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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-25
That Everlasting Russell Road.

MR EprroR IL am accused by FAIR
Play, in your issu, of Feb. 18th, of break
ing loose again upon the Russell Road and
that have, altogether out of place, rushed
into print with false Statements, and JUS
tice to myself absolutely demands that
reply And first, l would say that tbe first
accusation is false, for II Is the first liberty
| have ever taken and the first fort have
ever made publicly aud have been so indrm
In the past that have attended none of
the past hearings and probably shall not In
the future. And AS To my taking the af-
fair into print with false statements Is a
very broad assertion for any gentleman to
make In print, withou showing the readers
of the paper what some Of them, at least,
are, for l confess have gained the most OF
what little Information possess upon this
road question from the discussion which
has come to me In the REPORTER In the
wears that are past and II have been mis-
led, If Fair Play will have the pollteness to
inform the public what the false statements
are and satisfy the public that they are
false from being thus misled, | will make
confession as broad as the offence. 1t is
said that Hon. Hiram Moore is deeply In
terested In this question and ought not and
should not have acted In the premises at
~
more tnterssted tnan myself, but publicly
he stands where nine-tenths of his towns
men stand and don't believe that 1t Is a COM
nonsense location. II is very easy to make
a declaration but much harder to sustain 1t,
and If Mr.. ii. Moore could have been fright
eued by the lions, he would not have acted.
Fair Play says all my efforts were made Ia
order 20 pref udice the case beforehand. !
would say l have made no efioit to procure
anyone to visit any members of the Court
Committee and If Fair Play wants to cove
nant with us in Madison that he will see
that no influence shall be brought to bear
upon the said Committee but what they see
in print, we are ready to do so. He says l
was evidently surprised that an appeal was
allowed to be taken; answer, not In the
least. But was overwhelmingly surprised
Mr.. Editor, after he had positively declared
that the public press was no place to dis
cuss tae matter, to see how he spread him
self in his elaborate argument with no idea
Of affecting anyone, of course. Again Fair
Play says l was reluctantly forced to con-
cede that the Committee was fair and i'm
partial one. Anyone who has read my ar
iicle in the REPORTER OF date Feb. 18th,
cannot fail to see the point aimed at, but
all this was with no intention of attempt
ing to PREJUDICE the case. He also says that
the decision of the board of County Com
missloners who first located the road In
1881, and the Court Committee who affirm
ed that decision, were unanimous. l was
Informed soon after the location was made
and also after the affirmation that there
was an opposing element in both the
board and County Committee and | have
never heard it questioned until Fair Play
said they were both unanimous. How uD-
fortunate to be so lame as not to get
around and hear the general news.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-25
State Ne1Us.

Mr.. John Record, of Philips, committed
suicide, last Wednesday, by hanging him.
self in his barn. He was a highly respect
ed and wealthy farmer about 60 years old.
The cause of the act is attributed to Ill
health.
The Griffin Brothers, of Haverhill, Mass.
are talking OF putting up new shoe shop
at Mechanic Falls this spring. One OF
them married u Mechanic Falls woman.
An agent for one of the largest shoe firms
in Massachusetts, informs US that quite .
number OF shoe manufacturers 10 Haver-
hill and Lynn are quietly making prepare
lions to move into Maine so as to get out
of the labor uuion troubles.
The contract for building the new court
house in Pennington, has been awarded to
NJ. C. Foster & Son of Waterville.
Col. w. G. Morrill, has sold his interest
In the Merchants Exchange Hotel at Dex-
ter, to his partner Mr.. w. G. Elder. We
understand that for the present Col Nor
rill will reside 10 Pittstield. Mr.. Elder Is a
good hotel man and all of his friends will
wish him success.
Gen. Anderson. Receiver of the Port
land & Osdensburg Railroad has filed a
quarterly report with the Clerk of Courts.
He reports various repairs on the ROAD.
Gross receipts for the past quarter, $780,
30 40, including $5l ,541.62 freight earn
ings and $25, l0e82 passenger earnings
opera ing expenses. $63,6l 46, making a
net income for the quarter of SIG, 59S.O3'
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-25
SkoVhe0an and Monsoon RGtt-
road,

The following is the text OF the bill au.
thosizng railroad from Monson to Show
hogan, approved the 10th inst:
Section |. The organization of the Mon
son Railroad Company under the general
railroad law of the state, as recorded In the
Office of the secretary Of state, volume five,
pages three hundred seventy-four, three
hundred seventy-five, three hundred seven
ty-six and three hundred seventy seven, in
. elusive, is hereby confirmed and made val
i'd; and said company il hereby declared
to be corporation for the purposes there
in specified.
Section2 2. Said corporation Is hereby
authorized to extend its road and to OPP
crate and maintain the same from some
point at or near its station in MonsOn vii
lage, and passing by the most feasible
route through the towns of MonsoD, Shir-
ley and Greenvlle, to some point near the
foot OF Moosehead lake in said Greenylle ;
and from Monson junction in the town OF
Abbot by the most feasible route through
any of the towns of Abbot, Parkman,
Kingsbury, Wellington, Harmony, May
field, Brighton, Athens and Skowhegan, to
the Maine Central railroad in the village of
Skowhegan, with the right TO connect with
said Maine Central railroad in said Show
hogan.
Section g. time OF four years from
the approval of this act is allowed for the
completion of the extensions specified in
section two.
1t will be seen by the above that this
charter provides a very direct route from
Skowhegan to Moosehead lake via the Ban
gor and Plscataquis railroad, from Abbot
to Greenville. The road is already built
from Monson to Abbot, distance of six
miles, In the interest of parties owning
and operating slate quarries at Monson,
who are abundantly able to command capt.
tai to build the entire line, and are very
anxious to get communication with the
Maine Central railroad by as direct a line
as possible to Portland and Boston mar
kSts. The distance from Skowhegan to
Abbot in straight line is not far from 80
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-25
The Fire at the Dickens Car,ssUdt.

The nerve OF Boston audience was put
to severe test Tuesday night during the
exciting scene of the burning of the cur
tain at the Dickens Carnival. For thrill
ing space of time the great red curtain of
the inflamable canton flannel blaZed in tiny
flames, which, with incredible swiftness,
spread from left to right, mounting as high
as the wooden rafters Of the stage ceiling
and licking off the iuzzy sursAce on their
way. 1t Is due to the audience and to the
actors on the stage that the fearful results
of a panic were averted. "Keep still!
Keep still" shouted the manager and many
others. "Play Strike up the band!' and
with admirable GOODNESS the band turned to
its instruments. In breathless silence the
vast crowd watched the flames and the
tearing down of the curtain, and cheered
with relief rs the fire was subdued. 1t is
worth repeating that the credit of the
wonderful escape was doe to the audience
and actors. II panic had ensued great
blame would have rested upon the manage
ment for allowing the culpable crowding OF
the aisles with chairs so that the vast
crowd was wedged together without even
the room compelled by law. 1t may he
said that the mob overruled the efforts of
the management, but where were the po-
licsmen7 The number of tickets sold be-
forehand showed the necessity OF thor ouge
preparations to receive mutitudes. Only
the extraordinary GOODNESS of the people
in the emergency prevented a catastrophy
which might have turned brilliant sue
cess into criminal failure.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-25

The committee on Interior waters gave
hearing on the petition to prevent the thow-
ing of refuse and sawdust into the Ken
uebec river, Thursday. The petition was
generally favored by the ice men and OPP
posed by the lumbermen. Among the lat
ter present were noticed, Elias Milliken.
Augusta; II. w. Jewett, Gardiner; o.
Moulton, Pittston; N. Totman, Fairfield;
C. E. Duren, Fairheld C. II. Brainard,
Skowhegau. Among the icemen were Col.
}. NJ. Haynes, Hon. Geo. +. Weeks, Au
Capt. Rich, Farmingdale. Messrs Geo. C.
Yeaton, S. s. Brown and E. w. White
house appeared as attorneys for the lum-
Der interests; Attorney General Orvilla ID.
Baker for the ice men. Hon. j. M Haynes
addressed the committee in favor of the
petition. He held that sawdust and debris
from the mills above thrown into the river
floated down the current In the summer
and was cast upon the banks below Water.
vile, as the water fell. Shortly before the
closing In of winter rain usually falls,
raises the river, floats off the sswdust
down upon the ice fields below, where it
works the most serious damage. One year
ago the ice fields were plaued from one to
three times to remove the accumulated saw
mill debris, at cost of $75 an acre, and
tneTe WAS tOlAl expenditure LOT removing
this of over $4,000, which would have
obviated had there been a law preventing
the throwing of sawdust into the river.
Mr.. Haynes held that the refuse dumped
into the river injured the stream for navi.
CATION and had prevented Congress from
making appropriations for dredging its
bed. The witness was before the commit
tee two hours. Mr.. Chaplin of Portland,
who is interested in Richmond ice COM
pany, testified. Capt. VIM. Blanchard Of
Gardiner stated to the committee that the
:, fuse from the mills injured the river for
navigation. Mr.. Brown of Bowdolnham
stated that the sawdust drifting in the riv-
er injured the fisheries. Capt. Arthur Der.
ny of Gardiner, Hon Geo. E. Weeks and
other we'll known ice men testified.
At six O'Clock the ice men rested their
case and in the evening the hearing was
continued, the lumbermen opening. 1t
was urged by them that the sawdust did
not materially injure the quality of the ice j;
that the river was not damaged for navigat-
ing purposes; that the expenses of dispos-
ing of the refuse otherwise than dumping
into the river, would be very heavy, and
the reaction of furnaces for consuming 1t
would add to the insurance rates, II. w.
Jewett, Joshua Gray, Gardiner; Oliver
Moulton, Pittsfed; Albert Nye, Fairfield,
and others te-tifed. At a late hour Geo.
C. Yeaton, Esq, and Attorney General
Baker argued the case for the remonstrants
and petitioners respectively.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-25
The Mind Cure.


d, THEORY OF HEALING THAT REGARDS ALL
DISEASES AS GROSS ERROR OF THE MIND
The Boston Post publishes an explapa'
ton of the theory AID practice al ira'er'
nifty of healers who hold that disease orig
mates in the mind. Their fundamental
prInciple is that all substance Is spirit ana
sma,ter It's phenomenon. Mind AID matter
are inscparaole Ideas, since matter Is phe'
nomenon. Mind can observe nothing out
side of itself, hence disease must he In the
mind If anywhere. Life. intelligence
sensation belong, not to matter but mind /;
hence pain aud disease are mental haiiu-
cinations. Fear, conscious or uncon-
scious, is pregnant source of disease
and the removal of the former is the first
step towards banishing the latter In very
many cases.
1t may be asked: If all disease is a
myth how can cancer grow for years
without thoueh of it In the minds They
reply: Our material belief of the power
of matter over the mind, our notions OF
disease which. are born with US, nourished
oy eancation and sustained by the same be.
lief in minds associated with us, engender
and foster disease in the body without con-
scious action of the mind. The divine na
ture of all things makes 1t impossible for
disease to be an entity, hence this material
belief is gross error. What Is needed to
correct this unconscious error Is the con-
scious action Of mind inspired with the
truth that man inheres in God, that his life
is Gods life and so cannot partake of dis
ease or any form of evil. The action of
such a mind directed towards pain and
disease neutralizes them and the cure Is ac-
complished
This conscious action of mind must not
be COMPOUNDED with or mistaken for will
power. The latter admits the existence OF
sickness, but drives 1t away by superior
force; the former Ignores the existence OF
sickness and insists on healthfulness OF
mind. Neither is It that kind of faith cure
which relies on the action of power out
side of the individual.
Mind healers require faith 10 God, but
accompanying that faith an enlightened I'M
Outstanding by which the divine nature of
all things is preceyed. Then the indlvid-
nal Genes into the right relationship with
God, which relationship Is health of mind
and body. 1t may be objected that some
of the most devout souls have suffered
constantly through life from pain and dis.
ease. The answer to this objection Is
Men have instituted a perpetual divorce
between the mind and body. In living a
spiritual life they have ignored the body,
in living the physical life they have ignored
the spirit. When we perceive that all
things are divine, that matter and mind
are inseparable ideas, then active truth,
love and goodness IN the spirit carry a
healthful influence to every part of the be-
ing, and pain or disease is impossible.
Then death comes not as the result Of dis
order in the body, but as process OF
growing life, as the matured seed drops
from the useless plant.
1t will thus be perceived that "mind
cure is essentially a spiritual work, that
to carry 1t on one must drop his material
belief.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-25
The NefNa.

Mrs James Russell Lowell died in Lon
don at 2 O'Clock, Thursday afternoon. Mrs.
Lowell was the second wife OF the distin-
tinguished diplomat and was daughter of
Robert P. Dunlap of Maine, who was gov
eruor in 1886, member of Congress later
and prominent in Masonic circles.
The ,xports of domestic produce from
the port of New York during the past
week amounted to but $5,787, $50 against
$6,394,2l0, for the same week last year.
Since Jan. l, they aggregate $48,347, 1856,
compared with $43, 1856, for the cores
pondng period in 1884.
The New York Real Estate Record re-
ports that spring business in real estate In
that city has commenced under auspices
that are very reassuring. 1t says the sales
last week were real surprise to the trade,
and that all the indications go to show that
this will be good building year.
Maine ranks second in her sea and first
in her river fisheries among the States in
the Union. In her sea fisheries II, 071 per-
sous are employed, and the value of the
product last year was $3,6l4,178. In river
fishing 1880 persons find employment, and
they caught, in 1884, fish to the value Of
8l75, GAG.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-25
Results of Last Weeks Storm.

Five Maine vessels wrecked on the coast
pear Woods He'll, Massachusetts, during
the storm. Mhe crews were all saved.
A snow storm has been raging in the Col
orado mountains for the last few days 1t
has resulted in another formidable block
ade.
As result of the blizzard from 80 to 100
tons of mail matter were piled up In the
Chicago post office in one day. There
were at the same time about 80 direct mails
which had not arrived in Chicago and on
which five hundred bags Of mail matter
were expected.
During the Western blockade The Lake
Shore was the only road open into Chicago
from any direction. All of the Others were
more or less seriously showed in.
At Copey island the storm was the most
severe which has been experienced FOR
wears. Numerous accidents and some loss
OF life are reported; waves fifteen feet high
broke over the new iron pier and its de-
struction for time was imminent. After
raging l6 hours fbe storm subsidized, leav-
ing the beach covered with the wreckage
and debris of the pavilions, music stands,
shooting galleries and oytser stands. The
loss of property cannot be estimated.
In Montreal the running OF trains was
entirely suspended.
The thoroughfare into New York in Long
Island Sound closed over and the steamer
Narragansett sustained severe injuries In
breaking the ice to effect the passage. Her
copper bottom was badly torn away, but
there were no further damages done. The
steamer will be taken off to undergo re
pairs.
At the hight of the storm in Portland,
the wind blew at the rate of Al miles per
hour.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-25
At WnahinOtO3l.

The President has by an executive order
opened to public settlement after May 10,
1885, all of the lands within the Niobrara
or Santee Sioux Indian reservation in Ne
braska remaining uuallotted to and unse-
lected by the Indians except such as are
occupied for agency or school aud mission
airy purposes.
The Senate Endorses the House amend
ment to the Post O1ice Appropriation bill,
whit h increases the weight of single-rate
letters from half an ounce to an ounce.
The Senate Appropriations Committee
refused to put the Pacific Mail subsidy in
the Post Office Appropriation bill, end also
struck out the provision reducing postage
on newspapers sent from the office Of pub
LEGATION.
On Monday, the Senate passed the post
office bill with amendments on which the
bill now goes to the House for concurrence.
The most important Senate amendment Is
an appropriation Of 100000 for liberal
mail pay to American steamships In the
foreign trade. This amendment was Sc.
cured BY the advocacy of Senator Frye,
who made an able argument in Its favor.
There Is doubt about the House agreeing to
the amendment.
Raudsll's big scheme for building new
navy was killed In the House yesterday.
1t was strongly advocated oy Hon. John ID.
Long. ~,
Washington quietly next Tuesday, declir-
Ing all attentions by the way. His inaugu-
raj u nearing completion
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-25
AnatyxtnO the Baking POaO-
ders.
"RoYAL" THE ONLY ABSOLUTELY PURE BAK-
ING POWDER MADE ACTION OF
THE NEW YORK STATE BOARD
OF HEALTH.

ING POWDER MADE ACTION OF
THE NEW YORK STATE BOARD
OF HEALTH.
Under the direction of the New York
State Board of Health, eighty-four differ
ent kinds of baking powders, embracing all
the brands that could De found for sale in
the State, were submitted to examination
and analysis by Prof. G. f. CHANDLER, y
Member of the State Board, and President
of the New York City Board of Health, as
sisted by Prof. EDWARD G. LOVE, the we'll
known late United States Government
chemist.
The official report shows that large
number of the powders examined were
found to contain alum or lime; many OF
them to such an extent as to render them
seriously Objectionable for use 10 the prep
aration of human food.
Alum was found in twenty-nine samples.
This drug Is employed In baking powders
cheaper their cost. The presence OF lime
is attributed to the Impure cream of tartar
of commerce used In their manufacture.
Such cream of tartar was also analysed
and found to contain lime and other impur-
tiles, In some samples to the extent OF 93
per cent Of their entire weight.
All the baking powders of the market,
with the single exception Of "Royal" (not
including the alum and phosphate powders,
which were long since discarded as unsafe
or inefficient by prudent housekeepers) are
made from impure cream Of tartar of CON-
merce, and consequently contain lime to q
corresponding extent.
The only baking powder yet found by
chemical analysis to be entirely free from
lime and absolutely pure is the "Royal.'
This perfect purity results from the exclus-
i've use OF cream of tartar specially refined
and prepared by patent processes OF the N.
Y. Tartar Co., which totally remove the
tartarate of lime and other impurities.
The cost of this chemically pure cream Of
tartar is much greater than any other, and
on account of this greater cost Is used in
no baking powder but the "Royal."
Prof. LOVE, who made the analyses Of
baking powders for the New York State
Board Of Health, as well as for the Govern
ment, says. of the purity and wholesomness
of "Royal."
~ have tested a package Of Royal Bak
ing Powder which purchased in the open
market, and find 1t composed of pure and
wholesome ingredients. 1t is cream Of
tartar powder of high degree OF merit,
and does not contain either alum or phos-
pilates or any injurious substances.
'E. G. Love, Phi. D.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-25
The UashinatOfa MNnmmFnt.

1t has taken 81 years and nearly Tvs" mn
ions OF dollars to build the highest ooei'sA
!, N. world. 1t stands 10 the height o!
ass feet looking down upon all other wo'AN
of human art as Washington himself TOW
cred above all his compeers. Noihi"s haS
been done ON the structure deslsh'o l"
sorround it ut the base aud it Is question
of time when this will be erected.
The dedication touk place on Satur oay'
the day before Washington's birthday
This out door ceremonies began at the loot
OF the monument at the appointed hoor'
II A. NJ. In the grand stand were the DIS
tineuished invited guests, among whom
President Arthur and his cabinet, CON
gressmen aud Governors, aud those De-
longing to the monumental association ana
having a part In the exercises of the day.
As Geld As 1t was, with mercury at Ia
below zero, and piercing WIND, the
crowd OF spectators, which was considered
sms1, numbered many thousands. Excurs-
ion trains from all point, brought them to
Washington by crowded car loads.
pr sentatlon and acceptance, the religious
formalities aad Masonic mysteries. In the
evening the ceremonies were concluded by
a fiue display of fire works. By the size
OF the multitude, IL seemed as II all In the
city had turned out to do honor TO the
closing and most beautifully Impressive
scenes Telescope rockets were exploded
At an altitude of GOO feet and discharged
showers of smaller rockets over the apex
Of the monument, making 1t appear as
though the shaft was robsd with fire. Inc
outline of the monument was clearly de-
fined against a dark background and so
magnifled that 1t seemed to pierce the sky
At the dedication OF the Washington
monument the Masonic bodies had In the
ceremonies some interesting relics OF
Washington. Among them, the grand
master of the district used the time honor
ed trowel with which Washington himself
laid the corner stone OF the Capitol, and
which was also used at the laying of the
corner stones of the Washington monu-
ment aud the monument to Washington at
Yorktown. The lodge at Fredericksburg
brought the Bible upon which Washington
took his first VOWS as Mason, and the
lodge at Alexandra had the Bible upon
which Washington, when master OF that
lodge, administers vows to candidates and
also that upon which he took his first oath
of office as president. The grand lodge OF
Massachusetts brought with it the golden
urn containing a lock of Washington's
hair, which he cut off during his life and
which has been handeddown In Msssachu-
sets from one grand master to another I'M
til this day. Saturday afternoon was set
apart for the exercises in the House OF
representatives connected with the dedi-
cation Of the Washington monument, the
the chief features Of which were orations
of Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, read by Rep
resentative Long of Massachusetts,, and of
Hon John w. Daniel of Viraiuia.