The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-09-27
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.


Maine Central Institute, has entered j.
W. Manson's law Office, Pitts6eld,
where he will study law.
The corn canning season at the
factory of the Northern Maine Packing
Company at Pittsfield was finished
Thursday, with the exception of label.
ing the cans which will take some weeks
longer. The pack this season amounted
to about 1926, 600 cans.
Evan Adams while repairing the
electric light wire running from the
Pulp mill to manager A. l.. Smiths resi-.
dence at Madison, fell over the bank in
the T. G.. Mitchell field and stuck the
point of one of his climbers into his leg
making bad wound.
Columbus Hilton of Arson was strick.
en- with paralysis, Tuesday afternoon OF
last week, and died the following We'd
nesday morning. He was in the field
harvesting corn when he was taken and
remained conscious but short time
Mr.. Hilton was about 81 years of age.
The Sandy River Agricultural Society
will hold their tenth annual cattle show
and fair on the premises of r. and G. d.
Waugh in Starks, Tuesday, October 9th
If stormy the next fair day. Among
the interesting features of this show
will be baby show at 2 p. m. and g
grand ball in the evening.
Mrs. A. r. Jack of Pennington, for.
mer resident of Madison and better
known as Miss Fannie Sawyer, lost the
fore finger of one of her hands from
picking tester on her baby's leg. The
child had the measles and she pricked
the sore with needle which slipped
and stuck into her finger, making it
necessary to amputate the finger.
w. A. Murray, who is a civil engineer
on the New York Central X. R., passed
through Pittsfeld, the 10th inst, accom-
panying the remains of his roommate,
ing struck by locomotive near Niagara
Falls, Monday, while experimenting
some work which was being done on a
bridge, Mr.. Murray and Mr.. Love were
schoolmates at the University of Maine.
Delbert Brown injured his right hand
while at work at a barker in the pulp
mill at Madison, Saturday. He was at
work at machine when a block OF
wood fell out of the sluce and In jump.
ing out of the way he struck his hand
against the knives of the barker cutting
the ends off from four fingers and shaw
ing the skin and flesh of from the back
of his fingers. He will be laid up at
least three weeks.
A singular theft was reported from
the vicinity of Smithfield, last week.
The hay pressers were on their way
from Sidney to Smithfield, with the hay
press and other necessary implements,
and three yoke of oxen as motive power.
While the men were resting and eating
their dinner, being out of sight of the
cattle, the oxen disappeared. The men
followed the track of the hitching chain,
which trailed In the dust, and after
walking about four miles, saw man
ahead driving their oxen. They shout
ed aad the thief dropped his goad stick
and took to the woods, where they were
unable to capture him. He was not
dressed like farmer.
The library has just received 1925 more
volumes which brings the total now up
to about 1000 volumes. 1t is very graf
living to those who have been so very
interested In the success of the library
to note the interest manifested by the
patrons. The library has a large num-
Der of patrons and the demand for
books is on the increase. This year the
fund available for the purchase of books
has been about $3.50 and as the interest
has been ON the increase SO fast, it Is
probable that next year the town will do
even better than it has yet, in way of
appropriations. A few more volumes
will be purchased and added to the
library as soon as the next appropriation
is made available, says the Pittsfield
Advertiser.
Rev. L. W. Coons, pastor of the Uni.
versalist church of Pittsfeld and secre-
tary of the Maine State Universalist
Sunday schools, has announced that the
thirty-second annual session will be
held In Deering, Oct. 9th and 10th. All
Universalist schools in the State having
so or less scholars are entitled to four
delegates and all larger schools are