The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-05-24
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.


Prof. Wiggin of Hartland Academy
has been engaged to deliver the Grafton
before the G.. A. r. Post at ST. Adams,
Memorial day.
The season has opened early at Castle
Harmony. One party, after spending
week. left for home, saturday, and an
other party from Boston and New York
arrived Friday.
Col. W. G. Morrill, of Plttsfeld has
entered horses for the races at Calais for
July 81 and Aug l, in PIG, 2 80 and
40 classes, purse of first named being
$500 and last two $500 each
Charlie, the five year old son of VII
liam Pierpont, of Madison fell on a
chisel at f. II. Hollis new house, Tues
day afternoon of last week, and cut a
cash about half an inch in length in the
| back of his head.
Twenty Thousand trout fry from the
United States hatchery at Green Lake
were put into Pierce Pond, last week.
Forty thousand trout fry from the pri-
vate hatchery at Plymouth, Mass went
to Rowe Ponds, Monday.
The annual commencement of the
Maine Central Institute, Pittsf1eld, will
begin on Sunday, June 10, when the
Baccalaureate sermon will be preached
at the Free Baptist church. The exer-
cises will be on the following day.
U. G. Willis of Pittsfeld, Bates 90,
is the champion tennis player of that
college, Ferris Summerbell, last year f
champion, and Willis were in Boston,
last week, where they competed in
the tennis doubles at the New England
Inter collegiate Tournament
Detroit grange conferred the fourth
regular meeting, May 18th, after which
a bountiful supper was served consisting
of baked beans with pastry and coffee.
Visiting brothers were in attendance
from Newport, Palmyra, St. Adams and
Pittsfel1, and good time was the re.
suit.
Maine-born dentists play no small part
in the care of the royal teeth of Europe,
Dr. Chamberlain, formerly of Augusta,
has long been dentist to the royal family
of Italy and also does a large general
practice in Rome. DR.. Alonzo sylvester
also native of this state, is located in
Berlin and is dentist to the royal family
of Germany.
Peter Cakeyette, workman employed
by Cyr Bros. of Hartland, who are put
! ting in the basement of F. w. Briggs
house at Pittstield met with a painful
accident, Wednesday of last week He
was working around the derrick and in
some way got his right hand caught
in the gearing, injuring his thumb So
that amputation was necessary.
The machinery for making cans at the
new corn factory at Pittsfeld is now all
set up and a crew of men from the
Corinna factory is now at work making
the cans for this seasons stock. They
are making 1000 cans per day and will
be kept rushed to get the supply finish
ed in season for canning the corn, etc
The other machinery is being set in
place and will be ready before it is
needed.
Ulysses G Hussey, we'll known citi
zen of Pittsfield, died suddenly on Tues
day, May 18th, after an illness of three
weeks, which terminated in blood poi
soning He was a native of Kenduskeae
but learned the sash and blind trade and
afterwards worked at the same in Au
burn and Lewiston. Later he moved
to Belfast, and about year ago to Pitts.
field. he was past captain in A. f
Clark Camp, Sons of Veterans of Belfast
The following assignments have been
made for union grange meetings OF
towns in western Somerset and eastern
Piscataquis during the coming year
June, Detroit; August, North Newport
september, Dexter; October, Newport
November, Pittsfeld; December o.
rinna; January, Plymouth; February,
Palmyra; March, st, Adams May, Exc
ter No meeting will be held in April
and July.
Archie Linn of Hartland captured a