The Somerset reporter., 1900-02-15
SOMERSET PICK-UPS

After the business session supper was
served.
A partridge flew through a window
of b. F. Hunnewelrs house, on ADson
side, recently, breaking a large pane of
glass. The bird flew through the
middle of the floor uninjured. Mr..
Hunnewell kindly picked up the bird
and let it fly away
There is quite an effort being made
get telephone line from Cambridge
through Harmony to connect with
Athens, and part Of the necessary poles
have been pledged, while some are all
cut and ready. sneh an arrangement
would be great convenience to all.
At an adjourned meeting of the
shareholders of the Union Hall Com
pany of Pitisfield, held recently the fol.
lowing officers were elected: President.
II. c. Pooler; directors, II. F. Libby.
f. y. Shaw, Gordon Dobson; secretary
and treasurer, o, ;. Haskell: auditor, F.
W. Briggs; manager. H. F. Libby.
l.. r. Ramsdell of Ripley is getting
out lumber for cheese factory, 2ix32
feet, and two stories high, which he
plans to build this spring. He has
already secured pledges of 200 cows
and thinks that by the time he is ready
to start up the cheese factory there
will be at least % more COWS added to
the list.
Mr.. Z. Dyer and son and H. f.
Harvey of New Portland are building
a private wire suspension bridge across
the Carrabassett river, opposite Mr.
Dyer's. 1t will be a foot bridge. 800
feet long and about four feet wide.
Previous to this boat had been used
and the present bridge will be a great
convenience, as well as a novelty in
bridge building.
The shop of Purinton q Pratt in
Fairfield, was broken into Tuesday
night and tools of considerable value
were taken. The owners have from
time to time missed articles of slight
valne and suspicion at once fell upon
young man by the name of Foster,
who has been hanging around the shoI
considerably of late, says the Mail.
! When search was made for him. he
could not be found. The missing
! bnu !
Guy c. Edwards, the Fairfield horse.
man who is we'll known all over Maine
says there is a great scarcity of good
horses in the state, and it will be but
a short time before the breeders will
realize this fact. He says that during
the last ten years there has been
great falling off IN breeding. Their
there was great fever among the
farmers for breeding all kinds OF
horses. Every farmer who had
likely mare was breeding for a pedigree
for it was the pedigree that sold thu
horse. Then came a crash in the hors,
market. The farmers who had paC
out big sums for service found tha
they had a drug on the market in thei
colts and the markets became over
stocked.
Homer Dearborn died very suddenl,
at the home of his parents. Mr.. anC
Mrs. John Dearborn, in Pittsfield
Friday morning Before arising, h,
complained to his mother that be die
not feel well, and she went to th
kitchen to make him cup OF coffee
When she returned to his room, he dit
not answer to her call, and upon exam
ination he was found to be dead. |
is supposed that death was due t.
some heat trouble or perhaps to wha
would be termed, fatty degeneration
of the heat. Mr.. Dearborn held tn
position as second hand in the car,
room in the Riverside wooden mill. !
father and mother, two sisters and on
brother survive him.
Mr.. Tenny Pierce, aged about ,
sCal . iihibS WIN IiS hibAutl duu ste I
father, Nh. Eugene Day of Millay Hill
New Portland, committed suicide at a.
early hour Thursday morning b.
shooting himself with a 80 by 50 calbr
rifle, blowing the top of his head of
Mr.. Pierce retired as usual Wednesda
night, but about o'clock a repor
was heard and Mr.. Day went 10 Pierce
room where he found him ON the be-
dead. The cause of the act is no
known, but he had been suffering il
health for several weeks. althoug
doing some work. He had BEEN some
what despondent. it is said, thinkin
his financial affairs were going to ruin
The event seems doubly sad, as hi
only brother, together with two othe
boys, were drowned while bathing
few years ago. He leaves a mother
and one married sister
The LEV hotel at Madison, is al
preaching completion. The trs
story, bath rooms and closets are beiu
finished in Southern pine. natura
wood. The second and third stoie
are finished in white wood and will b
painted an enamel white. There Ar
five bath rooms. The house is heate