The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-14
SOMERSET PICK-UPs.

murray ht village school II taught
b. aeston " ebb OF Hauland, vino las
'aaal- two fetms here eety aeceptaolq
Nf. George If. Parks Of Madison Aas
been appointed manager Of aauufae.
uaue Of ire mis- ct zHe breaf S.r-..z
era Paper Company at Madison aad
s1I1nocket.
K ". Pettingiil Of Ripley died Noa-
day, nov. ], aged - yeafs. The faurraI
wao held AT bis ate hons. Tbaf-.a..
Rev. S. II. Could officiating Intefm.at
Mas IN the otoIer cemetery n Dexser
A literary society has been orpsu I'D
at Hartland Academy, with The follow.
ing officers: President, Roger Williams:
vice president, John Fiji; seere.aiy.
Genie Brown Exercises are 70 be Leld
every Friday afternoon
As Johnnie -anford of pittsae.4. aged
Il, was out after his cows one uIeht ~
Gently, bullet went through his stock-
ing leg cap very near his head. It vas a
narrow escape. Whether be Mas ms.
taken for deer or it was stay bullet
Is not known.
The following pupils were nj absent
one half day at the fall term of The 81.
Adams primary school: Gladly, Bige-
low, Ethel Moore, Ola Parker. Berfl
Buker, Irma Packard, VIM Bowerman,
Lewis Wright. Miss Laughton vii teach
the next term Of the village primary
school
Arrangements are nearly completed
for the X. of =. concert, drill and ball
which will take place at Union Han.
Pittsheld, on Friday evening, Wv :.
fhe concert given by the L L. K r.
orchestra will commence at - O'Clock
which viii be followed at q ny a.s-
play drill by the Knights in fulI uniform
The grand march will stmt al a.l5
O'Clock. The K. of p orchestra u.
furnish excellent music for the bail
Palmyra Grange held a very Interest.
Ing session Saturday evening. Nov. =
There was an interesting discussion oa
the question. "shall Palmyra have tel
ephone?' All united in the opinion Tia It
it would BE- great benefit to that qulet
little town to be connected with the
great outside world. To keep II toueA
with the business world is one ii The
great necessities of the farmer and this
seems to open an avenue that uoue c4H
afford to pass by
Perhaps hunters will be q ad l. hear
OF good Shot that Mrs. F. L Hubbard
of Palmyra made one day last week.
She saw two deer beside the road feed
ing near her house and went back iuta
the house and got her sons rifle ana
picked her way cautiously along the
road where the deer were. She fired at
them twice and succeeded in bringing
one of them, large one. 10 the earth.
She says that she expects to get smother
before the season closes
\ fire loss of $1,000 was caused, >atur.
day evening by the explosion Of an oil
stove in the drug store of F. A Nanter
of Madison. Prompt work by the de-
partment prevented damage to the ten.
ement over the store, but the store was
completely burned out The building.
which is owned by George a. Kent of
Belfast, WAS damaged t. the amount of
$1,000, covered by insurance; while Mr..
Manter's loss is $4,000 with an insur-
ance of 3 600.
The first man in Maine legally author
lied to shoot COW moose, since the
law protecting them went into effect Is
Chandler Moore of Bingham, who is
now at Maytield after one Of these AMI
mails. This COW has been seen there
with broken leg by several hunters.
none of whom have dared 90 shoot he4
to put her out OF her suffering rhe
Carleton by Mr.. Moore, WHO Is a regis
tered guide, and he was delegated to -
and kill her. The animal is said to be
a very large one
The kennebee wooden mill in Fairfield
has just received an addition to its plan t
in the shape of a wool dyeing machine,
which it is expected will facilitate tins
part of the work greatly. 1t has a ca
pacity of 200 pounds and Will do the
work OF three ordinary yats. Il consists
of large cylinder revolving IN yat
which contains the dye liquor 1t is the
only one in this part OF the state and
shows that the company intends To have
the latest and most improved machinery
If this machine proves t. be what the
management expect it 10 be, more of
this kind will probably he added in the
near future. The dyeing facilities al
the mill were poor before the splendid
new dye house costing Sic, 900 WAS added
to the plant.
The special meeting of Phentoma
Lodge, o. o. f. of Pittshcld held in
odd Fellows Hall on Tuesday evening
of last week, was largely attended by
members of the order in this section, and
was one of the most pleasant events held
by the lodge thus tar this fall The in
itiation of two candidates was performed
by the degree team of Fairfield in a most
excellent manner. The team has an i'm.
proved way of revealing the mysteries Of