Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-18
firstJury Trial Of the Som
erset September Term.
A Farm Buying Case in Which
Plaintiff Claims Fraud.
RepaIrs on kennebec Dams and
Bridges. Gossip Of the County.

The first jury trial for the September
term Of the supreme court was started
mon Wednesday. the case being William
A. Estes of New Brunswick VS.. William
p whitney of Norridgewock. The plain
| tiff sued to recover the amount of $500
| and other money that he lost in the pur-
chase of farm in Emhden, as he.
claimed it was not as the defendant had
| represented The declaration set forth
! that in 1910 the plaintiff came to Embden
| to look at the farm owned by the de
| PENDANT that the defendant told the
| plaintiff that the farm contained 400 acres
and the year before cut 102 tons of hay
| The plaintiff bought the farm and was
to pay $809o He paid down $500 and gave
| his not fer $1,000 for security on the hay
| and crops. The plaintiff then found, as
| he claims, that the farm did not cut 1o2
| tons of hay and that there was not 4ho
acres in the farm Judge Simmons of
North Arson appears for the plaintiff and
! Judge +. F. Lawrence for the defendant
| The defendant also brought a suit
| against Estes which is being tried at the
| same time.
At the opening of court the following
| persons were duIlItleI DIS tlllHthS u tilt
| United States: Stocks Barrows ma
| tive of England and resident of Skowhe-
| gan; Zaddus LaBlanc of New Brunswick
| now of Madison; Joseph Thederg of Que
bee, now of Madison: Richard Cory. a
native of Syria, now of Skowhegan;
Charles E. Pomlow of Quebec. now of
Madison; John Hamilton. a native of
New Brunswick, now of Madison
New jurymen were drawn as follows.
Wednesday: L. + Hanes and W. L.
Walker. Skowhegan; T.. Z. Hallway and
A. r. Everett, Norridgewock. They are
to serve as supernumeraries
Seymour Rawles of Portland Is visit
ing friends i'm town.
One of the most attractives fairs that
will be held in Somerset county, this
year, will be at Athens, next Tuesday.
The town is to be treated on that day
with a visit from the most distinguished
citizens of the State, including Gov. Viii
liam #. Hanes also Commissioner OF Ag-
riculture Roberts, DR.. Charles ID. Woods
of the Maine Experiment Station, and
President A.. j. Roberts of Colby College
The fair society has advertised that
tiitic W Ill NC bttitI tdllle tAHiD1teu tUdtf
were shown at the State fairs.
| Much work at present is being done on
the Kennebec river for the benefit of the
log driving companies About 5000 will
be spent in repairing the dams, blasting
rocks and lodges and repairing the piers
About $1,000 will be spent on the Moose
head lake dam and repairs have already
been made below the Eddy at Skowhegan
in blasting the rocks. The dam at Madi-
son is to receive some repairs and all of
the piers in the river between Fairfield
and the lake will be repaired or rebuilt
Mrs Margaret GUNNER of The Bronx,
New York. who has been visiting Mrs.
Hall at their cottage at Lakewood, start
ed for home, Wednesday.
Dr. Ezra Bridge, physician of Show
hogan, and Miss Marion Vok of New
York City. were married. Tuesday The
couple will come to Skowhegan after
brief honeymoon. to make their home
The first meeting of the season of Eu-
nice Farnsworth Chapter, D. a.
r., was held at the home of
Miss Theresa Spooner on Madison
avenue. She was assisted as host
| ess by Miss Lizzie r Hussey The
| subject of the meeting was "Naval Vic
tories of 100 Years Ago and the pro-
gram was as follows: Reading of Perrys
| victory on Lake Erie, Mrs. Bertha Stew
ard: reading, Miss Gertrude Weston;
| Ernest Cary's poem. 1.-The Victory of
Perry" Mrs. Della Bartlett; reading, Mrs
| Edith Philbrick; reading. Centennial
| Celebration on Put-in-B Bay" Mrs Eva
r. Greenwood; account of Perry's memo
| rial, Mrs. Mabel Philbrick.
| The school authorities have started
| upon new arrangements in regard to pu-
pills entering the kindergarten and Grade
l. heretofore, as an accommodation to
| parents, children have been allowed to
| enter the kindergarten below the re-
/ CURED age, which is four years and eight
months, but some of the parents after
these children have been in the kinder
garten year wanted their qhild to enter
| Grade l as is the custom when the child
| enters the Kindergarten at the required
age. Because of the feeling that now ex-
| lists because children cannot enter Crane
| under the conditions mentioned the
new plan has had to be made
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Manson of Clin-
ton Tuesday, visited Mrs. Manson's sis
| ter, Mrs. Mary +. Archer
Mrs. Viola Adell of Topsham is here
| visiting her mother, Mrs. Abbie Adell
Miss Rowena Flint has gone to COM
plete her course at Mount Holyoke Col
| lege.