Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-09-20

d Whitney. was the applicant. He had
been living in this country since 1901 He
was admitted after his own testimony and
that Of two witnesses.
The case of Harlow G. wescott vs. Ar
thur Leavitt, which had been opened the
DAY previous and the testimony given.
was resumed, Hon. S. ". Gould, attorney
Tor MI Leavitt. making his argument
before the jurors. 1t seems that Mr.. Wes-
colt brought suit to recover the animals
or their value which Mrs Wescott from
whom he is now divorced, had disposed
OF and were now in possession of Mr..
Leavitt. The case apparently had its in
ception back in the early days of the
married life of Mr. and Mrs Wescott.
when Mrs. Wescott, it is alleged, purchas-
ed with her own money COW. Mr.. Wes-
colt eventually swapped the COW for
horse and the horse died. Later Mr. Wes-
colt bought calf which it was claimed
he agreed to give Mrs. Wescott provid-
ing she would bring the animal up. In
this she was successful and had always
called it hers. as she did also its descend
ants. hefer calf and steer OF which
the calf in question was the granddam.
Mr. Wescott maintained that the original
calf was his property and likewise its
descendants, these being the animals in
controversy. VIM Folsom Merrill of the
firm of Merrill & Merrill appeared for
Mr. Wescott, and the jury returned a YER
dict for the plaintiff of s93. SO about noon
The case assigned for Wednesday was
then taken up. that of DIR. Selden f
Greene Of Solon VS.. Eugene P Landers
let ais. Geo. w. Cover attorney for plain
tiff and +. Y. Brown & Bingham and
Merrill & Merrill for the defendants.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Bragg of Water
vile, formerly of Skowhegan. are the
parents of little son.
Among the young ladies Of the 1911
class OF Skowhegan High school who will
continue their studies further are: Miss
| Eunice F. Patten. National Park Semi
nary at Forestglen, Md; Miss Prudence
Wadsworth, probably University of
Maine; Miss Emevald- Young, Skdmore
Art School, Syracuse, y. Y; Miss Pau
line Emery Bryant & Stratton Business
College. Boston. and Miss Doris Cover,
Colby College
Thornton w. Merriam, son Of Rev. and
Mrs. George Merriam, who recently re-
turned from Cleveland, o. where he mas
been engaged in Y. NJ. C. A work with
the expectation of going to Russia in
Y. NJ. c. A. War Council work, has re-
ceiVed word from headquarters that no
man of draft age will be given passports
to enable passage for this branch of the
war labor. Mr.. Merriam, who is still in
his early 0's will as a result leave prob
ably the latter part of the week for Chill
licophe, town in southern Ohio and a
mobilization camp center corresponding to
Aver Mass, of this section, where troops
from Ohio, Indiana. West Virginia and
kentcky are quartered. Several T. NJ
c. A. buildings have been erected there
. for the benefit of the soldiers and Mr..
Merriam will doubtless be in charge Of
one of these buildings.
Mrs. Frank Merriam and little daugh-
ter Martha. who have been the guests Of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs John c. CRIT
fin. for number Ct months. left here
! Tuesday afternoon for Uniontown, Pa,
where she will be joined by Mr. Merriam
and visit for a short time before continu-
! ing on to their home in Dayton, O.
Ex-County Attorney L. r. Folsom of
Norridgewock was in town Wednesday
attending court, and while here informed
the Journals representative that the Red
Cross Auxiliary in his town had mem
bership of 1S2 persons.
Mrs. Lizzie Semple Of Portsmouth y.
H., and Mrs NJ. NJ. Homans of Plv-
| mouth y. H.. are guests of their sister
and mother, Mrs. Mary Savage Of Win
ter street