The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-16
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

( Among the list of candidates who
passed the bar examination at Portland,
/ last week, is Thomas a Anderson OF
! Hartland.
/ The Clionea club held their annual
picnic on the lawn Of Miss Lidie Nye,
Fairfield, Thursday evening picnic
supper was served at six o'clock to
about fifty members Of the club and
invited guests.
A corporation was organized at Nor
ridgewock, last week under the name of
the self Heating Can Company, for the
purpose of conducting a general canning
business, with 100000 capital stock OF
which nothing is paid in. Tho officers
are: President, George >. Jewett OF
Norridgewock, Me; treasurer, Fred +.
Jewett of Norridgewock, Me
Reports from the streams and lakes in
the northern part of the county indie tie
that trout and salmon are abundant this
season. Moxie, Pierce Otter, Pleasant,
airy, and all the other ponds IN that
region, are feasting grounds for visiting
sportsmen. The record salmon was
taken at Pierce Pond recently, by Mr..
Miller of New York, who caught four in
one day that weighed 40 pounds, the
largest registering To- pounds.
The August meeting at Union Park,
Pittstield, under the management of
Walter G Morrill,, Will be one of the
important turf events of 1908 in this
state. The dates are August II, - and
ii, and $500 will be offered in purses.
The arrangements usual liberal policy
will be followed. The races will be as
follows: Wednesday, August L, 2 80
stake (closed), % entries, purse 500;
Is class, purse $50; % class, purse
500; Thursday, August 10, 2.25 stake
(closed). % entries, purse $500; free
for all, purse $50; three-minute class
purse, 500; Friday, August IA, three
minute class (closed) % entries, purse
$500; 2 81 stake (closed), 20 entries,
purse $500; 2.29 class, purse 500. All
the events are open to both trotters and
PAGERS.
The following protest appeared in the
last issue of the Madison Bulletin: some
of the State papers have referred to the
celebration in Madison as being drunken
and disorderly, and that numerous ar
rests were made. We wish to correct
this statement on the authority OF the
police, who report that not single arrest
was made during the day. The efforts
of certain journals or their correspond
ents to lower the tone of our celebration
are deserving of censure and the con
tempt of justly indignant people.
Madison's celebration of the glorious
Fourth was the cleanest and most order
ly of anything of like nature in the
history of our State, and we as citizen
of this progressive town are proud of
our record and condemn in the most
emphatic terms the vile and libelous ut
terances of those who seek to defame the
fair name which we have so proudly
won of putting up the cleanest and
grandest celebrations ever witnessed in
the State of Maine"
Two Somerset cases we're heard by
the Law Court at Portland, Friday.
Tha. first was that of Samuel II
Dixon vs. the American Wooden company,
which is an action brought to recover
damages alleged to have been received
by the carelessness of the defendant
company while cleaning a tinker on
December 81, 1901. The damages asked
for are $4,000. The plaintiff lost his
riAht arm at the shoulder in this &C
cident. In this case the verdict was for
the plaittiff of 5000. The defendants
move that the court set aside the
verdict. Forrest Goodwin appeared for
the plaintiff and Danforth and Gould
for the defendants. Another Somerset
county case is an action to recover $4,000
damages, brought by David S. Kierstead
against Frank Bryant ct al, who operate
sash and blind factory in Pittsfield.
The plaintiff obtained verdict of 1925.
The court is asked to set this verdict
aside Forrest Goodwin for plaintiff
and Morse and Manson for defendants.