The Somerset reporter., 1885-08-05
OUR TRAVELLING MAN.


badly mixed up. The standard time Is oil
course used on al the railroads and by
people connected with them but 10 the
eastern part Of the state the local time per.
vades almost altosstAsr. A. some Of the
hotels they keep their CLOCKS on local time
date travellers. II yoa ssk the time and
are told, you have gos % follow Il up with
90 inquiry - 70 Wheehsr Il b local or
standard So 1t goee u oil the transac-
tions Of life. There ought 10 be some
sort Of legal enactment 70 max. people use
uniform system.
Visitors to Plymouth observe strange
phenomena Of nature known as horse
back. 1t runs through bog but instead
Of being several feet in height - horse
backs usually ara, 1t 10 but . slight eleva-
tion and looks like graded bed for rail.
road. 1t is utilized ~ . carriage road be-
ing just about wide enough and always re-
mains smooth and dry. Just such pecul-
iartty Is observed running through por-
ton OF Pittsdeld. The kames Of Maine
are an interesting study, and, by the way,
some one has written them up. Can any
one tell roe who 1t Was and where the book
can be foundf
farm was sold In Somerset county last
week for 5000 and the purchaser told me
that he paid $4,000 for the farm and $1,000
for the trees and shrubbery. He said that
perhaps he might have got beaten on the
farm but the trees were worth double what
he paid for them. The application Is plain
and simple, farmers. You can take most
any kind Of . farm and BY planting trees
upon and about 1t In your younger and
middle life have something pleasant to
look upon 10 your declining years and
something that will sell for Its very a,trac-
tiveness. The better the farm the greater
reward for your outlay. How often you
and l have seen q rocky barren farm trans
posed In only few years into beautiful
and attractive place. There Is nothing our
formers can do that will pay them such
dividends ~ tee planting.
I see that the Portland Argus advertises
''the largest circulation of any daily 10
Maine. This may be surprising t, some
who think the all pervading Lewiston
Journal strips all other papers In the state.
The Journal has very large weekly circu.
lstion, but It's daily edition is small. In
the eastern towns the Lewiston daily is al
most unknown and on the shore where ev-
cry other man, woman and child lie inter-
ested 10 shipping news 1t is not taken at
all. Here Is where the argus holds over
them. 1t IL first class newspaper and
just now Is treating its readers TO rare bits
OF sea shore notes. Old Orchard ia repre-
sented BY Mrs. E. s. Osgood, wife of the
genial local editor. She is most graceful
writer and her letters are always readable.
Her sketch of the last meeting Of the Sal
walton army At that place was = most ad-
mirable piece Of work aud would do credit
to writer Of much wider reputation.
The change 10 the administration is turn
ing up host Of talent. In q town not o
thousand miles from the REPORTER Office
there has been great .quabble for the
post office. The contest was between Two
equally capable and efficient men but nei-
ther of them would yield their claims 10
the oLh.l. TAG friends Ut each took up
the matter and swore that the party would
go TO the dogs ii the other man was ap-
pointed. So the matter stood foI weeks
unit. one patriotic j ffersOuian conceived
plan to settle the differences and he adj
d., sscd himself To The President al fol-
lows:
GROVER CLEVELAND.
DEAR SIR
There Is a. yen know
great deal of trouble about the port oficy 10 this
tow. - says II he Ia defeated that you never
can elected again. His opponent IL equally Bit
ter and between them matters are getting very
VAIN. The OLD postmaster IL very distaeteiu TO US
Democrats and it seems lhoLgh there must be- u
change. Now am anxious that your administra-
!ion should ee success and not Dc disturbed BY
mony might prevail would suggest that you up.
point my SOD, j. H -. He has always been
adem0crst Of the old sort and 10 popular with all
parties. Feeling that you can not do better re-
main. Sincerely Yours,