The Somerset reporter., 1909-07-22
STATE AND GENERAL ITRNc

Lyman F. Hartwell of Strono NJ,
| at work on his barn, Friday, fell a Si,s Sia
tance of Is feet, striking on his has. as,
His neck was broken by the fan eae say
he died almost instantly. '1a
Preston Judkins of Princess pot.
Brunswick, has couple of bulls . tSa,
he works the same as pair of boraoaaa uaa
Fred West another Brunswick farn,eaa
has a team of two cows, which !,
drives in harness and uses inst IN ue
horses. The COWS keep in good sbaas As
yield milk, and their owner is marra.e rpe
ing butter from them. He cult;ra.'1
draws loads and does all kinds of ta,,s ,,,s
work with this novel team. @
One masked robber held tb..
families at bay for more than ono. es
ter of an hour early in the morn,nn :,
Friday last week in Ashland n VI
while two other robbers, also msskaa a
worked in the glare of an elect.;,,
light and finally succeeded in blow;nme
open the safe of the Ashland Sav;ngs
Bank, escaping with $500 in cass s'
three explosions were necessary t.
break open the safe and The robbe,.
were at work for more than 10 minnta's
after their operations had been di0
covered.
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, head .,
the Christian Science Church. .wss
eighty eight years Old last Frid.S
There was no special observance Of ~.
event, although many of her followa,s
would like to have marked the dar
in view of stories published IateiI,,
limiting that the founder of the faiti
was not a living reality. ThronsS
Alfred Farlow Mrs. Eddy said that az az
had never yet made any celebratios
of her birthday anniversaries and dN
not care to begin now. She spent thu
day in her usual routine. She is saiS ala
to be enjoying good health.
The Thirty eighth Annual Reunio,
of the 10Th Me. Regimental Assoc;a
tion will be held at Clinton, Me
Wednesday, August 25th, 1909. A.
rangements will be made for all WIN
remain over night, and meals will hs
furnished for 25 cents each. Tho
train leaves Portland at a. M. Wat.
erville, 80 a. m., arriving at Clinton
at 1904 a. m. Can leave Clinton a.
g.. 10 and 9.3S p. m. Arrangements
are now being made for the usual re-.
duced fares on the NJ. @. r. r. II II
expected that the Regimental History
will be ready for delivery. The ranks
are thinning out SO close up and coma
to the Reunion.
The anticipation of harvesting 20
000,000 bushels of potatoes in Aroos.
took county this year has been blph.
ted. The area planted is fully % Oer
cent larger than the bumper crop Of
last year, but owing to wet weather
late in May and in early June, when
seed was sprouting, there are wide
gaps in the rows. Among the fields
of Fort Fairfield and New Sweden
lots containing 40 to so acres have
been plowed under and sowed to bar.
ley on account of failure to germinate
FIom present outlook the potato
yield of the county will reach about
100000 bushels, which is SO per
cent. below the original estimate.
The work of improve ment is still
going on at Norton Woods, Farming.
ton. Madam Nordica's birthplace
Two years ago the buildings were
painted outside and in, and a fine
graveled drive was laid. Now the
house has been paper ed throughout
screen doors have been hung, shades
and curtains have been placed at the
windows, the ceder hedge has been
clipped and the graveled drive has
been raked, SO that altogether the
place has taken on a habitabe look
Tourists cannot fail to identify the
place as the letter box bv the road
side has been marked Norton Woods,
Lillian Nordica.
Automobiles will be barred from the
famous summer resort of Bar Harbor
according to the vote, last week Of
the town of Eden, of which Bar Har.
Dor is a section, at special town meet.
| ing called to take action on the act Of
the last state legislature authorizing
the towns of Mount Desert island to
vote on the admission of exclusion Of
automobiles. Eden's vote was almost
without opposition in favor of exclud. |
ing the machines from the roads oil
the town. AS automobiles cannot en-.
ter the island except by passing !
through some portion of the town il
would seem as If the opponents OIL
automobiles on the island would be |
successful.
A meeting was held last week which
is of great interest to Pittstield as 1t /
promises new industry in the future
which will be gladly welcomed by the
towns people. At this meeting ago |
day option was sold to Augusta and
Waterville parties by the Pittsfeld
National Bank on the Bryant mill and
property. This mill has been shut
down for about Is months and its op.
ening up in the wood working and
foundry business would mean mnch
to the town. W = lunuewell has
agreed to give the u concern the
same leasehold righ as the BryantCo
held. This plant iSa valuable piece
of property and it's shut down during
these months has been much regretted
by the merchants and business men
OF the town and the work of the bank
officials in bringing about this change
will be appreciated.