Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-09-01
WALDO.
CENTER MONTVlLLE.

| C. II. Clement was awakened by a
| racket in his henhOuSe on the night or
Aug. 23d, and taking gun went out
expecting to find a skunk. The hem
house door was partially open, and as
he swung it back he could indistinctlJr
see three men. The one nearest threw
| a feed trough at Mr.. Clement as a cur
| tain raiser then the three commenced
| to stone him. He avoided the missiles
| and talked shoot. They told him if he
| would keep out IF their way. they
| would get their team and leave. never
| to return. If he moles;"d them, they
would slay him ana his family and
burn The buildings. Being some dis
| tance from assistance. he took the
peaceful way and the trio departed.
Some two hours later he ECard Il team
going slowly by. ana closer inspection
developed the fact that the thieves had
| returned. They stopped forty-five
PAGES from the house door, one re-
| mained in the wagon, arI two re-en-
| tered the hen-house. Nr. Clement
placed his shotgun against the jamb of
! the door and burned powder at the man
| in the wagon who started violently as
| if the lead had entered his system.
| One man came through the hen house
| door ana entered the wagon, and the
| two drove away as if they remem-
bered some important engagement, de-
| spite the frantic endclvG of the third
| to get aboard. Said Third man got Il
| little mixed and instead of coming our
| Of the door, he did a granGstand act by
diving through il window, without stop
| vi IN, nj Ila, la
| eaten the fleeing wagon he took To tn"
woods and was not seen again. AT
daybreak the next morning Mr.. Gle
ment and +. Il. Bean took the trail.
which was easily followed as the horse
| had barred shoes forward with long
side calks. 1t led th"il through
| Whites Corner To IIutc!iins Corner III
| Freedom. and theme. to NoCdy'S Corn
cr, in Albion. where iney gave up the
| pursuit. although III" track continued
| down The Augusta roa1 and was plain
| 10 follow. There We're twelve bran
sacks left at the htn-ho.lse. Mr.. Gle
mcnt thinks they gOt some fowls before
he discovered them. T.. f.. Taske"'s
| hen hous" was entered that night ana
he isn't feeding as many hens as h
vas. His telephone rang in the night
ANA II" thinks that scared the thieves
away befor" they had got many
| Mrs. J.. +. Ramsay will come home
from Newport this week. Mrs. Lovinia
| Lawrence, and NJ. Il. Lawrence of Bel
| fast. ana Mrs. Edn.t krmptnn, of
| Nashua, y. H., were ut -. G. kane's
| recently.
DR.. Charles Bean, Of Boston. was Al
| Mrs. Eliza f. Beams. Frii;:y.
Mr.. and Mrs. James BuYklll, Of Ifu1
! son, Mass, are at Mrs. Ellen IIarri-
| mans.
! Miss Neva Poland entertained her
yoGmg friends at q picnic on Hogbach
Mountain. Saturday.
| Prof +. A. sherman, of Dartmouth
! College, Hanover. n. H., made his Sis
ter, Mrs. G. NJ. Plummcr, Il brief visit
last week.
Miss Mary Mason returned to Bridg-
ton, this week, after pacsini; her vaca
ton with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. r.
! q. Mason.
Misses Cora Thompson and Mertie
Foster gave a very successful party 20
sixty of their young :rierds at Miss
| TnomPSon's home. Friday evening.
| Ice cream ana cake Wer1 served.
| w. Il. Jaquith visite1 his sister,
! Mrs. Theodore Osgood. in Palermo Fri