The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-11-21
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

Nr. and Mrs. Sherman Laughton Of
NaiHsifeam he'd iheif wedding feeep
ton. Thursday evening. Nov. :. about
sixty guests being present The were
the recipients Of many presents 10Th use
ful and ornamental.
At the recent meeting Of tie Maine
Pathological Society the following fine
exhibit was made by T. Z. Novel;, Far
field: Baldwin, Northern spy, K9x-
bury, Russell, Fameuse. Sodhead,
Twenty Ounce, Wagner, Wealthy, Pen
mock, Garden RoyaI, President, 81 Law
renee, Pippn. Mr.. NOVEL; took ffst
price on nearly all the varieties.
Lorenzo D. Libby Of Lisbon FaIs died
at his home in that town, Friday nom
ing, Of paralysis Of the brain Mr. Libby
was well known in eastern Maine. many
OF the most important pieces Of masonry
which have been built in that vicinity
during the last decade having been con
| structed under his personal supervision
He was born at st Adams in ISL
On account of the recent heavy snow.
fail, last week, the wire bridge at Fair
field became SO heavily loaded. that
Thursday morning, it was found that
the bridge had broken in two. This
bridge has been standing for a number
of years, and has done good service. It
wk thoroughly repaired few years
ago, and was thought to be strong and
safe.
One of the women employees at the
Gerald at Fairfield, Thursday evening.
while in the annex, filled her lamp with
gasoline instead of kerosene, with the
result that a brisk blaze occurred when
the lamp was lighted In her excite.
ment she threw the lamp into the hall
way and the floor caught fire, which was
extnguished by other employees before
much damage was done.
At about 80 O'Clock Thursday even
ing, the fire alarm called out the fire
company for blaze in the basement of
G W. fate's carpet and crockery store
i'll the Greene block, Madison. The
basement and store were SO full OF
smoke that it was hard TO get at the
fire, but after stubborn fight of about
20 minutes it was conquered with little
damage above the basement except that
caused by the smoke. 1t is thought
that the fire caught from the furnace.
Both the building and the stock are
well insured. Probably $1,000 will
cover the entire damage.
Mr.. j. Sewell Davis of Pittsfeld aged
% years and 8 months, raised in a small
garden from two seeds about eighty
pounds of Hubbard squash, one squash
weighing % pounds. Besides he has
painted the floors of eight rooms in his
house and two entrys. He has also
taken out three heavy stone steps from
one of his doors dug out the dirt and
rubbish, replaced the stones, put in two
new sleepers eight feet long and laid a
new platform. He did all the work
alone except about five minutes work
lifting a stone or rolling it over.
F. B. Pierce of North Arson is one of
the farmers who raises few colts and
likes to have something good He now
has two two-year-olds and two yearhngs,
and they are all by Broadway 29f.
One of the mares he is breeding
from weighs 400 lbs. Her two year-old
is brown in color, and weighs 1000 lbs.
A grey yearling is out of the same dam.
Both are good sized, good shaped and
good acting colts. The other two year
old and yearling are both bay and they
show considerable speed. Both are
from daughter of Tom King rs, son
of Daniel Boone.
Mrs. Charles Dustin of Pittsfeld died
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, after
| lingering illness of consumption. She
was 53 years of age and had always lived
in that town. Besides her husband
she leaves two daughters, Eugenia and
] Mamie, an aged mother, sister, Mrs. G.
r. Runnals of Caribou, and brother,
Eugene Pushor, formerly a druggist in
Caribou, but now living at the home of
the deceased, where he has been confn
ed to his bed for many months. Mrs.
Dustin by her gentle, thrlsuan charae-
ter has made many sincere friends dur
ing her long residence in that place
The death of Franklin D. Jenkins,
who was one of the prominent business
men of Pittsfeld occurred at his home,
November 9th. Mr.. jenkins health Of
late years had not been robust and for
the past year he had been confined To
his home most eff the time. Mr.. Jen.
kins was a man Of sound business judg-
ment and was thoroughly reliable and
conscientious in every day affairs His
business career had been a long and sue
cessful one. He had been partners with
W. X. Lancey aud A. p NcMaster in
mercantile business. He held the
office of Town Treasurer for some years
Austin Berry is one of the prosperous
farmers of Embden. Very few who
pass over the road from North Arson To
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