The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-12-03
STATE AND GENERAL ITEMS

A number of heifers and other
cattle, turned put in the summer,
have become wild and are still roam
ing the woods at large in Bridgton,
their owners being unable to catch
them without the agency OF cattle
dog, and this they hesitate to employ.
A feature of Thanksgiving day at
Houlton was the dinner given by the
Elks Of HoultOn to the children Of the
town who might otherwise be without
turkey and the fixings on that coca
sion. This is a yearly custom Of the
Houlton Elks and last year they made
happy l05 hungry youngsters,
Thirty five deer came down over
the Somerset railroad Friday Of last
week. 1t was stated by the operating
department at Oakland that the road
has handled a total Of S25 deer this
season. At present there is between
seven and eight inches of snow from
Moxe to Moosehead and hunters are
going to the woods each day.
Visitors of Fort Fairfield are quite
sure to hear of gardening operations
of Owen + Tyler, youth of 81 years.
who has one of the best and biggest
gardens to be found in the great
county of Aroostook. Mr.. Tyler's
garden always makes a strong show
ing at the Northern Maine fairs and
this year was no exception. Through
out the season he does practically the
whole work connected with his gar
dening una6sisted.
DR.. F. c. Thayer of Waterville is
suffe ring from a broken nose, the re-
suit of an assault. DIR. ThaYer and
Dr. Chas. D. Smith of Portland were
returning from Wlnslow in broad day
light when man, apparently intoxi-
Gated, came toward them. The doc
tors separated to give the stranger the
right OF way and when he passed, the
man smashed first one with one hand
and the other band. Dr. Smiths
blow was not very heavy but DR..
Thayer's landed full in the face,
breaking his nose. Later the man
WAS arrested in Winslow but not
without fierce struggle.
Miss Nettie c. Burleigh of North
Nassalboro has turkey which she is
fatting for Christmas dinner, but
the hawk, a robber bird as we all
know, thought to deprive the Burleigh
family of their Christmas dinner and
swooping down, grabbed the turkey
in his claws and went sailing over the
fence with its victim. The affair was
observed by Miss Nettie who losing
no time, caught up her gun, took
quick aim and arrested the further
flight of the thieving bird by shot
true to the mark and Mr.. Hawk was
no longer in the land of the living,
but the turkey was and will be until
: the Christmas dinner is near and then
, but that's another story. The hawk
measured five feet from tip to tip.
Charles N. Underwood, of Saco,
who was stricken with blindness a
few years ago, surprised his neighbors
by steering a large automobile
through the streets of Saco. He has
, before this shingled his house and
built several henhouses. Mr. Under
wood has always taken a lively inter-
) est in automobiles, and has often
, questioned the workmen at local
garage concerning the mechanism of
the vehicles. He wanted to run one
= and after some hesitation on
, the part of The owners of the repair
shop, he was allowed to mount the
drivers seat of the big touring car.
He grasped the steering wheel, turned
on the power and glided out of the
yard to Seaman street. The blind
man drove up Seaman street as
straight as an arrow and graceful
l ly turned the corner at Seaman and
i North streets. Down the hard ma
cadam road he drove the machine,
B., and at North and Elm streets he
| again made the corner, and the ma
chine swiftly glided down that
tholoughfare to the garage. AS Mr..
) Underwood alighted from the ma
chine he said: CHATS as easy as
$ rolling off a log"
!, George II. Young of York was able
! to be taken to his home last week
= after one of the most astonishing re-
coveries from injuries in the history
. of the Portsmouth cottage hospital.
I On TIE afternoon of Sept. Mr.. Young
- who was a carpenter in Yards and
docks at the navy yard, fell IS feet in
= the old Franklin shiphouse and
. struck upon the irregular ways land
; ing on his left side and back and
head. His jaw was fractured, the left
~ arm completely splintered, three ribs
5 on the left side broken, the left leg
broken in two places, the kneecap
= knocked off, the spine hurt more or
: less, and the whole body terribly
4 bruised. The blow to his jaw was
. sufficient to break a dental plate III
y several places, ana III was Impossible
. to tell for several days whether this
u skull had been fractured. He was
J strapped to a board absolutely mo-
} tionless for six weeks, and is now
i able to walk with the aid of crutches
fine pair having been made for him
: by the navy yard workmen. He is
y the happiest man that ever left the
l. hospital. A troublesome cough
Il which he had before his fall has en-.
:; tirely disappeared, and though lit
will not be aDle to work this winter
he expects to fully recover and to q
sumo his trade. He is 46 years old
Il The hospital staff has no record q
II such vitality as his.
n Sat Lakes.
= The Great Salt lake IS gradually dry
. Jig up, and the inhabitants of Sal
y Lake City seem quite surprised. The.
=, ought not u be. All salt lakes OWL
# their salipity 10 the fact Of their hay
: ing no outlet, and a lake without al
outlet is II dying lake.
II Nor is death usually long delayed
e speaking geologicaliy. Lakes koko
Nor and Lob Nor were undoubtedly
extensive inland seas not SO very many