Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-02-21
Mr., and Mrs. JeWeit Observe
43d Wedding Anniversary,
A Marked Change in Farming
Methods in a Few Months.
More Cows Now kept-.A Farm In
stalls Electric Plant.

Miss Lizzie Hutchinson, a former
resident of this town and now in the
home of Rev. l. B. Mower, D. D., of
WatervilIe, was here Thursday night
to attend the dedication services of
Bethany church. She was one of the
first presidents of the Bethany C. E.
Society
Mis- Sadie Ward of Dorchester,
Mass, is here for a short visit.
Washington's birthday falling on
Sunday. Feb %, the following Monday
will be observed as a holiday. The
postoffice will be closed as follows:
From A NJ. to 1915 A. M; from II
M to 2.15 p. NJ; from 225 to 4.45 P.
NJ. and at at night. Carriers will
make one delivery and one collection,
the regular morning trips. Rural car
riers will perform no service on this
day.
Miss May Cole has gone to Randolph,
VT, where she will visit about two
weeks
C. T. Later of Oakland has purchas-
ed of y. J. Schmitz his interest in the
Jem cafe on Court street and has
taken possession.
Howard Weston has purchased two
saddle mares, one formerly the prop
erty of e c. Butler and the other of
John H. Lancaster.
The annual Sorosis play will occur
Feb. q in Grange hall
Sunday evening at I o'clock a ster-
eoptican lecture will be conducted in
the Congregational church. showing
medical work in Turkey, India, Africa,
China and the Philippines.
Mr.. and Mrs David c. Jewett quiet
ly observed their 43rd wedding ami
versary at their home on Winter street
Friday. They were remembered in va
rious appropriate ways by their
friends Mr. and Mrs. Jewett were for
merly residents of Scion. Mr. Jewett's
paternal grandfather was the first of
the family to settle in this section of
the State. MIR. and Mrs. Jewett are the
parents Of two daughters, Mrs. H. NJ.
Hilton of Waterville and Mrs. David
Haig of Providence, R. I. Mrs Jewett
| before her marriage was Miss Louisa
Moore.
Following are the vital statistics for
Somerset county for the past week:
Deaths, North Arson, Feb. Is, Eugene
Mitchell, aged %; New Portland, Feb
Is, Charles Stoweu, aged 70: New
Portland, Feb. H. Ephraim l. Dunlap,
aged SO: Good VIII Farms, Miss Jane
Hinckley; Skowhegan. Feb. 10, Edward
B, Nickerson, aged 70; Portland, Feb
IA, Mrs Hannah c. Emery; Lexington,
Feb. (, Benjamin Taylor, aged II
I years. Marriages. Portland. Feb. II,
! Horace ]. Craig and Miss Effie j.
Robinson. both of Bingham; Skowhe-
gan. Feb. II, Ulmont Stanley and Miss
Elva Alberta Cuniiff, both of Nor
ridgewock; Pittsfeld, Feb 49, Carroll
z. Deering and Miss Bessie E. Lacey:
Harmony, Feb. 16, Frank Small and
Mrs. Clara Morse; Lewiston, Feb. 10,
j. Leon Hananford of Gorham. \. H,
and Miss Nellie Turner of Madison.
Births. Jackman, a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. F. Colombia; Harmony, Feb. /, a
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. GustaVus
Jenkins: Canaan, Feb. 8, son to Mrs.
| VIOLA Brown of Fairfield; Skowhegan.
| Feb. II, a son to Mr.. ana Mrs. John
II. Magee.
There appears to have been a revo-
luton in farming in this county in the
last several months. Where potato
raising was the paramount crop,
i dairying is largely being substituted.
so that new creameries are being built
and the ones already established are
| being crowded to their capacity. At
Madison a new creamery has been
! built this winter and it will open for
/ business March 1, with about 200 cows
/ The creamery at Skowhegan during
/ the past month added % new patrons
and in the past year it did about $16.-
900 more business than in the previous
/ year. This impetus in this kind of
! farming is not altogether found among
the native farmers but also among the
farmers that have come here from
Aroostook and from other states. Tho
Aroostool men taught the native farm
ers how to raise potatoes and now the
native farmer is teaching the Aroos-
took farmer the dairying side of farm
! ing.
Henry Hussey, for about 16 years in
the hardware business in Norridge-
wock, has this week sold the business
there to James Hilton. Mr. Hilton is
young man and has owned one of
the best sheep farms in the county for
number of years.
The first farm home to have an cleo
trio light plant is that of Elmer b.
Rowell living on the East Madison
road, who this week completed the in
stallation of it and generated his first
electricity for the lighting Of his house
and barn. The generator is run by a
gasoline engine and this generates en-
ergy for a storage battery. Running
the gasoline engine about two hours
twice week is sufficient to sup
ply SIS incandescent lights distribute
throughout the house and barns.
Consul Wesley Frost, stationed al