The Somerset reporter., 1901-05-16
SOMERSET PICK-UPS

Aubrey Dyer, the five years old son of
|. b Dyer of Madison, who has been
very sick with commissions, followed by
slight meningitis and measles is very
much improved though there still re-
mains some impeachment in his speech
which will improve with time.
w. g. Chamberlain of Pittsfield has
sold his business to A. J. Loder to ac-
cept position with the Boston Hello
type Printing and Engraving Co. Mr..
Chamberlain left, Sunday night, for
Franklin, Mass, where the company's
works are located, and will move there
soon.
Mr. II X. league has recently opened
Block on Madison street, Madison MIR
league has an interesting collection of
eurios in his show window among which
are number of samples of ore-bearing
rock from Kondike region, a klondike
hood, and cuban machete.
At the annual meeting of the Dial
Club at Fairfield, the following officers
were elected: President, Mrs. Alice S.
Totman; vice.president, Miss Annie M
Drew; secretary, Mrs Fannie II. Mayo;
treasurer, Mrs. Adelia A. Merrill. The
next meeting of the club will be May
goth, when Miss Kate Furbush of Bruins
wick will give lecture ON 1.-THE Wild
Flowers of Name
The buildings known as the Spauldng
place on Huff Hill, Hartland, and occu-
pied by Mrs. Caroline Hammond, consist
ing of house, shed and barn, were
burned, recently. The loss, including
furniture, tools, etc amounted to $500.
No insurance. The woods near by
caught on fire from the sparks and it
was by the strenuous efforts of the
neighbors that more serious damage was
not done.
VIM. Howard of the Howard House,
Arson, owns the well known Moore
Farm, at what is locally known as
Moore's Ferry, situated near the june
ton of the Kennebeo and Sandy rivers,
Mr.. Howard keeps about 80 head of
cattle and milks 20 cows. He has fine
herd of Berkshire swine and makes
many sales. Mr.. Howard breeds cocker
spaniels, and is going into the business
of raising fox terriers.
The mills of the Lawrence, Newhall &
Page Co. of Shawmut, are now running
full blast and it is about all large crew
of men can do, working Sundays and all,
to get the logs out of the piles fast
enough to keep the mills going The
Hollingsworth & Whitney boom is pretty
well filed, and the work there will soon
be in full blast. The piles down by the
mill are rapidly disappearing and the
work of replacing them will shortly be
under way.
Miss Lillian Dixon of Fairfield, who
went to the Maine Eye and Ear Infrm
airy for treatment few weeks ago, is
improving very rapidly, being now able
to sit up and does not suffer near as
much pain as when she went to Port
land, being at that time in great agony
all the time. Miss Dixon will be re-
membered as the young lady who was
thrown from wheel a number of
months ago and seriously injured her
spine. Her friends now hope for full
recovery.
frankie Grevoy, an employee of the
wooden mill at Fairfield, is suffering
severe injuries received while in the
performance of his duties at the mill.
The power had been thrown off in order
that he might re- adjust some part of the
machinery, when in some unaccountable
way, the machinery started, and the
young man was caught In the shafting,
and one of the bones of the right arm
was broken, the ligaments badly strain
ed, and he received numerous other cuts
and bruises. DIR. Downs was called and
made the unfortunate fellow as comfort
able as possible. He will be laid up a
number of weeks.
In the International Paper Co.'s Mill
in Scion, Saturday, Fred Washburn, a
lad eighteen years of age, while working