The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-05-22
Our Washington Letter.

Routes. Congressman Roberts Story.
A Fast Mail Train. Maine Congress
men Stick Close to Washington.
Special to Reperter.l
Washington, d. c., May 2l.-Uuited
States Fish Commissioner Bowers has in.
formed Ex-Gov. Burleigh Of the deposit
of numerous assignments OF fish in the
lakes and ponds up through Somerset
county. Among these assignments are
the following, all on Gov. Burleigh's en-
dorsement:
For Chase Pond, Moscow, 10, 900 brook
trout fry, deposited May s, on request
of G. l.. Chadbourne Of Bingham.
For Rowe Ponds, Pleasant Ridge plan
tation, 5000 brook trout fry, deposited
May s, on request Of l.. +. Wtham of
Madison.
For Otter Ponds, Bow Town, 10000
brook trout fry on same day, at request
of w. d. Snow Of The Forks.
For Rowe Ponds, Pleasant Ridge plan
tation, 10000 brook trout fry, at request
of Mr., sam Rollins Of Bingham.
For stocking pond and stream In May
field, Me-, 5000 brook trout fry. at re-
quest OF Mr.. F. j. Merrill of Madison.
For Otter Ponds, Bow Tows, 10000
brook trout fry, sent at request of Mr..
w. J. Holway of The Forks, and depos-
tied May last.
For Otter Ponds, Bow Town, 10000
brook trout fry, deposited May z, at re-
quest of Mr.. F. j. Durgin, The Forks.
For Rowe Ponds, on May Z, 10000
brook trout fry, at request Of Mr.. George
A. Rerrick of Madison.
For Outer Ponds, 10000 brook trout
fry sent at the request of Mr.. NJ. l..
French Of The Forks.
For stocking Fish Pond, Mayfield,
Me-, 10000 brook trout fry at the re-
quest of Mr.. Walter Coughlin of Madi-
son.
For stocking Embden Lake, In Emb-
den, 5000 brook trout fry at request of
Mr.. Ben s. Collins of North Arson,
Maine, deposited Mays.
For stocking Sand Pond, Embden,
Maine, 10000 brook trout fry, to Henry
b. Merry, at North Arson, Me.
For stocking Hancock Pond, Embden,
Maine, 10000 brook trout fry, deposited
May 8 at request of Postmaster George
l.. Hovey, North Arson. Me.
For stocking Spruce Pond, Lexington,
10000 brook trout fry, at request OF MIR.
Fred s. Parsons, Of MOI tn Arson, Me-
1t is probably safe to say that no
other county in Maine has been so gen.
erously treated In the matter of fish dis
tribution this year as has Somerset coun-
ty. Gov. Burleigh has for some years
been much interested in having the
numerous lakes and ponds of Somerset
well stocked with fish, especially trout,
that it might more and more become a.
u paradise for anglers and thus attract
sportsmen from distance. This year
he has made a special effort to have the
assignments of brook trout very large.
The above assignments are by no means
VII that Somerset will receive from the
United States Fish Commission this year,
but they indicate something Of the ex-
tensive scale on which Mr.. Burleigh is
proceeding on behalf of the county.
Ex-Gov. Burleigh has received a letter
from Hon. Forrest Goodwin of Skowhe-
gan, enclosing a petition and plan for
the establishment of rural free delivery
route, starting from Hartland and lead
ing through that town, Cornville and
Canaan. The governor has already TAX
en- the matter up with Superintendent A.
w. Machen of the rural free delivery
division of the Postoftice Department
and requested that special Inspector +.
Z. Boutelle, OF Bangor, be sent to Skow-
hogan to look over the route. This will
be done as soon as Mr.. Boutelle can get
around to it. He is hard pressed with
work bat will reach Skowhegan before
long.
Another petition for rural free delivery
in Somerset county has been received by
Gov. Burleigh, who has also taken the
matter up with the Department. 1t is
for route starting in Harthnd village,
thence to Corson's Corner on the Athens
Road, thence to Mitchell's corner, Browns
corner, Slab City, Tibbett's Corner and
back again to Hartland village. The
route would be about twenty miles long
and supply about lis families.
Representative Ernest w. Roberts,
whose boyhood home was in East Madh
son, told story in the Republican cloak
rooms of the House the other day, which
will interest, perhaps, some of his old
lcquantances and friends in the Pine
Tree State. sob you fellows may boast
Of men and things you represent" said
he of the Chelsea district, lighting up
ire sh perfecto ard joining in the con-
versaCion. III can beat you all. have
Dne of the most famous tailors ia The
iii L., l.,
has made clothes for Daniel Webster
Charles Sumner, Henry Wilson, once
vice president OF the United States; WEI
dell Phillips, Gen. Charles Devens, Mr..
Justice Gray of the Supreme Court OF
the United States, DR.. Parkman, and
other noted men of the United States.
"He has been in the business since 1841
and is still at 1t. He made the suit in
which Webster replied TO Hayne. Thu
name Of the gent eman is Oliver w. Nc
Laughlin and he lives in Maiden, Mass.
| have no doubt he would be very glad
indeed TO manipulate his tape around and
make clothes for any later day Websters
here or elsewhere" A demand for tellers
In the hall Of the House broke up the ag-
Of men who were debating AS
to who should be measured first.
Mrs. James G. Blaine, who lives in
Washington winters, on X. Street near
the residence of Senator and Mrs. Hale,
and who usually spends her summers at
Bar Harbor, is going to Hampton Long
Island this summer. The Blaine cottage
at Bar Harbor, will be occupied by
others.
Representative Burleigh Joined with