Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-10
Development Expectations
When Spring Comes.
Farmers New Plan Of Planting
The Automobile Outlook.
Butter Making Record..Gun Used in
War of t8l2..Local Notes.

A new section of Skowhegan VIII be
developed. this spring. There have
been a large number of house lots
bought recently on the East of North
street extending to School street and
it is estimated that about i new
houses viii be built there as soon as
the snow is gone. 1t is expected that
several streets will be laid out and
there will be an article i'll the war
rant at the annual town meeting in
March to see if the town will accept
them.
Many OF the farmers in Skowhegau
and vicinity have started upon new
plan for the coming season. They Will
not devote their entire time to plant
ing potatoes nor To corn alone. But
the plan Is to plant something OF all
products and then if one fails they
have something To fall back on.
The automobile season has already
opened here in the village and some of
the machines are out. There will be
about Il new owners in the early
spring, which will give about Is auto
mobiles for Skowhegan.
The body of Charles B. Whiting,
former business man of Skowhegan,
was brought here, Friday night, for
burial. Mr. Whiting died in Old Or
chard Wednesday, al the age or .
years. He had been in the grocery
business there for several years. He
was born in Norridgewock and was
married TO Miss Frank Abbott OF that
town, A years ago. He then went to
Waterville to live and later to Bos-
ton. He soon~>returned to Skowhegan
and entered the grocery business and
was associated with George Morrill,
for some time A wife and two chill
dren. Mrs. Gertrude Niles and Alfred
Whiting of Dover. n. H, also one
brother Asa of Dover. survive.
NJ G. Baker. proprietor of Woodside
farm of East Madison, has proved That
he is in class by himself in making
butter He has two old cows having
had the second calf and three 2-Tear-
old heifers and none of them have
freshened since Noy. TO- 1911. But dur
ing January he made from these cows
PSI pounds of butter and in seven
days, ending Feb. 8. he made 50 pounds
of butter They are of the Jersey
breed.
Mrs. George p. Taylor died, Friday
morning. She was % years of age.
Size was married, about year ago.
Besides her husband, child, one week
old. survives She was born in Nor
ridgewock. being Miss Sadie ShereY
before her marriage.
As far as is known, there is only one
gun in Somerset county that was used
i'll the War of 1912. It is owned by Guy
Emery of st. Adams nd was carried
by his grandfather and by his great
grandfather in the Revolutionary War.
on the side of the stock are cut the
initials ct. II. & G. A. r.. 1l15." Mr..
Emery also has a letter written by
his father giving an account OF the
surrender of Lee. He mentions in the
letter of having seen President Lin
coin in Petersburg on the Monday aft
er the evacuation.
TIE ice in many places in the Ken
nebcc river is 90 inches thick, this be-
ing the thickest in many years. The
falls at Skowhegan are frozen over,
which is most unusual thing.
There have been several new changes
in the office system at the selectmen' S
and school board Offices in the past
year Among the important additions
has been an adding machine which
is used by all the officers in the build
ing The selectmen have a typewriter
and the bookkeeping has been made
easier by a slight change in the sys-
TEN and by the new second seleetman
being an expert bookkeeper.
"The Poor Mans Gospel will be the