The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-04-02
= The News of Somersets Busy Towns II

several sections q subway. one Of the
largest aud best - vhteh Is under
bridge bin The subway trains have
naz begun 10 run set. 0eithcr are the
surface trains running On the hill.
Tire three Or four feet - froat III the
ground took occasion % raiae the
road surface A. fhI= point and the
large amount q water IA the ditch
FrH soon found fha hesure, conse
guauflf the subway wa formed with
che physical effort ~ man. II looks
a. though there would have TO be
some physical er3ri used 70 get rid Of
IL however
Ar and Mrs Il y tollemore Of
Fastuc kct. K are visiting Mrs.
EaHem0refs parents. Nj and Mrs.
Augustus Gray. Tor short time.
Miss Mhred Turner is spending
hef vacation win her parents in
Turner. Ne.
The schools closed on Friday Of last
week fer vacation OF one week.
This vii give the students chance
- get q little rest ffsm the arduous
work ~ the course
Frank Jewell has moved his ton
soflaI parlof~ into the rent recently
vacated by Chester Sawyer. The
partition between The rooms az used
bt Mr. sawyer has been removed
making one room 81 good size. The
place where the counter formerly was
located il used by Mr. jewell for his
barber chairs while the other side OF
the room haa a counter with a good
stock ~ cigars and tobacco.
Mr. K NJ Baker celebrated his
eighty eighth birthday on Tuesday of
lasf week Although well advanced
Ia years Mf Baker is male and hearty
and enjoys life 10 ia fullest extent.
Bred Davis is spending his vacation
from orono. here.
The steam derrick, which is used on
the somerset road and has been here
FOR SOME weeks assisting In the re-
pairs u the bridget an amusing ma
chine 20 watch. 1t somehow reminds
one Vt short, dumpy red elephant
fa4slnR around with Bis trunk in an
IHquiAItiYe way and a hen II picks up
a tim Der aud starts Of al lively gait
win lt 10 carry 1t q The place where
tne engineers designed II to stay, this
fussF machine gives a fellow another
iolt for there dosen't seem to be any
motive, ne trolly, no pushee, no
pallee. but set 1t goes. 1t wasn't
quite so funny the other day when 1t
was reaching its long cord down to
the water, some seventy feet below,
and taking up a barrel at time
which was deposited on wooden
horse The machine then went ahead
until the horse was even with the
" alter tank Oh the rear. when the bar
rel Of water was dumped into the
tank for the purpose OF feeding the
boiler The workman who had the
work Of putting the barrel In its place
GA the horse and dumping it into the
tank. decided that the matter of tip
ping the barrel into the tank would be
facilitated by moving the horse closer
Ia the track, which he did, but it was
too close and when the machine was
run ahead to take on the next barrel,
down went the horse, barrel and man
from the contact. II was only by a
small margin that the workman stay
ed on the bridge and avoided the
seventy feet of emptiness outside. A
close shave
Elmer robey il spending his vaca-
ton at home from Orono.
Miss Neva johnson is spending
couple of weeks in Boston and vicin-
ity where she will make combined
business and pleasure trip and bring
home her spring line of millinery.
Ogdon Trayiss, who has been spend
ing the winter in Houlton attending
school, is at home for his vacation.
Quite good snow storm, Sunday
night, which went off again Monday
in water. 1t did good work in start
ing the surface frosE
A. Holt & Son have Just received
ine new milk wagon which they will
use on their milk route. This beats
even the subway in making us look
city like.