The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-06-02
SOMERSET PICK-UPS

will be but little building done in Madi-
son the ensuing summer, owing to the
prevailing high prices for lumber and
the dull outlook for increase in manu-
featuring industries.
A special meeting of the Fairfield
Village Improvement society was held
at the Lawrence library Friday evening.
F. L Temple, the landscape gardener,
was present and submitted plans. If
the necessary funds can be raised,
work will be begun at once.
Mr.. VIM. Macklin has taken the con-
tract to pile the logs for the Great
Northern Paper Co. at Madison and
Millinockett. There will be about
eighteen million feet piled at Madison
and the crew this year will work ten
hour day instead of fifteen hours as for
merly.
The hardware firm of T. G. Lancey &
Co Pittstield which was established in
1888, has been incorporated under the
style of the the T. G. Lancey company
The directors of the company ars T. g,
Lancey, II. W. Lancey and Jason E,
Haskell. 1t will be under practically
the same direction as before.
Central Names most extensive market
gardener is c. G. Woodruff of Pittsfeld
He has an acre of peas up, and four
acres of grain we'll above the ground
He will raise 20, 900 cabbages this season,
as well as one acre of turnips, an acre
and half each of beets, carrots and
parsnips and three acres of sweet corn.
The work of identifying Maplewood
Cemetery in Fairfield is now progressing
rapidly. The landscape gardiner is in
town experimenting the work, and over
100 trees have been set out. On the
south side, there will be a walk and a
driveway, and there will also be several
beds of flowers laid out In fancy shapes.
1t will take several months to complete
the work but when it is finished, Maple
wood will be one of finest cemeteries to
be found here abouts.
The Madison Bulletin gives an in
teresting sketch of the history of the
Uniyersalist church in that village, a
part of which follows: 1t was in 1892
that mere handful of men aud women
came together and decided that they
wanted Universalist preaching. They
had no money and no church. One of
their number owned Union Ball which
he let the Universaists use free as long
as he had an interest in it. Sunday
after Sunday they would go there and
listen to various men of their faith
Many times their numbers were very
small. At one service there were only
five present, but they were not dis
couraged. They had the various min
listers from North Arson and Skowhe.
gan, not being able to support one of
their own. Several times they were
obliged to discontinue their services for
a time for lack of funds, and for several
years they had services only occasion
ally as the State missionary and others
could arrange to be in town. So for
several years they went on in a dis
couraging manner, but they had faith.
The faith of few works wonders. FL
nally little more than a year ago, Rev.
j. Frank Rhodes came from Fairfield
and took hold of the work, which result
ed in pretty little church. The people
took hold with will and they them
selves wonder how they raised so much
money. After the church was com
pleted Mr.. Rhodes removed to a newly
purchased home in another state and the
interests of the parish were again thrown
into the hands of the State missionary
Finally last March the present pastor,
Rev. Arthur A. Blair came here and
since that time the church has been
steadily growing. The congregations
now completely fill the little church and
the Sunday school has more than doub-
led during the past two months.