The Somerset reporter., 1904-10-20
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

The new street which is being built
from Main street south past saint Sabas-
tisn's church In Madison will be called
Fulsome street.
contractor Irwin Towle has finished
work on the Ward house, Pittsfield, and
has the fine residence of r. A Palmer on
somerset avenue nearly completed He
will commence soon on fine new resi-
dence for Edwin Chlds on Chalmers
street
Arthur z. Moore of Madison has re
Gently bought a new naphtha launch. It
is regular salt water boat and he will
put 1t into the river, this fall, until
winter, to test 1t, and another summer
will spend his vacation with it at Moose
head lake.
Carl Weston of Madison went to Emb-
den, Saturday after noon, and while hunt
ing partridge between Embden and
Hancock ponds with shot gun, heard
the birds chirping and went in their
direction to get a shot at them and was
surprised to ace bear. He fred at the
brute and it charged upon him. Carl
then fired five charges in rapid success
sion at the enraged monster which drop
ped within ten feet of him with his
head literally peppered with buckshot
Its akin weighed SO pounds.
A Grew of eight or ten linemen of the
New England Telephone Company have
been at Pitts6eld, putting in new tele-
phone cable. This will be a great i'm
provement for the Central office as we'll
as doing away with large part of the
wires which are getting pretty thick on
the west side of Main street. The trunk
lines will not be put into the cable but
all of the local connection will be en-
closed. The cable will have a capacity
of 90 wires, but only % will be put In at
this time the balance being left for the
steadily growing needs of the telephone
in that place. Larger and taller poles
have been set from the corner of Park
and Main streets to point near the
public library and the cable will be used
only for this distance.
Reuben #. Clark of Augusta states
that while on a tour of Somerset county,
he WAS invited by Mr.. Austin of New
Haven, Conn, to visit q colony of
beavers on Michael stream about two
and one-half miles from Scion village
There were three dams, the lower one
being about so feet long across the
stream which ordinarily would be six or
eight feet wide; about so feet above
this was the second dam which was so
feet long. The party were able to cross
upon this dam, which showed evidence
of having been worked upon during the
early hours, that day, the water above
this dam being about At feet deep
After crossing and going up small hill
asmoothiy beaten path was found where
the beavers drag the logs they have cut
down to the pond, some of the young
poplar trees being six inches through.
A piece that had been worked upon that
morning Mr.. Clark carried two and one
half miles to the hotel and on his return
TO Augusta took it with him The stick
is four feet long and ak inches in diam
eter and is valued highly by the owner
The third or upper dam is about 40 feet
above the seoond one and is all of 100
feet long; 1t holds back body of water
covering more than so acres of moving
land (swamp) and is over six feet deep
In the center of the dam. About 300
feet above the dams is the home of the
beaver about II feet in diameter and six
feet above the water. 1t WAS impossible
to get very near owing to the flow of
water. 1t Is thought that there must
have been another colony OF beavers ar
rived lately as they seemed active in
getting in their supply of food for the
rrintar and avery member was working