The Somerset reporter., 1904-09-15
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.


This - tine farm, and well located.
Thursday, the 5-yeaf-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Romeo Of Fairfield. In try
ing TO jump onto passing freight car
on the Benton Il Fairfield electric line,
stumbled and fell beneath the car. injur-
ing both legs 50 seriously az 10 necessi-
tate amputatiou.
The D. A. Z. Of North Arson are
making preparations 70 erect 3 raonu-
ment to the memory of Major John
Moore IN the cemetery on TIE north
side Of Norridgewock village, On he
18th of October. An address vii be
delivered by Judge spear betting the
occasion in the Congregational church.
The Trustees Of the Hartland Public
Library have placed one If the state ju.
yenle travelling libraries in the west
part Of the town, at Mrs. Charles Good
wins. The expense, g 80, viii be paid
from town appropriation, and the library
can be kept months AL. in that neigh.
borhood can have the use Of the books
free subject to the same conditions a.
at the town Public Library.
The large stand pipe located about a
mile from the business section Of Pitts
field which holS& the water supply, IL
receiving some necessary repairs a1der
the direction Of uperinteudeat \. II.
Burse Of the water works department.
The large red pipe that has been a con
spicuons land mark for seYefa. years.
has been treated to a coat II pain. If a
very dark slate color.
apt. F. q. Parsons with a crew Of
twelve men and six horses is building a
turnpike road from the Highway in
Pittsfeld near Geo. Thomas to Ring
wood. This road when completed will
be great addition TO the convenience of
the public in getting to this fayorite re-
sort by team and will no doubt be great
ly appreciated by those who patronize
this resort.
Cyr Brothers have commenced upon
the foundation of the sub station of the
Sebasticook Power Co.. which will be
located on Lancy street on the lot be-
tween the Somerset County Creamery
and the bottling establishment of Childs
& Coons, PittSfeld. The structure will
be two-story building built of brick
and will contain the apparatus for
distributing the electricity from the
| power station at the Sebasticook dam.
The fall term at the Maine Central
Institute, Pitts6eld, began on Tuesday,
September 8, and all indications point
to q large number of new students.
Professor e. Z. Ramsdell, A. B., NJ iss
Fannie r. Waterman, A. NJ, preoeptress,
Miss Florria NJ Bishop, superintendent
OF the Normal department, arrived in
town Saturday from their homes. Many
J Improvements have been made this sum
mer at Cedarcroft hall, including the
addition of fire escapes and extras add.
ed to the heating apparatus.
AS WAS stated in last weeks issue,
Mr.. Edward H. Wass, organist and choir
master of st. Marks church, Augusta,
has begun a course Of instruction with
the Vested Choir of the Uniyersalist
church of Pittsfed. He visits the
church weekly, Wednesdays, holding
two rehearsals, one in the afternoon
and one in the evening. In addition to
the excellent material now in the ranks,
the choir is being gradually augmented
with new voices and Mr.. Was intends
IN time to place it on a par with the
best vested choirs in the State.
The dam at the lower end of the mil
pond, Fairfield, Is being repaired by it;
owners, the United Boxb board and Paper
company. At present large Golfer
dam is being built on the upper side Sc
as to enable the orkmen to get at the
dam itself. The dam is to be entirely
new planked and all decayed tmoer'
are to be replaced with new. This wi
make the structure practically as gooC
as new and will prevent a large waste
of water from leakage. The work il
in charge of George Crosby Of BentoI
Falls.
B. F. Rackliff and DR.. 2 A knowltor
of Fairfield Lodge, No. IS, l. o @. F
were in Newport, Saturday, to confer
with the committees from lodges il
Districts No. %, 23, "A, % and -, which
met with a committee from Old Hickory
Lodge of that town 10 regard 10 an Ode
Fellows Field day. The committee;
from the different lodges were appoint
ed some little time ago, but were un
able to get together until Saturday
They decided that the Field day should
occur, saturday, Sept. "a, and on invi'
tation of Fairfield Lodge, No. Is, il was
decided that it should be held in Fair
field on Bunker Island. Other commit
tees were appointed to make further ar
engagements in regard to the manner il
which the company shall be entertained.
If the weather is favorable it Is ex
pected that large company will gath
er, as the Odd Fellows, their wives anG
all Rebekahs will be welcome. Various
sports will be INDUCED in and a genera
good time is sure to be the result.
The proposition to employ Porto Ricsr
labor in digging the Panama canal Ii
not being well received, since the mer
] OF thAt islAnd ere not what can be cal Hon