The Somerset reporter., 1885-09-23
OUR TRAVELLING MAN.

OOh L lbh bb1lNN mhhi
Riding ON Il train the other day, | fell
in with we'll known Maine manufacture
CT, Who however, lives in Massachusetts,.
lie had been reading the REroRrsR and
was greatly disturbed over an item in this
column in regard to the abuse prscticcd in
corporation stores. lie took very adyanc
ed grounds as To the duties of public jour
uals. lie said that just now the manu-
facturcrs were having a desperate strug
gle for life and that the cause of the con-
timed depression in business, was that
all prices had dropped, except the price
of labor that labor was arrogant and un-
reasonable. and that the newspapers
should side with the struggling manufact-
urerS, rather than with the Independent
laborcrs Thus he went on to state the
difference between the two classes, Incl
IDENTITY rcmarking in reference to the par
ticuar cases of hardship | had referred
to, that il was a free country and the men
need not work for the firm that run stores
unless they pleased to. 1t is just such
talk aS this last remark, that has caused
all the labor troubles in arrogant Massa-
chusctts. In no other State in the Union
have employers been So ovcrbcaring and
unreasonable towards their help as In
,h', or r'a,,,,a ~. ., gu" a NV
strikes of every sort. As n result. the
manufacturers are driven down to Maine
where there has always existed the best
of feeling between capital and labor and
WhcrS JUST Such papers as the REPORTER
mas always oevh VIKING 10 give lapor
nearing, IL MaSSachusct's hau treated
I'oo' niue Inors Tolerant 'here would
haIe oeeh ou' ht'ie OF the uneasy 1eeilnS
when now PreNaaes Ill 'hat state Maine
them the right to be heard in the public
prints. The argument that men need not
,'ooi II 'he! no not 50 choose 50 10 40 Is
fowiI, ~ Ittl, onos ~ food a nI" ,,",h" 10
not wholly at liberty to do AS he might
wish to under other circumstances and to
crowd nm To inc wall because we nave
tiic auNah'aSe OF num- Is cowaruiy 10 say
inc icas'. spoke very hShty OF the
e {, Vi corporation STORES rs 100 many OF
mem are run as my purpose was slihpiy
" caii INC Puoiic a''ei'io, 10 the ABUSE.
An. attempt 10 quiet tne matter VIII
prove useless LOT IL must DC thoroughly
ventilated
The Kennebec Valley seems to be re-
ceiving lots of commitments tbis Season
us nov wearing It's oeS' ciothes anu ooes
indeed look very beautiful. Gen. Plais-
ted told me the other day that he had just
returned from n frin the kppnphpr and
he declared 1t to be the most charming
spot he had yet found in the State. He
was particularly pleased with Skowhegan,
which he declared had grown as no vii
lage in this State.
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o"' Il II "ouio "o' pc en'ireig ou' Vi
place shouiu ihoch IKE 10 receive an or
nee from MI. oieveiahu' L Know uid
Nv. '0'e ioi ''''',' o"' 'i'c'i' ''ia' IL 'rue
Vi io'' Vi people, VINO arc eApeetantiy
"sAlnS ,or la'ors from MS haius. Inc
past maStorS Thor m" aro ,mr,po n'o of 90 %
acns in tho Stota thot Val iani'iun " af V
s.dlv SovoraI nf thon aro N H. Wnida
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hoof,;co c,osod ord n Re rot annnod oafora
o o,cino,, II, ~, artarnon,, ~" Ntfand;,,s.
nostmoster viii hoor sonothina ..drar ,
'rlo 80, .t;n,, iii $50 &C. "p.
o,,;co n.horo H., 40 i,a,hanl,d W W
loo forS ond ,rhon a ,,.o,no,, antars fnr har
mail Che 10 ohl;,,od to ,,ait Ill, st'r,, is
comnlotod hofaro sho CON hn ,,a;tod on -
: ,,.n,,Id ho,.o n'' ua,,,a "a a.. ee.e on,
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inosS horrs ond ,.ot II ;s Il, M do;i,, s, Iots
parties who come from distance for
their mall
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p'"' ~ WAY 80 ".'
VINO nave seen IL uouptiess nave houceo'
Well, 1t all looks simple enough, but lot
of ingenious minds puzzled over it for
months and at last gave it up, and said it
was impossible and could not be done.
Gerald one day the Doctor said that that
failure spoiled the whole scheme. Amos
scratched his head minute then replied,
that it was doubtless easy enough to han
die. EASY enough!' cried the man of
pills, will you fix it,
"Why certainly replied MIR. Gerald,
and in a few hours the two men were on
their way to Boston to see what could be
done. In two days it was all planned and
since the wagon was started 1t has work
nai,,t.,. 10 N'''> '-''' III viz
7, T.. o,,,.;,,, 10 soo how, ,;e,ro,+ ,,oo
nlo travel have saep a man with a
small hand boo md overcoot mako tho
GREATEST time IMAGINABLE in gettino him
solf and bis mggage vol, seated In a