The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-02-28
SOMERSET PICK-UpS

II. h. Johonuett Of Palmyra, claims
the honor ii owning the hen that bas
produced the largest egg Of the tgepti.
eth Century thus Tar IL measurements
were = By ~ inches and it, weight
ounces.
One Of the articles IN the town war.
rant Of tartIaud is to see II the town
viii appropriate money for the pur.
pose oi lighting the streets With cleo
tricily. somerset towns are always
VIDE awake and active IN improvements.
The Liueplr Ash.g--4o Fairfield yi.s
Nye, teacher, Las recently received the
GIT oi a new picture Of Lincoln with an
autograph letter The picture is ia
handsome frame and as the gift Of Sir.
T. q. fotman, president Of Fairfield Ma
tional Bank
Miss Ethel Yickery arrived in Pitts.
Held from Bates College last week in re-.
spouse 10 a telegram asking Der to come
and fill out the remainder Of the term At
the Institute, the position Of Mas Files.
the teacher Of French and Greek. Who
was taken suddenly III and unable to at
tend the classes
William Fletcher Of Fairfield, Who
was recently married b sMis Fannie
Webb of skoshegan, viii occupy the
house on Western aYeLne owned bv
Capt. Kreger. Mr. Fletcher il a brother
OF the late Rev. Z G Fletcher. who
was at one time pastor of the Baptist
church there, and he has a position as
electrical engineer in our town. Mrs.
Fletcher IS singer Of considerable tai
emit Fairfield gladly welcomes her.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers OF the Wayerley wooden mill corpo-
ration Pittsfield, was held Tuesday fore
noon OF last week and resulted in the
election Of the old board of officers az
follows: President, A. 2. McMaster:
treasurer Gordon Dobson; clerk, j. w.
Manson, Esq g. 5. Cushman, Boston:
Oscar Holway, Augusta; E. II. Blake.
Bangor; a. p. McMaster, 2. D. jenkins.
James f Conner, Vim. Dobson, Pitts
field, directors
The members Of Pioneer Lodge. K. of
T., Pittsheld, are arranging the details of
an interesting meeting TO be held very
soon at which the members of Dixmont
Lodge, the new lodge recently organized
at Dixmont, will be the guests of the
local lodge. All three ranks Of the sub
ordinate lodge will be worked by the
rank team of Pioneer Lodge. A banquet
and a short display drill by Uniform
Rank will also constitute pleasing part
OF the entertainment for the visiting
Knights. The date of the event has
not been decided upon but it will occur
within few weeks.
One of the most interesting places for
visiting horsemen to this place saws the
Plttsheld Advertiser is a trip to the
stables of the Martin Farm. where the
manager, W. P Martin, who is winter
ing some very fine specimens of horse
flesh owned by John F. Mills of Boston,
is always ready to extend a cordial well
come There are "A horses being win
tered at this farm, some particularly fine
ones being among the lot There are
three blooded mares in foa by Bingen.
OCT; Baron Wilkes, Is; Chehallis,
2O44. These stations are considered
by horsemen to be among the very best
breeding strains in the country.
Walter L. Gordon of Dexter, was in
Harmony, Tuesday on business connect
ed with the establishment of branch
creamery in that town early in the
spring. The farmers of Harmony have
taken the matter under consideration
and are much interested in the move,
and it is understood will deliver the
product of about 500 cows TO the estab-
lishment. The proprietors of the Dex-
ter creamery have not canvassed the
town, neither have they asked any of
the farmers to pledge their cream or
milk to the factory. They do not ask
pledges but rely upon good prices to be
sufficient induoement to those having
cream TO sell, to cause their business
to flourish, where they choose TO oper.
ate a branch. II was stated a short
time ago that a new creamery was to
be established in Hartland and this
fact had been advertised in Harmony
with the result that great many cows
in that town had been pledged to sup
port the same. Whether this is true or
not remains To be seen. though assur-
ances are given by Harmony people
that if a creamery is established in
their midst, all things being equal they
will most certainly patreu1ze the one at
home in preference 10 shipping the
cream away.
Like bad dollars. al eoauterfelts Of
DeWitt's Witch Hazel >alye are worth.
less. The original quickly cures piles,
sores and all skin diseases Geo. f.
sampson