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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08
New and Old Hay.

1t has generally been considered,
and especially SO among stablemen,
that good hay lost nothing by be-
ing kept considerable length OF
time. In fact, a difference in the
price of hay for one years keeping
and lev hay is made in favor OF
the former of from three to five dol
lars. But the Scottish agricultural
Gasette says that after the second
year hay of any kind declines III
value. At the London Farmers
Club Mr.. Woodward said: " | have
never yet heard a practical man say
that old hay, to his knowledge and
belief, deterlorated in value after
the third, fifth and seventh year;
but my eyes were opened upon
that point during the last autumn
went to the Midland railway
stores, where they cut Chaii every
week for 800 horses. saw thu
manager, and he Immediately said
If it is the old. we cannot look al
il; we do not care to buy 1t aftei
the second year." This suggests
the necessity of disposing OF thu
hay in the barn that the surplus
may either be sold or fed out the
second year. 1t is no uncommon
thing for farmers to speak of stored
hay that is four, five and SIX Years
old, in the belief that it is fully as
good or better than when cut,
which from the above authority,
would seem to be erroneous. And
still farmers will hardly think OF
giving up of holding little sur
plus for emergencies Gefmdh-
to,ra telegraph.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08
Beekeepers Association.

The Somerset and Western |
piscatiquis Bee keepers Associa-
ton met at Samuel Kings hotel \.
Cornville Aug 20 1856. We had
an interesting meeting and we were
so we'll pleased with our host and
his kind lady, who knows how to
tickle the palateS of her guests,
that We voted to hold our next
meeting ut the same place on the
18th day Of May next We rccelH.
ed six new members, our assoela
ton nov consists OF - members
81 of whom We're present
The question presented by j.
Whipple: when and how shall We
best prepare a small late swarm for
winter9 J. S. Ward answered as
follows: Give them what old combs
they will cover and feed them two
or three ounces Of sugar syrup each
night until the middle Of Septem.
Der after which feed as fast as they
can take care of it without remoS.
ing brood to make room for II
(which they will do if fed too fast
until they have what is needed ior
winter stores. Isaac llutchlnS urg
ed the necessity of labelling our ex.
tracted honey with the name OF the
flower from which it was gathered
and our Own name as II guarantee
that ii is pure honey. Our future
sales will depend upon the quality
of our honey. We cannot exercise
too much care i'll grading it. lie
said that his sales Of extracted
honey was yearly increasing thai
now he sold more extracted than
comb honey, selling each at the
same price per pound.
Pres. w. Ii. Norton said that he
had raised few queens this sea
son by removing the queen from a
strong colony and after they had
started queen cells he destroyed
the larva in them and then furnish
ed them with eggs and larya just
Matched, prepared a la Alley and
he thought that his queens were
better than those raised when there
was no brood in the hive; that by
having the hive full of brood con
tinually Matching they were kept
in IL natural swarming condition
and that in that condition they
gave the young queens better care
Mrs. Cordcla Lawrence said that
she had introduced a number OF
queens with perfect success as fol
lows: She first found the queen
she wished to supercede and by re-
moving few frames from the hive
she put the frame containing thu
queen apart from the other frames
so that she might remain on 1t
then she found the queen that sht
was about to Introduce, took hel
with the frame she was on, to thu
first hive and took out the frame
with the old queen and put TIL,
frame with the new queen III lt'
place put in the frames previously
removed and closed the hive
They did not appear to notice til,
exchange. The old queen must b'
taken care of so that she wont &,
back and make trouble. Thu
q Ieen introduced must be n laying
queen and it is better to make tn
exchange when honey is coming il
freely.
Isaac Ilutchins, See.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08
Petition to Assess Land Damages Oh
81 NJ Railroad.
ilalfland, Me, Aug l6, 1896.
al Il u 4

iidfIlliu, NE, aug. 10, 1895.
To the Honorable Board of County Cominis-
Sioncrr Tor the County of Somerset
The Stbastcook and MouschcHd Railroad
Company represent thai! "a location of their rail
ROAD has been made and filed as required nv
law; that ii extends from the station of the
Maine Central kaiRond Company in Pittshcld
IN the county OF somerset, To the highway in
liartlaud, III said County, extending hv the
East Somerset Agricultural Grounds in said
iihrtMnd to tanHan, Maine: that said railroad
as located, extends over and across the real cs
ta'c OF the following named persons and cor
porafions sad real estate being situated in
iinrtland, Pdlmfra and Pitts in said
County: Fast SOMERSET Agricultural society
iaWrance Williams, Caroline Prescott, Mary A
". Haskell, Blanche Prescott, Danlc Prescott,
Frank 5. Prescott Linnie Prescott. Geo
Prescott, Mary W. Flinders, NJ. Dyer, Nonh
Goodrich and stephen Goodrich, in said Hart
land; stephen Goodrich. Fred Goodrich, Rich
ard 'oodrich heirs Of the lu'c Isaac Goodrich,
Noah GoOdrich, NJ. Dyer, c. j Clifford. VIM
Moore, Mrs. l.. ;, Burgess Daniel Pooler, How.
ard Estes, Ehcn Brooks, John roolcr, Mrs
Louisa Steward, Charles Dyer, Elhridge Davis,
III. W. Davis. heirs OF Simeon DYER lIorntiO
Morrill,, \. III. fHlkcr. Moses keenc, W o.
Thomas. j Thomas aud l.. Callcmure in said
Palmyra, Miriam A. Wright Llrwcllyn Parks.
Mrs. X Parks, Benz Parks. A. j. Libby,
Chandler Parks, II. a. Morrill,. Matte Gould
lame Conner. John Dresser and Florence
Thompson. Said Rail-Road Company hereby
apply to your Honorable Board after due no
tice as by law required to estimate the damages
accustomed thereby, having such hearing there
on rs is provided by Jaw
The sebastic0ok and Mooschead Rail
Road Company, h, it, directors.
JAMES MITCHELL, ls,i pntGtors OF
j. q. BRADBURY. L.,,u"Nti'o'h H'!u
GREENvllLEJ, SHAW, R RooG T,m, R,,ii-
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Road Petition
STATE OF MAINE.

SOMERSET So
To the Hon. County Commissioners within
and for the County ut Somerset, Respectfully
represent the Undersigned. Hollis NJ. Mcdonald
ut Cornvillc. III aid County, that ON his petit
tiOn; the municipal officers of the town OF Corn
vile in sad County, on the 2ilh day of Oct ..
last, Land ont for the undersigned private
way, beginning on the south line of Darius
Peavey farm, NJ the Northwest corner of said
II. NJ. McDouald's land thence North, twenty
degrees Wr-t, twenty eight rods an seventeen
links on land uf said Peavey cAst of the stone
wall and close lay IT. thence west, forty degrees
north twenty rods 10 the "hOrsc back" thence
ON the horse back wcSi about five degrees
south one hundred and six rods, to the road
leading over the Hilton Ill., 81 called: to he
twelve feet wide. subject to gates and tars, to
he Supported aud kept closed, and all 10 the
expense ot said Mcdonald, aud appraised the
damages AZ Seventeen Dollars and FIFTY cents.
And the laid municipal officers, thcIcaftrr-
wards made Il written return of their proceed
tnGs. containing the bounds aud adnlrasurc.
ncnt- of the way and the damages allowed TO
each person for land taken ana hlcd the same
with the town Clerk NJ said CornVllc ~ the
law in such eases provides; but said town OF
turnvillC, III a OWN meeting legally called and
held un the al Monday of March 1sSii, after
said return aud hc'Ii duly filed. by u warrant
containing article for that purpose, un
reasonably refused 10 accept OF said way laid.
out rs aforesaid. Wherefore YOUR petitioner
prnyS HAT 4ou may view the premises aud
locate sad way, is the Statute iii such cases
provides.
Skowhclsln, Aug ,. ISL.
HOLLIS NJ. MCDONALD.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

Hnsbald-"Let us 90 to Niagara Fall,
next week should like very much FOL
YOU and To spend week there. think
| should enjoy it very much.
Wife-"It is very unusual for you to be
so considerable toward me. Why do yoL
want to take me to Niagara Falls.
misunderstanding took his wife there
last week and he said she was speeches.
with awe, and | just thought perhaps
Ouch let 70 my hair. Can't you take a
Joke? Ouch. Let co. | say. | say Ill
get you that new bonnet t. SQttngS.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

Are YOU disturbed at night and broken of You
rest by a sick child suffering and crying with pan
of cutting tecthi Ii 80, send vt once and get bot
Tie OF Mns WISDOM SOOTHING SYRUP ron
CuunnyY rEtTuING 1t value IL incaculable II
will relieve the poor httle sufferer Immediately
Dcued upon 1t, mothers, there II no mistake
about II. |, cures di--cntcry and diarrhoea, reg
ulatr- the stomach andbowels cures wind cohc
softrna the gums, reduces Inflammation, and gives
tone and encgy To The whole system Mrs. WIN
SLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEErHlNG
pleas mt 10 The Taste aud IL the p inscription Of
unr al Tho oldest ANA hest female nurses and
physn la : in Tn United states, and Is lor sale
Nv all druggists throughout the world. Pnce -
cents IL b tue. (ly3j)
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

If you are pale, emacialtd, have hack
ing cough with night sweats, splitting OF
blood and holtness of breath, you hava
no time to lose. Do net hesitate too
long-'till you are past cure; for, taken
in its early stages. consumption can be
cured by the use OF DR.. Piercr's Golden
Medical Discovery" rs thousands can
testify. BY druggists.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

Leaving Skhwhcgan and all intermediate
points every MONDAY and THURSDAY ,ayoid
ing the fatigue of railroad travel, saving 50 per
cent Of the cost. and arriving in Boston in the
morning, at II point in close proximity to horse
ears running to all principal depots of the city.
having the day for business or pleasure Re
turning leave Lincoln Wharf every Tt ESDAN
and FRIDAY EVENING, at the following rates:
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

TICKETS for Sale at the Ticket Offices
on board the steamer and by the Drivers
of the Stages.
TICKET AGENTS e b. Ileselton,
Skowhcgan; Geo. II, Pishon, Pishon's
Ferry; A. S. Pease, Fairfield; Stewart
Bros. Waterville; VIM. hurry, North
Vassalboro; A. NJ. Bradley K Son, L. w.
Bush, Getchell's Corner q. l.. Randall,
Riverside
Fg~Passeugers holding tickets between
Skowhegtn and The Forks, will be CON
veyed by the Mall Team; tickets will not
be redeemed from any other person.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08
uuRRARp,s ELIXIR OF OPIUM.

Can't you sleep nights? Are you nervous, irri-
table? Does your head ache? Are you constpat-
ed? Then use this valuable production of chemical
science. 1t will produce the most refreshing sleep;
will alay the nervous excitement; will overcome
the constipation and cure the headache. The dele
FERROUS and injurious portions of the opium have
been removed In Hubbard's Elixir, and it is a safe
household medicine. Price, IS cents a bottle. Sold
everywhere. Doolittlo IS Smith, Agents, Boston
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08
Treasurer's Notice-Madison.

The following list of taxes on real estate OF
nor. resident owners in the town of Madison
for the year 1883. IN bills committed to Nathan
ipl Fl, Withee, Collector OF said town, on the
twenty.sixth day OF June 1855. has been return
ed by him to me as remaining unpaid, on the
twenty NTH day of june, 1885. by his cert ifcate
OF date, and nov remain unpaid; and notice Is
hereby given. that IL the said taxes, and inter
est and charges, are not paid into the treasury
OF the said town within eighteen months from
the date of commitment OF said bills 80 mlc;
Of the real estate taxed Us will be sufficient to
pay the amount due therefor Including the in 3.
icrest and charges. will without further notice
lie sold at pubic auciion al the Town Clerks
the seventeenth day Of February. 1887, at two
o'clock =. NJ.
W. W. Pease. w"odlot. W. Of s. l.. salley,s
farm. now Geo. +. Jones value $500, tax o. SO
J. p. Blunt II ais Cook farm, ut X. Madison
10 acres, value $50, tax u u due
ID. CLEVELAND, Treasurer
Madison. Au gust 18Th. 1886. 3w3s
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

Four boaimeD walked into an ice cream
saloon In Eklon, Indiana, asked the price
of a gallon OF cream, bought it, asked for
four spoons, and when they quit each
man had eaten every drop Of his quart OF
GOODNESS.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

We know OF no mode OF treatment
which offers, To sufferers from cronlc dis
eases, n more certain hope of cure than
that which Is comprehended in the use OF
Ayers Sarsaparilla. For purifying and
invigorating the blood, this preparation
is unequaled
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

is the title OF an interesting Illustrated
treatise (lG0 pages) sent, post-poid, for
10 cents in stamps. Address Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N
Y
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

Lieutenant Hem says that since his ar
rival in this county he has been the re-
cipient of ovation after ovation. An ova-
ton ought not to be surprising to Il Hem
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08
CHANGE OF TIM X

On and after Monday, June %, lSsG, Trains will
run as follows
Passenger Train Leaves Skowhegan. FOR all
points west at 5 30 A. NJ. Passenger Train Ar
rives At Skowhcgan Il F. Nj.
Mixed Train leaves Skowhcgan Att 40, 4. NJ
ana arrives att 30 A. NJ, every morning except
Monday. Mail gu all trains out and in.
The p. NJ. mixed train connects at Watervile
with Fast Exprc,s trains for Portland Boston,
BANGOR Bar nurbor and st. John, and enables
passengers to take night Pullman for Portland
and Boston.
on Monday Mornings u Freight train leaves
skoWhe .an at i 80 A. NJ. connecting at Water
vile with passenger train leaving at 05 for
Belfast Pittstt id and Bangor
rAYSON TUCKER, Gen'l Manager.
+. 4. BOUTlIBY Gen Pass'r Agt Il
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

She WAS sired by Joe Irving and is
now six years old. She is only en-.
tered as IA brood mare for premium
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08
The Hay Crop.

Use Pacific GuanO Tor faII seed
ing. No weeds, small expense and
large growth of Grass. Splendid
crops from using Guano.
l.. l.. MORRISON.
We would call the attention OF all agricultur-
cist. 10 the remarkable results achieved by the
use OF Pacific Guano in the case of ). ID Greca-
leaf Esq of stalks. In the summer OF 1854 Mr..
Greenleaf cut from one acre OF ground 800 lbs.
OF hay in the fall of the same year he so~ed
1870 lbs. of GuanO upon one half uf the same
acre; this summer he cut from the half acre
NOT sown with Pacific Guano 80 lbs OF hay
and from the half acre which had been sown
with Guano he ut 1900 lbs. of hay For the
$50 lbs. of Guano he PAID s. ~ and there from
raised an extra amount of hay, worth $500;
a clear profit Of $6.l5 above the amount orig
nally spent for the Guno, and leaves HE
groud IN still bet ter coodiion for yeurs to come
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

Slowly the summer sun rs setting,
observes novel writer de- criptively.
We'll, what OF 1t? You wouldn't have the
summer sun SIT violently.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

At Coney I-land-"Oh, Isaac, see how
beautifully the waves rise and fall. >
Now, Rebecca, don't talk shop.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08
Perfect Health,

Perfect Health.
Is impossible II the Di-
gestion IL impaired. the
Liver inactive. or the
Bowels on. tipnted.
Tarant's Enervoseent
s Glitter Aperlent.
will cure Constipation
Sick Headache and Dys,
pepsia. II regulates the
bowels and enables those
OF feeble digcstion to en-.
Joy their food. II reduces
Fever, CUls the Blood.
is Invaluable IN Piles and
lnilammatOry Diseases.
and is IA Justly esteemed
tpcri, mt for Children.
Economical. Reliable,
Elegant. 1t should be
found Ia every household
Sod by druggist erery-
only by TARRANT
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

Thoroughly cleanse the blood. which is the
fountain of health, by using DR.. Picrccs Gold
fair skin. huoyant spirits vital strength and
soundness of constitution will be established
Golden Medical Discovery cures nll humors,
from the common pmplc, hloteh, or eruption,
To the worst Scrofula, or blood-poisun Is
pecially has it proven its efficacy in curing
Salt-rhcum or letter, Fcvcr-sores, liip-joint
Disease. Scrofulous Sores and Swcllings Eli
lhrged Glands, and Eating Ulcers.
Golden Medical Discovery cures Consump-
ton (which is Scrofula of the Lungs, by its
wonderful blood purifying. in,igorating. and
nutritivc properties. For Weak Lungs. Spit
ting of Blood, Shortncss of Breath. Bronchitis,
Severe Coughs, Asthma. and kindred alice
tons. il is sovereign remedy. II promptly
cures the severest Coughs
For Torpid Liver. lliliousness. or Liver
Complaint" Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, it is
an unequalled remedy. Sold by druggists.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

VXyANT4D-lW want you TO do parlor work for
w Uoo1 your Own home; plenty work: good
pay; q per pleoe; nii materials free. A LOVE
CaHvnLAnDs o.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

\ gentleman in a neighboring town who
had suffered TWO years with chronic diar-
rhna and was so reduced that he could not
walk, was cured aud restored to sound
health by dohHSoHS AHoIynm LjHimeat.
This Linmeut is worth It's weight in
gold.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

For Earnchc, Toothache, Sore Throat,
Sweled Neck. and the results of cold and
Inflammation, use DR.. Thomas Electric
Oil-,hc great pain destroyer.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

The hliehiing eli cts OF impure blood
areads to behold in those we meet day by
day Thi- ought not aud need not be so
Parsons Purgatice rus make new rich
blood taken one night for twelve weeks
VIII change the blood q the entire system.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-08

Thu chestnut bell becomes as bid as an
old joke to any one who has head it toll
ed before.
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/. PyERCE'S PELLETS Anti
Bilious and Cathartic.
&c. vial, by druggists.

The single Mems Endowment Association OF
MIMI '.n pssyccO00 Co., month"; rr"f ia. large large
reserve invested In first mortgage bods CIR
ea.rs FREE %nATpsn"a t, s1s .r wr' Within iHr
TWO years. leemts Wanted. to whom liberal
,%,: MARRIAGE, Gns r w., ss psaa
Ii. TOWLE, General Agent, 81 Maine street,
Box l30a, Bangor, Me-
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for Sale

Two miles from skowhegan, on East Madison
road. under good state of Cultivation. good Or
chard, good convenient set OF building., con-
sisting Of house, barn, hog pen, granery etc
10 acres on home farm, and Is acres wood lot 2
miles away. Running water in House and barn.
Terms Part cash. balance In annual payments
to suit purchaser. VIII give the right man
bargain. For particulars inquire on the prem
iscs Of WILLIAM A. SMITH.
Madison, Aug. a5, 1885. 34tf
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Steamer Della Collins
Stages to and from The Forks
OF THE KENNEBEC

And Intermediate Towns, also to and
from Albion, furnishingRailroai
Conveyance from Skowhe-
gan and Pishon's Ferry
To Aurusta.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-06-15
THE ENGINE TEST.

The Sam Houston" is Approved by the
San Antonio Fire Department.
The new Ahrens engine, called the
"Sam Houston" was tested on the Main
plaza In the presence Of the fire depart
ment, the city council and the represen-
tatiyes Of the local press.
In four minutes after lighting the fire
the first jet of water WAS obtained, steam
being generated as follows: Two and
one-quarter minutes, 10 pounds; three
minutes, 20 pounds; three and one-half
minutes, 80 pounds; four minutes, 40
pounds.
With an inch nozzle and 80 pounds OF
steam u stream of lbs feet high was OBJ
tanned, and 1t inch nozzle threw a
stream Of 2l0 feet level. A double
stream was thrown in the air $50 feet
high by three quarter inch nozzle. The
tests we're regarded as being perfectly
satisfactory. The weight of the new
engine, with water, was registered at
$500 pounds.
At the conclusion OF the test the fire
department marched to KrisCh's hall,
where liberal supply OF beer and fine
lunch awaited the firemen and their
guests.
When all were assembled and had i'm
bibed some OF the delightful dutch
cocktails" Chief Duerler advanced to
the head of the table, and formally
handed over the sam Houston" to fire
company No. |, assuring it that he was
satisfied it would be well cared for, and
admonishing them to let the engine be
the first at the fire. Foreman Schreiner
responded, giving assurance that the fire
company would do its part, and said
that all would go well II the press would
only work with the boys. He blam ed
the telephone eccentricities for any
supposed laundering there might be In
the waiting of the fire companies. AL
dermen Lockwood, Mackey, French and
Gallagher, and Mr.. Barnes were called
upon for a speech, and responded. Al
dermen Degener and Common, and
Ryder-TaylOr, were also called upon,
and made themselves eloquent by
silence. The excitement OF the evening
was the speech by Mr.. w. Ferguson.
In the course of his remarks, he justified
the course that the Times had taken In
advocating paid fire department. and
urged that all men should be paid. This
was the signal for general uproar.
The fire boys closed round him, and
cries, Of mo money" "whitewash,"
rats" rent the air, and the meeting
closed abruptly whilst the sage Of the
Times was vet speaking.