Spencer
pond, has been found alive. Was found
by John Kennedy woodsman, Monday,
after disappearance i'll from exhaustion
having lost his way and wandered.
Boothby was cared for by Kennedy,
DR.. Stetson and others camping in that
vicinity. Boothby was taken TO the
home of friends in Portsmouth. He
was much exhausted.
George c. Small of Fairfield who, q
few weeks since, purchased richly
] bred Berkshire boar at Hood Farm
Lowell, Mass, has just secured choice
SOW from the same herd. She is by
Lord Curzon XIV and her dam is the
prize winner SOW Sweet Sixteen, never
beaten in the show ring. AS a SOW
under six months old she was exhibited
at many of the western fairs, before
being purchased by Hood Farm. Mr.
Small now has pair of pigs of which
he has reason to be proud.
Both mills of the Brighton Lumber
Company, Brighton, Me-, with mschin
cry were totally destroyed by fir
which started at II o'clock Saturda,
night The fire was first seen in tn,
shavings at the south end of the plan
ing mill and it is thought To have beer
of incendiary origin as there had beer
no one at work in the mill for hours
The dry house and several store houses
belonging to the mill as well as the yarC
full of sawed lumber were saved. Tn,
loss outside of the insurance and tn
damage caused by the stoppage of tn,
plant at this season OF the year will b.
$1,000
Arson wilkins, farmer aged "a year
living in South Smithfield in the neigh
borhood of the Ten Lots committed
suicide Thursday morning by hangn!
in his barn. Wilkins has not been wei
for several months and of late had beer
Respondent under the hallueination tina
he was going to lose his home by som,
means During the forenoon. Thursday
wilkins went to the barn for some pur
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