The Somerset reporter., 1902-08-14
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

AhoIe Will De reunion OF the JohOn-
nett and futile families at Y. T. SIN
clair's home in Palmyra on August 20.
a picnic dinner will be served.
The Third Regiment L. K. K. P. band
has been engaged to accompany an ex-
eursion from Augusta to Kineo, Sunday.
the Gath inst. and furnish music during
the day
The Hon. q. g. Weeks was nominated
for representative to the Legislature by
the republicans of Fairfield and Hon. T.
j. Lawrence by the democrats at the
recent caucuses.
oaros are out announcing the mar
riage of Miss Florence Yining, daughter
OF Anna Vining of ST. Adams, and Hugh
Chisholm of Somerville, Mass, which
occurred Aug. 9Th.
John Martin, H. w. Ferguson and
John O'Reiley of Pittsfeld are among
the Maine delegation in attendance upon
biennial convention of Knights of Py-
that's, held at San Francisco.
The Wooden Overseers' Association Of
Eastern Maine will hold their annual
meeting and banquet in Hartland Aug.
10th. 1t is expected there will be
large attendance. The sessions will be
held in the Opera house.
The series of five, games being PLAYED
between the base ball teams of Hartland
and Pittsfield during this month is
arousing lots of interest in those towns
Hartland thus far has little the best of
it having won two out of three played
Among the many curiosities of which
st. Adams boasts, the leading one was
discovered recently by F. NJ. wilkins.
1t is thought to be petritied gorilla's
head, which was washed up from the
Holway brook in the December flood.
Scott Church of Hartland received It'd
ings, last week, that his sister Mrs.
William Larrabee, of Yinden, III, had
gone to the hospital for treatment with
not much hope of recovery. She will be
remembered as Mary Church of that
place.
Charles H. Hanson of Ripley went to
Brighton market, Monday of last week,
with shipment of live stock consisting
of 30 cattle, rs calves, so hogs and 80
sheep. Mr. Hanson stated that in the
past four months he had shipped 1000
hogs to Brighton market.
Communication between Madison and
Arson was cut off several days, last week
except by the way of the railroad by the
breaking of the Great Northern Paper
Company boom, letting all the short
lumber into the lower boom, filling the
river SO the ferry boat could not be
used.
Harry Nntter, formerly Of Erskine's
drug store Pittsfeld. has severed his
connection with that firm and will stop
at his fathers, w. ". Nutter's in st.
Adams until the fall term opens at the
University of Maine, which institution
he will then enter and take the course
in Pharmacy.
The Fairfield and Shawmut Driving
club is arranging a two-days' meeting to
be held Aug. - and % at the Fairfield
track. On Aug. - there will be p
class, purse $50, and s. class, purse
800. On the I'd day. Aug. %. there
will be free for-all with A purse of $3.50
2 "a class, purse lie, and a 5.miuute
with purse OF Sl00
A H. Pushor and ". NJ. Farrinrtou
of Pittsfeld were at Lake Sebasticooa.
Thursday, and caught 81 pounds Of Hsu.
which included one pickerel, two bass
and the balance white perch They got
one bass that weighed q ! pounds and
as may be understood the 6sh gave both
Mr. Harrington and Nh Pu>la- qaite a
lively time Of it before they landed him.
a queer occurrence happened during
recent shower. at the home of Mr..
Wilcox on Houchtaa street. Madison.
The family were startled, jgst as heavy
clap of thunder sounded, 10y hearing
crash in the lou>e. On entering the
parlor, later "A heavy fIafe-glass mirror
was found ON the d ,of with an oyerturu.
ed table of bfie-a-brae. The cord which
had suspended the mirror was severed as
If cut by j sharp knife. Neither the
mirror an. tie fancy articles upra br,k.v