The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-06-03

III. f,ot n It on each and every occasion
1.n,ken ~ weeks ago about mean no
,el in Wa,io county and evidently know
iro the weakness of the hotels in his town
be takes IL right home and howls In fine
ham, Misery loves company and | should
ndee that i,ckasses did too for this Is the
way he bra,s, thinking | got into his stall
aDur hotel men LAY they cant lmaglDe
what bansr the fellow means, but be
doubtless called a one or the stables here
where horses and mules are stood In for
ten cent?, and didn't like it because he
wasn't led oats, and because his ears
rpbbed on the scaffpld over his STALL"
II municipal officers do not quit default
inc treasuiers and collectors will find 1t
.ytremely difficult to obtain bonds. AS it
low many town officers are obliged to
resort to their relatives for signatures TO
their bonds and at the present rate of de-
n,lcation even the relatives will want to
stand from under. Deiaulters should
think OF this.
Almost everybody and thing is slandered
in this world. Did you ever think of 1t?
And we get so used to hearing the Islander
that we come to think of it as truth. It's
common remark that lawyers always lie
about their cases and will work for the side
that pays the most money regardless of
which side has retained them. Notwith-
standing the fact that it is well known that
lawyers of all professional men have the
greatest temptations to dishonesty, every
one knows that as class and with rare ex-
ceptions they are honest, straightforward
men who work night and day, oftentimes
for q worthless client-or rather for a
clients rights. Oftentimes he knows that
in no possible way can he get any compen-
saton for his labor, but his sympathy has
been aroused and he is bound to see the
end of the cause. Think over the lawyers
of your acquaintance and see if this re-
mark does not apply aptly to nine out of
ten of them. Then there are the doctors
who are at the beck and call Of everyone.
Its we'll worn saying that they take no
interest In their patients suffering, that
they care only for The rich ones and are en-
trcly unconcerned whether we get well or
die SO long II, they get their fees. | will
wager brand new hat that there is not
physician in Tie state who has been in
practice ten years who has not got money
enough due him from poor people to buy
the best place in the town he lives in. A
physician sees too much of life TO publish
his sorrows to the world and yet If we
could read their heart of hcarys what pic
lures of mental anguish would we behold.
Think Of physician attending near and
dear friend. That patient is in his hands
Ii they recover the world will say they
wasn't very sick and if he dies then the
cry is that the physician must have been a
blank fool il he couldn't save his own
friend. The injustice heaped upon our
physicians is known to many but thought
of by but few. They say too that news
papers lie and that if you want TO see what
is not so look in the papers. Now am
aware that newspapers need but little de-
tense but if the great public knew the eff
forts that are made to get the news accu-
rate and to verify it in the short time be-
tween Its reception and its publication
there would be far less such talk. Every
newspaper have yet seen was made by
human beings and as long as humans err
there will be- errors in our public prints.
Did you ever see building used as
tannery that W as not an old tumbled down
afiair, weather-beaten and time-worn9
have but only once. had almost sup
posed that it was necessary in order to tan
leather properly to have woe begone
looking old trap of building, but driving
through West Mount Vernon | f0uud.a
neatly clapboarded building painted white
and looking more like Il Ladies Seminary
than anything else and was told that it was
tannery doing fourishing business. 1t
seemed incredible but the statement was
youched for by several credible persons.
While loafng in the REPORTER office the
other night listening to yarns by one or
two gentlemen who happened in, l over
heard one that is worth cbronicling. A
gentleman who | will say hailed from Mad
ison was telling how he got such good
job done on the road near his house. He
said that as rule highway surveyors tear
the ruad up In good shape so rs to make It.
nearly impossible and then go oil and
leave 1t. He was de ermined that nothinS
OF the kind should be done In this instance
SO the first day the work began he called
the surveyor into his wood she'd and gave
MIN an Introduction to freshly tapped
barrel of cider and told him he should ex-
pect that road well fixed. As result
there VIZ s a crew of men (the surveyor al
ways one of them) at work on the afore-
said road for the next ten days, until at
last be feared that they would wear it all
out and second barrel of cider would be
necessary TO repair it.
was In, Lewiston the other night and
witnessed the parade of the much talked of
|oa'vation Army. If the crowd of street
|hoodlums had let 1t alone it would have
|oeen very tame affair and even with their
|help it was not over exciting. The Army
composed of dozen men and boys, most
|oi them wearing red shirts, as many more
women and girls with red Jerseys came
from their hall and began to march down
Lisbon street. There were several drums
and two or three pairs of cymbals which
made good deal of rattle. TheJ marched
down street a few rods and then returned
On their return they sang in loud tone
one of their peculiar songs. As an escort
TO them was rabble composed of little
street Arabs singing the same song as the
army were and to the same tune but If pos
|tible In louder voice. They were disre-
|spectful to the soldiers too for often they
would get under foot and but for care
taken by the army would have been tram
pied upon. This sort of persecution was
Kept up until the volunteers entered their
barracks and commenced their meeting.
Now word as to this aud kindred organi-
cations. At the same time l was Witness